He was never motivated by a desire to work in clay as such, rather he chose pottery because studio ceramics was in "thrall to a formal idea".

It holds one of the major collections of studio ceramics in Britain and is particularly noted for its studio pottery of the period 1920-1940.

There are Russian icons, japonisme, contemporary art medals, Scottish studio ceramics and jewellery from the collection of the Scottish Development Agency.

Contemporary Applied Arts, 43 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, (171) 836 6993, has domestic pottery, studio ceramics, glass, wood, metal, jewelery, textiles, knitwear and furniture.

According to their website "membership of the CPA is available to individual makers and to anyone interested in studio ceramics."

When Rose Cabat began working on feelies in the 1960s, American studio ceramics was still in its infancy.

(2000) Color and fire: defining moments in studio ceramics, 1950-2000: Selections from the Smits collection and related works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

He has been called "the father of American studio ceramics".

These studio ceramics were different from the pieces he produced at the Sèvres factory.

The former Cleveland Crafts Centre, on Gilkes Street, catered for a collection of twentieth-century British studio ceramics, and artist-made jewellery dating from the 1970s onwards.