The Penland School of Crafts is a leading centre of craft education in North Carolina. Founded in the Appalachian Mountains in 1923, it is a college with an international reputation amongst artists and craft teachers. Each of the Penland professionals represented here specializes in a particular technique or method and photographs show them working as well as featuring their art. They have written accompanying essays and chosen pieces by other artists to complement their own. Ceramic sculptors included in this book are: Clara Kitty Couch; Angelica Pozo; Michael Sherrill; Tom Spleth; Linda Arbuckle; Nick Joerling; Cynthia Bringle; Joe Bova; Sergei Isupov; Mary Barringer.