This book is both a comprehensive textbook on ceramic technology and a chronicle of the developments made by the European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC) over the years. It is a practical book which looks at materials, methods and equipment, using the results of various artists' projects to illustrate the text. EKWC is internationally renowned as a centre where ceramic artists can come for a period to experiment with new materials, methods and technologies. Their time there is funded and they are given the back-up of innovative technicians and materials to work with. The artists who have worked at the centre include some of the top names in sculpture and ceramics from around the world. These include: Neil Brownsword, Tony Cragg, Ewen Henderson, Jun Kaneko, Anish Kapoor, Kinpei Nakamura and Betty Woodman. The results have often been spectacular and the new techniques and materials adopted by other artists around the world.

这本书是对陶瓷技法的一个总结。书里面介绍了很多陶瓷技法，配着当代陶艺家的一些图。很适合有陶瓷经验人从里面获得一些灵感，因为都是比较新的技法或者对技法的新应用。对于初学者来说，里面介绍的技法挺全的但是比较笼统和概括，比如要学配釉还是要去看配釉的书，这书里就是基本的介绍了一下，给了几个在他那里的艺术家用的配方。

出版的地方是欧洲陶瓷工作室，记得是在荷兰。每年选出一些申请的陶艺家去他那里做东西，申请的人挺多的，位子似乎拍到3年后了。这本书就是总结了一些在他那里做东西的人用的技法和一些基本技法。