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Gallery Cruising – Ceramic Art

  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...

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Catherine White – Rough Ideas, Zen Finesse

          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...

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7 to 13 – Ceramicists

  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...

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Minoan Art Pottery

  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...

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Modern Ceramic Planters

    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...

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Decorative kinesis – clayartist John Newdigate

  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...

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Contemporary Ceramic : Japanese Women

  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...

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African Themed Figurines

  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...

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Ceramic centrepieces, consoles and punch bowls

  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...

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Pottery Whimsical – crushing it !

                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...

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Cubism – ceramic and sculpture

  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...

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Daily Pottery Art Feed

          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...

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Outback Art – inner centre of centre.

   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...

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Ceramicist James Whiting

  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...

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Ceramics Moderno – Marcello Fantoni

  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...

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Pottery Arts – The Masters

        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...

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Ceramic bust ‘n’ heads

  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...

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Home Decor ceramics

  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...

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Contemporary ceramiques of France

  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,...

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Egyptian Revival Art

        The Egyptian Goddess Isis – 1st century AD Photo © Joan Ann Lansberry The Roman rule of Egypt from 30 BC to 395 AD led to Roman decorations incorporating Egyptian motifs and an increased...

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