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Dragons of clay

robbie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:44:30 +0000

It is auspicious to honour the magnanimous dragon in a Dragon Year. As it’s a Water Dragon in 2012, and many other harmonic forces are aligning too, such as Neptune and Uranus in Pisces ( a powerful water aspect ), intuitive and artistic inspiration will be well aspected, especially with the abstract and impressionistic. A mythological animal of Chinese origin, and a member of [...]

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Pueblo Indian Pottery

robbie — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:35:10 +0000

Karen Cordova - Karen Cordova, Myrtle Cata of San Felipe and San Juan Pueblos. Micaceous Clay Pottery Karen’s pots are hand coiled, traditionally pit fired, and built from clay gathered from historic clay pits where native peoples have gathered clays for hundreds of years. This style of pottery is indigenous to Taos and Picuris Pueblos. The [...]

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Ceramic Animal Art

robbie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:17:19 +0000

Here is a collection of some of my favorite ceramic animal artists. Lesley Anne Greene : I exhibit and sell throughout the UK and model imaginative figurative sculptures using hand building techniques. Inspiration is often drawn from an interest in the role of animals and ancient artefacts and sustained by visits to museums and sites of antiquity both [...]

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Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts.

robbie — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:32:24 +0000

The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts is located near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Helena, Montana, on the grounds of what was once Western Clay Manufacturing Co. brick manufacturing company. Bray, an avid patron of the arts, envisioned an art center and built the Pottery centre in the spring of 1951, [...]

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Design Innovator – Christopher Dresser

robbie — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:47:52 +0000

C.Dresser designed metal kettle Without a doubt, Christopher Dresser ( 1834 – 1904 ) can be regarded as one of the great pioneers of modern design. He was among the first independent industrial designers, and he championed design reform in 19th century Britain while embracing modern manufacturing in the development of wallpaper, textiles, ceramics, [...]

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UK Ceramic Artists

robbie — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:55:04 +0000

This article centers around the ceramic creations of UK pottery artists mostly based in the North of England who are members of the Northern Potters Association, an organization of over 400 members dedicated to providing support and encouragement in all facets of pottery. ◊ Juliet Blackman Central to all my work is an enjoyment of coiling, an [...]

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Pottery markets

robbie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:20:33 +0000

Local women selling pottery in a a colorful rural, open pottery market in Lalibela area, Northern Ethiopia. ( Tam’s Blog ) ◊ Despite the proliferation of many options for potters to market their wares online such as etsy,ebay,blogs and affiliate sites, a lot of potters still choose to use street markets and the like for selling [...]

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Emperor Qianlong’s hidden Palace

robbie — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:47:17 +0000

The restoration of a lavish suite in the Forbidden City. Beijing’s sprawling Forbidden City—the size of 135 football fields—is a dizzying array of magnificent receiving halls and intimate quarters surrounded by 28-foot-thick walls. Yet in the northeast tip of the compound lies a unique two-acre retreat, known simply as the “Qianlong Garden” For decades stories circulated [...]

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Peter Karner Pottery

robbie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:01:18 +0000

Peter Karner works full time from his home/studio at Hesperus in the La Plata Mountains in Southwest Colorado. Peter aspires to create pottery that is both timeless and modern through the evolution of his intrigue with form and decoration. His work : “I work with stoneware. My pots are thrown, thrown and altered, or hand-built. To achieve [...]

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Simcha Even-Chen Ceramic Sculptures.

robbie — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:39:18 +0000

Detachment 2009 – 9th International Biennial of Ceramics Manises, Valencia, Spain According to Taoist philosophy, nothing in the physical realm exists as a singular entity and always has a dualistic relationship, with regard to its chi structures. Without this polarity a dynamic isn’t possible. Through the study of these dynamics, its possible to perceive the [...]

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Martha Daniels – Ceramic Sculpture