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80 Letters 82 Off-Centre Andrew Wood shares his views on UK ceramics isue 250 contents July/August 2 0 11

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Spin-Off & Review 16 What If... Karen Bunting reflects on the decisions that shaped her path 17 Report Woodfire Tasmania 2011 18 Report Galerie Besson, London 20 Out and About 22 Review Gallery 26 Review Exhibitions and Books

Features 30 A Dane on Loch Eriboll Giles Sutherland reflects on the romance and complexity of Lotte Glob’s retrospective 35 Special 250th Anniversary Supplement Special sixteen-page supplement 36 Sweets for My Sweet, Sugar for My Honey Melissa Gamwell revels in the wonderful world of Tessa Eastman 38 Looking Back Ben Boswell shares his love of pottery through a series of previously unpublished photographs 44 The Art of Bernard Leach A special reprint of Emmanuel Cooper’s 1977 article on the great man 46 Swirling Movements and Illusions of Growth Amanda Fielding discusses the breathtaking work of Fenella Elms 52 Tokyo Pop in Clay Sam Phillips discovers Yoshitomo Nara’s new-found appreciation of clay 56 Thrown for a Loop Vera Sideraki encounters both ancient and modern in the work of Kiki Gerontaki 60 Figuration & Abstraction Adina Balint-Babos contemplates the unexpected forms made by Susan Collett 64 Potters & Painters Sonia Solicari reveals the close relationship between ceramics and the Aesthetic Movement Knowledge & Regulars 68 Education John Mahoney-Phillips reports on his ‘apprenticeship’ at The Leach Pottery, St Ives 70 Origins of Clay Oelof Heckroodt explains how clay becomes clay 72 Listings/Classified 79 The Technicians’ Day Pauline Monkcom and Caroline Taylor share their working day

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