In these testing times with the likes of Korean dictators over-compensating with missile threats, humour is the order of the day. Raygun Gothic and Dingbats, as a 50′s and 60′s architectural style, had a connection to missiles, as the ray-guns had a missile shape and some of the Dingbat features looked like atoms.
The term “Raygun Gothic” was coined by science fiction author William Gibson (who also coined the term “cyberspace” and created the cyberpunk genre) in his short story “The Gernsback Continuum” (1981). Techno-noir* aptly described it as ” retro futurism ” As a style, Raygun Gothic is seen in comics such as Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers and old sci-fi movies such as Metropolis and Forbidden Planet. Mad scientists in huge labs, industrial landscapes, advanced weaponry such as rayguns, rockets and robots. A vintage Sci-Fi look born from a merging of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne.

Tuscon Raygun Gothic

( Woodland Shoppers Paradise Blogspot )

Mecca Cafe by Alain Lucier

Neon Outdoor Theatre Sign – Jefferson, USA

( waymarking.com-nneuman )

Most of the architecture styles have been represented in the ceramic arts. Classical, Baroque, Nouveau, Deco, Abstract expressionism, Modernist all had brilliant interpretations that helped to  popularise the forms. However both Dingbat and Raygun Gothic have been generally ignored.   Granted, they were fairly offbeat styles that didn’t really attract the same mass appeal.

I decided to go and search for some examples of this obscure style in ceramics, and I must admit it was a challenge. Even Google search was at sea.  Dingbats and Raygun Gothic are  connected to Googie Architecture, which had a tendency to be flashy and audacious. The original coffee shop known as Googie’s, which gave the movement its name, was designed by John Lautner and opened on LA’s Sunset Strip in 1949.

I only managed to find a few ceramic pieces that faithfully reflected the style , but earlier temple forms of the style came up which widened the scope. I also took the licence to include ray like decorative styles as a representation. I will add more examples in when they turn up.

Raygun Gothic Prophetic

3 ceramic jars - Neil Patterson

Grundtvig’s Church – Copenhagen, Denmark

Expressionist architecture with a touch of the Raygun Gothic

Loetz vase

( Treadway Toomeys )

Pair of tall Spainish pottery vases

( 1stdibs )

Amphora peace missile

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain

Florero Vase

Austrian artist Franz West sculpture

Cincinatti organic Raygun Gothic

Susan Anderson

Dale Chihuly – Cadmium Red Venetian with Blue Rings

Crapi Apartments – Dingbat architecture – Los Angeles

Durand vase

Archimede’s burning raygun

Planet Express Ship – Raygun Gothic

Typical Dingbat starburst wall feature

Rectangular ceramic vase

Australian Aboriginal  ceramic plate

( Raygun Gothic sea turtle ? )

Lingaraj temple complex

Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggisberg

L.C-Tiffany humidor

Raygun coffee cup

 Righteous Bison Indivisible Particle Smasher Ray Gun

A porcelain raygun by Clay Engineer Jeanette Harris.

Robj

Jazz musician Sun Ra

Coffee pot roundabout – Doha

The Singing Ringing Tree in Yorkshire

Iceland church

Two-X-Two  -  Sylvia Nagy

The funnel vase – Innes Olshansky

 Modernist blunderbuss raygun.

( http://fineartamerica.com )

Shewadon Pagoda – Yangon

Scheurich vase 1960′s

Phoenix observation tower – Arizona

Planned for 2015 ( Raygun Gothic resurrection )

You Blew Me Away by Penny Hardy

Abstract wall plate – Rucni Rad 1970

Michael M Glancy – Golden Ascension

Red rocket lamp

( custommade.com)

Dale Chihuly Glass

Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Kring Kumho Culture Complex

( with attachable lenses )

Eileen Gray floor lamp  - 1923

Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Large Flamenco Vase  - Thomas Kelly

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 *Sources cited : http://techno-noir.jedi-hobbit.net/scifi/raygun.php

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White ceramics

Aldo Flower Vase by M. and D. Fuksas for Alessi

Why does white look white

Pure, refreshing, refined, crisp, clear, illuminating and virtuous are some of the descriptive terms that come to mind for the colour white. This majestic colour has an intriguing dynamic in that it is without hue yet contains all colours of the light spectrum.
White is the color the human eye sees when it looks at light which contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum. This light stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the eye in nearly equal amounts.The reason substances appear white is because their surfaces reflect back most of the light that strikes them without absorbing any colors.

White was connnected with the goddess Isis in ancient Egypt. The priests and priestesses of Isis dressed only in white linen. Similarily, in ancient Rome, the priestesses of the goddess Vesta dressed in white linen robes, a white palla or shawl, and a white veil. White symbolized their purity, loyalty, and chastity. A plain white toga was worn for ceremonial occasions by all Roman citizens over the age of 14-18. No Roman man was allowed to appear in the Roman forum without a toga.

During the Middle Ages, painters rarely ever mixed colors; but in the Renaissance, the influential humanist and scholar Leon Battista Alberti encouraged artists to add white to their colors to make them lighter and brighter. This was adopted by numerous painters, and the palette of the Renaissance was considerably more vivid.

White porcelain originated in China and was widely produced due to its translucency, strength and hardness. It became highly prized after it was exported to the Islamic world and onto Europe.

Moon flasks. Famille rose. Qing 1723-35.

Sir Percival David Collection, British Museum

A beluga white whale. Its colour helps it hide from its chief enemies, the polar bear and killer whales

Burtz sundae soup tea bowls

Vintage White Vase – Heinrich, Germany

Turi Heisselberg

L’Officina Handmade Ceramic ( Etsy )

These bowls are  made with wool dipped in porcelain paperclay and arranged in a shape.Paperclay is a mix of porcelain and paper pulp. Paper in the clay changes the molecular structure of the clay body. The paper burns out of the clay in the kiln after about 300° and then the clay is as normal.Paper clay will withstand multiple re-dampening so you can make changes in the form. It will also withstand forced drying.

Thought Circles – Rheka Goyal

Tania Rollond

Taizo Kuroda

Sung Jae Choi – buncheong jar

Ruth Duckworth

Charles Murphy

Karen Morgan

Linda Styles – UK

Lotus Car Sculpture  -  Gerry Judah

Micro hybrid bi flora – Lindsay Feuer

Nagae Shigekazu - Forms in Succession

Jonathan Latiano –  Points Of Contention

Prism – Bartek Mejor.

Jennifer McCurdy

The Shinto religion uses white sand or gravel to symbolize a sacred place, while Zen Buddhism uses it to stimulate calm and meditation in their Zen gardens. The use of curved lines symbolised all embracing compassion.

 Futuristic white :

The colour white has quite often featured in futuristic scenes in movies and with modern décor. Predominant use of the colour promotes a minimalist, uncluttered appearance and clean contemporary lines. This could be a reflection of a subconscious desire to have a future that fades to white rather then black and maintains a purity and order.

Italian Architect Riccardo Giovanetti

Futuristic white Mahina house

Futuristic black & white chairs

Infiti Design

Connie Norman – Never Forgotten

3D model vase from Design Connected

Futuristic home from Woody Allen’s movie ” Sleeper “.

Adrienne Johnson Conway

Astrid Dahl

Ceramic Table Lamp – Regina Farrel

White Porcelain Berry Bowl – Isabelle  Abramson

Teapot from Anthropologie

Roos van de Velde – Belgium

Silver Arum – Wendy Hoare

German 60′s vase collection – artist unknown

Wat Rong Khun

Heather Daymond

Ed Bentley

Three white ceramic vessels – Mervyn Gers

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While looking for info on Feng Shui , I came across the blog of Fengyuqinsheng, which has the translation of ” Wind And Rain Piano “. This is the name Yang Fuhua, based in  Shanghai, uses for his photography. After looking through his photos it became apparent in his large body of work that the 61 year old Yang Wuhua had taken some images of artworks in the Shanghai museums and galleries. He used a Nikon 700 for most of the photos. Excellent photography more than worthy of a post.

M50 Creative Park Shanghai

Twilight Riverside

Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Venini art glass

Shanghai Museum of Glass

Xie Dongliang sculpture - Shanghai Art Museum

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Chinese Art – Xie Dongliang sculpture - Shanghai Art Museum

M50 Creative Park Shanghai

International Fashion Centre – Shanghai

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

International Fashion Centre – Shanghai

Ancient Chinese sculpture-Haibo

Shanghai Museum

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Back the ceramic female

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Back the ceramic female

Black and white Huangshan

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Bronze series - Shanghai Museum

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Chinese Minority Crafts – Shanghai Museum

In time and space shuttle

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Involution Pottery – Huang Jian

Jiading Bamboo – Shanghai

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

La Collection Du Centre Pompidou - Museum of Contemporary Art

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Lin pit – Nanxijiang roaming

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Lonely landscape series

Passion red plum

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Qing-Mei Ji Zhi Orientation years

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Qiuqi Jing jade carving - Shanghai Art Museum

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Red Square, small sculptures

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Red Square, small sculptures

Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Sculpture hodgepodge

Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Sculptures-series - Liu Hai Su Art Museum

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Sculptures-series - Liu Hai Su Art Museum

The Chinese Fu – Qiu Shengxian

Qiu Shengxian”s desire is to convey, through his art,  the special language of painting a spirit, a truth and love of  life.

Venini Glass

Shanghai Museum of Glass

Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Silver modern sculpture series

Shanghai Red Square

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Silver modern sculpture series

Shanghai Red Square

Silver modern sculpture series

Shanghai Red Square

Silver modern sculpture series

Shanghai Red Square

Silver modern sculpture series

Shanghai Red Square

Silver modern sculpture series

Shanghai Red Square

Silver modern sculpture series

Shanghai Red Square

Taste Yi Square – PERFECTION Glimpse

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Taste Yi Square – PERFECTION Glimpse 

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

 I love the combination of  an external rough texture with a smooth internal glazed surface, both resembling rice.

The endless possibilities of glass

Shanghai Museum of Glass

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

The endless possibilities of glass

Shanghai Museum of Glass

The Windows Of The Music To A Female

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Tony Cragg Sculpture-Space

Himalayas Art Museum –  Shanghai

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Tony Cragg Sculpture-Space

Himalayas Art Museum

Tony Cragg Sculpture-Space

Himalayas Art Museum

Tony Cragg Sculpture-Space

Himalayas Art Museum

Tony Cragg Sculpture-Space Himalayas Art Museum

Blue and white porcelain - Shanghai Museum

Photo – Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

Silver modern sculpture series

Mei – photo by Jeff

Ranwuhu, Eastern Tibet

Fengyuqinsheng ( Yang Fuhua )

The Eight Immortals – phoho by Lin Shigang

Fengyuqinsheng  - Yang Fuhua

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The evolution of Art Nouveau

In 1893 Edmond Lachenal introduced a new range of matt glazes that became the hallmark of his mature style – mat email veloute ( matt velvet opaque glaze ). It was created by  immersing a standard glossy glaze into a  a hydroflouric acid bath, stripping it back to a matt glaze. This was highly symbolic of the more formal classical styles being dissolved to usher in a new era.

The colourful, soft textured, ethereal glazes were perfectly suited to the dreamy, organic appearances of the emerging Art Nouveau designs. The muted palette gained instance acceptance and the Musee des Art Decoartifs purchased a Lachenal ceramic piece with this glaze in 1894. Simultaneously in the 1890‘s Jean Carries, Auguste Delaherche and Ernest Chaplet were also experimenting with muted earth tones. Another innovation in Lachanel’s work were his forms became more sculptural and organic. So plants weren’t merely painted on the surface but became integrated into the surface form itself. Critics praised this happy union of naturalistic forms complimented by the matt glazes as robustly graceful.

Ibis Vase – Ernest Chaplet

( frenchporcelaine.com )

The botanical vases with an organic appearance had a resemblance to the Japanese carved stone arts. This was no mere coincidence as the French designers in the 1880′s and 1890′s such as Emile Galle had been forging new styles based on nature which reflected their inspiration from the Japanese aethestic. Since 1854, Japan had opened up its trade with the rest of the world and Japanese art flooded into the European markets. The beauty and refinement of their paintings had an immediate influence on the artists of Europe

Edmond Lachenal also began casting and glazing the work of independent sculptors. This practice was already a major aspect of Émile Müller’s firm, Tuileries d’Ivry. Then the idea was taken over by artisan-al potteries such as that of Alexandre Bigot. The collaboration between sculptor and art potter had a special currency; the concept of a fusion of all the arts, both high and low, were frequently discussed. He produced ceramic sculptural pieces for Auguste Rodin (1895), Daillion ( 1895), Agnes de Frumerie (1896-1906), Ferdinand Faivre (1897), Luca Madrassi (1894) and Max Blondat (1904). His collaboration with the Swedish figural sculptor , Frumerie,  resulted in her applying her talents to decorative vases, which produced works consisting of maidens among oversize flowers, dejected Eves, dancing nymphs entwined in vines and leaves and other nature themes.

Art Nouveau Figural Vase – Edmond Lachenal  & Agnes de Frumerie

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In the excellent BBC series “ The Allure of Art Nouveau “ ( see below ), the following story was related by Alfonso Mucha’s grandson -
During the holiday season of December 1894, the struggling Czech artist/painter Alphonso Mucha, happened to be in a Paris print shop when the printer arrived with a request for an urgent poster promoting Sarah Bernhardt’s new play ” Gismonda “. As most of the Parisian artists were out of town on holidays, Mucha was in luck and received the commission. When the printer saw the result 2 weeks later, he was initially shocked by the style and muted colours that Mucha had produced. However Bernhardt loved the artwork immediately and gave Mucha an embrace, declaring ” you have just made me immortal “.

Alfonso Mucha Gismondo poster

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After the introduction of the poster on the 1st of January in 1895,  this turned out to be quite a prophetic statement, as the poster was an overnight sensation and was continually souvenired off walls. It was also a pivotal moment, being one of the first examples of inexpensive art being mass produced for general consumption. Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters, advertisements and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what was termed initially the Mucha Style but became known as Art Nouveau (French for ‘new art’) The promotion and development of Art Nouveau was rapid in architecture, ceramics, advertising and design and flourished for around 15 years.
Aubrey Beardsley’s illustration’s in Britain, Hestor Guimard’s design of the Paris Metro, Mary McDonnald in Glasgow, the architecture of Victor Horta in Brussels along with Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona and the Jugendstil secessionist  movement in Vienna all drank from the same fountain of creative elixir and inspiration during this extraordinary time. Edmond Lachenal continued his adventurous Art Nouveau ceramics into the 20th century with flamboyant forms and rhythms in his designs.

Teal and purple Art Nouveau Bud vase with pewter trim detail - c.1910

Art Nouveau Vase – Edmond Lachenal, 1900

The Indianapolis Museum of Art

W.S.and S vase

( Treadway Toomey )

Weller Ewer

Wilhelm Kralik Sohn vase

Handled vessel – Mougin, Nancy France

Judy Ritchie carved gourd

Kimbar- flickr

Austrian Loetz vase art nouveau with gilt overlay

Emile Galle Vase – Talking Lily  1900

( Naturalistic Spoon )

 Loetz vase organic Art Nouveau form

Clement Massier iridescent glaze vase

Frederick Hurten Rhead Nouveau vase

Patinated Jugendstil style bronze vase with two fairies

( 1900style.es )

German Jugendstil Art Nouveau vase – Berlin Museum

( Nouveau Voyages – Flikr )

Austrian Art Nouveau lustre ceramic bowl

American Art Nouveau Gilt Metal Mantel Clock, New Haven Clock Company

Amphora art nouveau vase

 Amphora Art Nouveau gilt handle quatrefoil foliate vase

Alvin Art Nouveau glass vase with sterling overlay

Amphora compote large form

( Treadway Toomey )

AN glass vase with green stones

Antoine Bricteaux Étoile

Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Figural Vase

Art Nouveau facade – Moscow

Crown Plate

( Leslie Hindman )

Art Nouveau brooch

Daum vase

 Faience Vessel  - Ferner  Green with Gold Sponge Accents   – DF Haynes

( Timber Hills Antiques on Ruby Lane )

Loetz vase, glass with a pulled design in blue, applied metal overlay in Art Nouveau

Two matching Amphora vases

Royal Doulton pitcher – 1900

( Treadway Toomey )

Osef Maria Auchentaller Jugendstil

Gustav Gurschner Nouveau Table Lamp

Loetz vase, tapered form with colorful iridescence and floral design in silver overlay

Mont Joye French Nouveau cameo art glass vase

Olivier de Sorra – Pierrefond

Pitcher – Lucien Hirtz

1900

Royal Dux vase, broad shape with two handles and a sculpted maiden among foliage.

( Treadway Toomey )

Rudolf Hamršmíd, Vase, 1899

Alfons Mucha 1896 poster

French Art Nouveau  ” aubergine ” vase

 Keller and Guérin, following a design of Ernest Bussière, featuring iridescent gold, brown and green glazes.

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An extract from the BBC ” The Allure Of Art Nouveau ”  series featuring some pieces from Rene Lalique :

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Erskine, Hall & Coe is a gallery that displays modern art along with 20th century and contemporary ceramics. The London gallery is in central Mayfair, off Bond Street, at 15 Royal Arcade. The gallery carries an extensive stock of ceramics, often including works by, Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, Jennifer Lee, Gustavo Pérez, Shozo Michikawa and Sara Flynn. It is currently under the directorship of  James Erskine, Matthew Hall and David Coe.

Upcoming   Claudi Casanovas Lluna Nova Exhibition  > 1st to 30th May  :

Erskine, Hall & Coe will be featuring a solo exhibition, Lluna Nova, which displays fifteen new works by acclaimed Catalan artist Claudi Casanovas.  This show explores ideas relating to darkness and rebirth, and will be open from the 1st through the 30th of May 2013.

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

Some of the other artists featured at the gallery :

Rafael Perez

” My way of working is based on my personal “opened eyes” and “looking firstly” point of view. I try to transfer this sensation to my works, and I consider them good when opening the kiln I don’t recognise the pieces as mine and I get surprised. ” ~ Rafael Pérez 2012

Rafael Perez

Rafael Perez

 Ruth Duckworth   ( 1919 – 2009 ):

Ruth approached clay as a sculptor rather as a potter, and brought an aesthetic rigour to her refined vessel forms, figurative sculptures and installations. She helped shape a new way of thinking about ceramics in the second half of the 20th century, and was the recipient of many awards for her extraordinary contribution to the arts.

Ruth Duckworth Untitled Bronze Abstract Statue

Ruth Duckworth – Untitled Porcelain

Ruth Duckworth Wall Mural

Sara Flynn

Sara Flynn

Sara Flynn  - Pressed Vessel

Shozo Michikawa :

Shozo Michikawa was born in Hokkaido, the most northern area of Japan. He initially had a career in business but took up evening classes in art where he discovered his talent and passion for pottery. A few years later in the 1970′s, Shozo made the decision to give up his life in business and to focus on creating ceramics.

In July 2005, Shozo was given the rare honour as being the first Japanese artist to have a solo exhibition of his art in The Forbidden City in Beijing.

He has widely exhibited in Japan and around the world, including the Philippines, Mongolia, France, China, New York and London.

Shozo Michkawa  - Natural Ash Glaze Plate

Tall Natural Ash Glaze Cut Sided Pot

Shozo Michikawa  - Kohiki Sculpture

Shozo Michikawa - Twisted Form 2010

Shozo Shino square pot

 Tim Rowan :

Tim Rowan sculpture

Tim Rowan –  Teabowl  201

Tim Rowan Untitled 2008

Toru Kaneko :

Toru Kanekou –  Untitled 2008

 Yasuhisa Kohyama :

Yasuhisa Kohyama  - Bachi 2011

Yasuhisa Kohyama Kaze -2012

 Yasuyuki Oyama :

Yasuyuki Oyama – Obi 2010

Yasuyuki Oyama Untitled 2009

 Anna Vannotti :

Anna Vannotti – Slab 1996

Catherine Yarrow :

Catherine Yarrow Dish

Catherine Yarrow Tower with Discs

Catherine Yarrow Yoni 1970

 Deirdre  Hawthorne :

Deirdre  Hawthorne – Impart  2012

Deirdre Hawthorne – Riverbed Group

 Ewen Henderson :

For Henderson, “fluxed earth”, as he called clay, was capable of being stretched and teased into complex new forms. His construction methods produced objects with a multiplicity of colour and textures, edges and interior spaces. His mastery of form was based on his insights as a painter, and he always stressed drawing as the key to his three-dimensional achievements. In the late 80s, Henderson’s ceramics became more sculptural, and he largely abandoned the vessel in favour of intricate open structures – often monumental – investigating his interest in intersecting volumes, spaces, edges and contours: a three-dimensional development of Cubism.

Ewen Henderson – Tea Bowl circa 1990

Ewen Henderson – 1992

Ewen Henderson sculpture

 Akire Yagi :

Akire Yagi Twisted Form 2012

Gordon Crosby :

Gordon Crosby Large Teabowl

 Gustavo Pérez :

Gustavo Pérez Vase Sculpture – 2011

Gustavo-Pérez –Vase Sculpture 2

 Hans Coper :

Hans Coper Cycladic Form On Cylindrical Base

Hans Coper – Large Square Bottle

Hans Coper  - Thistle Form 1975

Gustavo Pérez

Jennifer Lee :

Jennifer Lee  - Large Open Bowl 1989

 John Ward :

John Ward  - Large Bowl 1980

 Keiishi Tanaka :

Keiishi Tanaka

Koji Hatakeyama :

Koji Hatakeyama  - Six Faces 2012

Koji Hatakeyamaz  - Eight Faces-2011

 Lucie Rie :

Lucie Rie Green Bowl with Brown

Lucie Rie large Bowl 1984

All above images © Erskine, Hall & Coe Limited

Royal Arcade

( Copyright Joan Street )

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Pottery, planters, garden décor and sculptures for the garden.

Spring is a time to frolic in the garden, smell the roses, savoir the rejuvenation and listen to the bees humming. { see bees on their knees below }

Ceramic totem poles

( tssyr7art.blogspot )

Garden Shrine   Blue Jay on fountain, Smith Garrett garden, San Francisco

( jeffreygardens.blogspot )

Alhambra Vase – Theodore Deck

( V & A Museum )

( Wonderlane )

Tall bluegreen urn by Philip Simmonds

 La noia de la trena (Girl with the Plait ), 1928  – Barcelona’s Montjuïc Mountain

Sculptor - Josep Viladoma

 A flower vendor sells flowers in small ceramic pots from the back of his motorcycle in Hanoi.

( ABC news )

Pond Statue – Robert Tatin’s Home in Normandy France

A Rare Pair of French Fiance Caspo Glazed Terracotta Sculptures

( Talisman London )

Alexandre Bigot – France

An Egyptian Torchere on Stand

Annie Peaker garden hare sculptures.

A water nympth sculpture titled ‘Naiad (bronze)’ by artist Colin Caffell

( ArtParks )

Figurative Abstract Sculptures Florentine Twists – Neal Barab ( ArtParks )

[ ...you come here often ? ]

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Audrey with French pots

( Eye of the Day Garden Design Center )

Honey sellers:  Tosepan Titataniske (United, We Conquer) cooperative – Mexico

[  the bee photographer ]

Figurative sculpture – Michelle McGregor

California

Tika Ceramics – Etsy

Chosin Pottery Cranes – Japanese Garden

Colosso dell’Appennino by Giambologna – outside of Florence

Zarcero Topiary Gardens, Costa Rica.

Ancient Landscaping

Ciudad Perdida, Colombia.- Accidentally discovered in 1975 by looters, Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City) is home to the indigenous Kogi, descendants of the Tayrona civilization who inhabited the region from 200-1650AD, predating Machu Picchu by 650 years. Among the 250 Tayrona towns, Ciudad Perdida is the largest and most impressive, suggesting that it may have been the social, political and economic centre. More than 200 structures were uncovered across 30 hectares, including a hand-made beaded terrace.

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Alicia Penalba Sculpture

Gerbino – Vallauris

Rhoda Lopez wall art

( Esoteric Survey- flickr )

Flowering heads – Ceramic Studio

Gnome Home

( Paintingpixie – Etsy )

Neiman Marcus – Twisted Copper Garden Fountain

Julian Stair pottery

Greek pitharia

( Eye of the Day Garden Design Center )

Lollie Patchouli Garden Figurine Statue

( Etsy )

Female planter head

( stonefacecreations.com )

Garden Sculpture – Outdoor Garden Ideas

Peacock Statue

Grecian urn water feature

Decorative fern pot – photo Victoria Pearson

( Getty Images )

Decorative garden pots

Mata Ortiz pottery vessel

(  Painted in a elaborate process that artists today refer to as La Lucha, or “the Struggle.”  )

Statue at the Mayan ruins in Copan, Honduras

Succulent Plant Balls

Michael Trapp garden – Cornwall, Connecticut

Wall Panel Tyra Lundgren for Gustavsberg

Yellow flowers in pots with garden sculpture - Mallorca, Spain

orchardhousesoller.com

Ceramic Sculptures from Vietnam in the garden of  the Golden Tulip Hotel.

( Philly International Home And Garden Art )

Angel –  Warsaw, Poland

Early European Majolica vessel – height 15 inches.

( liveauctioneers )

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Bees on their knees

Just a few days back Europe banned the use of bee harming pesticides. The diminishing bee populations have provoked this decisive action .  Bees from Tasmania, Australia are being exported by the container load to places like California where they are used to pollinate the fruit and nut plantations, due to the local bee colonies being lost to the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Apart from Australia, this has become a global phenomena. There is also the little-understood phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (or CCD)  where worker bees from a beehive or honey bee colony abruptly disappear. The imported bees don’t hang around the orchards for long after pollinating. In beespeak this can be translated to “lets get the hell out of here “

Remedial programmes are being initiated to modify the use of pesticides and herbicides to try and regain some balance. Lets hope it not too little too late. Apparently some feral bee populations are now recovering—it appears they have been naturally selected for Varroa resistance. During the recent summer in Australia, which had record breaking heat , honey production fell dramatically because the native flowers withered. Bees were having such a lousy time on the pollen trail that the bee keepers stopped taking honey from the hives. It was only the gardens in and near the cities that helped the honey production. Lets hope that popular expression ” the birds and the bees ” will not have to be modified to something like, ” ok son, I want to tell about the birds and the beetles “.

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The mug would have to be the most utilised item of functional ceramic wares.  In an age of  hi-tech and tough composite materials, it is remarkable that  ceramic materials are still favoured for mugs, even though they are breakable and on the bulky side. Whether it is earthenware, bone china, porcelain or stoneware, it’s hard to beat the organic earthiness of a ceramic mug. With the caffeine connoisseurs,  some people do over 30 cups a day, so I’d imagine a certain amount of bonding would be going on with their trusty ol’ coffee mug. The vehicle of the morning lifeline to get the day started and the companion of  the evening hot chocolate to help close it down.

Newcomb College art pottery mug

 Newcomb College Art Pottery Mug, c. 1900, decorated by Gertrude Roberts Smith with pitcher plants, high glaze with blue and green underglaze and base marked with Newcomb cipher

Polish rhino mug

An early neolithic mug found in a tumulus at Fischbeker Heide, Neugraben-Fischbek, Hamburg, Germany.

( Wikipedia )

Allison McGowan

( Tales of a Red Clay Rambler – Carter pottery )

Slab built, stamped greenware

( Myrtle and Lucy – fickr )

Hornsea Pottery Mug – mid century

Laurentian modernist mug  - Mid Century

Abstract Bird Mug  - AP Biot  Vallauris

Art deco sugar bowl

( antique auctions now )

Red Ram Ceramic Mug - Art Studio MiroI Stani

All of the ceramic pieces are twice fired for strength and durability, with the second firing reaching over 1100 C degrees in an electric kiln.

( Etsy )

Back Bay Pottery

Bonnie Seeman

Bray ceramics –  ” I apply and layer a variety of colored clay slips and glazes to achieve the surface on my pots, I use sgraffito and slip trailing techniques to add lines, circles, and squares onto the forms. “

( etsy )

Pueblo ceramic mug ( 900 – 1300 AD )

Charity Davis Woodard

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Dameon Lynn – mug with saucer

Textured Slab Mug

( Clay Blog )

Denby Chevron mugs

( A LA Modern )

Dick Lehman

Dragonfly Coffee mug

Edinburgh Pottery Tankard/mug

Gillian Parke

Hand Built Ceramic Coffee Mug - Laura B. Cooper Ceramics

Herringbone Slab Built Stoneware Mug

JD Wolfe Pottery

Jennifer Falter Sgraffito mug

Jim Koudelka ceramic mug

John Roberts

( Mudfire Gallery 2011 )

Julie Covington

( Mudfire Gallery 2012 )

Ken Nyberg Sculpture

Lauren Bausch Original

Skull Mug – Little Art Monsterr

Mangum pottery

Chester The Cat Cofffee Mug

Mid Century Vintage Tiki mug

Pure trivia .      The next time you indulge a coffee with a doughnut, you might be interested to know :  the mug serves as one of the most popular examples of homeomorphism in topology. Two objects are homeomorphic if one can be deformed into the other without cutting or gluing. Thus in topology, a mug is equivalent (homeomorphic) to a doughnut (torus) as it can be reshaped into a doughnut by a continuous deformation, without cutting, breaking, punching holes or gluing.

Turkish tankard/mug

Hand-built lace texture mug  - Rachel Miller

( Windfall Arts Etsy )

Ceramic rhinoceros mug

( Artfire Shop )

Ronan Kyle Peterson

Royal Copenhagen Fajance Langalinie Mug

Sandcastle Clay Works Pottery mug

Shadow May – ceramic mug

( MudFire )

Slab Mugs  - Waconia Senior High Arts

Stacey Esslinger textured mug

Steven Hill Pottery mug

Tripod Mug by TwistedRiverClay

Mira Star with a morning cuppa.

Vintage Art Deco Cup-1930′s

Vintage Star Wars R2D2 mug

Zugatrons coffee mug

White rabbit mug

1950s Pastel Polkadots Coffee Pot, Creamer and Sugar bowl by Seltmann Bavaria

Solian ware Art Deco coffee set – 1930′s

( The Swelle Life )

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Art and spirituality were deeply entwined in ancient Egypt. Religion was interwoven, not only into the Pharaohs power, but into life itself. It was the deity of a town who the people turned to, in order to prevent the everyday hazards of living. They used magic spells, charms, folklore and amulets to appeal to the deity for protection against hazards, and to intercede on their behalf, for anything from the Nile flooding, to sowing seeds and harvesting crops, to protection from poisonous snakes, and for safe childbirth. The temples were the focal point for ceremonies, offerings and art. The walls were usually covered in symbols, hieroglyphics and paintings, which documented their history, life and spiritual structures and beliefs.

Keen observation and exact representation of actual life and nature, and strict conformity to a set of rules regarding representation of three dimensional forms dominated the character and style of the art of ancient Egypt. In order to clearly define the social hierarchy of a situation, figures were drawn to sizes based not on their distance from the painter’s point of view, but on relative importance. For instance, the Pharaoh would be drawn as the largest figure in a painting no matter where he was situated, and a greater God would be drawn larger than a lesser god.

The Ancient Egyptian art style known as Amarna Art was a style of art that was adopted in the Amarna Period (i.e. during and just after the reign of Akhenaten in the late Eighteenth Dynasty, and is noticeably different from more conventional Egyptian art styles.

It is characterized by a sense of movement and activity in images, with figures having raised heads, many figures overlapping and many scenes being crowded and busy. The most admired artists were those who replicated the stylized depictions of Egypt’s most venerated figures.

Tutankhamun Colossus

Tomb chapel of Nebamun. A fragment of a polychrome wall painting. The fragments are keenly observed vignettes of Nebamun and his family enjoying both work and play.

( British Museum )

King Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) with the God Amun and Mut God, red granite temple of Amun at Thebes.

( Egyptian Museum, Turin )

King Taharqa (reigned ca. 688-ca. 663 B.C.) was a Nubian Pharaoh of Egypt. He was the last ruler of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, the so-called Ethiopian Dynasty, and was driven out of Lower Egypt by the Assyrian’s as they began to conquer Egypt.

Egyptian Necklace counterpoise with aegis, of Sakhmet Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20 Date: ca. 1295–1070 B.C

Exquisite wall carving in the tomb of Ramose. Pharaoh Akhenaten’s first minister, located on Luxor’s West bank – 18th Dynasty

Painting from the tomb chapel of Nebamun

( British Museum )

Two-handled pottery storage jar from the Tomb of Kha

( Egyptian Museum, Turin )

Large Egyptian storage pots

Neues Museum Berlin

Eye of Horus ceramic vase, gold and blue

This is a superb example of a core-formed glass vessel, a method of producing glass vessels introduced to Egypt from neighbouring Syria early in the New Kingdom (ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.).

These small vessels were fashioned as containers for costly perfumed ointments, scented oils, and cosmetics.

Funerary Vessel of the Wab-priest of Amon, Nefer-her, painted to imitate granite stone.

Thebes, Egypt  ca. 1479-1279 B.C.E  ( Brooklyn Museum NY )

Ramses II, Memphis, Egypt

( Elly’s – Flickr )

Two-handled pottery storage jar from the Tomb of Kha

The body is painted with rishi (feather) decoration, the linen-covered neck with religious symbols: a white nefer-sign, a black neb-sign and a black and white painted wedjat-eye. It can be read as “ all good and healthy things “.

( Turin Museum )

Egyptian Hes Vase with cover

 Thebes, Egypt.  ca. 1350-1295 B.C.E.  Late XVIII Dynasty

Ritual vessels known as hes-vases were commonly used in temple rituals of purification and in libations, or liquid offerings, which the priest poured to the gods. Their shape resembles the hieroglyph hes, which can mean “to favor” or “to praise.”

 ( Brooklyn Museum NY  )

Kamares Ware beak spouted jug –  Phaistos, Crete Middle Minoan II 2000-1700 BC.

The Mninoans actively traded with Egypt and had an influence on their arts.

Egyptian Faience Lotiform Cup, c.945–715 BC, 22nd Dynasty ( The Met )

This cup, made of brilliantly glazed Egyptian faience, imitates the slender form of the flower and is decorated in relief with scenes depicting the plant’s marshy habitat. Such cups were funerary offerings made to be placed in tombs.

Menat of Taharqo

( The Met NY )

A high ranking official, doing his offerings wearing a fancy linen dress. ( Met Museum )

( Hans Ollermann – Flickr )

Egyptian Vessel with Lug Handles

( Chicago Art Institute )

Egyptian spoon-18th Dynasty with a girl playing the Lute.

Egyptian wall painting – Sennefer seated with wife

Tomb Of Vines – Thebes , Egypt

Bead Embroidered Egyptian Scarab Necklace

Egyptian Stone Carving, National Museum of Scotland by dun_deagh

Wall fragment, Egypt

( byrnzie28 – flickr )

Egyptian sculpture Queen Ti

( Su55 – Flickr )

An Egyptian long-necked vases that were employed to aid against evaporation. From the Tomb of Kha, Deir el-Medina, Dynasty XVIII.

( Turin Egyptian Museum )

Su55 flickr

Statuette of Hori in the Brooklyn Museum

 Tomb of Pennut. Lake Nasser, Egypt

( Archer10 – Flickr )

Photo by Ramesseum

( Fotor.com )

Akhenaten and Nefertiti

4 Egyptian vessels

( tutincommon – Flickr )

Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis with Pharaoh Seti  - Wall of the Temple of Abydos in Egypt.

Egyptian wall art – blind harpist.

Limestone scene from the Tomb Chapel of Paätenemheb, Sakkara.
1333-1307 B.C.

Museum van Oudheden, Leiden

Gerzean decorated pottery (D-ware) c.3500 – 3200 BC – Height 28.5 cm

( Neues Museum Berlin )

Fragment of a relief of Cleopatra VII  Thea Philopator  (“Cleopatra the Father-Loving Goddess”).

Ramesses II as a child  ( shown with the sidelock of youth )

(  LouiseAl – Flickr )

Tutankhamun Fan-shaped Headpiece – Museum of Antiquities in Cairo Egypt

Egyptian God Annubis

Museum of Antiquities in Cairo, Egypt

 Tuya Tuya – 18th Dynasty, Louvre

Elaborately curled and adorned wigs were worn at special public occasions and at religious ceremonies.

Inlaid Tutankhamen throne

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Tutankhamen Anointed by His Wife

Detail from the back of Tutankhamen’s throne
Carved wood and gold, inlaid with Egyptian
faience, enamel, semiprecious stones and silver.

1355-1342 BC

From the tomb in the Valley of the Kings  - Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Egyptian man with urn – 17th dynasty

Golden statues of Egyptian Gods

( Egyptian Museum, Cairo )

Luxor temple

Water bottle from Tutankhamen’s embalming cache

( Met NY )

Egyptian Statue of Osiris

Wall relief – Egypt

( tutincommon – flickr )

Egyptian wall painting – New York Metropoliton Museum

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I admire the photography of Robert Doisneau  and even though he has been celebrated many times on the net, I’m compelled to do a post on the art he created with his 35mm Leica.

Robert Doisneau is one of France’s favourite photographers, best known for his street photography and his many playful images of everyday French life. As one of the first photographers to do outdoor photojournalism, his prolific output covered ironic images of amusing juxtapositions, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris streets and cafes.

Roberts deep appreciation of the pure moments he witnessed on the streets of Paris was continually evident in his images and was his ongoing affirmation of the beauty of life and his love for humanity. I feel this personal quality bestowed him the gift of being in the right place at the right time to observe these visual treats unfolding.

Doisneau captured a charming vision of human frailty,  peoples foibles and life as a series of quiet, incongruous moments. He made the claim,  “ the marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street. “   His photographs over the course of several decades encapsulate a great record of life on the streets of France.

Angels And Leeks - 1953

Concierge rue du Dragon – Robert Doisneau

Surrealist sculptor Alberto Giacometti in his studio - 1957

( Robert Doisneau shop  - virtual galleries of photographs – Doisneau  - Painters and sculptors series )

Woman with dog  Paris.Ca.1890

Photographer unknown

Vice et Versailles – 1966

Venus Grabbed by the Throat, 1964

 Small children milk -1945  Robert Doisneau

Banquistes the Place de la Bastille - 1945

( Fairground series )

Street Musicians, London   1956

Bebop cellar, Vieux Colombier  1951 – Robert-Doisneau

The painter and his model, Paris 1949

The Painter of the Pont des Arts

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” You’ve got to struggle against the pollution of intelligence in order to become an animal with very sharp instincts – a sort of intuitive medium – so that taking a photograph becomes a magical act, and slowly other more suggestive images begin to appear behind the visible image, for which the photographer cannot be held responsible.” ~ Robert Doisneau

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The potter’s wheel,  Saint Armand en Puisaye   1945

The Shower – 1949  Robert Doisneau

The Children of Place Hebert – Robert Doisneau

Jacques Tati – Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday

A French movie full of sight gags, irony and inimitable warmth and charm, not dissimilar to Robert Doisneau’s  photographs.

A woman walks in Paris  1948  - Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau

Street Lamp on rue Vilin, 1969

Robert Doisneau- Snow in New York  Maurice Baquet  1960

Ronde d’enfants devant l’abbatiale de Marmoutier  - Robert Doisneau,    1945

 Paris street sweeper  - Robert Doisneau

Mimile and Maiss  - Le cirque by Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau,  Dream Girls   1952

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‘” I like people for their weaknesses and faults. I get on well with ordinary people. We talk. We start with the weather, and little by little we get to the important things. When I photograph them it is not as if I were examining them with a magnifying glass, like a cold and scientific observer. It’s very brotherly. And it’s better, isn’t it, to shed some light on those people who are never in the limelight.” ~ Robert Doisneau

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The diver Pont d’Iena – Robert Doisneau –1945

Les Chien du Marquis de Cuevas, Bois de Boulogne

L’Accordéoniste de la Rue Mouffetard  1951

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Doisneau was able to fix this radiant gravity that isolated a man from the crowd, and in these moments of grace create an ” illusion of time ” as if in a ” geometric dream. ” – Jean-François Chevrier

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Hunawihr – les-vendanges

Next To The Tower, 1985

( Getty Images )

A pillow burlap, Paris  1952 – Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau – 1983

( 1912 -1994 )

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Contemporary ceramics, innovative pottery and ceramics, céramique nouveau, avant garde and cutting edge ceramic design and techniques are featured in this post. Add in modernist, postmodern and abstract and that pretty much covers the spectrum of styles on display. Its always refreshing to see artists take risks and successfully create new innovations or invent new interpretations of particular styles.

This post will be updated on a weekly basis.

Cognition 0  - Jonathan Middlemiss   2011

“ Between the moment of seeing something and the sense we then make of it lies a place of questioning. For me it is the most alive place in our consciousness, bringing the unconscious to life through processes of emotional recognition and rationalizing our references. My work takes the energy of polarities, formal contradictions, impacts and merging as the beginning of a journey to this place.”  - Jonathan Middlemiss

Minoan pottery vessel  - 1800 – 1700 BC

A jug with a contemporary,  modernist appearance and in its time would probably have been regarded as contemporary. Sea life imagery was popular with the Minoan’s for pottery decoration which most likely explains the flowing, fluid style.

Egyptian  New-Kingdom (Dynasty-18) glassware

The abstract decorative styles of the Epyptian glass were a departure from the more symmetrical panels and geometric patterns that were favoured for the pottery. For the decoration, one or more thin colored rods were wound spirally over the glass while it was still soft. Before these rods hardened they were moved up and down with metal pins to produce waves, garlands, arches and leaf or feather patterns.

Read more: http://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/lifeinEgypt12.htm#ixzz2UY4uQgJK

Amanda Simmons - Noth Lands Decoded – large free-form slumped platter with glass powders, engraved and sandblasted.

(Image by Shannon Tofts)

Memoire   Yves Dana - Switzerland

Jonathan Middlemiss

 Tania Rollond

Impasse  - Kay Lynn Sattler

Keramiek- Agatha van Dijk

Lorna Meaden - whisky flask

Blue Quintessence  - Owen Lostetter

( fired clay and urethane - 16 x 13 x 7 inches )

Owen is a native of New Mexico, born in 1983 to artist parents, on a small and rural farm in Abiquiu.

Cristina Popescu Russu - Ceramics Artist – Bucharest

Sibylle Meier

( Switzerland )

3 pieces  - Sophie Elizabeth Thompson

Sophie-Elizabeth Thompson is a British sculptor living and working in Barcelona.

Rising Circles  - Judith Roberts

Tomoko Sakumoto - Lives and works in Okayama, Japan

Bottle with Moonlight Glaze   Ginny Marsh  

Ursula Morley Price

Naked Raku Sculpture – Wally Asselberghs

 Contemporary ceramic vase -Yves Mohy  French, 1929-2004

Abstract art work – Path of Life  by Chidi  Okoye

Andrew Ludick

Benjamin Storch

Ceramic bowl with flowing glaze – BeatriceWood    1962

Christine Jones ceramic sculpture

Connie Norman

“All my life I have struggled with writing, now my work is completely covered in text. This paradigm shift has allowed me to experiment in different art forms, and face fears through the medium of art. An interesting adventure in self-discovery! The text in my pieces acts on several levels. For instance, it has texture, pattern, mystery and a path to look inward to decipher a glimpse into my private thoughts.
I am fascinated by the rhythmic qualities created by color, texture, and patterns. Decoration and the act of decorating are essential because it celebrates and enhances form and speaks purely of aesthetics. I use pottery as a vehicle to explore decoration and other formal questions. It allows me to investigate form, space and image. My greatest satisfaction comes from thoroughly filling surfaces with color and finely detailed decoration in a spirit that I feel is playful and whimsical. My attempt is to make the environment an expressive participant and to address the importance of aesthetics in our daily lives.” Connie Norman

Shozo Michikawa Shino Square Pot, 2012

(  Erskine Hall & Coe )

Swan Gourd, 2007 -  Elizabeth Shriver

 “I work with clay to create an array of graceful, sensuous, organic forms. These pieces are made through a variety of hand-building methods such as slab-building, coiling, pinching, and forming with molds. Rarely relying on glaze, I use textures, stains, and colored clay to add visual and tactile interest. I am drawn toward neutral earth tones that complement rather than distract from my intricate sculptural vessels. The curving lines and interplay of light and shadow in my work generate an illusion of movement, giving each piece an almost lifelike quality. A successful piece is one that begs to be touched as well as explored visually.”  - Elizabeth Shriver

Frederick Garcia

Ilona Romule tea pot

Eric Knoche   Wood fired indigenous stoneware vessel with slip   2011

( Photo by Tim Barnwell )

” Honestly the first thing that really attracted me to wood kilns was the sound.  Depending on the burner design, gas kilns can sometimes sound like a jet engine.  Once while firing a very loud gas kiln in college I walked over to where some others were firing the wood kiln.  The only sound was a soft but powerful drawing sound from the entry and exit flues, though their kiln was just as hot as mine.  Since then I have come to find the effects from certain styles of wood kilns to be uniquely appropriate for my current work.  The process is also interesting and rewarding. ”  - Eric Knoche

Song OF The Wandering Aegnus - Jitka Palmer

Bodil Manz

 Porcelain vessels with translucent marks and tall feet. - Cornelia Trösch

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Lynx – Lisa Larson, Gustavsberg

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 Lisa Larson, born 1931, is a Swedish ceramic designer who started at Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory in 1953. She was hired by the famous Stig Lindberg who recognized and nurtured her gift for design. The Mid -Century modernist touch is apparent in many of her works. In 1981 she left Gustavsberg to work freelance as a sculptural artist and designer for various Swedish companies and the German porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal. She did stints at various ceramic companies including Duka, Kooperativa Förbundet and Åhléns .

During this time she created several hundred different designs – many of which became design classics, sought after by antique dealers and private collectors. Lisa Larson is best known for her humorous and friendly figures, generous shapes and artfully drawn incised decoration. Even though she created appealing ceramic wares, her talent for the charming characterization of domestic and exotic animals in her ceramic figurines and sculptures became the most popular.

Moses by Lisa Larson – Gustavsberg Ceramic Studio

In 1992 she founded the Gustavsberg Ceramic Studio with her colleagues Franco Nicolosi and Siv Solin. Their ceramics are produced on a small scale by a team of master craftsmen and women who continue the traditional crafts of mold making, glazing and hand painting. Lisa Larson is still actively working on creating and producing new ceramic designs, while her body of work is being discovered and rediscovered by many outside of Sweden.

Lisa Larson Rhino from the 1966 Maanage Series

Lisa Larson porcelain armadillo   1970 Length 7 inches

( 1stdibs )

Advent – 1956

Elk, king of forest – Lisa Larson

( Skandinavisk Antik )

Tax Mini Dacchshund – Lisa Larson

Ceramic  Cats Lisa Larson

( theanimalarium.blogspot.com.au )

Tiger from the 1959 Afrika series

( theanimalarium.blogspot.com.au )

White Poodle Lisa Larson Ceramics

Charlotta - Lisa Larson

Ape figurine – Lisa Larson

Wilhelm Kåge  - Gustavsberg

70 years ago, Wilhelm Kage started Gustavsberg Studio, or “G-studio”. It was launched as an “aesthetic laboratory” within the factory frames. The studio was described at the time as an idyllic oasis in industrijäktet, an idéverkstad, where the work could be done in peace and quiet without chords and office hours, as a “spiritual cycle path alongside the mass production autostrada”.

Zebra from Stora ( big ) Zoo Series, 1958

‘Harlerkin’ plaque produced 1960-69

( richard wallis antiks )

Anders Bruno Liljefors vase,  Gustavsberg

(  Domino Antik )

Lisa Larson Gustavsberg Wall Plaque

Lisa Larson – Gustavsberg Sweden

Lis Larson –  Albertina   1959-60

Fox  -  Lisa Larson from the Skansen Series  for Gustavsberg, Sweden   1978

Samhällsdebatten -( Public Debate ) – 1968

Lisa Larson stoneware figurine

Lisa Larson ceramic head sculpture

Lisa Larson female figurine

Limited Edition Hedgehog  - WWF series

( bukowskis market )

Cat by lisa larson

Poodle Figurine – Lisa Larson

Ceramic Tile – Elephant with 3-Riders

Lisa Larson

Large Ceramic Bulldog – Lisa Larson – Stora Zoo Collection  1957

Elephant from Africa Series 1964

( Retrohome.se )

 Lisa Larson Tripp Cat - Gustavsberg

Wall Tile “Birds” and “Riders” from the series “Unique”.

Lisa Larson för Gustavsberg Sweden 1967.

Lisa Larson dog figurine

( Isaiaz Flickr  )

Lisa Larson with cats

Lisa Larson in studio

Lion and Bird - Lisa Larson

Lisa Larson – Harlekin  1960-69

Ceramic horse figurine  - Lisa Larson

( Smagarde Auktioner )

Stoneware Donkey figurine with painting and glaze

Lisa Larson, Gustavsberg,

Afghan Dog - Lisa Larson

Lisa Larson Cat - Lilla Zoo collection

( Keramikk Ceramics )

Lisa Larson Animal Figurines

Terracotta, with selective glaze, horse figurine – Lisa Larson

From the Lilla Zoo collection - The very first collection of Lisa Larson’s figures to be put into production in 1955. Stig Lindberg, who was artistic director at Gustavsberg’s porcelain factory, discovered Lisa’s unique talent at adapting her creative ideas to the many challenges of factory production.

( Liveauctioneers )

Black and White Cocker Spaniel – Lisa Larson

Lisa Larson figurine  ” Icehockey Player “

1973

Website : http://www.lisalarsonsweden.com/home/en

Lisa Larson on Facefook - http://on.fb.me/17UUHrY

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Polymer Clay,  Paverpol, Makin’s Clay and some  Bronze

Australian Lex Sorrentino began sculpting Original One-of-a Kind Dolls in 1996. After 12 months of sculpting the human form in Earthenware clay she changed over to Polymer Clay and has never looked back. Lex is self taught and has experimented with Polymer and Paper Clay in numerous ways. She has also been teaching sculpting in Polymer & Air-Drying Clay for approximately 17 years and holds regular classes in Sculpting, Polymer Canes for bead making PLUS Paverpol Garden Sculpture classes. ” I feel so blessed and grateful to teach and be able to inspire and contribute to someone’s life. “ ~ Lex Sorrentino

Art Deco Wallhanging

( Makins Clay )

Wall sculpture 007

( Makins Clay and leather )

The Crystal Keeper

Lex Sorrentino

AFRICAN LADY ( sculpted face & hands)

Teapot   - Lee Sorrentino

Art Deco Sculpture-1.

The Art Deco Series are Sculpted, then draped with fabric dipped in Makins  Clay.

Wailing Banshee Sculpture  - Lex Sorrentino

(  In Irish legend, a banshee is a fairy woman who begins to wail if someone is about to die. )

Bronze wallhanging – Lex Sorrentino

Coffee pot - Lex Sorrentino

2 Africans

Griffin-009

Lex’s Dancers sculpture - Paverpol &  Air Dry Clay

Teapot – Lex Sorrentino

Dragon Keeper Sculpture

Lex Sorrentino

Blue Dragon

Beaded Fish  - Apoxie Sculpt, Metal scales & various beads.

Lex Sorrentino

Nomad Queen -  Lex Sorrentino

( Sculpted using Apoxie Sculpt with a  Paverpol Body )

Art Deco 5 - Lex Sorrentino

Beaded Lady –  Lex Sorrentino

Apoxie Sculpt & beads.  (  Beading Inspired by Marilyn Radzat )

Griffin & liquid Makins

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies - Lex Sorrentino      

Karens sculpture

Karen’s Magenta Sculpture

Lex Sorrentino  2007

Apoxie & Paverpol Mirror

Face cane bowl-3

Natalie’s Dragon

Lex Sorrentino

Goddess sculpture - Lex Sorrentino

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Other Australian & NZ sculptural artists :

Fairy house created by Janice Laurent.

T Shirt to Garden Statue  - Christa Light

Leone Filo – Blue Lady

( Paverpolaustralia.com )

Chela O’Sullivan – Paverol sculpture.

Pink roses – Leone Filo

Mermaid   – Lynette Fairbrother

( Paverpolaustralia.com )

Dwight Saunders Sculpture

3 Pink Ladies

( Paverpolaustralia.com )

Egypt Cat – Merilyn Thomas

  Paverpol opera  - Dwight Saunders

2012

Lex Sorrentino workshop

Lex Sorrentino

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Click the link below for more info

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Lex’s website

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It is generally recognised that Modernist design had its initial inception in Europe in 1919, with the opening of the Bauhaus school of Design in Germany. It was founded with the idea of creating a “total” work of art in which all arts, including architecture, would eventually be brought together. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design.This was also the major driving force behind the Mid-Century era of art, which spanned from the early 1940′s to the early 80′s. In the USA, the sparse, clean lines of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture and the emerging acceptance of the Scandinavian design ethic, had an incisive influence on interior design and ceramic styles. Below are a collection of some of the many American artists that made fantastic  contributions to this unique phase of art and design.

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 Clyde Burt :

Ceramic artist Clyde Burt (1922-1981) is widely recognized as a pioneer in the American studio ceramics movement. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School and the Cape Cod School of Art and completed graduate work under Maija Grotell at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He exhibited at the Ceramic Nationals in Syracuse in 1954, 1956 and 1958. In 1957 he won the Art Institute of Chicago Designer-Craftsman Award. His pieces are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Everson Museum of Art.

Clyde Burt Lidded Vessel

Ceramic Wall Relief  – Clyde Burt   c       a – 1960

( 1stdibs )

Large ceramic vessel wtih etched design – Clyde Burt

Clyde Burt – Glazed modernist stoneware vessel with lid

Clyde Burt pottery vase

Clyde Burt vase, stoneware

(  Clyde Burt Ceramics | Facebook )

Clyde Burt well panel,plate & vases

( AAA Auctions )

 Large stoneware bottle form vase with an incised geometric design – Clyde Burt

Height 16.5 inches  ( Trocadero – Studio 2.0 )

Clyde Burt  - Monumental glazed earthenware vase.This dates from early in Burt’s career when he was working in Ohio in the 1950′s

Height 33 inches ( Wright Auctions 2002 )

Clyde Burt Tiled Wall Panel

(  Clyde Burt Ceramics | Facebook )

Clyde Burt – Vase, Dayton-Melrose, OH, 1955

Clyde Burt ceramic vase

Clyde Burt ceramic wall panel

(  Clyde Burt Ceramics | Facebook )

Large Bottle –  Clyde Burt

Modernist Bowl – Clyde Burt

Clyde Burt modernist vase

Clyde Burt Vase

Mid centuryVase -Clyde Burt

Modernist Figurines  - Clyde Burt

1963-1964

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel  Incised design

 Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman :

Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman are skilled craftsmen and designers who were instrumental in defining Mid-Century Modern home decor.  After attending the “For Modern Living” exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1949, where they encountered the design duo of Charles and Ray Eames, the couple decided to devote a life and career to design . Here, for their generation, was a fresh and exciting alternative to the “mundane, what-your-mother-had, doilies-on-a-table” kind of traditional home decor. “We didn’t know we had missed it, because it hadn’t been there. * Jerome recalls, “If the Eames can do it, why can’t we?”; so they opened the Jenev Design Studio (a combination of their names) in West Los Angeles. They began producing slip-cast ceramics and eventually expanded their offering to include a  wide variety of home decor and architectural elements. The business name changed to ERA Industries in 1956.

Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman modernist ceramic collection

Evelyn Ackerman - Horse  1950′s

Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman  - Ceramic Bottles

Female Figures vase by Jerome Ackerman, 1953

( Mid2Mod .blogspot )

Rain - Evelyn Ackerman Mosaic

Gertrud & Otto Natzler :

Gertrud  Natzler’s collaboration with her husband, Otto Natzler, extended over almost four decades and produced some of the twentieth century’s finest ceramics. They are held by over seventy museums throughout the world and by countless private collections. Her nearly twenty-five thousand hand-thrown pots, bowls, and bottles are celebrated for their refinement, delicacy, and proportion  Her husband brought exceptional color and texture to the work with the glazes he invented and developed by experimentation, carefully documenting several thousand formulas.

Natzler modernist bowl

Gertrud & Otto Natzler folded bowl with yellow glazed earthenware

Natzler crater bowl  -glazed earthenware with a burst-bubble glaze and blue highlights.

( Treadway Toomey Auctions – sold )

Gertrud & Otto Natzler earthenware footed bowl

Natzler Tall bottle with lip – 1962

Gertrud & Otto Natzler  - Monumental vase - 1957

( LAMA – Los Angeles Modern Auctions -Realized: $93,750 )

Otto & Gertrud Natzler ceramics at Common Ground, AMOCO

Otto & Gertrud Natzler Bowl with a lava glaze.

Gertrud & Otto Natzler  - Velvet Chartreuse glazed ceramic - 1945

( LAMA )

Gertrud & Otto Natzler – folded shape bowl

Gertrud & Otto Natzler – Tomato Red Vase

Gertrud and Otto Natzler

 Russell Wright :

Centrepiece bowl designed by Russell Wright for Bauer Pottery.

1948

Russel Wright – American Modern dinner set

Eva Zeisel :  ( 1906 –  2011 )

Known for her organic modernist ceramic works, Eva Zeisel was truly one of the foremost designers of the Twentieth Century, with a career that spanned into the Twenty First Century. She was the first designer in America to produce an all white dinner service. After settling in the USA, she started designing for pretty large-sized companies like General Mills, Rosenthal China, Castelton China and more. Zeisel was also proud to share her knowledge, and eventually became a professor of Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute in New York. One of her career highlights was in 1946, where she had a one-woman show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She was still designing at the age of 100.

Eva Zeisel was continually intrigued by what she called her “playful search for beauty.” A person of delightfully defiant spirit, the designer was just beginning her career when she declared war on the fashionable avant-garde. “I didn’t accept the purism of modern design,” she said. “In my definition, if it gave beauty to the eye, it was beauty.”

Eva Zeisel  - Art Deco coffee set

1932

Eva Ziesel carafe and tray

Eva Zeisel jugs

“It’s easy to do something stunning that stays in a collector’s cabinet.  But Eva’s designs reached people at the table, where they gather”  - Paola Antonelli

Large milk pitchers – Eva Ziesel

“The clean lines of modern design can be successfully combined with sensuous, classic shape”  - Eva Zeisel

Eva Zeisel Vase

Eva Zeisel  1983

Eva Zeisel Sauce Bowl

 Beatrice Wood :  (1893-1998)

As a potter, Wood was fascinated by the glazing process from the beginning, and dedicated much energy to the study of luster glazing techniques. She also studied briefly with master potters Getrud and Otto Natzler in 1940, who impressed upon her the value of the ceramic vessel as fine art. . In 1948 Wood began to establish a home and studio in Ojai,California and over the next fifteen years began perfecting her own version of the luster glaze.

She was lifelong member of the Theosophical Society which would greatly influence her artistic philosophies. Her path was also shaped by Dada, the art movement of which Wood was a seminal part, which rejected reason and logic; prizing nonsense, irrationality and intuition. By the early 1970’s, Beatrice Wood had established a reputation as a fine artist and emerged as a leading American exponent of luster pottery. She eventually turned her focus to more complex, decorative vessels, and her work was increasingly sought after by galleries and museums. By the time of her death at the age of 105, Wood had become a well-recognized figure in the world of ceramic art, renowned as much for her luster glazes as for her longevity, vitality, and charm.

Beatrice Wood ceramic vessel

Beatrice Wood ceramic bowl

Beatrice Wood vase, bulbous shape covered in a volcanic textured yellow glaze with subtle black highlights.

( Treadway Toomey Auctions )

Mottled Glaze, Ovoid Crimped bowl – Beatrice Wood

( roadside-america.com )

Gold Luster Vessel with Figures  1985

Beatrice Wood – deep tourquise glazed bowl

Beatrice Wood

Charles Ray Eames Elephant

Harrison McIntosh :

Born in California in 1914, Harrison McIntosh was a master at his craft, setting aesthetic standards of elegance, precision, technique and design in ceramics. As a pioneer in the post-World War II Southern California crafts movement, his ceramic art continues to be recognized beyond today.

Harrison McIntosh Pottery Vase

Glazed Platter Harrison McIntosh

1984

Harrison McIntosh

( Otis Legacy )

Double Gourd Bottles – Harrison McIntosh

1950

Harrison McIntosh ceramics at Common Ground, AMOCO

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As this is the latest instalment of pottery whimsical, the only thing being revealed here is more ceramic oddities, a few quirky sculptures and other amusing art pieces. The usual guidelines apply … from the sublime to the enthralling, from frivolous to sobering, ponderous to far reaching, ordinary to excellent, ancient to now and anything in between and before and after.

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Life without whimsy is like a joke without a punchline …Oscar Weld

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The Bridge – Andy Scott

Smiling Buddha – Arsen Alaverdyan

The Traveller – Neal French – UK

Shadow Dog pot  - Rimas VisGirda

Street sculpture – Place de la Sorbonne – Paris

Rococo Style Figurine Pitcher - Skinner Auctions

Amphora Vase

Photo – Paul Starosta

Mid-Century Modern charger – YAIR,  Israel

 Mosaic mannequin -  Bay Area artist Laurel Skye.

A Nazca Huari Golden Miniature Head

Zsuzsa Monostory

Tea set by Hernich Wang

Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel. Proto-Elamite; ca. 3100–2900 BCE, Southwestern Iran

Japanese Sumida Gawa Ryosai porcelain Bowl with Ban-ni sign – 19th century

Gustav Oppel for  Schwarzberg Werkstatten

Commedia Dell’arte Harlequin Art Deco Figurine

Greencat by Roman Khalilov

Forest Stump – Carruth Studio

Bizen vases filled with water to test for leakage

Di Conway

The Botanist by Kurt Weiser

Ceramic fat cat

A French Art Nouveau vase designed by Ernest Bussière

With Balls And Ring  - Jerzy Jotka Kędziora

Bold Floral Tea Set – Red Poppy Funky Tea Pot, Cream & Sugar

Romy and clare  - etsy

Accolay Pottery roadside store circa 1966

Stoneware Vase  - Michael and Magdalena Frinkess

Ange 777

Aleluia Vase – c 1965  © CMP

(  http://ceramicamodernistaemportugal.blogspot.com.au/ )

 Urs Fischer’s contemporary exhibition – Los Angeles MOCA  ( Museum of Contemporary Art )

Cat Birdfeeder

Scott Zielger

Lucinda Brown – Double Fragment  sculpture

Mr B – Gary Dinnen

Tony Cunha, © Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts  - Happy Valley Foundation

The Clandestines – Fred Yokel

Jacques Tati at the museum.

Chinese Famille Vert Teapot

Chong Fah Cheong sculpture

Japanese O-Daiko – double-headed / barrel drum – 1873

 Played in temples, theatre orchestras and at festivals.

( The Met NY )

International art collective Cracking Art Group placed 50 large-scale blue plastic snails all across the roof of the Duomo (the fourth largest cathedral in the world) in Milan, Italy in an effort to draw attention to and raise funds for much-needed repairs

French Sculptress Eva Roucka

( photo – Rolf St )

French Porcelain and Dore Bronze Three-Light Candelabra, 19th century, with turquoise-glazed rooster

( Skinner Inc. Boston )

Rare Chavin Pottery Mask   Jequetepeque River, Peru , 1200-1000 BC

( Liveauctioneers )

Kelly Daniels – claydancer

Lee Jae Hyo – Korean Sculptor

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This post will have weekly updates

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The trusty pot has done a sterling job at serving humanity for a long time. An enduring symbol of sustenance and one of the earliest forms of art in the home, especially in the poorer households. Whether it was just a simple functional form or had decorative designs and colourful glazes, it reflected artistry. Both the Chinese and the Japanese believed the digestive system was ruled by the Earth element, so it was a natural symbiosis to use ceramic wares for serving and consuming foods and beverages. Also for cooking it was the most favoured. They still believe that for preparing medicinal herbs, a plain unglazed pot is the most ideal.

This post features a collection of functional pieces, centred around  domestic food preparation, storage  and presentation.

Vallauris Lava Bowl

Stoneware Basket~ Brenda Holzke

Royal Worcester Porcelain Basket

Berry Bowl – Rena Hamilton

Bowls with decorative birds-  Laura Zindel

Casino Ware Art Deco Covered Bowl

Crystal Nolfo Brown Jar

Deep Platter

Fezile Ntshofu

Frankoma fruit bowl

Box1 – John Preus – Thrown, altered, and assembled porcelain.

High fire reduction glaze and ceramic stain.

 Mid Century Modern Coffee Pot and Creamer Set East Germany 1950s

( GoGoBerlinette – Etsy )

Sarah Dudgeon mugs

Sylph Baier – Ceramic Collander

Carlos Versluys – 2005

Lidded Green Jar Number 7 by Nancy and Burt

Vintage Danish Pottery  Stoneware Handled Bowl

Marianne Starck,  Bornholm

Jessica Lamoy

Pitcher by John Leach, eldest grandson of Bernard Leach

Kevin Warren ceramics - Blue Bird Medium Stewpot

( Bircham Gallery )

Korean Vessel  - Goryeo Dynasty, 13th century

Jennifer Allen Tumbler

( Schaller Gallery NY )

Elmer Taylor- Medium Bowl

( Schaller Gallery NY )

Emma Taylor  - Oval Bottle

Stoneware with multiple glazes

Leaf and berry scraffito lidded jar – Kathy King

Large Tall Jar - Leslie Thompson

Earthenware Coil Vessel
Titled, “Home is where the heart is”

TaraCotta Pottery Studio, Tara Qua

Nakano Taku

Potluck casserole – Susan Thompson

Mid-Century Modernist Salt And Pepper Shakers

( Ruby Lane )

Sake bottle with turquoise glaze interior – James Whiting

Silvie  Granatelli – Cream Pitcher with swan handle.

Sauce boat, from ”Fleur et Rubans” service

Shane Norrie wheel thrown Raku lidded vessel

Pitcher – Joanna Howells at-Studiopottery.co.UK

Ship Sinkers Ice Bucket –  Mariko McCrae

Square Plate-•-Daphne-Hatch

Vesna Vidrih

Ewer  - George Logan ; Wedgwood – 1905

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Ian Dowling bowl

Vintage Royal Dalton Bunnykins Cereal Bowl

This is identical to the first piece of ceramics I ever owned. It turned up for my 3yo birthday. Is this where my interest in ceramics began?

Vallauris Pitcher

Bottle and tumblers

“Handmade Ceramic Bowl- Bunny Rabbits Cereal Bowl” by abby berkson

( Artsconnected.org )

Karen Burk  - SERVING DISH: LILIES ON YELLOW
porcelain with underglaze decoration

( Gallery78 – sold )

Teapot-with-birdprints   SUSIE JENKINS

Victor Greenaway – Bowl

Highly decorative domestic ceramic bowls – Katrina Moye

Tall sgrafitto bird jars  - Kathy King

West German Ruscha Jug

( beetle2001cybergreen  Flickr )

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When I took my dog for a stroll, the first thing that would confront me when ascending the steep hill near my home, was this magnificent old Ghost Gum Tree. Situated in a commanding position like a guardian overlooking the valley below, it was a vision of grace, endurance and power. Some have a lifespan of over 500 years, so I was dismayed to see it being removed with chainsaws recently.  A vision not to behold ! Apparently a branch was diseased but overall the tree looked healthy to me.

These iconic Australian trees  don’t occur naturally in prolific  numbers and have the status of being sacred according to the indigenous Australians. Its long and smooth branches have a serpent like quality. This Ghost Gum was over 50 feet in height. The only place it will exist now is in Google maps which is where I grabbed this image from.

This majestic Ghost Gum is also in the neighbourhood and has the twisting, weaving, undulating branches that are similar to one of  its sacred cousins, the Oak Tree. This one is on private property, so it hopefully won’t fall to a similar fate.

 Some other Aussie Ghost Gums 

Heritage listed Ghost Gum

Koala on a Ghost Gum

rednomadoz.blogspot.com

Australian Ghost Gumtree

The curvaceous lines really make it the Goddess of the Gumtrees

( AllPosters.com )

Ghost Gum in Ormiston Gorge, West MacDonnell National Park (© Vilis Nams)

http://www.bmorrowphoto.com/

‘ Gorgeous ‘ - Trephina Gorge Ghost Gums

( Island Home – Flickr )

Centralian Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja), just south of Alice Springs, Central Australia.

 ( Michael J. Barritt – flickr )

Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja) at Simpsons Gap, part of the West MacDonnell National Park , Central Australia

 ( Michael J. Barritt – flickr )

“Twin Ghosts” by Albert Namatjira.

 The Ghost Gum tree features in aboriginal Dreamtime stories and gained prominence with the wider public in the 20th century through the paintings of aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira.

 Trephina gorge » The largest Ghost Gum in the Centre

( photo - Johan Douma )

A Ghost Gum couldn’t grow a straight branch if  it tried. Just like in feng shui, the curvy shapes of the branches represent inclusiveness, compassion and  flexibility.

( photo –  Brolga Healing Journeys )

Ironstone Hill and Ghost Gum, Tennant Creek Region

Image Tourism NT

Outback Ghost Gum

Graham Gercken – deviant art

This piece of bark has a thickness of nearly 1 inch, taken from a branch off the lost Ghost Gum.

Stanley Chasm ghost gum

Alice Springs, Australia

Ghost gum eucalyptus

 Alice Springs, Australia

Ceramic sculpture  by Val Mark   –  Ghost Gum

Vintage Australian Pottery :

Gum leaves, gum nuts and gum flowers were a regular feature on Australian vintage pottery. So its not hard to find pottery with representation of the Gumtree.

Vintage Harry Whyte Gunda pottery jug

MELROSE Pottery 1930′s Vase

Fruit dish with gumtree flowers – Carltonware

Vivid red gumtree flowers

 ( http://dragonfly47.blogspot.com.au )

Orange Flowering Gum Tree

Decorative plate with a Mary Gibbs illustration

Aboriginal art bowl  - J.Madei – Studio Anna

Studio Anna Vintage Salt n Pepper Shakers

Vintage Margot Laurie Australian Drip Glaze Vase

Florenz ( Florence Williams ) Gumleaf and Gumnuts Jug

Royal Doulton Gumtree Vase – 1934

( nicholnack.com.au )

Slat and Pepper Shakers – Ellis

Florenz Pottery Vessel

FLORENZ Pottery  - 1950s  Gumleaf  Wall Pocket

Studio Anna – Vintage Aboriginal Art Vase

Elfreda Finlay – Australian Landscape Vase

Remued Pottery – Cream & Green Drip Glaze Jug

Diana Pottery Gum Leaf Wall Pocket Vase

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Above sculpture by Rieke van der Stoep –  ” Crosswind “

 I noticed while sourcing images for my post ” Figurines Of Intrigue ” that the figurines of the female form were in predominance, so I decided to dedicate a post purely on this theme. Most of the female ceramic figurines seem to be created by women whereas the sculptural female art forms have a more equal representation between male and female artists. This post will be updated on a weekly basis.

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 I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set her free.

Michelangelo

Green Goddess Figurine

Churkin Larissa -Stairway to Heaven – PART I

Anne Gregerson – ceramic female bust

AYELET LALOR-Green Diva with dog

Nancy Standlee ceramic wall art

Guido Cacciapuoti

Milano 1892-1953

Henryk Jędrasiak, Polónia.

Gracegul Dance by Chidi Okoye

Claude Cavin

Dance Bliss  - Marco Cochrane

The sculpture, of a dancing woman, stands 40 feet tall, weighs 7000 pounds and is ingeniously constructed of triangulated geodesic struts.

Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA

 By night, it alights brilliantly with a complex array of 1000 slowly changing l.e.d. colored lights. Viewers may interact with and manipulate the lighting effects with an iphone app .

(  http://blackrockarts.org )

Datura  - Chauncey Bradley Ives

American, 1810-1894

First Touch – Hindi ( Consuelo Bustillo Penunuri )

( Key West Art Galleries )

Demetre Chiparus Art Deco Figurine - Dancer of Kapurthala

Denise Romecki Ceramic Sculpture

” In My Dreams “

Canice James  – Nuba

Janneke Bruines — ‘ Flight ‘

Josephine with Attitude by Helen Clancy

Judith Meulenberg Figurine

Katerina Baranowská Figurine –  Czechoslovakia

Angel – Kateřina Baranowská  -  2010-11

Ceramic Sculpture - Kelly Stevenson

Lady of the wood gourd  - art sculpture by Jeanne Friy

Nishio Yasuyuki  - Sumeru - 2011

Statuette of a veiled and masked dancer, 3rd-2nd century BC, Hellentisic, Greek, bronze

Stratification—Sheila Ganch

Teresa Brooks Pottery

Véronique Didierlaurent

Wil van den Hoek

Cynthia Aildrich — ‘ She Who Waits For Answers’

Kurtis Bell  -  ‘Abigail, Abby’s Angel ‘

Kurtis Bell never intended to be a sculptor. He was painting and wanted to come up with some way to have a model pose for him without the cost of a model, which he could not afford. His idea was to quickly sculpt the image he wanted to paint so he would have the subject and pose he wanted for a reference. Then he could reclaim the clay and start over.
He found he was better at sculpting than painting and now mainly does  sculpting.

This bronze sculpture of an angel bathing by a stream was created for his recently departed dog Abby.

( artparks )

Rieke van der Stoep - ‘So much on my mind ‘ - outdoor bronze statue

The woman and the circular shape, symbolizing infinity and movement, are recurring themes associated with her ​​own intuitive power and perception of the female. - Rieke van der Stoep

Karin Beek

Veronique Didierlauren

Deborah Hodder Gallery – 2010

Arizona, USA

Deborah Hodder – 2009

Judith Meulenberg – Netherlands

Soul of the Earth - Denise Romecki

 “I think of clay as a gift and like to believe as the Native Americans ‘that all things in the natural world have a spirit and deserve our respect.’” –  Denise Romecki

Eliane Meryb — Girante

Gene Pearson –  Movement

Jamaica

Height and depth survey - Rieke van der Stoep

Anneke Bruines - in de wolken ( in the clouds )

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Updated on a weekly basis.

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Jean Mayodon bowl decorated with a frieze of medallions depicting naked dancers, alternating with clusters of grapes. ( millon & associes )

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Rene Buthaud and Jean Mayodon were born seven years apart during the formative years of Art Nouveau around the turn of the 19th century. Rene Buthaud studied painting and engraving at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux from 1903 to 1907 and then went to Pairs to study at the École des Beaux-Arts until 1913. Jean Mayodon had no formal training but lived in a community of artists in Serves and was influenced, especially in the classical styles, by artists he had met such as Henri Cros, Claude Monet, Isadora Duncan, Rodin and Bourdelle. Before he began his career producing ceramics in 1912 he spent 2 years in London doing antique restoration. He later went on  to assume the artistic leadership of the Manufacture of Sèvre in 1941, after having been its artistic counsellor in 1934.
After serving in WWI in 1918,, Rene Buthaud, with the encouragement of his colleagues in Bordeaux, the painters Jean Dupas and René Bissiere,  took up decorative ceramics. His early naturalistic, vegetal styles eventually gave way to more Art Deco geometirc designs along with the introduction of primitive and classical themes and nude figures. These were stylistically adapted to the shape of his vases with a modernist touch. He favoured the female form and his pieces were populated with mythological goddesses, idealized female figures and stylized Odalisques, sometimes in narrative scenes. Ancient Greek, Persian and Oriental styles were utilised.

Similiarily, Jean Mayadon developed decoative styles with figurative illustrations of exquisite quality and the vivid movement he infused in his ceramic works invoked the traditions of ancient antiquity using Centaurs, Sirens, Mermen, Mermaids and Goddesses and stylized animals as subject matter.

 Enamelled vase on a round base, Centaurs and Neo Classical figures - Jean Mayodon

( Southeby’s )

Persian style vase with iriddization – Jean Mayodon

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Both Buthaud and Mayodon were highly innovative with their glazing techniques including their wide use of craquelure glazes. In 1934 Rene Buthaud began to further develop the use of craquelure glaze, referring to it as ” peau de serpant z” for its snakeskin like appearance. Jean Mayodon favoured a gold crackling and achieved vibrant colours with low temperature firing using metal oxides fired up to 6 times, reglazing with each firing. Deep saffrons, tourquoise and jade greens and rich reds were developed.

The Museum of Decorative Arts in Bordeaux celebrates René Buthaud in its spaces and retains fifty of his works.  Both Rene Buthaud and Jean Mayodon are recognized as being influential in the development of the Art Deco style.

Jean Mayodon – Rare Enamelled Ceramic Vase Circa 1935

 ( 1stDibs - Galerie Plaisance )

Jean Mayodon

Jean Mayodon Earthenware Vase Circa 1935

( 1stDibs - Galerie Plaisance )

Jean Mayodon Earthenware Vase Circa 1935

( 1stDibs - Galerie Plaisance )

Ceramic Cup decorated with  antelopes and stylized motifs, covered in enameled dark blue, turquoise and gold. - Jean Mayodon

( millon & associes )

Urn Vase –  1951 Sèvres

( Cannes Encheres  )

Persian styled enamel vase with antelopes and classical figures – Jean Mayodon – 1947

( Côme REMY )

Urn Vase with black draped figures on a turquoise mottled background – Jean Mayodon

 ( Cannes Encheres  )

Jean Mayodon Ceramic Vase  - 1945

 ( Cannes Encheres  )

Twin handled ceramic ovoid vase  with straight neck .

( millon & associes )

Exceptional Jean Mayodon stoneware vase with paunchy body.

( millon & associes )

Vase of polychrome glazed ceramic cone,  flared collar and golden discoid foot  - 1950

Jean Mayodon

drouot.com

 Orange crackled cup decorated with mermaid néoclassqiues - Jean Mayodon

Jean Mayodon gold craquelure vase

( Duesseldorfer Auktionshaus )

Vase decorated with turquoise antelope on a dark blue background vermiculé - Jean Mayodon

( Millon & Associes )

Fine earthenware, round body tureen – Jean Mayodon

 More frolicking vase nudes from Jean Mayodon – 1940

Rene Buthaud – “Oceania” Vase  ca. 1931

 ( VMFA )

Large elongated ovoid vase  with ceramic flat collar decorated with geometric patterns in Flash enamel “snakeskin” .

Signed J.Dorris ( Rene Buthuad )

( Drouot.com )

Rene Buthaud – ‘DIANE AU REPOS’ OU ‘FEMME À LA GAZELLE’ – 1935

( Christies – sold )

 Glazed ceramic vase by Rene Buthaud

(  drouot.com )

 Pair of peau de serpent glazed stoneware vases circa 1935 1940

Rene Buthaud

( Christie’s – sold )

René Buthaud–Monumental lidded vase

http://www.jasonjacques.com

Art Deco globular vessel in a geometric blue and white crackelure glaze  - circa 1930

signed J.Doris ( Rene Buthaud )

Goddess with fawn – Rene buthaud

Crackelure glazed vase Rene Buthaud

Bordeaux Museum Of Decorative Arts

Bulbous shaped vase – Rene Buthaud

( Treadway Toomey )

1920s Vase – Signed by J.-Doris ( Rene Buthaud )

Rene Buthaud vase, large shape with sculpted and applied handles, incised nude island women among foliage.

( Treadway Toomey )