Boy in a China Shop

- Blurb -

' During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he' s a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm & mischief. ' - Sara CoxBallet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throwdown. How did all that happen? By accident mostly. But I always say we make our own luck. What if an art teacher hadn' t given me a lump of clay? What if the band had been really successful? What if I hadn' t taken a photograph of a bowl to the buyer at Heals in London? What if she' d hated it? Or hadn' t seen it. . . What if I hadn' t agreed to dress up as Adele to make a crazy YouTube video? Every chapter of my book is based around an object (usually a pot) that' s been significant in my life. It' s just at trigger to let me go off in a lot of different directions and tell a few stories. A lot of stories. Dyslexia. The art teacher who changed my life. My Mother. My Father. A life-changing job interview with a man who lay under his car throughout. That video. Sifting through half-forgotten memories, trying to pick out the golden nuggets from the stuff that is definitely dross has been a curious, and at times hilarious, sometimes sad, but definitely enlightening process. So here it is - my pottery life with some very loud music and some pretty good dancing. And a lot of throwing, fettling and firing. Oh . . . and a good dose of anxiety.