Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

 

 

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

Livemaster

 

 

‘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

RADA

 

 

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′

Chris Broc

 

‘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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