Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

Frances Palmer is a renowned potter, entrepreneur, gardener, photographer, cook, and beekeeper. In her first book, she shares her story and lessons on how to live a creative life, including insights into making pots, turning a passion into a business, and step-by-step instructions for throwing pottery, growing dahlias, and building an opulent flower arrangement. The book is a portrait of a unique artist and a generous manual on how to live a creative life.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 29 September 2020
Publisher: Artisan

Frances Palmer is a renowned potter, entrepreneur, gardener, photographer, cook, and beekeeper who has over three decades caught the attention of designers, design lovers, writers, and fellow artists. In her first book, she shares her story, lessons, and insights on how to turn a passion into a business, collaborate, persevere, develop and stick to a routine, and throw her beloved Sabine pot, grow dahlias, and build an opulent flower arrangement. The result is a portrait of a unique artist and a singularly generous manual on how to live a creative life.

Palmer's life in the studio is as beautiful and unexpected as her pottery, as breathtakingly colorful as her celebrated dahlias, and as intimate as the dinners she hosts in her studio for friends and family. She shares insights into making pots, such as the importance of centering and the discovery that clay has a memory. She also provides step-by-step instructions for throwing her beloved Sabine pot, growing dahlias, building an opulent flower arrangement, and even some of her most tried-and-true recipes.

The book is a portrait of a unique artist and a singularly generous manual on how to live a creative life. It is suited to any type of creative, offering up lessons on inspiration and creativity that are sure to bring out your inner talent. Whether you are a potter, entrepreneur, gardener, photographer, cook, or beekeeper, this book will inspire you to turn your passion into a business and live a creative life.

Weight: 1092g
Dimension: 212 x 260 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781579659059