Keith Brymer Jones – författare

The inspirational memoir from the star of OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM and THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN Readers LOVE Boy In A China Shop: 'What a brilliant book. Keith is so charming and funny and my goodness what a hard worker. I loved it. Get it and read it - enjoy.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book was enlightening and entertaining, full of laughs and heart. And of course with Keith, there's always going to be tears.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Really inspiring and relatable. A great read.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he's a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm & mischief.' - Sara CoxBallet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throw Down. 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 my band had properly taken off? 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... 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. Dyslexia. The art teacher who changed my life. My Mother. My Father. A life-changing job interview with a man who lay under his car throughout. *That* video. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, a quick search of 'Keith Brymer Jones Adele' should do it.)'The end product? A warming, clever memoir of Keith's pottery life with some very loud music, some pretty good dancing, and a lot of throwing, fettling and firing. Oh ... and a good dose of anxiety.

Star of Channel 4's THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN and OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM's passionate, accessible, entertaining and very personal exploration of what pottery has given to him and the world'Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I'm compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.'Did you know the potter's wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? And in the seventeenth century people believed eating clay was good for you? And that Royal Doulton started off as a sewage pipe company? And which famous potter said 'To make pottery is an adventure'?All this and so much more is in Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones's very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From Roman kilns in North London to urinals in Scotland, wine jars to ink pots, Keith enthrals and entertains us with his knowledge of pottery and potters, what they made and how they did it. He shows us how ceramics have played an important role in cultures and economies throughout the world - and how his own life is inextricably linked to an industry that demands the same of its makers today as it did thousands of years ago: creativity, patience, respect for the material, and a respect for nature itself.You will never look at a mug in the same way again.

'Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I'm compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.'Firing Earth is Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones's very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From wine jars to ink pots, Keith enthrals and entertains us with his knowledge of pottery and potters, what they made and how they did it, exploring what an important role ceramics have played in history. Keith's own life is inextricably linked to an industry that demands the same of its makers today as it did thousands of years ago: creativity, patience and respect for the material itself.You will never look at a mug in the same way again.