Aussie indigenous arts – Hood Museum
‘Dugong and Wallaby Story’ – Terry Platt, Australian (Kuuku Ya’u Lama Lama)- Cape York-2002 The art presented here is from a large collection of indigenous Australian art generously donated to the...
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Vivienne Foley Vivienne Foley makes hand thrown, classical and abstract porcelain’s displaying clean lines and a multitude of shapes. “The excitement and challenge for me is to produce flowing...
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Arteunok — Spain The arcane graffiti arts, involving late night freehand spray can forays on to vacant urban walls, is a thing of the past these days, due to it gaining acceptance and the creative...
View ArticleMid Century aesthetic – atomic, minimal, kitsch, space-age
Vintage 70’s Space Age Howard Miller eye clock Design convergence in the Mid Century Mid Century design from the post WW2 era possessed a bold and audacious aesthetic that grew from the...
View ArticlePorcelains and mixed media – Sally Cleary
Wood and fungus – Land and Identity — Sally Cleary Sally Cleary likes to create mixed media landscapes that combine hand made organic forms with natural and man-made found objects transposed...
View ArticleClayart notes – captivating display
Sara Flynn pottery – Loewe Miami Location, lighting, composition, camera angles, exhibition concepts and use of props are some of the factors that can determine the successful creation of a...
View ArticleGuo Pei – couture de force
I recently visited the NGV Triennial to get some images of the art on display and couturier Guo Pei’s fascinating 2017 spring-summer Legend Collection was of particular interest. The low light...
View ArticleSerene serpents with bite
Jameson’s mamba snake by Mattias Klum , Cameroon National Geographic Ancient clay beaker with snake motif ca. 4000 BCE; excavated at Susa, Mesopotamia. Louvre Snakebite in the garden Like...
View ArticleAussie animal sculpture abstractions – Peter Cooley
Two Corella cups, creamer and a sugar bowl – Peter Cooley ‘Black Cockatoo & Chinese Clouds’ vessel by Peter Cooley 2010 What a Flamin’ Galah! The innate Australian laid back “she’ll...
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Contemporary, classic, ancient, vintage, inspirational and original ceramic art updated every few days. Emily Gardiner contemporary black and white sculpture Nature Lab Alain Ficho–Flat...
View ArticleSaggar fired vessels, atmospheric surface mystique
Alex Mandli lidded saggar fired vessel Organic ethereal hues merged with pastel palettes and a matt surface characterize the appearance of saggar fired pottery. The responsiveness of natural...
View ArticleAmusing novelty, whimsy wares and kitsch objects
Japanese ceramic figural sculptural teapot Aesthetic of whimsy and the pleasingly distasteful In perplexing times, the tendency to gravitate towards objects of fun and frivolity increase...
View ArticleWall panels, murals, frescoes
An eclectic collection of murals consisting of bas relief, high relief, frescoes, friezes and mosaics including classic frescoes from ancient Crete and Egypt and stone reliefs from Mesopotamia. A...
View ArticleVintage Uzbekistan visuals – Max Penson
Uzbekistan tea shop – Photographer Max Penson maxpenson.com Born in Belarus in 1893, Max Penson moved to Tashkent, Uzbekistan in the 1920’s. He was initially employed as an an art teacher in...
View ArticleAndrew Rogers – Rhythms Of Life – sculptural land art project
‘To Life’ (chai) land art – Andrew Rogers Arava Desert, Israel The concept of Rhythms Of Life has evolved to become a global phenomenon, with many countries embracing the idea of a universal,...
View ArticleIllustrative clayart with vivacity and flair
Claudia Beldent – ‘At the party’ Adapting images to the curvature of thrown forms introduces many challenges such as shifting perspectives, limited space and the myriad of decisions involved in...
View ArticleMoMA at National Gallery Of Victoria
‘Propellors’ — Fernand Léger, 1918 Fernand Léger’s paintings of this period combined Cubism’s simplified, abstract forms with an interest in industrial machinery. The dynamic rhythm of this...
View ArticleAlessandra Foletti – Lenca Pottery
Globular crackle glaze vessel – Alessandra Foletti Lencan pottery meets Alessandra Foletti Alessandra Foletti helped to establish training workshops in 1986 for female ceramicists in Honduras...
View Article21st Les Journées de la Céramique à Paris
21st Les Journées de la Céramique 110 ceramic artists from France and internationally at the annual Parisian ceramic festival Thursday 28th June – Sunday 1st July 2018 Paris-Potier Association...
View ArticlePixel emoji and juicy tomatos: Lucinda Mudge — Tom Edwards
Two ceramicists that use imaginative, evocative images and text to deliver poignant narratives to their decorative language. And the delightful minimalist black line images on porcelain by Louise...
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