The Story of West Coast Designs on Hand-Made Pottery with 40 Authentic Stories & Myths of the Coast People" written by David Lambert

Good condition, softcover booklet. Vintage

( published around 1956 by Bill Cuff in Vancouver, BC).

Published originally in the mid-1950s by Century Press/Bill Cuff in Vancouver, this 24-page booklet contains 40 Northwest Coast Indigenous stories and myths. David Lambert was a foundational figure in British Columbia's mid-century ceramic scene, founding Lambert Potteries in 1945. He printed these booklets to accompany and explain the stylized Indigenous motifs featured on his highly collectible commercial pottery lines.

Key Details:

• Author: David Lambert, a pioneer of commercial studio pottery in British Columbia and co-founder of the Potters Guild of BC.

• Content: Created to accompany and market his studio's hand-made and jiggered pottery line featuring Northwest Coast Indigenous-style surface designs, the booklet includes background context and stories/myths for 40 different design motifs.

• Context: Lambert Potteries Ltd. operated in Vancouver (initially on Fraser Street) from 1945 until 1971, utilizing local clay and popularizing regional artistic motifs.