Conceive. Construct. Emerge. Embrace. — clay coalesced with an Ochre Theme
All the 5 elements are vividly coalesced when the art of pottery is indulged. It is hard to find a more visual depiction of the manipulation of natures primary forces than when the creation of ceramics is involved. Earth, fire, water, metal and wood are all summoned to contribute and our evolution at its most basic is invited to participate. Because Earth is key to balancing all the other elements {a central belief in traditional Chinese Tao philosophy}, the final product beautifully encapsulates this elemental dance.
Launching my first post with a new host calls for the dynamism of some vintage abstractions, the luck of the dragon and phoenix, the adaptability and balance of the octopus, inspiration from some ancient creativity and the blessing of Ganesh for embarking on a new venture. Here I am exploring expressive ceramic arts displaying bold, colorful and uplifting designs of unbridled ebullience.
An unplanned ochre theme emerged during the construction of this post which was unsurprising as I have been vibing on this color for months. Ochre being the color polarity of the currently enlivened azure which is full of subtle Neptune vibrancy at the moment and both being instrumental in the awakening of intuitive powers now emerging and needed Both colors are anchored to the centre Earth Element and are instrumental in harmonizing all the Elements, essential for physical and ethereal balance. Staying grounded with earthly palettes of orange and green certainly won’t go astray during this time of upheaval.
Carlo Zauli – 1953
Ganesha
Ming Dragon vase
Attika black-figured Panathenaic amphora
500BC-480BC
Jingdezhen porcelain Dragon/Phoenix charger
Europa riding bull by Marcello Fantoni
Italy
Qing Dynasty Dragon Column
Anne Claire Martin ceramique art
Goebel Artis Orbis Cambra Skade Porcelain Modern Vase
Janas Torok Mid-Century stylised vase for Zolnay
‘Fenollosas Column’ and ‘The arch of lumps’ — originally I believed they were ceramic sculptures but they are actually produced from crushed cars.
John Chamberlain
John Chamberlain ‘Le First’
‘Gentle Existential’ (2016)– Michelle Blade —
Shifting between subjectivities, Blade examined the concept of the empath, a person who soaks up the emotional environment around them and internalizes it. Combining these two perspectives, the work within Gentle Existential becomes a personal and geographic mythology, a figurative painter’s feminine and empathic look at the parts versus the whole of experience—and subtle workings of the self within the world.
Juxtapoz
Giovanni de Simone Italian vintage vessels
Hermansburg lidded pot decorated with outback landscape
Wayne Quilliam photo
Italian Mimo Parrucca Octopus Vase
Antique Octopus vessel
Revered by the ancients for its metamorphic adaptability and transformative skills, the wonderous octopus with its eight tentacles was a mobile Ba Qua, blessing the oceans as a symbol of balance.
Jim Robison abstract dish
Large Sculptural Vase 2 by Dena Zemsky
Mandalas inspired contemporary rock art by Megot
Reunion
Ceramic charger with street dancer motif — Pietro Melandri
Vintage 60’s vase by Schramberger majolica factory
Large Carstens brutalist relief textured vase
Monochrome — Carolyn Genders
photo Steye Speller
Lawrence Namoki — Hopi ‘Ancient Ones’ Awatovi Pottery
Lynda Benglis ‘Stacked Forced Bunch’
1993 glazed ceramic Height 28.5ins
Cedric Massier – Boutelle
Matryoshka dolls otherwise known as Russian nesting dolls are one of Russia’s most iconic toys and vintage symbols
Namibian girl selling clay figures and native jewellery
Red poodle figurine of St Clement
1930
Linda Damgoor – ‘Kandinsky’
Stoneware vase with stains, white glaze
Mia Tyson underwater sea nudes vessel
Mia Tyson — underwater ocean-scape b/w vase
(luvin’ the foreground hand perspective)
Toshiko Takaezu — Closed form with reddish brown salt glaze. Small aperture at the top.
Mette Maya – abstract polymorpe vases
Mikhail Vrubel – ‘The Pearl’
Painted Pottery Jar made by the House of Art Albissola
Milan VI Art Triennial, Italy
‘Neighbours’ — Marty Ray
Paul Dimmer – ‘Antipodean Venus’ooo
Samarkand Artistic ceramics of Uzbekistan – Chris de Fernandez
Antique Japanese porcelain vase
Fukagawa Meiji period 19th century
Red goat figurine ceramic handmade — original design
Red ceramic bull sculpture – Inna Olshansky
Cubist Art Deco vase — Rene Buthard
Thrown porcelain footed bowl — Graham Williamson
The Flo Motifs ball by Nicolas Blandin for Longwy
Mirta Morigi Ceramica
Italy
Art Deco ‘Danser Malkovsky’ – Ceramique craquelee figure – Joel Martel
Pam Schomberg footed slab vase
Berber Kabyle twin handled pottery vessel
Clyde Burt ceramic vase with abstract sgraffito
USA
Concave rainwater collecting roof
bm design studios architecture
Jean Gerbino mosaic (nériage ceramics) coffee set
Olivier van Herpt 3D printed ceramic vase
West Bengal village pottery
Italian brutalist table lamp
1960s
Jenson Ceramics saggar fired vases
Round Tree Pottery relief parrot vase
Peter Bodenham – ‘Bottle Form’
West Wales
Vlad Surovegin vase
‘Whirlwind Vase’ – Passionclay
Miro street sculpture in Mallorca
Persian Schools Relief of King Xerxes in the Hall of a Hundred Columns
Ana Dominguez — Red clay sculpture
Nacho Alegre photo
Reiko Miyagi – Tree of Life ovoid plate
Carstens Tonnieshof pumpkin imspired vintage vase design by Gerda Heuckeroth
1963 West Germany
Joanna Powell vase with vivid decoration
Tiki cocktail cups – Joanna Powell
Karl O’Lynch von Town — ‘Snowy Peak in Sunlight’
‘Kurt’ – ceramic hybrid creature by Jenny Orchard
‘See with the heart plate’ — earthenware with glazes and enamels
Delinquent children series by Jenny Orchard
Mitch Lyons teapot with liquid slips musician motifs
Kazemachi (favourable breeze) – Reiko Miyagi
Nancy Gardiner
Askos from Canosa di Puglia depicting goddess Nike, the head of Medusa and leaping horses
3rd century BCC
‘Moving Pictures’ – Marty Ray
Larry Spears ‘Wake Up America’ teapot
Lorna Bailey stylised owl jugs
Madonna and Child batik — Anna Jaeger
Scheurich Montignac West Germany bull and horse vase
Anjani Khanna sculpture — Mirta Morigi Ceramica Contemporanea
Mosaic Salamander
Barcelona
Famille Rose Hu Vase Qianlong
Barocco-‘Destructured Head 2500′
‘Undulating Journey’ – Reiko Miyagi
‘Piltati Malara Wanampi Tjukurpa’
Collaborative painting – Taylor Wanyima Cooper & Witjiti George – new maps for ancient earth – to remind us of Tarnanthi’s ‘call to rise forth, to keep moving and keep inventing’
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