2 ceramicists with vivid illustration
People that are larger than life, nature, animals, striking imagery, channeling the mystical and the subconscious and a pure clarity are recurring themes that Jessie Mooy and Jenny Mendes both use in...
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Art is acquired for all sorts of reasons: investment, heirlooms, decorative, functional and even as a conversational piece. After recently noticing a piece on an auction site being promoted as a...
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Christian Dior – 1947 Most famous fashion designers interact with art and reflect trends through their designs. The modernist curved art forms and abstract lines of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s could...
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Hideaki Miyamura – Bell shaped green crystalline glaze bottle The eternal quest for the perfect glaze Creating a new glaze has been a lifelong passion for Hideaki Miyamura, his newest glaze...
View ArticlePottery and Clay Sculpture video
A diverse collection of pottery and sculpture videos featuring traditional and contemporary styles. Toni Medella Barcelona ceramicist Toni Medella performing his intricate pottery carving, using...
View ArticleContemporary sculptures from Greece
The contemporary art of three Greek sculptors – Theodore Papayannis, Yiannis Nanouris and Yannis Koutsouradis. Bronze sculpture, Musician with Lyra – Theodoros Papagiannis Theodoros...
View ArticleLamp Luminessence
A diverse collection of ceramic and metal lamps encompassing most styles from Art Nouveau onwards including some details on feng shui lighting. Large silver iridescent patina ceramic lamp by Dalo,...
View ArticleFrench Designer Jean Dunand
Jazz Age Art Deco lacquered metal vase – Jean Dunand, 1925 Met, NY Jean Dunand was born in Switzerland in 1877. He trained as a sculptor at the École des Arts Industriels de Genève from...
View ArticleAcquiring a fine teacup
Shelly Art Deco saucer and cup 1930-1931 I’m currently in the market for some new teacups. The last one standing is shown below, the set lasting over 15 years. Their durability surprised me, you...
View ArticleGardens with sculpture
The evolution of decorative sculpture in ancient Greece. The most radical transformation of sculptural art for mainstream decoration occurred in ancient Greece. The earliest incarnation of Greek...
View ArticleFuturist Fervor
Umberto Boccioni Futurist painting, ‘Dynamism of a Soccer Player’ and sculpture ‘Unique Forms of Continuity in Space’ Reconstructing the Universe at the Guggenheim, 2014 ‘Shaking Flight’ by...
View ArticleRelief art Egypt
Egyptian wall paintings and relief art Amenhotep III Representation at Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor The extent to which the ancient history of Egypt was recorded by their artists is remarkable....
View ArticlePottery resurrection Mata Ortiz
Mata Ortiz pottery with sgraffito Mata Ortiz rebirth : The revitalization of Mata ortiz into a pottery centre is good story. In the 60‘s and 70‘s, with only tribal stories to go on and...
View ArticleLalique – French sublime design
Swans pendant – Rene Lalique Perfume bottle ‘Narkiss for Roger & Gallet in soufflé moulé (blown and moulded) and white enamelled glass-1909 Designed by Rene Lalique I became reacquainted...
View ArticleBrutalist Maxxed Sculpture
Metal sculpture ‘Ancestor’ — Seymour Lipton When it comes to attitude and commanding presence, brutalist design has it in spades. Its primary gestation began in the 50‘s from the architectural...
View ArticleKogei – Japanese art crafts
Azuma Masayuki blue glaze bowl Kogei : art and crafts of Japan. Muneyoshi Yanagi is widely accepted as the founder of the Japanese craft movement known as Mingei which began around 1927....
View ArticleBorn to whim
Paul Manship “Day” sculpture * … As they say, whimming isn’t everything. Some you whim, some you lose. For most people, losing is such an undesirable option and whimmers are grinners because...
View ArticleArt – contemporary Oz
‘Banksia Bird’ – Kate Elsey Oil on linen – 137cm x 96cm A collection of Aussie art that has piqued my interest over the last 12 months, typically bursting with the inexhaustible life force from the...
View ArticleExotic Egyptian Art Deco
Egyptomania three fold screen, Cairo, circa 1925 sothebys.com With respect to ancient history and art colliding with a a contemporary aesthetic, the Egyptian Revival convergence with the Art...
View ArticleCaptivating ceramic creations
More diverse permutations of that flexible substance known as clay, displaying the myriad of possibilities for the ceramic forms. Clay adaptions that are innovative, original and captivating. Anne...
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