EDITOR'S WELCOME

摘要

It's been an interesting few weeks here at Ceramic Review. Arriving in the Ed's chair, my first discovery was that this mighty title had reached its forty-fifth anniversary - a big achievement for any magazine. A few paces from my desk lie cabinets jammed with colourful past issues: here an edition devoted to Bernard Leach (1979); there the i^oth issue (1994), within which lies a feature devoted to Lucie Rie's notebooks. CR's founding editors - the potters Emmanuel Cooper and Eileen Lowenstein - had a strong vision. This magazine was to be for anyone with a passion for ceramics - whether they were makers, collectors, students or enthusiasts. Nothing has changed. What is different though, is the way the magazine now looks, post its redesign. We've thrashed ideas and debated palette. The final choice of hues - orange for fire, blue for water, putty for clay - are colours that punctuate a potter's working day. CR readers, I know, have a strong sense of the visual; let us know what you think.