Ceramics: A Fragile History - Season 1

Ceramics: A Fragile History - Season 1

Season 1

Ceramics are one of the oldest and most-fundamental art forms around. Ceramics are used for everything from eating and drinking to celebrating birth, marriage or even death. Many people believe that ceramics contain social DNA and reveal about the taste and habits of a nation. This three-part series explores the history of the art form in Britain, beginning in Tudor times, and traces the evolution of different techniques and styles used in the art of pottery. The programme also explores key figures who helped put British ceramics on the map and revolutionised the industry.
Network
Episodes3
DatesOct 10, 2011 - Oct 24, 2011

Episodes

The Story of Clay
Season 1Episode 160 min

The Story of Clay

A look at the history of domestic pottery in Britain from Tudor times onwards, examining what it can tell us about how preceeding generations lived.

Oct 10, 2011
The Age of Wedgwood
Season 1Episode 260 min

The Age of Wedgwood

The series continues with the rags to riches-to-rags epic of Stoke-on-Trent, a city built on clay and the heart of Britain's once world-beating ceramics empire.

Oct 17, 2011
The Art of the Potter
Season 1Episode 360 min

The Art of the Potter

A look at how, in the 19th and 20th centuries, artisans like Bernard Leach broke the monopoly of the ceramic factories by creating the studio pottery movement.

Oct 24, 2011

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