Monthly Archives: September 2014

Animals of Art Deco

 

 

SANTINI-statue-art deco

 Lady Walking Dog – A.Santini

 

 

Art Deco Squirrel bookends Art Bronze

  Art Deco squirrel bookends – Max Le Verrier

 

 

Art Deco embracing animals

 

Art Deco successfully integrated the multitude of fascinating design innovations of its time. The mobile perspectives of abstract cubism were subtly merged into the designs but with more symmetrical aspects. The visions of futurism and modernism, inspired by the possibilities of the Machine Age were embraced in its design and choice of materials, while the simpler, functional ideals of Constructivism, Die Stijl and the Bauhaus disciplines were introduced. The dynamism and movement of the 20‘s Jazz Age and the Industrial Age were also prominent elements. The Bauhaus belief that mass production could live in harmony with the artistic spirit of individuality fitted nicely with the mass production utilised during the Art Deco era and the streamlined forms adapted well to the production methods.
The shift away from the Gothic, Baroque and Classical idioms, which began with Art Nouveau at the turn of the 19th century, were taken to the next level. The ethereal nympths in lush organic nature landscapes surrounded by bats, butterflies, dragons and other fantasy creatures morphed into modern, elegant, fashionable ladies of affluence, accompanied by all breeds of domesticated animals, especially dogs, but even including the likes of panthers and gazelles. Lean looking Greyhounds and Dobermans were a popular choice.The demands of marketing led to a depiction of sleekness, sophistication and order. This was reinforced by the symmetrical designs that overtook the asymmetry of Art Nouveau and the rectilinear lines becoming as prevalent as the curvilinear  ones.  Interestingly, the nudity of the Art Nouveau era survived , but took on a more liberated context in its expression. The diversity of animals featured in the unique Art Deco designs is one of the endearing aspects of this era.

 

 

Zsolnay pigeon plant holder

 Twin Pigeon Art Deco planter – Zsolnay, Hungry

 

 

 

Warrior-and-winged-horse,-war-memorial,-St Louis

Art Deco Warrior and Winged Horse – St.Louis War Memorial

USA

 

 

 

The Guardians MENNEVILLE-ART-DECO-LADY-WITH-DOGS

‘The Guardians’ – Art Deco Lady with Dogs – Menneville

 

 

 

 

serpent and girl )Signed-Isdrebrad-on-the-base

Kneeling Snake Charmer Holding Serpent – Isdrebrad

 

 

French-Art_Deco_squirrel_bookends

French Art Deco squirrel bookends

Rischmann Deconami –  Antwerp, Belgium

 

 

 

photo-MaxLeVerrier in his studio with a posing model

Max Le Verrier sculpting a posing model at his studio

 

 

photo-MaxLeVerrier-07

Max Le Verrier sculpting a lion at the zoo

 

 

Green Art Deco Lion-by-Le-Verrier-

‘Lion’ by Max Le Verrier

Length 23 inches

 

Puffin motif vase, baluster shape by-Sally-Tuffin

Puffin by Sally Tuffin for Dennis Chinaworks—2006

 

 

Art Deco wall relief – Aberdeen, Scotland

 

 

pendule_elephant_mantle clock

Elephant mantle pendule  clock – Art Deco

( 1930.fr )

 

 

Pair-of-Bronze-Art-Deco-Cubist-Pelican-Bookends-by--Georges-H.-Laurent

Cubist Art Deco pelican bookends – Georges L Laurent

 

 

Owl-above-door-to-center-reading-room-on-fifth-floor.-Library-of-Congress-John-Adams-Building,-Washington,

Art Deco owl, Library oF Congress, Washington – USA

 

 

 

Max-Le-Verrier-French-Art-Deco-Dinner-Gong-with-Dragon,-Bronze,-Marble-c-1930

 Dragon Dinner Gong – French Art Deco – Max le Ferrier

1930

 

 

Louis-Wain-to-side-with-Max-Emanuel-mark-to-base--1914

1914 Art Deco Cat- Max Emanual & Louis Wain

 

 

Hagenauer-Bronze-Greyhound sculpture

 Hagenauer Bronze Greyhound figurine

 

 

Leaping-Ibex-by-De-Marco-A-French-art-metal-deer,-made-by-the-Le-Verrier-foundry-during-the-1930

French Art Deco Leaping Ibex by De Marco, made by Max Le Ferrie

1930

 

 

 

John-Storrs,-Winged-Horse,-1920

 Winged Horse – art deco by John Storrs

 

 

 

JEAN-MAGROU-STUNNING-3inch-BRONZE-Hercules-and-the-Panther

Bronze Hercules and the panther  – Jean Magrou

 

 

Hippocampus-Art-Deco-fountain,-Kansas-City,-Missouri,-(1937)

Hippocampus and Dolphins Art Deco fountain

Kansas City, Missouri

1937

 

 

French-Kangaroo-Desk-Tidy

French Art Deco Kangaroo paper weight

 

 

 

French-Art-Deo-Couple-of-Seagulls-Sculpture

Pair of Seagulls – French Art Deco

 

 

 

French Art Deco-Panther-&-Antelope-Sculpture-1930

Panther and Antelope sculpture

Santini-Deco girl walking dogs

 Girl Walking Dogs – A.Santini

 

 

 

 

French-Art-Deco-Elephant-Pair-Clock---artdecoceramicglasslight-com

French Art Deco Elephant Pair Clock

artdecoceramicglasslight.com

 

 

 

French-Art-Deco-Ceramic-Bear-Couple-sur-la-banquise-by-Charles-LEMANCEAU-at-Sainte-Radegonde's-(France)-1935

A pair of Art Deco Polar Bears – Lemanseau

 

 

 

Frederick-Rhead-Phoenix-vase-for-Wardle,-c

Phoenix ovoid vase – Frederick Rhead for Wardle

 

 

 

Art Deco Vase by Keralouve - La Louvière, Belgium

Black Cat Art Deco Vase by Keralouve – La Louvière, Belgium

 

 

Impressive-and-elegant-sculpture-by-french-sculptor-Georges-Coste---Lady-with-Borzoi

 Lady with Borzoi – French sculptor George Coste

( 1930.fr )

Charles Catteau vase

 Charles Catteau

 

 

 

conic-art-deco-group-signed-by-Fayral-(Famous-Pierre-Le-Faguays-pseudonym)

Reclining Lady and Gazelle – Fayrel ( Pierre Le Faguays pseudonym )

France

 

 

 

Couple-of-Greyhounds-1930s-FSiegl

Pair of running greyhounds – F.Siegl

 

 

 

 

Ceramic-Dog-by-Geo-Conde

Black and White dog  – Geo Conde

 

 

 

 

At-The-Theater,-Symphony-in-Black---Illustration-by-Romain-de-Tirtoff-(1892-–-1990)

Art Deco Illustration by Romain de TirtoffAt ( Etre ) – At The Theater, Symphony in Black

 

 

 

 

artnet-Galleries--Fan-tail-pigeon-Stunning,-original-gilded-Lakarmé-sculpture-by-Jan-and-Joël-Martel-1925

Glided art deco fan tail sculpture – Lakarmé by Jan and Joël Martel

1925

 

 

ART-DECO-TV-LAMP-FLAMINGO

Flamingo TV lamp

 

 

 

Art-Deco-Toozoo-Ceramic-Dog-Electric-Clock

Art Deco clock with 2 hounds – Toozoo

 

Charles-Catteau-and-Raymond-Chevallier-Art-Deco-Vase,-France,-ca.-1935

Charles Catteau and Raymond Chevallier Art Deco gazelle vase

c. 1935

 

 

 

Vintage Squirrel-Bookends-by-Nagel

Pair of Squirrel bookends – Nagel

 

 

 

 

These-Malibu-Stork-bookends-were-formed-in-Art-Deco-style-by-French-sculptor-Marcel-Bouraine

Art Deco style Stork Bookends by French sculptor Marcel Bouraine

 

 

 

 

Art-Deco-style-Royal-Dux-bookends-in-the-form-of-rams

Butting Rams Art Deco Royal Dux bookends

 

 

 

Art-Deco-Stone-Lion,-Cedar-Rapids,-Iowa.-Photo-by-Buck-Cash.

Art Deco at Grand Rapids – Stone lion by Buck Cash

 

 

 

 

Art-Deco-figurine-from-Maurice-Osmond

Art Deco Dog Figurine – Maurice Osmond

 Cab Art Vintage – etsy

 

 

 

An-Art-Deco-vase-by-Kitty-Rix-for-the-Wiener-Werkstatte

Kitty Rix Art Deco vase for Wiener Werkstatte

 

 

 

 

art-deco-dogs Christophle Gallia

Christophle Gallia

 

 

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Greek civilization, Naxian winged sphinx

Delphi Archaeological Museum

Getty Images

 

Demetre Chiparus art

‘The Guardians’  —  Georges Gori

1930

 

1930 Ibex book ends by LeVerrier.

Ibex book ends by Max LeVerrier.

1930.fr

 

porcelain-figurine lady walking dog

Lady with dog figurine

photo by  Carol Dronsfield

matchbookmag.com

 

 

Charles Catteau Art Deco owl vase

Art Deco seramic vase – Charles Catteau

 

 

 

Charles Catteau Deco vase

Charles Catteau, Art Deco flying bird vase

 

 

3-Panther-Clock-by-De-Coux

Art Deco mantle clock with 3 panthers – De Coux

 

 

German-Art-Deco-1935-William-Goebel-Figurine-Woman-Dog-Crown

German Art Deco  figurine – William Goebel

1935

French-Art-Deco-iron-and-glass-'Pendule-Luminescente'mosgreene

French Art deco Mantle clock with elephants

Mossgreen Auctions

 

 

Art Deco sculpture - Boris-Lovet-Lorski...Lithuanian who immigrated to the U.S.

Boris Lovet Lorski – Art Deco sphinx sculpture

 

 

 
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AMOCA – 10 year anniversary

 

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

 

In August 2014, AMOCA had its 10th anniversary. Over this time it has grown from 3,800 square feet to 51,000 square feet and now has 7000 pieces in its permanent collection.

AMOCA preserves and collects significant ceramic achievements of the world’s cultures from ancient times to the present. Their permanent collection, is currently divided into four categories:-  American Studio Pottery, Sculpture, World Ceramics and British Ceramics. The museum has large collections of international and Native American ceramics, including Mettlach, Royal Worcester, Mata Ortiz and Acoma Pueblo. A selection of these will be featured in an upcoming 2015 Spring exhibition, along with works from many celebrated artists, such as mid-20th century California ceramists William Manker, Laura Andreson, Gertrude and Otto Natzler, and Rupert Deese. In addition a  number of sculptural works from Paul Soldner, John Mason and Jennifer McCurdy will also featured, as well as many contemporary local artists, including Glenn Grishkoff, Biliana Popova, and Ricky Maldonado. Below are some images from the AMOCA flickr photostream of their permanent collection. See here 

 

Current Exhibition – Chris Gustin Masterworks in Clay

November 8, 2014- February 8, 2015

 

Chris Gustin teapot Amoca exhibition

Chris Gustin teapot

 

 

 

Masterworks-in-Clay

Chris Gustin Masterworks in Clay – opening reception at Amoca

 

 

Opening Reception,-Chris Gustin -- Masterworks in Clay

 Chris Gustin – Amoca

 

British Ceramics

 

 

Ann James-Vase,-2003;-Collection-of-Bill-Burke-2009

Ann James Vase,

2003

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke

 

 

 

 

Coil built Vase,-1982;-Gift of Jo Lauria & Michael Fargo-BettyBlandino

Betty Blandino coil built vase, 1982

AMOCA –  Gift of Jo Lauria & Michael Fargo

 

 

Duncan Ross-Vase, c. 2000; wheel-thrown, terra sigillata, slip, wax

Duncan Ross vase – terra sigillata, slip, wax

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke

 

 

 

Geoffrey Swindell Vase, c. 2000; porcelain, rust and robin's egg blue; Collection of Bill Burke 2009

Geoffrey Swindell contemporary vessel

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke 2009

 

 

 

Ann James-Vase,-2003;-Collection-of-Bill-Burke-2009

 Ann James -2003

 AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke

 

 World Ceramics

 

 

earthenware pot Amando Silverio

Amando Silverio

Gift of Frieda Bradsher

 

 

 

Naimi-constructed,-decorated-by-maleEating-bowl-Kwam,-c.-1986;-E.-Sepik-Providence,-Wosera-area-(SW-Maprik)

Naimi constructed eating bowl -Kwam, c.1986

 

 

 

 

Edo-Nabeshima-Ware-Platter,-1830;-made-in-Japan;-porcelain

Japanese Edo Nabeshima Ware Platter, 1830

 AMOCA – Gift of James and Jackie Voell

 

 

 

Michael-Wisner Untitled, n.d. earthenware; Gift of Frieda Bradsher 2007

Michael Wisner earthenware pot

Gift of Frieda Bradsher 2007

Ming-Celadon-Vase China

 Ming Celadon Vase

 AMOCA – Gift of James and Jackie Voell

 Sculpture

 

 

Paul Soldner ceramic sculpture AMOCA

 Paul Soldner

 

 

 

 

Rooted-Home,-2000;-made-in-Huntington,-West-Virginia-2004-Kathleen Kneafsey

Kathleen Kneafsey, Huntington,West Virginia – ‘Rooted Home’

AMOCA – American Ceramic Society Collection

 

 

 

 

Sculptural-Vessel,-1980;-stoneware;-high-fired

Olin Russum-  High fired Sculptural Vessel – 1980

AMOCA – Gift of James and Jackie Voell

 

 

 

 

Untitled-figure,-c.-1970s;-made-in-California;-glazed-ceramic

Untitled glazed ceramic figure,- c. 1970s – Joan Rappaport, California

AMOCA –  Collection of Bill Burke, 2009

 

 

 

 

Untitled-sculpture,-1959;-made-in-California;-stoneware-,-2004HalFromhold

Untitled stoneware sculpture, 1959 – Hal Fromhold, California

2004

AMOCA – American Ceramic Society Collection

 

 

 

Betty-Davenport-Ford-Blue-Heron

Blue Heron  – Betty Davenport Ford

Gift of the Artist, 2005

 

 

Sabino-Villalba Untitled effigy, n.d.; eartheware , 2007

Sabino Villalba Untitled effigy eartheware , 2007

 

 

 

 

American Studio Pottery:

 

 

AyshaPeltz-1998;-purchased-in-Shrewsbury,-Massachusetts;-porcelain,-orange-yellow vase

Aysha Peltz – Shrewsbury, Massachusetts;- porcelain orange vase

1998

 

 

 

Ben Owen III vase,-1992;-Gift of Jan Korfmacher

Ben Owen III vase

1992

AMOCA – Gift of Jan Korfmacher

 

 

 

 

bowl,-1995-99;-purchased-in-Berea,-Kentucky;-porcelain;-GwenHeffner

Gwen Heffner porcelain bowl –  Berea, Kentucky

1995-99

 

 

 

 

Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor---teapot

Bunny lid teapot – Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor

 

 

 

Carol Wedemeyer-teacup,-2002;-made-in-California;-earthenware-red-clay,-stain,-glaze

 Red clay earthenware, stain, glaze teacup – Carol Wedemeyer, California

2002

 AMOCA – Gift of Bill Burke

 

 

 

 

Crispin Gonzalez1985;-stoneware,-airbrushing,-colorants,-cone-3,-reduction

Crispin Gonzalez, stoneware vase with airbrushing, colorants, cone 3 reduction

AMOCA – Gift of MAW

 

 

 

Susan-Peterson Untitled bottle, c. 1979; Gift of John Collins

Susan Peterson 1979

AMOCA – Gift of John Collins

 

 

Dorothy Hafner platter,-1980;-purchased-in-New-York-porcelain

Dorothy Hafner platter, New-York

1980

AMOCA – Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

 

 

 

 

Doug Blechner-jar AMOCA

 Lidded Jar – Doug Blechner

AMOCA

 

 

 

 

Frank-ColsonUntitled-bottle,-1964;-purchased-in-Florida;-stoneware

Untitled stoneware bottle, Frank Colson, Florida

1964

AMOCA – Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

 

 

 

1989; purchased in Yellow Springs, Ohio; porcelain; 2004EveFleck

Porcelain folded vase -Eve Fleck, Yellow Springs, Ohio

1989

AMOCA –  Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

 

 

Frieda-Bradsher 2007 AMOCA

Frieda Bradsher – 2007

AMOCA

 

 

 

 

Gina Lawson Egan-Blue-and-Purple-Dog-Teapot

Gina Lawson Egan – Blue and Purple Dog Teapot

 

 

 

 

Harrison McIntosh display ---Flickr--AMOCA

Harrison McIntosh ceramic display at Common Ground, ACOMA

HM100: A Century through the Life of Harrison McIntosh is currently running from 13th September to October 26 2014 . ACOMA celebrated the 100th birthday of Hamish Mcintosh on the 13th September 2014.

The mural in the background along one wall of the main gallery is by famous Southern Californian artist Millard Sheets titled “Panorama of Pomona Valley” (1956)

 

 

 

 

Harvey Sadow Raku-Vessel,-1980

Raku Vessel – Harvey Sadow

1980

AMOCA – Gift of Karen and Philip Selwyn

 

 

 

 

Helen Watson mid-century sculpture 1959

Helen Watson mid-century sculpture 1959

AMOCA

 

 

 

 

Jane-Peiser ceramic vessel 1978

Jane Peiser – 1978

AMOCA

 

 

 

 

Jeff-Whyman vase 2000

 Jeff Whyman – 2000

AMOCA

 

 

 

Joy-DeMarcocup,-c

Joy DeMarcocup, –  porcelain, sgraffito markings, black slip, semi matt clear glaze vessel

c. 2000

AMOCA – Gift of Frieda Bradshe

 

 

 

 

Karen-Massaro1980-90 yellow bowl AMOCA

 Karen Massaro bowl –  1980-90

AMOCA

 

 

 

Gift-of-Frieda-Bradsher-Taylor-Buxton AMOCA

Vase by Taylor Buxton

AMOCA – Gift of Frieda Bradsher

 

 

 

 

Larry White Untitled-figurative-vessel,-1979;-made-in-California;-stoneware-raku

 Stoneware raku figurative vessel, Larry White, California

1979

AMOCA, Gift Of MAW

 

 

 

Michael-Coffey jar AMOCA

 Micheal Coffey

AMOCA

 

 

 

AMOCA, Gertrude and Otto Natzler ceramics

Gertrude and Otto Natzler – Common Ground exhibition

AMOCA

 

 

 

Otto Heino---Flickr--AMOCA

Otto Heino display at AMOCA Common Ground

lien – flickr

 

 

 

 

Patrick Crabb AMOCA California--2008

Patrick Crabb Bottle, California – 2008

AMOCA

 

 

 

People-Pot,-1993 Jude Odell

People Pot, – Jude Odell

 1993

AMOCA

 

 

 

 

Ricky Maldonado platter-Gift Of Artist

 Ricky Maldonado platter

AMOCA Gift Of Artist

 

 

 

 

Rose Cabat-Feelie --1979

‘Feelie’ by Rose Cabat  – 1979

“A vase can hold flowers, but can’t it just be a spot of beauty?” – Rose Cabat

AMOCA

 

 

 

 

ScottParadyUntitled-vessel,-2003;-made-in-California;-wood-fired-stoneware;-Gift-of-Bill-Burke-2009

Scott Parady – Untitled woodfired stoneware vessel, California

2003

AMOCA – Gift of Bill Burke

 

 

 

 

Sunflower---Desert-Series,-2009 Lee-Middleman AMOCA

Sunflower -Desert Series, Lee Middleman

AMOCA 2009

 

 

 

Tom Coleman stoneware,-carbon-trap-shino,-orange-crackle,-red-dot,-carbon-trap,-reduction

Shino stoneware cup, carbon trap, orange crackle, red dot – Tom Coleman

AMOCA – Gift of Frieda Bradsher

 

 

 

 

 

Eric-Kao-bottle AMOCA flickr

 Eric Kao

AMOCA – flickr

 

 

 

 

Olin Russum Distorted Bowl, 1980; stoneware

Olin Russum – Distorted Stoneware Bowl, 1980

Gift of James W. and Jackie Voell

 

 

 

Large-Curly-Vessel,-2007-Nicholas Bernard

 Large Curly Vessel, Nicholas Bernard – 2007

AMOCA

 

 

 

Ken&Pat Larson,-1988;-purchased-in-Sturgeon-Lake,-Minnesota;-stoneware

 Stoneware sculpture by Ken & Pat Larson, 1988

  Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota

AMOCA – Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

 

 

Mettlach Collection

This vast collection was made possible by Robert D. and Colette D. Wilson, who accumulated a huge number of Mettlach pieces over a 30-year period. AMOCA now houses their entire 3,000 piece Mettlach Collection, the largest collection of German Mettlach wares (dating from c. 1840-1915) in the world.

 

 

Mettlach knight plate ACOMA

 Mettlach plate, Germany

 

 

Mettlach-Beer-Stein Acoma

 Mettlach Beer Stein

 

 

 

 

Mettlach, Art Nouveau Vases,-1911

Long neck Art Nouveau vases – Mettlach

 

 

 

Mettlach-plate - kinght riding horse

Handpainted Metttlach plate

 

 

 

 

Mettlach vase ACOMA

 Mettlach Art Nouveau floral vase

 

Mettlach-dual-handled-vase

 Mettlach twin handled vase

 

 

Mettlach butterfly woman vase

 Mettlach vase, Germany

 

 

 

Mettlach-germany-jardiniere

 Twin handled jardiniere – Mettlach

 

 

Mettlach-Stein-ACOMA

 German Mettlach beer steins

AMOCA website HERE

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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Fausto, Fabbricatore and Fausto

 

The  Italian ceramic arts of Fausto Melotti, Michele Fabbricatore and Fausto Salvi :

 

Several generations of ceramicists who encapsulate the freedom, spontaneity and flair of the Italian aesthetic.

La Pittura, 1939 - 1940-Fausto Melotti

‘La Pittura ‘ – Fausto Melotti

 

Fausto Melotti

 

Fausto Melotti was born into a musical family and he initially studied physics, mathematics and electrical engineering. In 1928, at the age of 27, he enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, where he trained alongside Fontana with the sculptor Adolfo Wildt. Melotti’s first experiences as a ceramist occurred in 1929 after meeting the renowned architect, designer, writer, and ceramics enthusiast, Gio Ponti, who at that time was the artistic director for the Ricardo Ginori ceramic and porcelain manufactory. Melotti assisted Ponti with the execution of several of his designs, and the collaboration marked the beginning of his twenty-year relationship with the firm. While he would continue to work with ceramics for his entire career, his most concentrated involvement with the medium came in the aftermath of World War II. After discovering that his studio had been destroyed in the bombardment of Milan, he renewed his practice by renting out a kiln, thus initiating a fifteen-year period in which he only produced ceramics and terracotta sculptures.

Melotti was recognized, both nationally and internationally, as his contemporaries Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Louise Bourgeois and Lucio Fontana, as a key figure in the field of modern and contemporary sculpture, being distinguished for having been, from the beginning of the 30’s, a significant contributor in the renewal and development of the plastic language and its materials. Using terracotta, faience and plaster sculptures in mixed media including iron, ceramic and stainless steel works, drawings and sketches, the sculptural path 0f Fausto Melotti was closely linked to the world of visual arts. He merged the classical traditions with the trends of the European avant-garde, mixing disparate strains of 20th-century Italian art from Futurist modernity to the metaphysical elements of the Surrealists.

 

Fausto Mellotti with a groupp of his white biomorphic sculptures

 Fausto Melotti in his studio in Milan, 70’s

Photo Ugo Mulas

 

 

 

Contrapunto VIII--1971-Fausto Melotti

Contrapunto VIII – Fausto Melotti

-1971-

 

 

Fausto Melotti-Copetta-1950 ceramic bowl

Fausto Melotti – Copetta

1950

 

 

fausto-melotti sculpture

Female sculpture – Fausto Melotti

 

 

'Peacock'-vase,-Fausto Melotti

 Fausto Melotti – ‘Peacock Vase’

1960

 

 

Coppa-con-orlo-mosso-1955 - Fausto Melotti

‘Coppa con orlo mosso’ – Fausto Melotti

1955

 

 

El almacen de ideas-1980 Fausto Melotti

El almacen de ideas – Fausto Melotti

1980

 

 

Fausto-Melotti-Cavaliere-c1945

Fausto Melotti – ‘Cavaliere’

c 1945

 

 

fausto-melotti-con-le-sue-opere-fotografato-da-ugo-mulas

Fausto Melotti photo by Ugo Mulas

 

 

Fausto Melotti Vaso Ceramica

  Vaso Ceramica Fausto Melotti

 

 

 

 

Heretics and-Saints and Bishops--1952 by Fausto melotti

‘Heretics and Saints and Bishops’ — 1952 by Fausto Melotti

A Teatrini representing a  miniature “theater” –  small and condensed worlds that use abstract and figurative elements to convey narratives. Melotti’s miniature theatres tended to retain a sense of ambiguity and  challenge the viewer to construct the drama.

 

 

Fausto-Melotti,-Vaso-Civetta-circa 1935

Fausto Melotti,- Vaso Civetta

28 inches height

circa 1965

 

 

Leone-circa-1975 Fausto Melotti

‘Leone’ — Fausto Melotti

circa 1975

 

 

In-mostra-le-opere-di-Fausto-Melotti_gal_landscape

Fausto Melotti vase

 

 

 

Kore-1954 by Fausto Melotti

Kore by Fausto Melotti

1954

CONSADORI Fausto-Melotti modernist vase

Fausto Melotti modernist vase

Ceramic cup-Fausto-Melotti

Sculptured goblet – Fausto Melotti

 

 

 

Sculpture-Noche-africana---1973 Fausto Melotti

 ‘Noche Africana’ – Fausto Melotti

Melotti’s free standing metal sculptures favoured minimal lines sparsely interspersed with various motifs.

1973

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Fausto Salvi

 

Fausto discovered ceramics in the late 80’s, attending courses at the State Institute of Art of Ceramics in Faenza. ” When I began to work in ceramics, drawing was all-important for me. I enjoyed drawing on the white surface of majolica, being smooth and absorbent. I used to inscribe any surface it offered, plates, cylinders, jugs, vases. Any shape responded to my need to express myself through my drawings. Only later did I learn to communicate through shape and volume, I began to study the expressive possibilities of clay and modeling, more carefully. At the same time I began to think about the surfaces of my pieces as abstract textures and I started to use pure pigment. As I have worked in different series; I have never wanted to concentrate on only one of the elements I was exploring. The presence or absence of drawing has enabled me to communicate very different feelings and messages.”

During an exhibition of Australian contemporary ceramics at the Faenza Museum in the 90’s, Fausto was struck by how the absence of cumbersome traditions was really an advantage in terms of lightness and spontaneity. Some of his pieces, like Melotti, show hints of classical influence, but most are refreshingly original and visually engaging.

 

 

 

Fausto Salvi majolica sculpture

‘Down’  – Fausto Salvi

2006

 

 

03-Coppia Fausto Salvi

Fausto Salvi – Coppia

 

 

 

Grottesco-Fausto Salvi

‘Grottesco’ – Fausto Salvi

 

 

 

Fausto Salvi aluminium foli on ceramic sculpture 'A Big Surprise' -

‘A Big Surprise’ – Fausto Salvi

– painted ceramic covered by aluminium foils

2009

 

 

Fausto Salvi contemporary vase

 Contemporary vase – Fausto Salvi

 

 

 

contemporary sculpture Fausto Salvi

 ‘Vegetale’ 

Fausto Salvi  sculpture from the Ten Year’s After exhibition in Milan, 2013

 

 

 

Magic Wood - Fausto Salvi

Fausto Salvi with Magic Wood ceramic sculpture

2009

 

 

fausto-salvi-ten-years-after-officine-saffi-magic-wood

‘Magic Wood’ (Bosco Magico) –  painted ceramic covered with aluminium foils – Fausto Salvi

max height : 370 cm – max diameter : 45 cm

 

 

 

Fausto Salvi Italian sculpture yellow figure

Contemporary sculpture “Greenhouse” – referring to a green house in Milan where Fausto lived that was swallowed up by urban development.

2013

 

 

Fausto-Salvi-ceramics-'bella',-1993

‘Bella ‘ – Fausto Salvi

 

 

 

2012. Korea Fausto Salvi abstract puzzle sculpture

 ‘Korea’ –  Fausto Salvi

2012

 

 

 

'All I Have To Say' - Fausto Salvi - ceramic thought bubble

‘All I Have To Say’ – Fausto Salvi

– glazed ceramic with gold, NY 2006

 

 

Lanscape Korea 2012 Fausto Salvi - urban density sculpture

Fausto Salvi – ceramic bas relief

Greenhouse exhibition

 

 

le Belle - Fausto Salvi

‘le Belle’ – Fausto Salvi

 

 

 

Fausto-Salvi all sculpture two men in a heated discussion

Fausto Salvi puzzle bas relief

 

 

Italian sculpture One Way Fausto Salvi red and yellow wall art

‘One Way’ –  Fausto Salvi

2006

Fausto-Salvi sculpture exhibition - red and white abstract sculpture

 Fausto Salvi exhibition

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Michele Fabbricatore :

 

In 1992 at age of 20 MicheleI won a scholarship to do a pottery internship for three months in Maastricht in the Netherlands. In 1993 he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.

” My work is a large cauldron of everything that I like and I’m passionate about: Calvin Orlando Furioso, from fairy tales to mythology, all revisited and reinterpreted with an eye for the ironic and surreal.  My mission is to retrieve the most authentic part of me and see with a child’s unconditioned perception, which looks at the world with awe and wonder. And to relive the gift of enchantment that governs all beauty. Feeding this treasure that we all have within, with a desire and a commitment in my life where I hope these values become conveyed through my work.”

 

Italy Michele-Fabbricatore mermaidsculpture

Michele Fabbricatore reclining Mermaid

 

 

Michele-Fabbricatore Knight on horse fighting dragon

‘San Giorgio e il Drago’ – Michele-Fabbricatore

 

 

 

Adamo_ed_Eva Michele Fabbricatore

 ‘Adamo ed Eva’ – Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

Michele Fabbricatore ceramic panel

Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

 

Michael-Fabbritore Arca ceramic sculpture

 Arca  – Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

In Studio Michael-Fabbricatore

Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

Angelica_inseguita Michele Fabbricatore

Angelica inseguita – Michele Fabbricatore 

 

 

 

Michele Fabbricatore sculpture Marco Polo

Marco Polo  – Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

 

Michele-Fabbricatore contemporary sculpture Europa_e_Zeus

  Europa e Zeus    – Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

 

Michele_fabbricatore terracotta sculpture king and queen riding a horse

Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

 

Alice by Michele-Fabbricatore

Alice   – Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

Michele Fabbricatore Italian figurine Angelo

Angelo   – Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

 

Michele-Fabbricatore Cavallo di Troia

Cavallo di Troia – Michele Fabbricatore

 

 

 

 

Michele-Fabbricatore Italian figurine sculpture

 Michele Fabbricatore abstract figurative sculpture

 

 

 

Re_e_Regina Michele Fabbricatore

‘Re e Regina’ – Michele Fabbricatore

Dedalo_e_Icaro Michele Fabbricatore

Dedalo e Icaro  by Michele Fabbricatore

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Michele Fabbricatore website here

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Functional pottery – flora and cuisine

 

 

Flower sushi rolls---Flickr- bananagranola--Miki Nagata

 Flower sushi rolls – Miki Nagata

For a master class in colour diversity, depth, shape and textures, its hard to go past plants and flowers. The colour richness is unsurpassed and countless design trends have been directly influenced by the features of theses natural wonders. From the symmetrical to the abstract, from random to mystically sequenced dimensions, all are innately structured in a sublime state of balance.
I regard the presentation of Japanese foods to sit at the pinnacle in the art of food display, so it was a logical choice for showing ceramics in a functional context. Miki Nagata’s work in the field of photographing Japanese food is as sumptuous as the subject. For the flowers I mainly chose the excellent displays used by Frances Palmer to promote her wares.

 

 

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Figs

craftai.com/blog

 

 

 

Fig slice Craftai

Fig Slice

 craftai.com/blog

 

 

 

ginger cubes in a bowl - craftai

Sweet ginger candy

craftai.com/blog

 

 

Cabbage rolls with hijik i- Miki Nagata

 Japanese cabbage rolls with hijiki – Miki Nagata

Flickr – bananagranola

 

 

avocado-shashimi-1tess.wordpress

Avocado shashimi

1tess.wordpress

 

 

Japanese cuisine Cold shabu shabu---Miki Nagata

 Cold shabu shabu – Miki Nagata

Flickr – bananagranola

 

 

craftai5

Fujitsuka Mitsuo porcelain dish with Fuji apples

craftai.com/blog

 

 

 

pouring Japanese green tea

Green Tea

 

 

 

Flowers of Kumquat---Flickr---Miki Nagata

 Three flowers of Kumquat -Miki Nagata

Flickr–bananagranola

 

 

Ganmodoki---Miki Nagata

Ganmadoki  –  fried tofu fritter made with vegetables, egg white and sesame seeds

Miki Nagata

 

 

 

fresh garlic on platter

Garlic on ceramic platter – Catherine White

 

 

 

 

Grilled Manganji--Miki Nagata

 Japanese grilled Manganji–Miki Nagata

Manganji pepper is the one of the traditional vegetables of Kyoto.

 

 

 

 

Fresh bream fish on a platter Miki Nagata

Bream on a platter – Miki Nagata

Flickr–bananagranola

 

 

 

Simmered down pork spare rib with orange marmalade and soy sauce---Flickr--NikiMagata

 Pork spare rib simmered down  with orange marmalade and soy sauce—Flickr–NikiMagata

 

 

 

 

Japanese banquet--Flickr--Miki Nagata

Healthy banquet – Miki Nagata

 

 

 

kyoto-food-Nakahigashi---Flickr---Miki Nagata-

 Kyoto strawberry desert -Nakahigashi eatery

photo Miki Nagata

 

 

frances Palmer black/white vase and compote

Black and white striped ceramic vase and compote. Frances Palmer Pottery

 

 

 

 

Pressed Salad with Seasonal Vegetables---Flickr-Miki Nagata

Pressed Salad with Seasonal Vegetables- miki Nagata

Flickr–bananagranola

 

 

 

japa sweet Sakura Manju--Sakura-flavored-bean-jam-buns----Flickr--MikiNagata

Sakura Manju--Sakura flavored bean jam bun

Flickr–MikiNagata

 

 

 

Salted savory cakes---Flickr---Miki Nagata

Salted savory cakes – Flickr—Miki Nagata

 

 

 

 

Simmered kumquats in syrup---Flickr - Miki Nagata

Simmered kumquats in syrup

Flickr – Miki Nagata – bananagranola

 

 

 

Akiyoshi's-Room---wagashi sweets

 Wagashi sweets – Akiyoshi’s-Room

 Wagashi  is a traditional Japanese confectionery which is often served with tea, especially the types made of mochianko (azuki bean paste), and fruits

 

 

 

 

White porcelain fruit bowl with oranges Frances Palmer

Deep Footed Bowl full of oranges – Frances Palmer Pottery

 

 

 

 

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Okra and natto ( miso ) salad

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昨年は一株づつ植えたのだけれど見事に茎が太くなり、花も大きな花が咲き、当然のようにオクラも巨大なものが採れた。採りそびれるとすぐに大きくかたくなった。オクラを栽培している親戚の菜園を覗くとどれも2本立てで植えていた。1本だと栄養が良すぎたわけだ。 …

 

 

 

Goldfish jelly---Flickr---MikiNagata

 Goldfish Jelly

flickr – Miki Nagata

 

Wavy-statement-white-porcelain-Aya-Kon - by JInnai-Sakata

Wavy white porcelain Aya Kon –  Jinnai Sakata

 

 

 

Wen-Jin-Caiyun-shaped-magnetic-wavy-white-dish by Jinnai Sakata`

Wen Jin Caiyun shaped magnetic wavy dish and tea set –  Jinnai Sakata

 

 

 

Jinnai Sakata - wavy white platter with black border with seafood

 Wavy white platter – Jinnai Sakata

 

 

 

JInnai-Sakata----Japanese platters table decoration

Jinnai Sakata

 

 

 

jinnai-sakata-Shinanomachi food platter

Jinnai Sakata- Shinanomachi food platter

 

 

Apple-Jam-Jelly---Flickr---Photo-Sharing-Miki Nagata

Apple Jam jelly flower

Flickr—Miki Nagata

 

 

 

Mid-Century-Planter-Brush-Gold-green-Merrirose-etsy

Mid-Century planter brushed gold and green

Merrirose-etsy

 

 

 Frances Palmer porcelain fruit bowls

Frances Palmer

 

 

2-Handle-Greek-Vase---Frances-Palmer-Pottery

Twin handled Greek vase  with roses – Frances Palmer

 

 

 

summer-solstice-2014 Catherine White

Vases by Catherine White

Summer Solstice 2014

 

 

Scallop bud vase with roses and peonies

 Roses and peonies,  in a scallop bud vase.

craftai.com/blog

 

 

 

White ribbed vase - Frances Palmer

 Bulbous white ribbed vase – Frances Palmer

 

 

 

 

Ceramic Bird Planter Orange White Folk Art Vase-Home-by-sewZinski

Folk Art Ceramic Bird Planter Orange and White by sewZinski

 

 

 

 

Diego Urn - Frances Palmer Pottery

White Diego Urn  – Frances Palmer Pottery

 

 

 

 

mosaicked-berlin.de mosaic vase

Mosaic vase

mosaicked-berlin.de

 

 

 

 mrkitly.com.auShino Takeda leg planter without drainage holes - blue

Shino Takeda leg planter

 mrkitly.com.au

 

 

 

Pottery Francis Palmer Bam pot

Bam Pot – Francis Palmer

 

 

 

 

Ikebana--by-Sennin-Photos-on-Flickr

Japanese Ikebana by Sennin

 

 

 

 

less-is-more-paddle-plant-countryliving

 Succulent Paddle Plant

Country Living

 

 

 

Little white ceramic vase LUKKILI-etsy by Margriet-Kramer

Little white ceramic vases by Margriet Kramer

LUKKILI-etsy

 

 

 

muddy fingers etsy Ceramic wall pocket

Ceramic wall pocket – Muddy Fingers etsy

 

 

 

 

August vase with flowers Frances Palmer

Frances Palmer August Vase

 

 

 

River stone pottery vase and flowers

Hope Fregerio – River Stone Pottery

 

 

 

 

Oblong Vase---Frances Palmer Pottery

Oblong Triangle Vase – Frances Palmer

 

 

 

rothko_grandeRothko Inspired Flower Arrangement

Rothko Grande – Rothko Inspired Flower Arrangement

Frances Palmer

 

 

 

Rustic Funky Ceramic Cone Wall Pocket-8-by DirtWares-on-Etsy,

Turquoise Ceramic Cone Wall Pocket by DirtWares on Etsy

 

 

 

 

The Circle Pot by Potted---hanging-planter

Hanging planter, The Circle Pot by Potted

 

 

 

Squash Vase---FrancesPalmer Pottery

Footed Squash Vase—Frances Palmer Pottery

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Three Contemporary Ceramicists

 

Zoe Hillyard, Bennett Bean, Mette Maya Gregersen

 

Zoe’s patchwork ceramics, draw on the Japanese yobitsugi/wabi-sabi concept of the chi inherent in the imperfect moving towards perfection. She also integrates storytelling into her wares by using fabrics that have particular historical narratives. Bennett Bean’s ceramic sculptures use interlocking glazed panels that highlight the depth of field and expand the already charged dialogue between the contrasting shapes and patterns. The landscape of his larger then life compositions with competing elements of complexity, merge together in a harmonious conclusion. Mette Gregerson creates her ceramic forms like she is embalming an Egyptian mummy, while also infusing her ocean wave fascination into her sculptures.

I chose the following three contemporary artists because they all create highly dynamic ceramic art, using innovative and unique approaches to express a striking vibrancy.

 

Zoe Hillyard, UK

” My work and research activities are inspired by cultural exchange and strongly influenced by ethical concerns.  Travel, teaching and volunteering all influence the nature of my creative practice. I am particularly drawn to remote communities where lives are fundamentally shaped by landscape and climate, and am interested in how fibre and textile skills often play an important part in livelihood activities. The design process, for me, begins with materials – both raw and recycled and Ceramic Patchwork reflects this approach.  It builds on my interest in hand craft processes, construction and form, and in my belief that items should be treasured for the long-term.”

 

 

 Zoe Hillyard - fabric patchwork ceramic bottle

 A broken ceramic vase, the fragments covered with textiles and rebuilt by Zoe Hillyard

 

 

Abstract patchwork ceramic vase - Zoe Hillyard

Ceramic Patchwork abstract  vase – Zoe Hillyard

 

 

Ceramic-Patchwork---digital-print fabric Zoe Hillyard

Zoe Hillyard  digital print fabric vase

 

 

Ceramic-Patchwork---digital print- Zoe Hillyard

Vase with patchwork in digital print fabric – Zoe Hillyard

 

 

 

Ceramic-Patchwork---digital-print fabric Zoe Hillyard

Digital print fabric patchwork ceramic vessel – Zoe Hillyard. The missing fragment has been deliberately left out from the piece.

 

 

 

Ceramic-Patchwork-Zoe Hillyard --made-in-the-middle-2012

 Ceramic Patchwork display – Zoe Hillyard

Made in the middle

2012

 Made in the Middle is Craftspace’s tri annual open exhibition that has charted over two decades of professional contemporary craft practice in the Midlands, UK

 

 

Ceramic-Patchwork---made-in-the-middle-2012 zoe hillyard

Zoe Hillyard Ceramic Patchwork bottles

Made in the middle 2012

 

 

 

Lace fabric Zoe Hillyard Ceramic Patchwork---new-brewery-arts-2013--

Ceramic patchwork with lace inspired fabric – Zoe Hillyard

New Brewery Arts -2013

The body of work produced for the exhibition at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester was created in response to yobitsugi, the Japanese approach to mending broken ceremonial ceramics using completely different fragments to patch missing parts

 

 

 

Bottle created with Ceramic Patchwork-Zoe Hillyard --New-Brewery-arts-2013

Ceramic Patchwork Bottle -Zoe Hillyard

 Lizzie Mary Collection

New Brewery Arts -2013

 For the Lizzie Mary Collection,  Zoe created a blue and white digitally printed textile design using scanned imagery of lace. The fragments spanned four generations of her family. Some she made herself using her bobbin lace making skills she learnt as a teenager, the rest are pieces that her great-grandmother wore as detachable details on her Victorian dresses.

 Ceramic-Patchwork---british-museum---core - Zoe Hillyard- UK

The textiles design used for this patchwork vase were  interpreted from Imari  plates.

  The Imari-ware colour stories make striking colour statements.(see plate below)

Commission British Museum – core

 

 

Ceramic-Patchwork---british-museum---core

Zoe Hillyard

This piece reworks imagery from three stunning Chinese plates which date from the Xangxi reign within the Qiang dynasty (1622-1722).

 

 

Japanese Oriental-plate Imari-ware

Imari plate

 

 

Zoe Hillyard---Vintage Fabric, round green retro bowl

Zoe Hillyard—Olive and pink vintage fabric retro bowl

 

 

 

Zoe Hillyard, In the Red Drawing Room,-Unravelling-Uppark,-Photography by Jim Stephenson

Vase display ‘In the Red Drawing Room’ –  Zoe Hillyard

Unravelling Uppark

Photo by Jim Stephenson

 

 

Unravelling Uppark- Zoe Hillyard vase Photo by Jim Stephenson

Zoe Hillyard vase

Photo by Jim Stephenson

 

 

 

Zoe Hillyard vases Broken ceramic vases covered with textiles and-stitched-together

Patchwork ceramic bottle and vase using vintage fabrics  – Zoe Hillyard

 

 

 

 

Queen-Elizabeth-1st-tall-vase_19cmhigh_ovoid shape-Zoe-Hillyard

 This  vase is based on a beautifully detailed 1592 etching of Queen Elizabeth 1st which is featured in the exhibition.  Graphic elements of landscape, fashion, ceremony and symbolism combine within these gentle tonal ceramic patchwork pieces – Zoe Hillyard

Shakespeare: Staging the World at the British Museum  2012

 

 

 

Zoe Hillyard New Brewery Arts--patchwork-ceramics---Cirencester

Fabric patchwork ceramics vessels – Zoe Hillyard

New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, UK

Zoe Hillyard Website here

 

 

 Bennet Bean, USA

 

” I don’t make any distinctions between making things, cooking, gardening, and building houses.  Elements from the garden appear in paintings and the surface obsession of the pots appears in the house as consciousness of each decision about material and finish.  Each cross-pollinates.  Curiosity about how to express identity results in having my DNA done.  That image then surfaces in collages and then again in the rugs I create.  The paintings and the pots have both contributed their imagery to the rugs.  It’s a dance where ideas are applied in different ways depending on the medium.  “

An extract from a Bennett Bean essay on “Finding a place in the 21st Century”

“From the variety of choices available, I found the idea of the vessel the most personally interesting. It is the paradigm of historical ceramics and not appropriated from the art world. My exploration followed the same path as the painters. In keeping with the analytical approach of the modernist painters, the two characteristics of the vessel that I have chosen as my subject are decorative surface outside and space inside, with the concomitant unfolding of the relationship between these two elements. It is by mining these essential concepts that my work finds consistency and coherence. Each of us chooses and builds upon the objects of our historical antecedents. The majority of the clay work in the past fifty years has been driven by obsession with technique – moving from Raku to salt to wood fire in a slow evolution of identity through methods. It was my goal to avoid a ceramic identity defined by technique. Technique is of course there because we are object makers but, in my work, technique is always in the service of the idea.”

 

 

Master-#1114--Teapot Bennett Bean

Bennett Bean Teapot  Master #1114 

 

 

 

Museum of Arts and Design Collection-Bennett Bean

Bennett Bean

Museum of Arts and Design Collection

 

 

 

 

The New Wing Series---Master-#1123--The Bay

Bennett Bean —Master-#1123 — The Bay

The New Wing Series

 

Bulbous-Bottom-Vase-Bennett-Bean

Vase with bulbous bottom – Bennett Bean

1990’s

 

 

Master-#1657,-Pair-on-Base Bennett Bean - Pit-fired, painted and gilded earthenware

 

Bennett Bean – Pair on Base

Pit-fired, painted and gilded earthenware on pedestal – view 1

16.5”w x 13.5”h x 9.5”d

 

 

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Bennett Bean –  Pair on Base

Pit-fired, painted and gilded earthenware on pedestal – view 2

2014

 

 

Master-#1112--Teapot-Bennett Bean

Abstract Teapot Master-#1112— Bennett Bean

 

Contemporary ceramic sculpture Triple on Base - Bennett Bean

‘ Triple on Base ‘ – Bennett Bean

 Ceramic Vessel, pit-fired, gilded, painted earthenware – Bennett Bean

 

 

 

The-New-Wing-Series-----Master-#1125----The-Flower

Bennett Bean —Master-#1125— ‘The Flower’

The New Wing Series

 

 

Bennett Bean ceramic sculpture

Bennett Bean

 

 

 

Paired Teapots from The Marriage Series---Marriage for Money-26x7

‘Marriage for Money’   by Bennett Bean

Paired Teapots from The Marriage Series—-26″ x 7″

 

 

 

Paired Teapots from-The Marriage Series---Shotgun Wedding-Bennett Bean

‘Shotgun Wedding’ -Bennett Bean

Paired Teapots from-The Marriage Series

8.5”h x 25”w x 4”d

 

 

Silo pagoda study Bennett Bean

Silo Pagoda study – Bennett Bean

Resurrected from an old silo at Bennet’s Beans studio location.

 

 

The New Wing Series---Master-#1122--What is Mondrian Bennett Bean

‘What is Mondrian’ – Bennett Bean

The New Wing Series—Master-#1122

 

Bennett Bean ceramic artist

  Bennett Bean

Bennett Bean’s website here

 

 

Mette Maya Gregersen, Denmark

 

“After a while working in fragments and burning away, I feel the need to construct pieces. This is an organic process built slowly using strips of clay that are first torn apart, then carefully wrapped around each other and put together

Every action in clay refers back to a mental state. There has to be a connection between thought, hand, and space, where each element investigates the other and creates a channel of communication. If I repeatedly fall into the same black hole then I will investigate that path, how I got there, and how I can get back up again.”

Ceramicist Mette Gregersen is  intrigued by the power of waves and their constant motion. She captures this eternal movement while enhancing the shapes of her sculptures further with the wrapping procedure that gives the impression of an Egyptian embalming , conjuring an ancient mystique.

 

 

 

Back-on-track-1-&-2,-stoneware-paper-clay,-2011 Mette Maya Gregersen

Back on track 2 – Mette Maya Gregersen

Stoneware paper clay, 2011

 

 

 

Backontrack1 Mette Maya Gregersen

Back on track 1  – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

Ceramicist M.M.Gregersen is clearly facinated by the power of the wave and its constant movement

Ceramicist Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

Ceramic Wave by Mette Maya Gregersen©-Ceramic-Art-London

‘Ceramic Wave’ by Mette Maya Gregersen

©-Ceramic-Art-London

 

 

 

dok1wavesMette-Maya-Gregersen’s-DOK#1-design-is-inspired-by-the-“On-the-same-wavelength”-theme

Dok 1 Waves  – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

Dronningen-og-Jeg

 Mette meeting Her Majesty the Queen Margrethe at the Art and Craft awards (Kunsthåndværkerprisen)

Copenhagen Town Hall, Denmark

 

 

 

Dobbelt Porselan Bolge-Mette Maya Gregersen

‘Dobbelt Porselan Bolge ‘ – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

Double Opposites Mette Maya Gregersen

Wave sculpture – ‘Double Opposites ‘ – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

 

Ceramic art sculpture Gentle Typhoon1 Mette Maya Gregersen

Gentle Typhoon 1 – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

 

contemporary ceramic - Mette Maya Gregersen

Contemporary ceramic – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

grandcru Mette-Maya-Gregersen

Mette Maya Gregersen – sculptured vase

 

 

 

Mette Maya Gregersen wave

 Mette Maya Gregersen wave

 

 

 

Mette Maya Gregersen studio

Mette Maya Gregersen studio

 

 

 

 

puppe5 Mette Maya Gregersen

puppe 5  – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

 

Mette-Maya-Gregersen ceramic contemporary sculpture

Wave Sculpture – Mette Maya Gregersen

 

 

 

WICKED WAVE Winner of Håndfuglen 2010---Best-One-Off-Work

‘Wicked Wave’ – Mette Maya Gregersen

Winner of Håndfuglen 2010

 

 

Mette Maya Gregersen handbuilt vase

 Handbuilt vase  – Mette Maya Gregersen

Mette Maya Ceramics here

 
 

 
 

 

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