A publication to celebrate ceramicist Steve Harrison’s four decades of work. Showcasing a selection of his ‘Loft Pots’, works that the artist stored in his attic after being fired, kept close due to their deeply felt significance. The book represents the largest presentation of his archive to date – many of these objects having never been seen before – reflecting the depth and range of his technique, as well as the evolution of his craft.

Each element of the book is printed on a different paper stock to create an ongoing tactility as your leaf through the pages. A plate section of works ordered chronologically from new to old, is printed on a clean white uncoated stock, followed by an extensive biographical text written by the artist’s son that shifts the tone to a warm, rough textured material. An archive section of thumbnail imagery and work information ends the publication, printed in dark grey on a lighter grey paper. 

The book is set in Eterne Text, a typeface that takes cues from William Dwiggins’ ‘marionette’ technique, where he carved the lettering visually, referencing historic methods but reinterpreting them organically.

The texture of the cover references Harrison's use of salt glaze, a technique where salt is thrown into a hot kiln, causing it to vaporise and chemically react, leaving a slightly translucent and dappled finish.

This tactile material has been lightly impressed with white foil text on the spine, and blind debossed a sine-wave form on the front and back covers. This sine-wave shape was also used as the plinth furniture to showcase the works in the exhibition. 

Endpapers tonally shift the cover material from blue to green, and feature an envelope tipped onto the inside back cover containing a loose black and white photograph of the works in situ.