推介了任教于美国彭兰德手工艺术学校的10位天才烧制大师。在这些绚烂多彩的书页里，艺术家展示了他们的技术、理念及作品，向读者提供了许多启发人心、富有知识性、有价值的观点。彭兰德手工艺术学校位于北卡罗来纳州的山区，是美国工艺美术教育中心，办学宗旨是：通过工艺品教育为个人和艺术家的成长提供支持。彭兰德提供1周、2周和8周等不同时间跨度的成人讲习班，教授理论知识、陶艺、绘画、玻璃、铁艺、金属处理、版画制作和印刷、摄影、编织和木工。学校还为艺术家提供住宿，赞助社区教育项目，同时经营了一家画廊，展出隶属于学校的艺术家的作品。
The traditional villages are familiar primarily as a popular motif in Chinese literature. Now, for the first time, they are shown in their full astonishing variety. The range of colours and forms of vernacular dwellings in China can be traced back over hundreds of years, the astonishing variety bearing clear topological characteristics and determined by a broad spectrum of historical conditions. Styles and geometric shapes, ranging from the most elementary and primitive to the most lucious and colourful, as well as the architectural details, are all clearly illustrated. The decorative motifs employed are as varied and as fantastic as the landscape of China itself.