
Artist-potter Hylton Nel has been making his unique ceramics since the 1960s. Celebrating and gently subverting pottery archetypes across eras and civilisations, Nel’s charming, witty and joyful practice is unapologetically curious and quirky, often with a wistful lamentation for the human condition. This third monograph presents a selection of works from the past fifty years, from poetic text-covered vases and portrait plates to his playful feline take on Staffordshire pottery. An introduction by Kim Jones OBE and a text by Tamar Garb are accompanied by short extracts of the artist’s own words.
2025, published by Hurtwood (UK) and Stevenson (SA) / 212 pages / Page size 280 x 280mm / Printed full colour throughout, with shorter inserts black only on cream uncoated paper / Soft cover








