Signed first edition softcover copy of Environmental Ceramics by California ceramicist Stan Bitters. He signed the title page boldly in black marker. First published in 1976 by Van Nostrand Reinhold, the book is Bitters’ own record of his large-scale work: ceramic murals, monoliths, sculpture, and pots designed to be part of architecture and gardens. It covers both his philosophy and his technique, with step-by-step photos of his process alongside finished installations. Bitters helped shape California’s organic modernist movement in the 1960s. His textured, earthy work still shows up in architecture today, most famously in the fireplace murals at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. The book has become a cult classic among ceramicists, designers, and collectors of California modernism, and signed copies are especially desirable. The cover shows one of his glazed ceramic medallions in rich oxblood, plum, and slate tones. Great book for any Stan Bitters collector. 

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