Jean-Marc Fontaine – Michigan pottery
Jean-Marc Fontaine is a molecular biologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who also likes to manipulate clay molecules into art forms in his spare time at night and on weekends. He spent his...
View ArticleContemplating Zen floral design
Professor Masafumi – Ikenobo Isivata school Floral arrangement by Junko Toshima — Flickr – AndyAtzert Between the spaces – the Tao of Ikebana When it comes to Ikebana, I prefer the...
View ArticleAficionado coffee sets design
Gilt-decorated coffee pot and sugar bowl Tophane, Turkey, 19th Century – Sotheby’s Worthy coffee sets for connoisseurs – Coffee aficionados owe their gratitude to Kaldi, the Ethiopia goat herder,...
View ArticleAlberto Masetti Collection
Cache pot with sea horses – Galileo Chini C.1906-10 (design-phase) 1920 (realisation) Italian 20th century ceramic collection – Alberto Masetti, who comes from Bologna in Italy, has a large...
View ArticleAwesome Horses In The Arts
Female nude on horse – Art Deco sculpture by C.Charles Mid 20th Century Equine Arts: The horse is such a graceful, elegant looking animal, its hard to imagine it has the strength to be mobilized as...
View ArticleContemporary Ceramique La Borne
Jean and Jacqueline Lerat, 1969 Magen H Gallery La Borne has been an active pottery center since the 13th century. Known for centuries as a “Village de Potiers,” La Borne is nestled in the...
View ArticleThe Art Of Convo
‘Eurydice III ‘ – Christophe Charbonnel Conversation Art pieces This is the second installment on art for conversation. All good art is worthy of conversation. Bad art too, even if it’s...
View ArticleArt Deco Dandy
Poirot and an Art Deco gazelle figurine For an expose on Art Deco , it’s hard to go past the Poirot series, based on the Agatha Christie books. Set in England in 1936, there is countless classic...
View ArticleInspired Decor Dynamics
Designer Abigail Ahern East London townhouse Interior design dynamics : I never envy the challenge that an interior decorator faces when weighing up the myriad of choices they are presented...
View ArticleFun sculptures of the playground
Ideal interactive playscapes arouse a sense of intrigue and encourage participants into the pursuit of climbing, exploring, touching of textures and are stimulative to a child’s imagination....
View ArticleContemporary art plates and platters
Ceramic platter – Anne James, UK studiopottery.co.uk Art plates in abundance One of the earliest Egyptian Gods, Khnum, was quite often depicted in their temple art as sitting at a potter’s...
View ArticleMural Street Art
Wall in Civitavecchia, Italy by Barcelona artist Aryz A seamstress stands at the entrance of her workshop decorated by Spanish artist Malakkai Photograph Mohamed Messara-EPA Art on the...
View ArticlePortuguese azulejos art granduer
Azulejo Mural – Almas Chapel of Santa Catarina Arabesque geometric azulejo balcony Caravel (sailing ship) azulejos panel © José Luiz Ribeiro Bernardes Fabulous Portuguese Azulejos...
View ArticleSculptures of abstraction
‘Canto Aperto’ – Francesco Somaini Italy, 1955 Helene Fielder ‘Double Key Head’ — Sorel Etrog Rumi Galleries – 1stDibs Abstraction Creation For our ancient primitives, it was possibly...
View ArticleCeramics – subdued palette, matt surface
Shio Kusaka Tomita Hiroyuki Rosenthal Art Deco vase, Germany Tones of neutrality Interior designs and decor of the fifties and sixties were furnished with bold, bright, primary...
View ArticleFlight of Bunjil
Bunjil Eagle Kinetic Sculpture The video below features a large kinetic sculpture currently on display at the Melbourne Museum. It is inspired by the notion of continuity and the omni-present nature...
View ArticleIntriguing clayart oddities and obscurias
‘Moon Cassandra’ – Christine Kaiser Obscuriosities It’s always gratifying to view a piece that was born out of pure artistic abandon, without a hint of restraint, following raw instinct beyond...
View ArticleSixties quest for the elusive eden
Mid-century German fat lave floor vase Sixties The collective awakening of a desire for a higher consciouses arrived in the Sixties and resulted in a wildly ambitious decade. The Beatles led the...
View ArticleCats and dogs – figurines, art and photos
Vintage mexican style kitten Paston – etsy Feline and canine diversity Both the dog and cat species have evolved to have a plethora of fascinating breeds and appearances. In the Chinese Zodiac,...
View ArticleAfrocentric Artistry
Yoruba Olumeye (Kneeling Female Offering Bowl) Nigeria Earthenware pot with four handles,with applied sculptural elements, possibly Igbo people Nigeria ca. 1900-24 African art motives In...
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