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Perpetual teapot wonderment
But can it make a cuppa ? I have been trying to fathom for ages what makes ceramicists succumb to quirky fits of madcap creativity and bold innovation when they become immersed in the creation of a...
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7 Koans, 30 unknown artists
I came across a post on a collection of pottery from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, where they had a very minimal description in the presentation. It all looked very Zen like to me and most of...
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Vintage California postwar pop pottery
The flamboyance of Hedi Schoop and Sascha Brastoff : During WW2 and immediately after, foreign imports into the USA had been cut off, resulting in the flourishing of domestic art pottery firms....
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From The Centre To The Edge – pottery par excellence
In 2011, the Archie Bray Foundation held a live auction called From The Centre To The Edge to celebrate 60 years of innovation and creativity in the ceramic arts at their wonderful facility. Based at...
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It’s a potters world.
Images of various potters : I’ve admired the works of the following ceramicists, so it was refreshing to research this post and get to see what they actually looked like. I think images of artists...
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Ute Grossman
Ute Grossman was born in Dresden ,Germany in 1960. Having originally studied Chemical Engineering, she gravitated towards the arts with studies in painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine...
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Venetian Art
The site Veniceclayartists was originally formed with a collection of ceramic artists from Venice, California. I acquired the expired domain name thinking it was connected to the Italian Venice, as I...
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European Ceramics Event – Keramisto
Annual Keramisto Pottery Fair Keramisto is an annual pottery fair held over two days in the Netherlands at Milsbeek North, in beautiful surroundings next to a lake. Ceramicists from all over Europe...
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European Ceramics Event – Keramisto – Prt 2
Annual Keramisto Pottery Fair In 1979, a group of professional ceramists formed the Noord Limburgs Pottenbakkers Collectief (NLPC), in a region in the Netherlands with a centuries-old ceramics...
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African Pottery Arts – traditional, contemporary
African Traditional Pottery African Water vessel. A ceramic jar which is worn by women on their backs to fetch water from wells and springs and then to store it in their homes. Ouadhias culture....
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Light My Lamp
The advent of Halogen ceiling downlights, dimmers, flatscreen TV’s, ultra minimalism, recessionism and plain dullism seems to have reduced the prevalence of lighting employing ceramic bases. It’s a...
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Futuristic and virtual pottery
Modern Ceramics – Re-inventing the wheel : l’Artisan Electronique from Unfold Design Studio The pottery wheel is one of the oldest artisan techniques for making utilitarian objects. Belgian...
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Modernist pottery- Portuguese and Spanish
Aleluia Planter – 1950′s © HPS Looking at the spectacle of the Madi Gras Carnival, it’s easy to see the Spanish influence and the comparisons that can be drawn with Spanish art and pottery, with...
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Nature inspired pottery decorating
The development of botanical and animal pottery art : I never cease to be captivated by the intrinsic beauty of nature. Its form, texture and graceful lines have been well represented in pottery...
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Three Canadian Potters
Judy Weeden Bird at my window Judy Weeden describes her approach to pottery : ” More than 37 years ago, I left an academic career in biology to immerse my hands and head in the making of pots,...
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Clayart bliss at Vallauris
Vallauris ceramics invariably have a distinctive look, whether it be the the iridescent Art Nouveau wares from Massier, the vivacious, colourful, highly textured glazes or the expressive mid-century,...
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RockArt from the Dreamtime.
Wandjina rock painting - ( Kimberley Foundation ) … Aboriginal rock paintings in the Kimberley Bradshaw/ Gwion Gwion The Kimberley mountain ranges stretch across the northern tip of Western...
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Sculptural artist – Allison Newsome
Allison Newsome’s detailed and intricate sculptures and ceramic reliefs address issues of the environment and how humans interact with it. Locations where she has resided such as the redwood forests...
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Clayart in animation
A 5,200-year-old bowl found in Iran’s Burnt City in the 1970′s featured a series of five images that researchers have identified as being sequential, much like those in a zoetrope. Giving the bowl...
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Master Potter Shiro Tsujimura teaches Prime Minister
When the student is ready the master appears : Past Japanese PM, Morihiro Hosokawa left the tough political arena for another path that was possibly just as demanding. After retiring from Japanese...
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