Welcome to Potterton Books website the one stop source for reference books on Architecture, Antiques, Interior Design and the Decorative Arts. POTTERTON BOOKS : SCULPTURE Deborah Butterfield by Robert Gordon 2003. 180pp, 75 colour & 25 b&w illus. This monograph is devoted to the career of Deborah Butterfield and includes sculptures executed while the artist was in college in California, colourful works made from found and beaten metal, and later patinated bronze horses executed from a tremendous variety of wood and wooden frames. Price:  £34.00 The Art of the Picts: Sculpture and metalwork in early medieval Scotland 2004. 256pp, 326 illus. A sustained art-historical analysis of the work of the Picts, perhaps the least well-known of the Celtic peoples, who occupied north-eastern Scotland between the 6th and 9th centuries. The only real traces of their society are stone cross slabs and some silverwork, all engraved with symbols. Price:  £42.00 (Excluding: VAT at 17.5%) A complete potter's handbook: the craft and art of clay by Susan Peterson 2003. 4th edition. 432pp, 585 colour & 665 b&w illus. Widely considered as the most comrephensive and informative book on ceramics, both for beginners and more advanced practitioners, this new edition provides a wealth of information on practical and artistic topics, including marketing ceramics on the internet and the use of computers. Price:  £24.95 From court to caravan : Chinese tomb sculpture from the collection of Anthony M Solomon 2002. 160pp, 10 b&w illus, 90 colour plates. This book features 75 exquisite Chinese tomb sculptures from the collection of Anthony Solomon, which includes a particularly rich selection of sixth-century pieces and is noteworthy for its focus on unglazed, cold painted sculptures. The book provides an up-to-date overview of China's wide variety of ceramic tomb sculptures. Price:  £35.00 Art Deco and other figures by Bryan Catley 348pp, 43 colour, 1,100 b&w illus. This enormously popular book contains illustrations of the most comprehensive range of art deco figures ever published. It is based partly on original importer's catalogues and partly on the wide range of pieces handled by the author - the leading specialist dealers in the subject. The photographs are arranged in alphabetical order by artist making it a uniquely useful reference work for dating and identification. Price:  £45.00 Joseph Cornell : Master of dreams 2002. 144pp, 45 colour and 55 b&w illus. Interviews with Cornell and his family, and access to the artist's letters and papers, inform Diane Waldman's text as she probes the elusive imagery of his work. This illustrates volume covers Cornell's entire career from the surreal-inspired collages to his return to collage before his death. Price:  £30.00 POTTERTON BOOKS : SCULPTURE Buy Online - the best way to buy.