Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Works of Shoji Hamada Foreword by Bernald Leach

Title The Works of Shoji Hamada 1929-1961
Publication Year 1969
Preface by Bernald Leach

This is a dexlue and rare photo collection of briliant works by Hamada Shoji.The works in this book are selected carefully by Hamada Shoji himself.Fortunately,some pages including the foreword by Barnald Leach are written in English.All works are shown in full color.

Hamada shiji says"With the visit of Mr. and Mrs.Bernald Leach to Japan this morning,I had the added pleasure of arranging for a few rare and early samples of my work to be sent from England for inclusion in this complication.These are the outcome of my stay at Mr.Leach's pottery in St.Ives,Cornwall,during the years 1921-123.

The contents is as follows
1.127 color plates
2.
Shoji Hamada at his Mashiko Kiln
3.Hamada Shoji Bernald Leach
4.Fifty Years of Firing
5.List of Plates