Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

Looking at ceramic art online is sometimes deceptive because the pieces are generally photographed on a plain background and the dimensionality can’t easily be ascertained to get an idea of the the actual size. Even when you know the dimensions it’s still a challenge to conceptualize. Depending on the image editing, the texture can also be difficult to judge. Visiting a gallery has a distinct advantage in this regard. The upside with galleries online is you get to scope places that you might never get to see.

Pottery and ceramics are a good fit with galleries because they are generally compact and they are usually not dependant on walls for display and can be featured in narrow spaces. The pottery shapes respond favourably to good lighting , and can be highlighted to enhance their styles and colours. I’ve assembled some images from various galleries, and I’ll keep the post going for a few months.

Emile Gallé glass vases, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy

Urs Fischer – MoCA

Urchin Bonnechance Basket – Laura Donefer

2009 – Duane Reed Gallery

Sasha Wardell ceramic vessels

Ceramic Art London fair, presented by the Craft Potters Association (CPA),

photo: Mark Lawrence

British Museum Great Court

Susan Hails – Ceramic Gallery V & A

( Pinchpots )

Gillian Lowndes V&A-Ceramic Gallery

( Pinchpots )

Stoneware Jar inlaid celadon

National Natural History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute

Standing Figure of an Ibis

Photo © Joan Ann Lansberry

Brooklyn Museum

‘Sleepy-Head’ sculpture - Peter Fitzgerald

Sculpt Gallery

Michael Lucero Teapot

Represented by Donna Schneier Fine Arts, SOFA expo

Mycenaean pottery

( ClairH Flickr )

The Existential Void – Grayson Perry

Victoria Miro Gallery

via Pinchpots

pASHion -ash-glazed ceramics from the anagama of Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, India

Adil Writer

Performative Objects – Christyl Boger and Anne Drew Potter

Purdue University Galleries

Richard Notkin teapot from the 1980′s, and behind it, a Philip Cornelius teapot.

V&A-Ceramic Gallery

( Pinchpots )

Open Arms – Jane Burton

CFA Gallery

Gunhild Aaberg Contemporary Ceramic

Ann Linnemann Studio Gallery, Denmark

Ceramic wall sculpture – Steve Allen

SFMOMA Artists Gallery – Wondrous Strange – A Twenty-first Century Cabinet of Curiosities.

San Fransisco via artbusiness.com

Michael Dennis - States of Being

Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver,

Matt Wedel

LA Louver Gallery- USA

M. Pineteaux Limoges enamelled vase.

Height 12″ ( Antique Place )

Louvre – salle des caryatides

Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Hunt. Goddess of the Untamed Wilderness & Beasts

Louvre

Korean Kang Hyo Lee – Mindy Solomon gallery

“TEXTILE 07 #10″ - Giles Bettison

Jane Sauer Gallery

Diva – Jane Burton

CFA Gallery

Contemporary Fine Arts - California

Israel petals – Susannah Israel

Pence Gallery

Jude Jelfs - Odalisque

Sculpt Gallery

Figures Walking – Artery Gallery

Garden Sculpture ‘ Big-Yawn ‘ – Peter Fitzgerald

Unique stoneware suitable for outdoor sitting - Sculpt Gallery

Happenings at Vineyard art galleries

Heather Whiteside Urban Art – Knoxville

Henrique Oliveira 2011

Bololo, 2011, Smithsonian Museum of African Art.

Henrique Oliveira uses old plywood, fencing and PVC as his medium. Recycled from dumpsters and landfills from his home city, São Paulo, Oliveira shapes plywood around PVC forms.

Morikami Jin, Kenichi Nagakura exhibited by the TAI Gallery of Santa Fe

SOFA New York – 2012

Egyptian Hippo- Brooklyn Museum

lPhotos-©-Joan-Ann-Landsberry

Jean Jacques Art Nouveau NY

Flora-(yellow-melt) – David Hicks

Mindy Solomon Gallery

Emile Gallé glass vases displayed in a window overlooking the garden, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy

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Emile Gallé glass vase. Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy

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Emile Gallé. – Dawn and dusk bed,

Musee de l’Ecole de Nancy

Deborah Hodder Gallery 2010

Phoenix, Arizona

Clodion vase from the Louvre, Paris

Chris Carter – Bevere Gallery

Cheval de Marly – Louvre Paris

“Astral Mountain” – Christopher Torrez

Awarded the International Sculpture Center’s 2012 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

Mindy Solomon Gallery - St. Petersburg, Florida

Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

Brent Winebrenner - Lonely Planet Photographer

“Black/Blue Wheel” - Babro Aberg

Clay with volcanic grit – 21″ diameter

Lacoste Gallery, Sofa Expo

Francois-Rupert Carabin – Bibliotheque circa 1890

Ceramic vase by Joseph Mougin,

French Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy – via modestine2011.blogspot

Chinese Ceramic Galleries

Victoria & Albert Museum

Venus And The Rags - Michaelangelo Pistoletto

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Catherine White’s ceramic blog on her work and perceptions is paradoxically labelled ” Rough Ideas ” as her ceramic pieces and presentation are superb and very refined. The photography and use of quotes and poetry with her ceramic display are really worth a look. ( see link below ). Both her ceramics and drawings reflect the balanced Japanese aesthetic and her site has a grounded Zen ambience.

Catherines statement :

” Because pottery itself abstractly expresses—through clay, glaze and shape—nature’s landscape, it can be as spirited as a spring day or as barren as a raw and sullen winter afternoon, barely touched with color. I am aiming for distillations from nature, historically alive and poetically inspired. Clay processes are intertwined with extensive drawing, painting and collaging on paper. One recurring focus is the many forms of grasses. As depicted in my clay and paper works, images range from seasonal portraits to drawings of digested visions, quite specific yet not overly-literal. “

Catherine White –Anagama fired barrrel vase

Silk Tripod vase

Red Rippled Bottle -Catherine White

Catherine White Cup

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
- Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

( re-quoted from Catherine’s blog )

Grapevine for Peace-II – Open Field Painting by Catherine White

Forsythia vase

Daffodills in a folded vase

Triangle Plate small – Catherine White

Catherine White Leaf Plate small

Cup with Iron Stars

Catherine White – brush grain plate

Catherine White – Triple Cylinder

Blue Strip Cup and Saucer – Catherine White

2013- Summer solstice

Onion – whiteware vase

Anagama wood fired Axe vase – Catnerine White

Stancills plate

Bottles

Catherine White

Cup

Boulder

Cocoon leaf vase

Quintet – Catherine White

Leaf Sail – Catherine White

Rock vase – Catherine White

Landscape vase – Catherine White

Catherine White asymmetrical bottle vases

Two rectangular dish’s – Catherine White

Asymmetrical round vase

Square dish and blueberries – Catherine White

Rectangle dish

“So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”
–
Jorge Luis Borges

( re-quoted from Catherines blog )

Teacups with Brushed White slip

Catherine White

Catherine White Anagama Pottery

Wide necked arrow vase – anagama fired 2010

Soft Smooth Bud Vase — Catherine White

Catherine White website here

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A selection of ceramicists, displaying between 7 and 13 images per artist. Beginning with two potters that have distinctive decorative styles, Jim Robison with his landscapes and monumental pieces and Beth J Tarkington, with her narrative figurative drawings. They are both similar with their use of muted palettes.

Jim Robison UK :

Born and Raised in Missouri, USA, Jim Robison set up a studio and home in Yorkshire, England in 1973. He established the Booth House Gallery in 1975 as an exhibition/sales outlet for contemporary ceramics.

Jim’s technique - Individual slab pieces are created through a process which includes using an antique mangle to roll and re-roll prepared sheets of clay . This creates broken edges and areas which are stretched and stressed, generating their own feeling of history. Slips, which are painted, combed, sponge printed and stencilled provide contrasting colours and these are emphasised by applications of up to six glazes and the firing in the reduction atmosphere of a large gas kiln.

Jim Robison website here

Ceramics Summer Course - 14th – 19th July 2013

Dish – Jim Robison

Garden vase

Decorative landscape vase

Jim Robison vase

Jim Robison ceramic sculpture

Stoneware Garden Seating – Jim Robison

Memorial head stone created by Jim Robison for David Constantine White, potter and friend.

Tatton Park Public Sculpture – Jim Robison

Three vases – Jim Robison

1m Vase sculpture

Jim Robison (UK) and Vicki Grima ( AUS )

Wavy vase – Jim Robison

Planter – Jim Robison

Beth J Tarkington – Atalanta USA :

” There is a Greek word, Kairos, which loosely means: to be in the place you were meant to be, or where time and destiny meet. Within this search for place, I found a natural progression from painting and surface design into clay. My artwork has evolved as narrative, one-of-a-kind pieces; conceived, designed and crafted entirely by me.

The narrative in my work centers around landscapes, the figure and related symbolism. I have borrowed loosely from the teachings of Native Americans, who instruct that the rhythms and forces of nature are not separate from our lives. Their concept of “totems” as any object, being or animal whose energy we feel closely associated with, is one I have generously embraced. Sometimes words will find their way onto pieces . . . a snip of conversation, a quote, a lyric, my thoughts.

Above all else, my work reflects a passion for the people, the places and the experiences that have inspired and created me. My goal is to create objects that connect with the viewer through recognition of shared experiences. I think of my clay pieces as metaphors for each of us in the search for our place – somewhat functional, pleasant to be around and hoping to engage “. .. Beth J Tarkington

Beth’s website here

We have taken this season into us - Beth J Tarkington

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” All of my work is handbuilt, using slab, coil, mold and sculptural techniques. My surface work is very painterly, involving layering of slips, stains, underglazes, oxides and glaze through the processes of wax-resist, texturing and carving, painting, slip trail and brushwork. This requires multiple firings. “

Caretakers of our place

Changing into something else – bottle

Beth J Tarkington

Circles of the seasons

Contours of place-II

Escape from places -Beth J Tarkington

I take my father with me

Beth J Tarkington

Paradise bird bowl

Beth J Tarkington

Reasons to look up - Beth J Tarkington

The teetering machine - Beth J Tarkington

This place holds me safe – ceramic bottle

Beth J Tarkington

We each wear it a little different

Beth J Tarkington

Secret Potion bottle - Beth J Tarkington

We have grown this way together

Beth J Tarkington

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• More ceramicists to be added •

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Minoan Pottery Flamboyance

From around 2700 to 1450 BC, the Minoan civilization flourished as a seafaring and mercantile culture. This vibrant culture was centred around the island of Crete and eventually dominated the Agean region. The Egyptians called the Minoans “the Sea Peoples” and had a fond appreciation for Minoan pottery and ceramics, prized for their innovative shapes and sea-inspired designs. Their vases and jugs were made in fine clay with thin walls and was an outstanding achievement at this time. Their decorative wares were covered in bold, flowing, rhythmic movements with patterns using linked curvilinear and undulating lines.

Minoan pottery was initially decorated with designs in dark, often shiny paint(vitreous slip), in shades of red, brown, and black, on a light surface. Between 1900-1700BC the Kamáres style developed into the most colourful and vibrant style of pottery form and decoration yet seen anywhere. Images were painted on a black-brown background in reds, whites and blues. Sea and shore fauna and flora were the most important source of design. The animals displayed a playful nature and emphasised a flambuoyant liveliness characteristic of Cretean Art. Nowhere else in the art of the ancient world was such a lightness of spirit displayed, compared to the creativity of the Minoans at the height of their power in the early 15th century BC.

From 1700BC their technique of making and handling quartz frit paste had reached a higher standard than any other culture. Many small colourful plaques, figurines and jewelry in blue and polychome were made and exported, along with their pottery, to Egypt and the Levant islands of the Aegean Sea, and also in Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt and even further into the depths of Africa.

Kamares crater banquet vessel with decorative lillies

Phaistos.
Old-Palace period (1800-1700 BC)

Minoan maiden with prayer beads Fresco

Tray with handles and whirling motifs from Phaistos

Minoan pottery — frying pan with characteristic decorative spirals.

Iraklio Museum – Minoan pottery

Bronze female figure Late Minoan.

The Minoans were conquered by the Mycenaeans and this Mycenean octopus pottery from Thissus reflects the influence of the Minoans.

Kamaras libation vessel

Elegant ewer with reed type decoration that creates a pattern of dark and light colours on the surface of the pot.
Example of the decorative mannerism of the Late Neopalatial period, a work by the artist conventionally referred to, as ‘Reed – Painter’ (1450 BC).
Heraklion Museum

Three handled pitcher

Large lidded pot from Mochlos

Reproduction of a Minoan dolphin pot

Late Minoan Jar with Three Handles

Minoan Marine Style Pitcher

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

( Templar 1307 – flickr )

Mycenaean Krater ca.1400-1300 B.C.

Minoan Snake Goddess

Minoan wall art

Circumstantial evidence indicates that women played a dominant role in Minoan religion and perhaps also in Minoan society. Some believe that the Minoans lived in a matrilineal, or even a matriarchal, society.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

Minoan eight handled amphora

Unbekannt Pottery Jar with Octopus Design from Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period II c.1450 1400 BC Fine Arts Reproduction

Wendy Shirran with a three handled Amphora she made – Palace style, white earthenware with stained slips and terra sigelata, Late Minoan II, 1450-1400 BCE

Libation vase (rhyton) of serpentine, in the shape of a bull’s head with inlays of shell, rock crystal and jasper in the muzzle and eyes. Knossos. New-Palace period (1600-1500 BC)

Minoan Pitcher

Archeological Museum in Heraklion.

Minoan wall painting, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

1. The Boxer Rhyton. Steatite libation vase with relief scenes of boxing, wrestling and bull-leaping. Ayia Triada. New-Palace period (1500-1450 BC)

3. Steatite libation vase (rhyton), originally covered with gold leaf, with a relief representation of a shrine in a mountain landscape. Zakros. New-Palace period (1500-1450 BC)

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Carved amphora vessel

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

Frieze of dolphins in the Cretan palace of Knossos

Spouted jar, Kamares Ware, Middle Minoan, 2000-1700 BC

Marine Style Ceramics of the Cretan-Minoan Neopalatial Period (c. 1650 BC to 1450 BC).

The Harvester Vase. Steatite ( soapstone ) libation vase (rhyton) with a relief scene of a procession of men led by a man holding a staff – an official or priest. They hold harvesting tools and sing to the accompaniment of the sistrum. New-Palace period (1500-1450 BC)

Kamares style vases with complex polychrome decoration, from Phaistos and Knossos.

Old-Palace Period (1800-1700 BC)

Minoan Seal

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University

Kamares style bridge-spouted Jug-1800-1700 BC

( Nicholas Kaye – Flickr )

Minoan vessel. Marine Style decoration. 1500 BC.

Cretean terracotta tripod from the Minoan Palace of Malia

Tonkrug Katsambas

Small Kamares ware jar, with bands and interconnected spirals,
Palaeopalatial Period (1900 – 1700 BC)
Heraklion Museum

Minoan Marble Bowl

Minoan Snake Goddess

Mycenaean fish and octopus pitcher

Minoan Gold Ring

Painted Kamares ware ewer or pitcher with three handles and relief spiky decoration,
Palaeopalatial Period (1900 – 1700 BC)
Heraklion Museum

Acrobats - Minoan Chalcedony carving

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Uni

Minoan Jug from Mochios

Labrys pithos – 1500BC

Knossos Palace

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Atelier Vierkant planters - Belgium

Indoor planters are a pragmatic and creative vehicle for infusing a space with a new spirit and reviving the existing context. A convenient means to clear stagnant Chi and uplift the dynamic. They also introduce a semblance of permanence to the transient lifestyles many of us pursue and have a grounding influence, especially for those living in high rise dwellings. For work environments filled with lots of electronic equipment they are also excellent for balance. Introducing a natural, breathing landscape into spaces of modern architecture create an excellent polarity. They also have countless applications for patios, balconies and in the garden.

Atelier Vierkant modern planters :

Atelier Vierkant is a versatile producer of handmade clay planters and pots, based in Bruge in Belgium. Liaising worldwide with architects and designers on numerous custom projects, they have developed a very innovative collection of planters. The family company is currently run by the two brothers , Dries and Ward Janssen. They encourage an adherence to original, contemporary, organic and minimalistic designs.

website link

Ceramic hot tub at Zermatt, Switzerland

Atelier Vierkant RR Pot - Hydroplant

( Photo – Claudia Luperto )

Atelier Vierkant planters

AHE garden planters - Atelier Vierkant

Archie Expo booth

Atelier Vierkant indoor MF planters

AHS Planters - Atelier Vierkan

Up to 86 inches in height and weighing 661 lbs

Eco Friendly and Unique planters by Atelier Vierkant

Gold Medal winning and Best in Show at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010, Atelier Vierkant planters.

Four tall planters - Atelier Vierkant

Gruppo Unipol – Bologna

Large ” Chic Zen ” bonsai’s and ceramic sitting stones - Atelier Vierkant

Rives d’Arcins shopping centre - Bordeaux, France

( Photo – Bart Van Leuven )

Large AHP Pots – Atelier Vierkant

Loft design in the Parioli, Rome

MUA I MHA by Atelier Vierkan

New Zebra Housing Project.

( Photo – Bart Van Leuven )

Folded Pots - Atelier Vierkan

Atelier Vierkan at Maison & Objet 2012

Atelier Vierkan textured LP planters – 65cm and 80 cm diameter

AUB180 Planter – Height 70.8 inches

Modern planter AUS - Atelier Vierkan

Indoor planters - Atelier Vierkan

Monumental Pots by Atelier Vierkan

Rives d’Arcins shopping centre - Bordeaux, France

( Photo – Bart Van Leuven )

Contemporary ceramic pot - Atelier Vierkant

RR planter

Atelier Vierkant planters

Balcony garden with Atelier Vierkant planters

Removing moulds and finishing at the Atelier Vierkant workshop

A collection of other planter creators.

Urban Nature planters – Los Angeles

Urban Nature planters

Vanhie Domani ” Woodstock “ planters

Vanhie Domani planter

bkbceramics large modern planter

Modern planter- large footed bowl with vertical stripes.

bkbceramics

Tall rustic modern planter with zig zag design on buff clay body- bkbceramics

Rustic modern medium planter- horizontal white glazed striped over dark clay body.

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Eliot by De Castelli

Exeter concrete moulded Planter

Blue Okura Planter by Jonathan Adler

A hand thrown stoneware planter in Mid – Century retro style.

Koloman Moser large Art Nouveau planter

Secession Building in Vienna.

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Nutshell Planter- Kornegay Design

Ming Tree Planter

Modern bedroom with plant

( I-Paradox – deviantart )

Rex Goode designed Pig Planter – 1949

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Rock Textured Planter – West Elm

( muse-decor )

Rosenthal Netter planter

Terracotta Planters – Francesco Del Re

Module balcony planters – Lushome

Water-drop-pebble like large ceramic form, covered in small holes in which mosses are planted.

Mineo Mizuno, Los angeles, CA.

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John Newdigate’s ceramic decorations have vivid colour, verve and a fluidity that convey his keen observations of light and movement in the sea and landscapes around him in his native Capetown. He has successfully combined his lustrous dynamic designs with function. In his words – ” my aim is to make functional ceramic wares that enrich the experience of every day life “ His first objective has been to produce forms that are light and refined while maintaining their robustness for the rigours of the kitchen. Simultaneously he has created wares to be a reminder of fun and celebration at the mealtime.

Thunderstorm Vase by John Newdigate

” I find thunderstorms invigorating – the slow build-up of heat and expectation is released in a few minutes of furious energy, leaving a sense of calm in its wake. “

Squid Vase

” The squid vase is inspired by the way aquatic creatures move about in their watery world, weightlessly and effortlessly – a feeling us land-based life-forms yearn for. The undulating sides almost trick the eye into believing that the vase is moving, and could float off on a whim. “

Bioluminescent Bowl - John Newdigate

Planktonic Love Bowl

John Newdigate : Every drop of water in the sea is pulsing with life. This is part of a series of bowls inspired by the little known creatures that seem to belong to another world, although we depend on them to make our own lives possible.

Hand carved ceramic plate – John Newdigate

Water,Wind, Sand vases

John Newdigate : These vases are inspired by the way that water and wind wash over sand, creating patterns that are always on the move, recording each little gust and swirl, influencing the shape of the next ridge to be formed.

Splash Vase

” This splash vase is inspired by ultra slow motion photography of a drop of water. I have used the porcelain in a spontaneous way to evoke a feeling of chance movement, captured in a split second. The celadon glaze is strongly evocative of water, both in the way the glaze has melted, and in the way its colour reacts to different light intensities. “

Catch of the Day bowl

Hand carved platters – John Newdigate

Ceramic cup and saucer

Porcelain dinner set - John Newdigaate

The ‘blue spaghetti’ range was inspired by an idea to create a set of bowls whose design was not restrained by the edge of the bowl, but had broken free and could romp from one bowl to the next, in fact across the entire table, touching on anything it happened to encounter along the way. This has the wonderful and unexpected bonus of creating new, unique designs each time the plates are put out for use, as well as on display shelves afterwards.

Coffee/tea cup and saucer – John Newdigate

Mushroom Bowl

Expresso cup and saucer – John Newdigate

A nice example of the movement John is able to capture.

A John Newdigate jar vessel made in collaboration with Ian Garrett, who created the forms. Made from earthenware clay, and painted with pigments under the glaze layer.

John Newdigate Vases

Abstract vase – John Newdigate

John Newdigate in his studio.

South African Landscape Series

Tent butter dish

This teapot is inspired by pumpkins being stored on the flat roofs of Karoo cottages.

John painted this pot with a pattern that abstracts the way shafts of light penetrate a body of water.

Stone Pines landscape bowl

Sriated Cliffs

Blue and white bowl

” This bowl is inspired by the traditions of West African and Japanese resist-indigo dying.

John Newdigate bowls

Birds In Reeds Jar

John Newdigate : I used to live close to a patch of reeds that was home to a multitude of birds that would return from foraging at sunset each day.

Bean Pod Fruit Bowl

This is a scaled-up version of a bean pod – to a size where most fruits can be accommodated to replace the beans.

Two Egrets and a Frog in Tree – porcelain plate

Black and White expresso cups by John Newdigate, ZA

Interactive Vessels

These vessels explore the relationship between light and the surface it falls on.

See John Newdigates website here

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Although Japanese women were involved in the Japanese pottery industry for centuries, mainly as decorative artists with their tea wares or performing menial tasks, they were excluded from being in direct contact with the kilns or taking on apprenticeships. Postwar Japan saw more opportunities arise for women in advanced education and they began to enter university art schools and other training facilities both in Japan and overseas. They were exposed to a broader range of creative disciplines and artistic movements and successfully integrated this into their ceramic art and sculptures, while maintaining a connection to the subtle Japanese aesthetic.

From the mid-50′s on they began to establish themselves as independent studio pottery artists. The current generation of female Japanese ceramicists have truly emerged with original and innovative works that seamlessly blend contemporary with traditional styles and techniques and open up new horizons in Japanese art.

Metamorphosis 5 – Tomita Mikiko – ceramic sculpture

2006

Metamorphosis 2 - Tomita Mikiko

2006

Cornucopia 05-XIII - Tashima Etsuk

Japanese ceramic sculpture , 2005

Hayashi Kaku contemporary ceramics

( japanesepottery.com )

Hayashi Kaku

Sakurai Yasuko – Vertical Flower

2010

( yufuku gallery )

Sakurai first builds her forms by connecting her mold-cast porcelain tubes using clay and slip; she then scrapes away the exterior clay revealing her envisioned sculptural contours. The form is then hollowed out, now exposing the distorted openings that accent the walls of her sculptures.

Sakurai Yasuko

La Prière (The Prayer), 2006 - Matsuda Yuriko

Matsuda Yuriko - In her shoes, 2007.

Matsuda Yuriko Mount Fuji, 2007

Clay with porcelain, enamels.

Persian Tea Bowl - Koike Shoko

2007

Koike Shoko - Shell Vessel

2006

Koike takes the sea as her point of departure, creating shell-inspired forms in stoneware with irregular, undulating edges that protrude from her hand-built bodies. Made from Shigaraki clay, her wheel-thrown bodies are later shaped by hand and adorned with ruffled edges and projections. A creamy white, opaque clay covers her forms. The edges are further defined with iron brown glaze and sometimes supplemented with metallic, iridescent or turquoise glazes.

Sei (purity) - Imada Yoko

( yufuku gallery )

Moon Shadows - Kitamura Tsuruyo

1994

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Essence of Woman, 1986. Kitamura Tsuruyo

Stoneware, glaze.

Dawn, 2003 - Kitamura Tsuruyo

Fukumoto Fuku

White vase form of deep straight-sided bowl set within a conical bowl, joined by a band of blue and green glazes, 2013

( Joan B Mirviss )

Fukumoto Fuku

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Vase with Seascape - Kitamura Junko

1992

Kitamura creates modern forms that reflect her upbringing in ancient Kyoto. Inspired by primitive Jomon pottery (10,500-300 BC), Kitamura creates monochrome vessels with mysterious spiral motifs consisting of dots and detailed patterning. After impressing miniscule geometric shapes into patterns reflective of textile, lacquer and other craft motifs, she covers the work in black-brown slip before bisque firing.

Great Wave - Kitamura Junko

1993

Photograph by Petegorsky/Gipe

Large Double-Ellipse Vessel - Kitamura Junko

2006

Cone Vase - Kitamura Junko

1993

Double-Walled Vessel - Kitamura Junko

Stoneware, white slip, 2005

Noh Form - Kishi Eiko

Stoneware, colored clay chamottes, clay slip, glaze. 2004

Saiseki Zōgan Vessel - Kishi Eiko

2003

Saiseki zogan utsuwa - Kishi Eiko

Eiko Kishi invented the technique used to create this piece, which she calls “colored inlay” (saiseki zōgan). This technique is her primary method for making ceramic artwork, and she has been using it since 1984. Kishi begins this process by mixing wet clay with small fragments of ground, hardened clay. She then molds the form of the piece and shallowly cuts a pattern into the surface of the form using a needle or engraving knife. Before firing, these crevices are filled with more fragments of ground clay, raw pigment, and glazes. Kishi has said that she enjoys utilizing this process because the finished effect is reminiscent of stone, yet the works still retain the properties of ceramic objects

Saiseki Zōgan Flowing Motif in Stone - Kishi Eiko

1983 - Photograph by Keitaro Yoshioka, Boston.

Vessels for Flowers - Kawakami Tomoko

2007

Katsumata Chieko

Katsumata Chieko 1983

Helmet Shaped Vase with Textured Patination

Photograph by Robert Lorenzson, New York.

Untitled (French Pumpkin) - Katsumata Chieko

2005

Photograph by Richard P. Goodbody.

Katsumata Chieko 1996

Katsumata went to study industrial design in France, where she met a female ceramic artist who used hand-built forms to express herself in a free and spontaneous manner. The freshness of this artist’s work made such an impression on Katsumata that she began making pottery herself. It was also through her French art-school tutor that she discovered the beauty of Japanese ceramics. Katsumata’s fondness for layering coloured slips owes much to a technique of overlaying colours in oil-painting. Instead of painting directly on the vessel, she covers the vessel with a piece of cloth while she applies the color in order not to leave traces of brushwork. The process of covering and applying decoration is repeated as required to produce a unique color and texture. Her use of striking hues and bold forms give her pieces a surrealistic edge.

The feminine elegance of Fujikasa Satoko-Flow-#1

Yellow glazed sculpture “Sprouting Seed” - Fujino Satchiko

( Joan B Mirviss )

Fujino Satchiko

( WAH centre )

Glazed Dish - Hoshino Kayoko

2006

By hand-pinching and slicing her clay with wires, Hoshino “releases” the forms within the clay to create silhouettes and shapes inspired by the mountain peaks and boulders from the natural landscape of rural Japan.

Decorative Vessel - Hoshino Kayoko

2006

Platter with Palladium - Hoshino Kayoko

2006

Red vessel with linear motif - Ogawa Machiko

Stoneware with iron-oxide glaze -2012

( Joan B Mirviss )

Chawan by Ogawa Machiko

( japanesepottery.com )

Vasques – Futamura Yoshimia

The sculptural forms of Futamura Yoshimia are intended to be reflections of nature and are infused with a vibrant living essence. She uses a blend of stoneware and a mixture of fired and raw granulated porcelain to create her collapsed rounded forms that appear both vegetal and geological in origin. These forms are encrusted with feldspar, and enhanced with cobalt and iron oxide glazes that are sometimes iridescent.

Futamura Yoshimi

Puls Gallery

Vase 2008 - Futamura Yoshimi

( yoshimifutamura.com )

Naissance (Birth) - Futamura Yoshimi

2005

Kayoko Hoshino

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Unless stated otherwise all images were sourced from the Touch Fire exhibition of Japanese Ceramics by Woman Artists at

SCMA ( Smith College Museum of Art )

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A collection of female ceramicists, all with an interest in exploring African themes in their creation of figurines.

Michele Ludwiczak :

Fascinated by working with clay, French ceramicist Michele Ludwiczak trained with various potters including Marc Uzan, Gilles Acker ( raku ), pursued the construction of ovens and the cooking of primitive home ceramics with Thiebaut Dietrich ( founder of the European Institute of Ceramic Arts in Mulhouse) and studied art history at the University of Strasbourg.

” I am a dreamer, an idealist and my art allows me to transcend my contemporary world and explore other cultures and traditions, where people live to a different rhythm with nature and time. Their endurance and maintenance of beauty, grace and dignity, despite their numerous hardships, is worthy of artistic representation. “

Michele Ludwiczak – Galle, France

Michele Ludwiczak ceramic sculpture

Michele Ludwiczak, France

Michele Ludwiczak

Water bearer figurine – Michele Ludwiczak

Michele Ludwiczak

Michele Ludwiczak African child figurine

Michele Ludwiczak

Michele Ludwiczak painting

Michele Ludwiczak

Contact Michele here

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Lindy Lawler :

Lindy started working with clay 15 years ago and now works mainly in oil based clay and ceramic clay. Her handmade sculptures all have colours, shapes, glazes and symbols inspired by her memories of South Africa. She works from her home studio in Sydney, Australia. ” All my work is inspired by cultures of the world and their traditional practices. I have great respect for past and living cultures, of past and living traditions. My sculptures are completely handmade and many of them are made to be held in the hand, and some are created to look like they are old with colours muted through years of antiquity. “

Lindy Lawler

African female bust by Lindy Lawler

Lindy Lawler African figurine

Lindy Lawler

Lindy Lawler ” Ayan “

Zulu Mama - Lindy Lawler

Contact Lindy here

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Annie Peaker :

Inspired by her love for African culture, UK ceramicist Annie Peaker captures the beauty of African women in ceramic sculptures. Some of her figures are slightly elongated to emphasise the grace and elegance of the African female form. ” My work is a response to my fascination with the power of body language and movement. Each piece of work is a unique composition with striking features and fluid lines. Surface texture plays an important part and l enjoy exploring the huge potential of the clay and the firing process to deliver new finishes.”

Ruby by AnniePeaker

Tall Figures in honey & blue glaze.

Height 40cm

African figurine by Annie Peaker

Annie Peaker

Contact here

Dancing Belle Sculpture – VoluptuArt

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Etiye Dimma Poulsen :

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was born in 1968 in the rural areas of Ethiopia, became an orphan at the age of two and went on to grow up in Denmark. She studied art and art history for two years. At 22, she moved to France, where her early work was in ceramics. In 1993, she moved to Belgium, where she now lives and works. “ This very traditional approach of art as craft, is also present in the form of my art. Not that I really copy traditional statues or tribal styles, but I reinvent ‘archetypes’ of ‘primitive art’, totems if you want, from my own processing of matter, from my memory, my vague nostalgia, my longing for a continent that I left ages ago. The soil of Africa…. But my work is not just African; there are some elements from ancient Greek art (Mycenaean), prehistoric Venuses, oriental art etc.” ” I always try to make primordial figures, humans in their most naked, primitive being, as tokens of some basic existential condition: loneliness, fear, desire. But most of all: being there. Being part of. Going towards. A primordial presence, a trace of human culture on the face of planet earth. “

Blue Dancer - Etiye Poulson

Etiye Dimma Poulson at gallery.

Etiya Dimma Poulson

Contact Etiya here

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Margit Hohenberger :

Margit is inspired and respects the works of art from global cultures. You will recognize some African influences; along with historical and modern aestheics being honoured and integrated into her work, leading to elegant shapes and styles. She lives and works in Germany in an area which is called “Upper Franconia”. This area was (and still is) very famous for porcelain-production. ” I have to draw my work first and then create the art in clay. An idea is born on paper and then I go into my studio and transform it into shape.”

Flashdance - Margit Hohenberger

Raku figurine In the storm - Margit Hohenberger

Venus - Margit Hohenberger

Raku figurine.

Contact here

Beruk Mamo

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At the turn-of-the-century, no fashionable Victorian dinner table would have been without a decorative centrepiece. These included fine silverware and glass displays, which sometimes incorporated figurines, bowls and candle holders or even porcelain figurative sculptures and vases with flowers. As the elaborate dinner rituals became more simplified, the centrepiece, at least on a domestic level, gradually disappeared. Sometimes they reappeared for special occasions, but more often then not, the monumental pieces were there to serve as a functional item such as a punch bowl or fruit bowl. The mid-century ceramic centrepieces maintained the monumental dimensions with the typical modernist/sculptural flair, but still remained generally functional. Now they appear more on a side board , or with minimalist décor trends, they get banished altogether.

Some great ceramic designs have manifested from the creation of a centrepiece, as the larger size has provided more scope to work with.

Art Nouveau centrepiece

( South Perth Antiques and Collectables )

Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic bowl - Sheldon Gants -1950′s

( Modernaire – etsy )

Canyon Infinity Bowl - Paul Willsea glass centrepiece

Phillip Maberry and Scott Walker - Maloney Fine Art, LA

Mid-Century Embossed Oval Bowl - Maurice of California

Decorated with highly glazed shades of green on the inside and a brushed gold on the outside.

measures 19 1/2″ long and 8 1/2″ wide

Art Nouveau Centerpiece with three red owls

by Ipsen ceramic works in Denmark, 1920′s

( Renaissance Man – 1stdibs )

Mid-Century hand decorated ceramic bowl by Danish artist Mette Doller on a form by Erik Ivarsson for the Swedish company Andersson & Johansson

Edwin Scheier Large bowl

( Rago Modern Auctions )

Spirit Tripod Bowl – Potter’s Mark

16 inches in length

Swedish Art Deco bowl - glazed ceramic footed bowl – Upsala Ekeby

( 1stdibs )

Stoneware blooms in organic waves of hand-textured blue glaze.

Crate and Barrel

Monumental Polia Pillin Ceramic Punch Bowl

Height is 10 5/8 inches and the width is 15 3/4 inches

Large Amphora compote

Large Amphora vase

Swedish art deco hand decorated bowl with lustre glaze by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg.

1930

( B4 20th century design – 1stdibs )

Ceramic sculptural centrepiece bowl dating from the late 19th, early 20th century with three elephants.

Axel Salto Large Centrepiece – Denmark

Centerpiece Persian turquoise glazed bowl and gold glazed winged lion base by Leon Volkma for Durant Kilns

Ceramic boat bowl rainbow

( Aura Decor Designs )

Ceramic Hand Painted Guerro Bowl – Mexico

CHEIER Charger depicting a fertility scene in dark brown and beige matte glaze

Pottery charger – Eric Olson for Common Ground

Coppa – Fausto Melotti

1951

Modernist centrepiece - Jean Derval (1925-2010.)

France

30cm diameter

George Jones Majolica centrepiece bowl which features Neptune holding a shell above his head.

( madelenaantiques.com )

Free Form Vessel - Cristina Salusti

1stdibs

French 1940′s Elephant Centerpiece by Cazaux

Oscar Rodolfo Mendoza – Fruit Of The Maya Decorative Bowl Centerpiece

( Novica )

Monumental Hand Built Ruth Duckworth Ceramic Footed Bowl

Large bowl by Max Idlas -Vallauris

42 inch diameter

( Vallauris.org )

Pierrefonds Stoneware Dish with a beautiful crystalline blue glaze.

1928

Large Majolica centre bowl

Mid-century centrepiece – California Originals

( cherryRevolver – etsy )

Mid-Century Console Bowl

Massive Guido Gambone Ceramic bowl

Big Robert Kingsmill charger

Jazz Bowl - Viktor Schreckengost for Cowan Pottery, 1930

The Jazz Bowl is considered one of the earliest examples of the Art Deco style made in America. It was produced by Cowan Pottery as a large punch bowl for a New York client who turned out to be Eleanor Roosevelt.

To achieve the desired effect, Viktor Schreckengost developed a novel technique. First he covered the bowl with black engobe—watery clay mixed with glaze. He then scratched out the design, in a pattern of black and white; fired it; then covered the whole bowl with a glaze of “Egyptian Blue”—a sort of radiant turquoise, similar to that of some beads found in Tutankhamen’s tomb. He then fired it again. The result was richly decorative, since the irregular scratching of the design created a kind of glow, almost like stained glass. And the Egyptian Blue evoked a feeling he was trying to capture—his recollection of the strange blue light of New York at night.

Barney Reid, USA

Dimensions: 15.5″ X 9″ X 5″ high

( objectsusa.com )

Cowan Pottery Pterodactyl Centrepiece

Wedgewood Fairyland Lustre Compote

Mid-Century Modern Kroywen

Large Bowl - Nela Ceramics

Edouard Cazaux centrepiece

Bernhard Bloch, Eichwald und Hohenstein - Centrepiece with putto

Mid-century fruit bowl

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The statue from the top before it met its fate with a mallet. Marlene Dietrich, from the Hollywood film “The Song of Songs.” 1933. The Art Deco polished clay statue was made by Salvatore Cartaino Scarpitta , as a lifelike image of Marlene Dietrich. She modelled for the statue.

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No trending, viralling or crushin’ it stuff here, strictly under the radar. Only the overlooked, the obscure, the unheralded classics and largely ignored brilliance will rate a mention. Include anything outrageous, amusing, controversial & confronting and a compelling post might unfold. Updated weekly.

Sky High – Tolla sculpture , Israel

( Cafmeyer Gallery )

Vintage Orange Crush ceramic juice dispenser

Alberto Gonzalez – Khamsim Fire

Conceptual modern architecture - Paul Roget

Bothy Vineyard – Cevre Mehmut

Fred Yokel – Wait For It

Mutka and chai cup making – fired with the original kiln – cowpats.

( adrianachristianson.blogspot )

Adolfo Cipriani sculptor

Michael Leunig cartoon

Shogo Ikeda – picture in a cup.

Swineside Ceramics Teapotte

Gordon Baldwin, Britain

Kim Murton in studio

( Oregon Potters flickr )

Art Nouveau lady clock

Marrakech pottery wall, Morocco

Hanging and Waiting by Not Vital

Almine Rech Gallery

Leaf Cup and Saucer – Anya Stassenko and Glory Leontiev.

Sandy Pitcher Giraffe – Anne’s Pottery

Scot Cameron Bell,-Ceramic Artist

Donald De Lu

El Puratal - San Agustín Archaeological Park, Colombia

Sue Crossfield – Arbella

Jenni Ward contemporary ceramics

Mid Century USA TV lamp pink lady

Unsigned

( TVlamp.net )

Art Deco German Flapper Lady Bookends

Silver Kiln – tree forest lamp base

Fantoni Lion Figural Ceramic, Italy

Nada Vrbanic raku boat

Karen Ross clock – Scotland

Jan Jacque – sculptural ceramic lamp

Iguana on Face Jug – Mitchel Grafton

Buddhist Monastery—Sagaing Hill

” I am inspired by the use of texture in pottery, in textiles, and in the other arts. I have always found myself drawn to primitive cultures and arts, and much of that feeling is reflected in my pottery. I like to use found objects or everyday tools to create the texture—just as the ancient artists did. ” – Julie Sewell

Sue Crossfield Sea Serpent

Tea Party 3′ (2010) by porcelain sculptor Chris Antemann

Art deco Equestrian Circuit Rider Terra cotta sculpture detail at Boston Avenue Church, Tulsa. Sculptor: Robert Garrison

( meenatcisundaram on Flickr )

Emilio Casarotto

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The conception of Cubism

A convergence of influences – from Paul Cézanne and Henri Rousseau, to archaic and tribal art encouraged Picasso around 1906 to pursue the Cubist style in which he deconstructed the conventions of perspectival space that had dominated painting since the Renaissance. A defining separation from the restraints of the classical arts with a non imitative method of depicting the visual world was embraced by several artists in Paris. From 1907 to 1914, interaction and collaboration occurred between Picasso and Georges Braque where they explored and developed cubist concepts. They presented a new reality in paintings that depicted radically fragmented objects, whose several sides were seen simultaneously. Multi perspectives from a singular sight point were demonstrated in their art, creating a visual warping that sometimes challenged the viewer to decipher what the form was being represented.

Cubism derived its name from remarks that were made by the painter Henri Matisse and the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who derisively described Braque’s 1908 work “Houses at L’Estaque” as composed of cubes.

These innovations would have far-reaching consequences for practically all of modern art, revolutionizing attitudes to the depiction of form in space. Picasso and Brancusi also adapted primitive art styles where the simple characteristics of an object were only depicted, leaving the viewer to fill in the gaps. The subconscious powers of intuitive perception were stimulated and encouraged.

Walrobinson – Pablo Picasso

Georges Braque ,”Trees at L’Estaque”, 1908

Head Of A Woman – Pablo Picasso

1909

‘My greatest artistic emotions were aroused when the sublime beauty of the sculptures created by anonymous artists in Africa was suddenly revealed to me’ Picasso told the poet Apollinaire. This sculpture is of his companion Fernande Olivier. Its flat, planed surface relates the work to his cubist paintings of the same period. Picasso made two plaster casts of the head, from which at least sixteen bronze examples were cast.

” You can never exhaust the richness of this head. It is like a mountain range, a landscape. It is transformed every time you move your own head, walk around it. — This is one of the seminal works of cubism, and in the state that Picasso liked it best. He moulded Fernande’s head in clay, then made two plaster casts from which he authorised a series of bronzes. He never liked the bronzes as much as this raw plaster version. It is a key work in the development of cubism because it was the first time Picasso realised he could translate his new kind of painting into three dimensions. This is one of his paintings from that time given solid form.” -(Jonathan Jones, Head of a woman, The Guardian)

The 50ft cubist sculpture in Chicago’s Daly Plaza by Picasso.

Picasso’s monumental cubist sculpture was regarded as radical in its early years as most public art in large cities were calm and stoic and mainly depicted historical figures. They also weren’t constructed entirely of steel. At the unveiling in 1967, Mayor Daley proclaimed “We dedicate this celebrated work this morning with the belief that what is strange to us today will be familiar tomorrow.” Picasso didn’t offer a name or meaning for his sculptural gift to Chicago, which probably added to the bewilderment. There was no rapturous applause at the unveiling but it went on to be a much loved icon in Chicago.

The quality of Picasso’s sculpture inspired other artists such as Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Claes Oldenburg and Henry Moore. And expanded the acceptance of modern abstract art in public places.

Unveiling of the “Picasso” in Daly Plaza, Chicago

Mademoiselle Pogany I by Constantin Brancusi at the JB Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY

A Brancusi aphorism - Simplicity is not an object of art, but one achieves simplicity despite one’s self, by entering into the real sense of things.

Romanaian Brancusi arrived in Paris in 1904 and became an influence in contemporary sculpture. Brancusi used extremely simple shapes and forms to express the essence of a form, similar to primitive art.

” When you see a fish you don’t think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water… If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement. I want just the flash of its spirit. “

Bottle and Glass on a Table - Juan Gris

1914

More representations of cubism in ceramics and sculpture :

“Hopscotch Woman” cubist female sculpture, bronze - Jim-Bass – American, 20thCentury

A Hopi-Tewa bowl with abstract geometric design, adapted from the ancient Sikyatki wares.

Pablo Picasso’s Head of a Woman

Halmstad, Sweden

Abstract water carrier brass sculpture by Frederick Weinberg from his Zodiac Series.

Andile Dyalvane - One Off Pieces 2 from his Africasso series.

Henry Moore’s Reclining Woman: Elbow sculpture

The 7ft 3in long iconic bronze figure – completed in 1981 -being taken off its plinth to be loaned to the Rijksmuseum gallery in Amsterdam for a major exhibition of the artist’s work.

Barbara Hepworth

Charles Cotteau cubist vase.

Figural Cubist Studio Charger

Attributed to Polia Pillin

Vase painted by Chantal Roman Vals

Gary Schmidt

Michael Wein

Marcello Fantoni vase

Jacques Lipchitz’s “Song of the Vowels”

(1931-32)

Andrea Gill earthenware vase

Joan Miro’s Moonbird sculpture

Kurt Weiser

Jacques Lipchitz

Henry Moore sculpture – Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

Mid-century Cubist Abstract Wall Sculpture - c1960-1970 – Unsigned

( Ruby Lane )

Wedgwood / Clarice Cliff cubist yo-yo Mondrian vase

Tony Laverick bowl

Modernistic Cubist Longwy charger

’King and Queen’ outdoor sculpture - Henry Moore

Papuan Gulf Agiba

Ceramic cubist sculpture – Roger Capron, Vallauris

Joan Miro charger

Picasso esque ceramic wall panel

Two Heads One Hand, 1964, - Mark Chagall

Joseph CSAKY – Testa

1914

Womans Face vase – Sweden

Pulley – Classic Venus – 2011

Roger Capron demoiselle

Sculpture Bernhard Heiliger

The Head – Port Veil, Barcelona

A large sculpture byAmerican artist Roy Lichtenstein created in collaboration with sculptor Extremadura Rajado Diego Delgado.

Tolla- Another Existential Question

“Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.” – Pablo Picasso

Square Head – Peter Hayes – Sculpt Gallery

“Flamingo,” a 54-foot tall red steel sculpture by Alexander Calder

Federal Building, Chicago, Illinois. USA

Large Songye, kifwebe mask

18 inch tall Vintage Cubist Art Pottery – unsigned

( ebay )

A sculpture by Henry Moore in the gardens of Dartington Hall in Devon, England

Finned vase – signed O.Roy

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Continuation of Pottery Art Of The Day displaying sublime works in clay everyday or thereabouts.

Tea Bowl – John Pollex – Plymouth, UK

John uses his functional forms as a canvas for his explanation of strong new vibrant slips, an art clearly influenced by his love of painters like Howard Hodgkin, Robert Natkin and Patrick Heron, as well as his appreciation of Aboriginal, Tibetan, Buddhist and Zen art.

( onlineceramics.com )

Partially glazed earthenware plate, with incisions and embossed.

Signed Baldwin 1986

( orangeceramique.com )

Jean Derval – jug

‘Heavy Snow’ Sake cup – Nakagawa Tomoharu, Japan

( saideigama.com )

Cubist earthenware teapot by Ralph Bacerra with geometric lines and abstract textures in inlaid clays and colours, predominantly yellows and browns.

( V & A )

Hein Severijns large vase

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Art from the centre.

Goanna at Yuramayi,- 1973

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa

The Palka Karrinya ( ‘beyond Karrinya’ ) monolith at Central Mount Wedge.

The Palka Karrinya is situated at the entrance to a large gorge which is a sacred site that has been a focal point for ancient Aboriginal ceremony, still practised to this day. Central Mount Wedge is situated in the arid Western Desert of the Northern Territory and is approximately plum centre in the middle of Australia. The white explorer Peter Warburton came here in 1873 and his camels refused to enter the gorge to drink water. The site is only used for female rituals ( ‘womens business’ )and the woman sing a Bush Plum dreaming song to invoke sustenance for the country and it is communicative in that work is being here performed to keep the site active with everyday life and time.

On entering the Palka Karrinya gorge it is tradition to touch the monolith stone representing the Jungarrayi ancestor with a branch of eucalyptus – first timers have to throw a stone in a rock pool nearby.

From a Taoist perspective, all the horizontal strata of the rocks in the gorge and the red colour would create a very potent masculine Yang chi. Conversely the sole vertical shard, due to its Yin orientation and the water in the rock pool next to it, would concentrate, by virtue of polarity, a powerful Yin feminine force.

Ainslie Roberts – Owl Dreaming – Palka Karrinya

Ainslie Roberts visited Palka Karrinya in 1956 on a tour of the sacred sites of Central Australia with Charles Mountford, who had an deep interest in Aboriginal art and culture. Charles was recording the rock art while Ainslie wished to retell the Aboriginal myths in painting, drawing and photography. Of all the sacred places that Ainslie Roberts visited in Central Australia, Palka Karrinya had the most profound influence. He believed that Universal archetypes manifested through myths and could be channelled by the artist. Mountford felt the original spirit of the land could be accessed through the ceremonies, art and myths of the Aborigines and glimpses of ancient powers and histories as old as time itself could be experienced. They used the services of an Aboriginal guide called One Pound Jimmy who currently features on the Aussie $2 coin

Ainslie went on to take up full time painting and the first book of his paintings of traditional indigenous beliefs and practises called The Dreaming was published in 1965 and it helped to fill the abyss that existed between the general Australian public and the rich and ancient cultural heritage of Australia.

Woman’s Story 1973 - Kaapa Tjampitjinpa

Pupunya, NT ( Northern Territory ) – 37.9 km south of Central Mount Wedge

Kaapa is widely credited as a founder, and sometimes the pivotal figure, in the establishment of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. Geoffrey Bardon came to Papunya in the early 1970s and encouraged the Aboriginal people to put their dreaming stories on canvas, which had mainly been previously drawn on the ground or tree bark. Some natural features at particular sites are said to embody a particular dreaming or ancestral figure. The continued presence and influence of the dreamings is acknowledged and the connection between dreamings, people and country is maintained through ceremony and song.

The artists at Pupunya quickly adapted to the use of acrylic paints and a striking new art style emerged which by the 1980s began to attract national and then international attention as a significant art movement.The artistic movement unleashed at Papunya spread over Central Australia and beyond.

Napperby Lakes Mount Wedge - Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

Old Walter Tjampitjinpa & Squeaky Mick Tjakamarra at Pupunya.

Photo; Geoff Bardon

Budgerigar Dreaming – Aboriginal art – 1972

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa, Pupunya

This painting is composed as a template for ritual, a schematic depiction of the placement of ritual objects and participants in the ceremony.

By painting the designs and stories that represent their particular Dreaming places, Papunya artists assert their rights and obligations as Central and Western Desert landowners, entrusted with the ritual re-enactment of the events that occurred at these sites. The symbols they use are part of a unique visual language which is also used in designs painted on the skin and in elaborate ceremonial ground paintings.

Wild Potato - Kaapa Tjampitjinpa

Pupunya – 1975

Other images of the land and Aboriginal inspired art.

Mt Borradaile rock art – Arnhem Land

Kata Tjuta ( The Olgas )

Glen Helen Gorge

( wildjunket.com )

Decorative vessel with kangaroo motifs.

Woman, Child and Goanna by sculptor Mark Egan.

Aileron Roadhouse - Anmatjere Country, NT

( the scale of this sculpture can be gauged from the woman with a red top standing at the base )

Carl Cooper hand painted plate.

Love Story - Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

Son of One Pound Jimmy and first cousin of Kaapa Tjampitjinpa. Clifford was one of the founding fathers of the Pupunya art movement.

Charlie Egalie Tjapaltjarri

Pupunya, NT

Epitaph to Fossil Fuels by Shane Gehlert

Utes in the paddock – Condobolin

Storytelling - ceramic tiled mural by Thanakupie

John Perceval -goblet

Karijini National Park

Guy Boyd – Aboriginal Art Vase

Painted Coolamon carved beanwood – Kaapa Tjampitjinpa

1975

Angela Abbott

Wallace Rockhole studio

Pot with koala – Merric Boyd

Ben and Rupert - Ernabella Arts , NT

( Tales of a Red Clay Rambler - http://carterpottery.blogspot.com.au )

Tharnakupi Ceramic Vessel, QLD

Salt of the Earth – Paul Roget

Aboriginal dot painting squat waisted vase.

( Flickr Sammik69 )

The Birthing – Paul Roget

The Origin of the Platypus - Ainslie Roberts

Col Levy, Bizen style blossom

Tribute Ute by Lewis Burns

Utes in the paddock – Condobolin

Vase Decoration by Doris Boyd 1938

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa

Carlene Turkey Before Firing - Ernabella Arts

( Tales of a Red Clay Rambler - http://carterpottery.blogspot.com.au )

Angela Abbott.

William Ricketts - Large Unglazed Earthenware Sculpture, c. 1978

Yarrabah Pottery

Janet De Boos

Karijini National Park

Photo – Ignacio Palacios

Keringke Aboriginal Art Centre, Santa Teresa, NT

Carl Cooper. Beaker

Matt Johnson sculpture in the Flinders Ranges.

Large ceramic charger - Vande

Womans Sgrafitto Anangu Pottery -Ernabella Arts , NT

( Tales of a Red Clay Rambler - http://carterpottery.blogspot.com.au )

Big Albert Croker - Pig Totem

Salt Of The Earth – Paul Roget

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa-c.-1975

I was intrigued to notice that quite a few of the Pupunya artworks including the painting above, when viewed in Photoshop, had levels ( balance of light and dark in an image ) that were similar to the appearance of Central Mount Wedge.

Central Mount Wedge, NT

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James Whiting lived in Japan for many years and his passion for ceramics developed there; the Japanese aesthetic has greatly influenced his work. This is apparent with the innate balance and harmony that is revealed in his pieces. Viewing his ceramics is a journey through landscapes of textural diversity, favouring earthy tones with the occasional splash of colour. His current work is predominately hand-built and functional.. Over the years he has worked with a wide variety of techniques: coils, slabs, nerikomi (layering colored clays), scraffito, inlay, pinch pots, wax resist and slip/underglaze painting, embossing, burnishing, sculpting/hollowing-out/re-assembling, and others, and is always exploring new ideas and techniques.

He presently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area where he also pursues photography and teaching. James Whiting’s website is HERE

Platter -Soda-fired – James Whiting

James Whiting cup

Porcelain cups in Lavender and White - USA ceramicist James Whiting

James Whiting porcelain vase – Height – 28 “

Cups, Porcelain with Soda Ash and Shino Glaze On Inside

James Whiting asymmetrical cup - porcelain with blue clay inlay

James Whiting cup

Platter with Cat In The Rain inlay – James Whiting

James Whiting with the Loch Ness Swan vessel

James Whiting ceramic cup – a snakeskin texture with orange surface.

Platter with textured back – James Whiting

James Whiting – Sake cup No.2 with tripod base

James Whiting, - Cups with Shino inside.

James Whiting. Vase – 40cm Height

James Whiting – Cups with mauve and pink inlay

James Whiting – stacked bowls with lid

James Whiting – Brown and White vase

James-Whiting – vase

Cup No. 3 – white, black & blue

James Whiting vase

James Whiting - cylindrical vase

James Whiting – Bowl, Porcelain with Soda Ash and Shino Glaze,

James Whiting – Large Blue Jar With Lid, 43cm/17″ tall

James Whiting cups

James Whiting, modern ceramic Pitcher

James Whiting - Platter

James Whiting – Black Teapot

James Whiting — Urn for Zippy the cat

James Whiting vase.- height, 32 inches

Platter – 3 Legs, With Cut Out

James Whiting – turquoise teapot

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Italian ceramics maestro Fantoni

Raymor was a US import/distribution company of home decor, based in NY and founded by Richard Irving. They built a special relationship with many European designers and this included Marcello Fantoni, for the emerging markets in the USA. In the early 50‘s, postwar Italy was in recovery and needed exports while postwar America was booming and had a hunger for modern decor. The pottery styles of the talented Macrello Fantoni with his cutting edge designs were a perfect fit and his business flourished. This afforded him the freedom to experiment and be innovative and develop a unique range of stylish Mid-Century ceramic products.
Relative to the more classical trends at the time, Fantoni pushed the boundaries, with his bold 3D ceramic interpretations of the cubist art of Picasso and Braque. These innovations were accepted and encouraged by importers and fortunately the market responded favourably.

Marcello Fantoni – abstract figure

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Marcello Fantoni’s fascination with ceramic art stretched back to 1927, where he studied at the Institute of Art at Porta Romana. Here his formative years were influenced by ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, (artistic director of the Cantagalli factory) and other teachers including Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti in sculpture and Gianni Vagnetti in figure art. He established the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence in 1936 and featured some of his pieces at Florentine Arts and Crafts Exhibit in 1037 where it was widely embraced.

Most Mid-Century collectors covet a Marcello Fantoni piece for their flair and originality. Fantoni’s ceramic designs came to embody the timeless appeal of classic and traditional Italian pottery merged with challenging modernist and progressive movements. For example his archaic stylization, inspired by Etruscan models, were rendered modern because of their presentation with modern materials, glazes and colours and also his application of cubist abstractions. Fantoni represents a fascinating chapter in the evolution of Mid-Century modern ceramics.

Fantoni modernist pitcher

Fantoni ceramic sculpture

( sold on 1stDibs )

Fantoni figural sculpture

Marcello Fantoni sculptural vessel featuring a warrior with a shield and spear.

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Fantoni Italian Vase

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Fantoni modernist bottle

Fantoni - Three Element Glazed Ceramic Vase – 1956

20th century large Fantoni vase – 1959

Fantoni Hand Painted Ceramic Lamp

3 Fantoni vases{

( Maurice Beane Art & Design )

Las Vegas Antiques Roadshow appraisal of a Marcello Fantoni cubist Satyr figure.

Appraised by Stuart Slavid (Skinner, Boston)

August 2007

Marcello Fantoni Jug

Fantoni Cylindrical vase

Fantoni modernist vase

( cambiaste.com )

Italian Fantoni tri bottle sculpture

( Treadway Toomey Galleries )

Fantoni abstract sculpture

( uncanny Australia shape )

Fantoni Hand painted lamp

Fantoni Italian Vase with a warrior figure on a horse.

Marcello Fantoni Figural Vase

Fantoni Mid Century Vase

Fantoni Vase designed for Raymor

Fantoni bottiglia, Italy

Fantoni ceramic sculpture

( 1stDibs )

Marcello Fantoni 1915 – 2011

Fantoni Mid-Century wall plaque

Fantoni Italian pottery vase

‘ Gossiping Ladies ‘ cubist ‘Satiro Innamorato’ sculptural lamp by Fantoni – mid 50′s

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Fantoni drip glaze vases

Tall cylindrical bottle vase - Fantoni

Large sculpture abstract Fantoni

Fantoni bottle

Marcello Fantoni ovoid vase (1915)

Fantoni tall modernist ptichers

Marcello Fantoni vase

Marcello Fantoni Figural Sculpture

Fantoni Baluster Vase

( Rago Auctions )

Italian Vase Fantoni

Fantoni for Raymor Slab Vase

Fantoni 50′s bottle vase

Fantoni rectangular vase

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This post celebrates the potters and pottery companies that have been recognized for their contribution to the ceramic arts with their unique designs, innovations and classic creations and their influence in introducing new styles and movements in the field of ceramics. Artists that are less recognized but have created masterful pieces are also included. In some instances this might come from one of those days where moments of inspiration find their way into the studio and a unique piece of art is the outcome. Or maybe the kiln roulette just happens to deliver a truly remarkable ceramic.

Potters can spend years experimenting and trying different clays, glazes and kiln temperatures looking for that extraordinary appearance or trying to rediscover techniques that were lost in antiquity. New technologies and materials also present fresh challenges and a new frontier of art is forever beckoning. The diversity of parameters makes the pottery arts a journey of evolution and intrigue. Sometimes chance delivers an unexpected result or a more deliberate method is indulged with a perfect conclusion. The element of discovery is always a driving force in the claysrt discipline and it’s a continual pleasure to witness these achievements in pottery.

Edwin & Mary Sheier

Sculptural Handles Vase By Émile DeCoeur

Stig Lindberg Figural Horse – Gustavsberg, Sweden

Toshiko Takaezu

Jug by Emille Galle, France

Beatrice Wood – iridescent drip glaze gourd shape vase

Tea bowl - Beatrice Wood

( 1893-1998 )

Ceramic sculptural vessel by Claud Conover

Clyde Burt

Clyde Burt – abstract ovoid pot

( Wrights Auctions )

Delphin Massier -iridescent vase

Vallauris, France

De Morgan – Ceramic vase

Ernest Chaplet bowl

Longwy Figural Vase, France

Matsui Kôsei (1927-2003)

Max Laeuger – 1897

Ruth Duckworth bowl

Hans Coper sculptural ceramic bottle

Hans Coper

Taxile Doat

Taxile Doat (1851-1939) was a French potter who is primarily known for his experimentation with high-fired porcelain (grand feu) and stoneware using the pâte-sur-pâte technique. His book on these techniques Grand Feu Ceramicswas published in 1905 and helped spread his discoveries internationally

René Buthaud ,Vase

René Buthaud, bowl

Frederick Rhead

Frederick Rhead, one of the pioneers of mass production ceramics is best remembered for his Fiesta Dinnerware.

Mihara Ken

Peter Voulkos mid-century vessels

1940s Ceramic Vase by Pierrefonds, France

Barbara Hepworth 1959

Gertrude and Otto Natzler

Bulbous, stem-mouthed gourd-form of porcellaneous red clay glazed in a superior rendition of the Natzlers starry night crystalline.

Gertrude and Otto Natzler

Lucie Rie

Shane Norrie bowl – Canada

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The original sculptural heads and busts were produced from clay for religious icons in the form and various Gods, Goddesses and deities. Carved busts in stone were also widespread, and reached an advanced level of artistic expression in the ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilisations.The word bust is derived from the Italian word busto, and more then likely from the latin word bustum, both meaning sepulchral monument. This indicates they were created for a burial vault or a receptacle for sacred relics. They were used on tombs to remember the departed in the form of a ceramic portrait in the form of a bust. Through the ages historical figures were well represented with ceramic portrait busts and also utilised by the ruling class and nobility as a symbol of status. Tomb monuments of prosperous middle-class Romans, very often featured portrait busts and the entrance hall (atrium) of a Roman elite house displayed ancestral portrait busts.

Bronze, marble, and terra-cotta were popular mediums for busts and the importation of Chinese porcelain figurines into Europe stimulated local production of decorative porcelain busts in the 17th century.

A sculpture bust or head was more compact and more practical for display then a full size statue and obviously more economical. Hence it was adopted more as homes got smaller. It remained a popular item of status and decoration up to the Twentieth Century. After the 30′s it drifted more into obscurity, but still maintains its place as a decorative item.

Garden Buddha bust

Black bust of Mercury

( Huntley & Co)

Oscar Niemeyer – Casa das Canoas – Rio de Janeiro – 1952

Large ceramic bust – ShinYeon Jeo

Charles Gounod by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux – 1873

Matt Buckley

Janice James :

Janice James’s ceramic ‘tribal heads’ sculptures are a culmination of work combining form and surface pattern, exploring the art of body decoration still practised by global cultures. Each piece is hand built from Scarva Earthstone clay, biscuit fired to 1000°C and raku fired.

Bume – Janice James, Wales

John Noott Gallerie

Aerona- Janice James

Amahle -Janice James female head

John Noott Gallerie

Surma -Janice James

John Noott Gallerie

Ayira – ceramic head by Janice James

John Noott Gallerie

Kikuyu I -Raku head – Janice James

John Noott Gallerie

Majolica Ceramic Heads, Taormina. Sicily, Italy

( Getty images )

Painted Wooden Buddah with turquoise inlays.

Ayelet Lalor – Chryseus garden sculpture

Ayelet Lalor – Serenity

Ceramic heads by Gudrun Baudisch (1907-1982), 1920s, at the Wiener Werkstätte

( hesitationwaltz.com )

Ciseau -Frederick Goldscheider – Young Lady With Headscarf and Fur Collar, Vienna 1903

Noi Volkov

Small bronze statuette on a yellow Siena marble bust representing Diana Huntress, by Alexandre Falguire, Thiebaut Frères Paris.

( Marc Menzoyan )

Dual Faces Sculpture

Elisabeth Dupin – Sjöstedt

Gene Pearson :

Gene Pearson sculptural head

Natty Dread Thelma Harris Art Gallery

Gene Pearson

Gene Pearson – Raku crackle glaze Sculpture

Buddha – Gene Pearson

Gene Pearson

Gene Pearson, Terra Firma Gallery

Greek, Attic, red-figure terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles )

ca. 490-480 B.C.

Gudrun Baudisch ceramic heads

Harlequin head – Tod Donobedian Antiques – 1stdibs

Hemba Head – Congo, Africa

Carved wooden Akshobhya head.

Isabelle Dubost-Dessertine

France

Kathy Waggoner

Liz Ciesluk Paverpol

Malvina Hoffman

Phillipos (Greek King of Macedonia) - Nanouris Art Gallery

Oscar Jespers – cubist head sculpture

Sarah Saunders

Suzie Zamit

Syrian Artist – Assem Al Bacha

Porcelain Bust of Victorian lady by Cordey

( Galerie Sommerlath, CA, USA )

Entity – Marika Maumler

Turn Teplitz Art Nouveau bust

Amanda Shelsher

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A presentation of ceramics in a decorative living space context. The innate curvy lines of a wheel thrown pottery piece always has a classical feel about it and is nicely juxtaposed against the numerous straight lines that appear in most furniture and architecture, adding to the dynamic with the polarity. Classical ceramic pieces also blend nicely into a contemporary interior; their relatively compact size generally doesn’t detract from the theme and enhances the dynamic. The earth element in pottery is harmonious with the wood element and makes a room more grounded where there is a lot of wood in the structure and the furniture. Pottery with colourful glazes also are an easy way to add a splash of colour to a room featuring more muted tones.

showhome.nl

Nettleton 199 by Saota and Okha interiors

Classical vase with indigo blue Hydragea

Mas Amadeo - Interior Designer Gerard Faivre

Stylist Deb McLean

18th Century Italian Torcheres

( thewhitedresser.com )

decholic.org

Mid-century style vase -Yuling Qiu

Houses of Veranda - Photo: Francis Amiand

( belgianpearls.blogspot )

Mid Century Modern Atomic Retro Lamp

Thibaut design

Seated Buddah statue

Mexican vase – Garcia Ochoa Family

Long-necked jar with stamped floral and geometric decoration. Korea, Silla kingdom, 7th–8th century. Stoneware.

National Museum of Korea. Image via The Met.

Glenn Gissler Design

Apartments of the Duchesse d’Elampes, Fontainebleau, France

Los Penascales in Spain

Elisabeth Joulia

Linda Holt Interiors

Crosby Street Hotel,- NY

M22 house – mfarchitect

Designer Bronnie Masefau.

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Designer Bronnie Masefau.

( designhunter.com )

Southern Acadian House

( cotedetexas.blogspot )

Mid-century styled apartment – interior designer Amy Lau.

Ikebana by Mario Hirama

Isabellastyle on Flickr

Ishi Doro Lantern

Michael S. Smith Designs – NY apartment

June Schwarcz’s enamel vessels displayed in her home.

( thesparemedium.tumblr )

Le Mas des Isords - Gérard Faivre

Le Moulin De Manville - Gérard Faivre

( makeupalley.com )

Plaster bust from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris

( elle decor )

markdikes.com

Matt Wedel – Flower Tree 2010

Christopher Elliott design

Ontario Based Interior Designer Jewel Weeks

Rosecliff Collection - Ralph Lauren Home

Tiffany Eastman interiors

Mid-century Atomic lamp - Tiki Tiger on Etsy

Edith Tergau

Vision Design Group

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Interior designer Michael S Smith

Flow Fitzgerald – Oraganic 6

Pair of Lamps - Fantoni

Japanese bedroom decor

Beehive - Matilda Elizabeth Amissah

Modern Jakarta residence - TWS & Partners

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Shell design home, Kitasaku, Japan

( ARTechnic architects )

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The French have always been intrinsic style innovators in fashion and the arts and have readily adapted to new trends. In the ceramic arts, there has been a consistent tradition of invention, research, and the adoption of new techniques through the ages. Bernard Palissy, Theodore Deck, Edmond Lachenal, Roger Capron,Clement Massier,Jean Mayodon and Andre Metthey are just a few of the French ceramicists that contributed to the development of contemporary French pottery with their exploration of different clays and glazing techniques.
The local market have eagerly embraced and supported the contemporary ceramic purveyors and some of the current crop of contemporary ceramicists are featured in this post. Also being displayed is a tasteful video by Luke Riolon on the Ceramique Cafe at the les journees de la ceramique ( ‘Days of the ceramic ’) in Paris. This is an annual ceramics street market held in Paris over 4 days. At the Ceramique Cafe, visitors have the opportunity to choose from a diverse array of cups, provided by the many exhibitors, to use and admire while they drink their coffee.

Love Nest - Pascale Proffit

Nicolas Rousseau

( galerie.ceradel.com )

Mireille Mallet

( www.ateliersdart.com )

Michel Tequi

Therese Lebrun

Raphaelle Lambert

( www.ateliersdart.com )

Isabelle Leclercq

Karima Duchamp

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Frida – Sabine Stenert

( galerie.ceradel.com )

Séverine Lefranc

Valérie Guidat

Jean Girel—Seaux paysages

A ceramic seat at les journees de la ceramique.

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Gutter AIRE Allikmets

Gaëlle GUINGANT CONVERT

Gabrielle Baecile

Gabrielle Baëcile

French Patisserie chef

Florence Pauliac

From the series “Mineral Veils”, which combines the flexibility of the earth and folding “Origami”. It is a balance between research and tension.

Florence Pauliac

From Florence’s series of sculptures “Armor Poetic” which were inspired by the traditional Japanese costumes of the kimono and yukata.

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Gentle Rain - Pascale Proffit

Dominique Dalloun

‘ My work has focused in recent years on an old and almost forgotten technique which goes back (2500 years): the terra sigillata. The manufacture of a slip, with the finest particles of clay, provides satin surfaces that are shiny, soft and waterproof. The many possibilities of firing, and the infinite variety clays, gives a rich colour and tone, thanks to the presence of iron oxide in the clay used. ‘

Dominique Dalloun

Robert Deblander – ( 1924 – 2010 )

Clémentine Dupré

Claudia Napoleone

Volcanic rock texture in white from porcelain enamel – Claudia Napoleone

Claire Bogino

Christine Ladeveze

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Christine Ladeveze

Christine Fabre

Christina Guwang

Le Vase by Christian Ghion; “Fanatic of microcellular worlds, this design refers to my passion for the organic universe, where empty spaces have the same importance as full spaces, where beauty is singular, and where the invisible is familiar to visible”

Chantal Cesure

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Chantal Cesure

Maria Bosch – Spain

Maria Bosch, Spain

Anne Longchamp

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Camille Rollier

Caroline Barbet

Francoise Dufayard – Landscape dish

Anne Marie Bauer

( www.ateliersdart.com )

Anne Laure Charlier

( passion-ceramique.blogspot.com )

Ananda Aragundi Hanus

Ananda Aragundi Hanus began her career as an agricultural engineer in Ecuador. On visiting France she decided to devote her time to ceramics and in 2003 she graduated at the French Institute of Ceramics in Sevres. The shape of Ananda’s ceramic sculptures are the result of a subtle marriage between asymmetry and imbalance and their appearance resembles textures of the natural world as if the wind had blown them or they had been shaped by water, snow or volcanoes.

Alexandra Tollet

Céline Huteau

Two handled vase, enamel crystalline glaze. – Alain Fichot

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Vincent Potier

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Gutter Aire Allikmets, Paris

Les journees de la ceramique :

Dates: Thursday 3 Friday 4 Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July 2014
Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Place Saint Sulpice, 75006 Paris

café céramique from Luc Riolon on Vimeo.

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The Egyptian Goddess Isis – 1st century AD

The Roman rule of Egypt from 30 BC to 395 AD led to Roman decorations incorporating Egyptian motifs and an increased interest in Egyptian culture. During the Italian Renaissance “Egyptomania” resurfaced again when ancient Roman artifacts reflecting an interest in Egyptian culture along with actual Egyptian artifacts were discovered and exhibited and elements of Egyptian art were used by Italian artists. Travellers took theses Egyptian themed designs back to other parts of Europe in the 18th century.

Napoleon’s Egyptian occupation in 1798 lifted exposure of Egyptian art in the West after he assembled a contingent of over 500 scholars including biologists, archeoloigists, historians, artists and scientists, who were employed to catalogue their sights and new discoveries in Egypt. This was considered as an indication of Napoleon’s devotion to the principles of the Enlightenment. The results of their labours appeared in the monumental 20-volume Description del’ Égypt, completed in 1828, and in the course of their research Egyptology was born.
The British confiscated most of the French collection of Egyptian artifacts after the defeat of the French in Egypt in 1802 and most ended up in the British Museum. However the grandiose scale of Napoleons research project and their discoveries in Egypt gave rise to an increased fascination with the ancient Egyptian culture.

Statuette of a standing woman with crossed arms Naqada III– early Dynasty 1 (ca. 3300– 3000 BC)

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford,

The mysteries of Egypt also captured the imagination of many artisans and designers and its influence filtered through to architecture, furniture, ceramics and jewellery where Egyptian symbols like obelisks, hieroglyphs, scarabs, pyramids and the sphinx appeared in numerous designs. Organic and plant forms such as lotus flowers and papyrus reeds appeared in the geometric decorative patterns.
Monumental Egyptian-inspired sculptures were erected throughout Paris in the ten years after Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt..The literal translations of ancient Egyptian art eventually merged into other styles such as Art Deco, in the 1920‘s, and Egyptian motifs would become an integral part of the language of Art Deco, a style that dominated the decorative arts until the late 30‘s. The discovery of King Tut’s tomb in 1922 also fed the public imagination and desire for Egyptian art.

Architecturally, the Egyptian Revival style attempted to recreate the appearance of Egyptian temples, especially with the use of massive columns and details referring to ancient Egyptian symbols—the phoenix, the sphinx, and the vulture and sun disk.

Charles Cocteau Art Deco vase

20th c. Egyptian Revival Pharaoh Table

( 1st Dibs – Newel, NY )

Wall painting fragment from the Tomb of Nebamun

( British Museum )

Piel Freres - Egyptian Revival Scarab Buckle

Belle Epoque Period

Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. majolica Egyptian Revival garden seat.

Large 19th century Egyptian Charger

Continental porcelain Egyptian revival plaque in a giltwood decorated frame – 1880

( 1stDibs )

Twin handled Egyptian Pottery – marked FG

Longwy Vase

Egyptian revival – Wedgwood Jasperware Egypt collection – canopic jar.

Egyptian revival statue

Egyptian Revival marble, slate, and bronze-mounted mantel Temple Clock

Egyptian Revival enamelled pendant

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Perfume bottle with Egyptian dancers – Rene Lalique

‘The Temptation’ table lamp - Edgart Brandt and Daum

( Southebys )

Carltonware Egyptian Fan Vase

( reissantiques.co.uk )

Wings of Isis clock - Toscano

Amphora Egyptian Revival vase

Demetre Chiparus – Egyptian Dancer

Bastet, the Cat Goddess

Austria,late 19th-century Egyptian Revival vase

Art Nouveau Scarab and Papyrus brooch

Art Deco Egyptian Urn Vase

Large Carlton Ware Art Deco vase

( carltonwareworld.com )

French Art Deco Egyptian revival gem-set plaque brooch

( Skinner Auctions )

Two kneeling Egyptian maidens holding chains attached to a flaring vase.- Dagoty, Paris

( Christies.com )

Women at a Banquet, Tomb of Rekhmire - New Kingdom, Dynasty 18

( The Met, NY )

Antinea by Demetre Chiparus, ca.1928.

The ” Scarab Vase ” by Adelaide Alsop Robineau

( Everson Museum )

Carved Egytpian Revival armchair made in Egypt, circa 1925-30.

Art Deco Egyptian Papyrus inspired elevator entrance

1950s Italian Pottery Lamps Egyptian Revival style

1920′s Egyptian revival scarab jewellry

Vantines Art Deco Egyptian revival Incense Burner

Minton Egyptian Revival vase

Wedgwood Rosso Antico Egyptien revival teapot

Antique Centrepiece Egyptian Revival Art Deco- Czechoslovakia

Vintage 40′s red pharaoh earings

Early 19th century Coalport Porcelain Classical Urn or Vase with Egyptian Hieroglyphics, 1810

( RubyLane )

Sarreguemines French ceramic vase

Late 19th c. French Porcelain Egyptian Revival Box

Nippon Egyptian revival dish

An antique French Egyptian revival mantel clock set with Sphinx’s and Griffon’s.

( Antikolga.com )

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