Boy in a china shop : life, clay and everything / Keith Brymer Jones with Michael James.
By: Jones, Keith Brymer.
Contributor(s): James, Michael, (Co-author of Boy in a china shop).
Publisher: London : Hodder, 2023Description: 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781529385250 (pbk.) :; 1529385253 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Jones, Keith Brymer, 1965- | Pottery -- Great Britain | Art and Design | Art and Design | Fine arts: art forms | Autobiography: arts & entertainment | Memoirs | Pottery, ceramics & glass craftsDDC classification: 738.092 Summary: Ballet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on 'The Great Pottery Throwdown'. How did all that happen? By accident mostly. But I always say we make our own luck. What if an art teacher hadn't given me a lump of clay? What if the band had been really successful? What if I hadn't taken a photograph of a bowl to the buyer at Heals in London? What if she'd hated it? Or hadn't seen it. What if I hadn't agreed to dress up as Adele to make a crazy YouTube video? Every chapter of my book is based around an object (usually a pot) that's been significant in my life. It's just a trigger to let me go off in a lot of different directions and tell a few stories. A lot of stories.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Adult Non-Fiction | 738.092 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400026539 |
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2022.
Ballet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on 'The Great Pottery Throwdown'. How did all that happen? By accident mostly. But I always say we make our own luck. What if an art teacher hadn't given me a lump of clay? What if the band had been really successful? What if I hadn't taken a photograph of a bowl to the buyer at Heals in London? What if she'd hated it? Or hadn't seen it. What if I hadn't agreed to dress up as Adele to make a crazy YouTube video? Every chapter of my book is based around an object (usually a pot) that's been significant in my life. It's just a trigger to let me go off in a lot of different directions and tell a few stories. A lot of stories.