Boy in a China Shop Life, Clay and Everything Book by Keith Brymer Jones

Book Boy in a China Shop Life, Clay and Everything Hardback Book by potter celebratory of Pottery Throwndown Keith Brymer Jones

Hardback book published by Hodder & Staunton in 2022 Softback book was published in 2021.

261 Pages

Size : 15cm x 24cm x 3.4cm

Softback size: 13cm x 19.5cm x 2cm

Boy in a China Shop describes the story of Keith Brymer Jones.

"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 Cox

On inside dust cover Keith describes:

"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 is 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 a 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. Dylexia. The art teacher that changed my life. My Mother. My Father. A life-changing job interview with a man who lay under his car throwout. That video.

So here it is. My pottery life, with some very loud music and some pretty good dancing. And a lot of throwing, fettling and firing. Oh ... and a good dose of anxiety."