An up-to-date monograph devoted to the leading American ceramist whose dazzling inventions have moved beyond the traditional domain of craft and consistently challenged the limits of the medium. An up-to-date monograph devoted to the leading American ceramist whose dazzling inventions have moved beyond the traditional domain of craft and consistently challenged the limits of the medium. Internationally recognized as one of today’s most important sculptors using ceramics, Betty Woodman started in the 1950s as a production potter with the aim of creating objects to enhance everyday life. Since then, the vase has become her subject, product and muse. In deconstructing and reconstructing its form, she has created a complex body of sculpture – the exuberant reflection of a wide rangeof influences and traditions, made highly singular by her inventive use of colour.