Lucie Rie and Hans Coper have been widely acknowledged as leading figures of the international "studio pottery" movement. This publication includes the pre-eminent collection of their work, while also containing examples of the works of some 20 other potters - including Shoji Hamada, Bernard Leach, Janet Leach, Maria Martinez, Ewen Henderson, Ian Godfrey and James Tower - as well as a group of younger artists for whom Lisa Sainsbury felt an affinity.