Publisher Note
FORTYSEVEN began as a record of the last bottle ovens and kilns of Stoke-on-Trent.
What started as a defined number has shifted… quietly… inevitably… into something wider.
This new zine, Beyond FortySeven, continues that documentation. Stoke remains at its core, but the work now reaches further: across the UK, tracing what still stands, what has collapsed, and what remains only as a trace in the ground.
Each structure carries equal weight. Each one speaks to an industry that shaped lives, landscapes, and memory.
This is not an ending. This is continuation.
A zine to bridge a longer process of looking, recording, and remembering. The uncertainty of FortySeven has given way to a national enquiry, searching for what exists and what remains of an industry that shaped lives, landscapes, and memory.
The number is fragile. The journey continues.
| Publisher | self-published |
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| Edition | 1st edition |
| Release Date | 24th April 2026 |
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| Printrun | 150 |
| Inscription | signed, numbered |
| Availability | Available |
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| Subform | Zine |
| Topics | Bottle Kilns, Bottle Ovens, Ceramics, Heritage, Industry |
| Methods | Aerial Photography, Architectural Photography, Industrial, Photography |
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| Dimensions | 14.8 × 21.0 × 0.5 cm |
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| Pages | 32 |
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