Category Archives: Creative

Sculptures by the water

 

 

White Buddah -- yuliatettamanti-Flickr

White Buddah Koi pond

Photo — yuliatettamanti, Flickr

 

Sculptures highlighted by uplifting locations of lakes, rivers and the ocean.

 

Being a Year of Water Rabbit, which is recognized as one of the most powerful combinations in the Chinese Zodiac, I am continuing my focus on the creative fluidity that is enlivened by the presence of the embracing water element with a collection of sculptures presented in various water enviroments.

Also a 5 minute video of a journey into a exremely remote location in the Kimderley region of North West Australia featuring pure spring waters.

 

Marble Sculptures Georg Scheele Free of troubles

 ‘ Free of troubles’ – Georg Scheele Marble Sculptures

 

 

Dianna The Huntress--Anna Hyatt Huntington. Brookgreen Gardens, Myrtle Beach, SC

‘Dianna The Huntress’ — Anna Hyatt Huntington.

 

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Koichi Ishino –  ‘In the Grey of Daybreak’

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019

 

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Dragon at Bagillt Beacon site, UK

 

 

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‘Elephant Rock’ (natural formation) – Iceland

 

 

 

Lake Taupō New Zealand

Maroi relief art

Lake Taupō, New Zealand

 

Leviatano,-2014Michael-Shewmaker

‘Leviatano’ – Michael-Shewmaker

2014

 

 

Paul-Jackson---The-Sea-Series

Paul Jackson — The Sea Series

 

 

Playtime Jurien Bay, Australia, 2019Tom Cannon

‘Playtime’ Tom Cannon

A sea pup playing fetch, showing off a sculptural bunch of kelp

Jurien Bay, Australia, 2019

 

 

Autumn leaves frame 'Vase' in stacked slate James Parker Sculpture

Vase in stacked slate —  James Parker Sculpture

 

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Graceful flowing sculpture by Pompeo Marchesi

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

 

 

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‘The Giant’ — beach of Fegina, Italy

It is a 1910 sculpture in armed cement and iron, created by Arrigo Minerbi of Ferrara and the engineer Levacher

 

 

Bruldsjurk by the Kunstenaarscollectief Patchwork. 1994

Bruldsjurk by the Kunstenaars collectief  — ‘Patchwork’

 

Steve Nicknell sculpture at coast of East Sooke Regional Park, British Columbia, Canada

Steve Bicknell sculpture at coast of East Sooke Regional Park, British Columbia, Canada

(composite insertion)

 

 

Andrew Rogers, Weightless Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2022

Andrew Rogers —  ‘Weightless’

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2022

 

Tania Spencer, Inspired by Rosie, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2018

Tania Spencer, ‘Inspired by Rosie’,

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2018

 

Aphrodite riding a dolphin over the sea

Aphrodite riding a dolphin over the sea

Terracotta sculpture

 

 

The River aka_The Floozie in the Jacuzzi - Victoria Square, Birmingham

The River aka The Floozie in the Jacuzzi

Victoria Square, Birmingham

 

April Pine, Tidal, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2021

April Pine – ‘Tidal’  (aka ‘You don’t say’)

 Photo Jessica Wyld

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2021

 

 

Australian Marine Observatory by Baca Architects will resemble a whale emerging from water

Australian Marine Observatory by Baca Architects will resemble a whale emerging from water

 

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Australian Marine Observatory

 

Mary On Mission--Wanner Sculpture Studio

Mary On Mission — Wanner Sculpture Studio

 

 

Masayuki Sugiyama, Sight Walk On The Moon, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2021. Photo Richard Watson

Masayuki Sugiyama —  ‘Sight Walk On The Moon’

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2021

Photo Richard Watson

 

 

Matt Sloane

Matt Sloane, Aus.

 

Matthew Tyrrell Rippon-vineyard-sculpture-#3

Matthew Tyrrell — Rippon vineyard sculpture

 

 

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Nuliajuk is a goddess who lives in the sea and controls sea mammals seals, walruses, and sea lions.

 

 

 

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Michael Sibel,Star Man’

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020

 

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Moai sculpture pair

 

 

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‘Fountain of Neptune’ — Bologna

 

 

Björn Ekegren face sculpture Yugu Lake Yunnan

Björn Ekegren face sculpture — Yugu Lake, Yunnan

 

Boaz Vaadia Ma'aseyahu Point Leo Sculpture Park

Boaz Vaadia —Ma’aseyahu’

Point Leo Sculpture Park, Victoria

 

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 Jason de Caires Taylor France architecture installations sculpture

Cannes Underwater Museum

 

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Carving face from cement with a grinder – Jason de Caires Taylor

Cannes Underwater Museum

 

Cape Gamoda sculpture

Cape Gamoda beach sculpture

 

 

Carl Milles -- Jonah

Carl Milles — ‘Jonah’

 

 

Chee Kiong Yeo, Monumental sculpture – Triumph (2017), Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2022

Chee Kiong Yeo – Monumental sculpture – ‘Triumph’

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2022

 

 

Chen Wenling, Autumn Moon in the Sky, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2017

Chen Wenling,Autumn Moon in the Sky’

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2017

 

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Chris Booth — ‘Laminae’

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2021

 

Cui Yi, Time After Time No. 2, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2019

Cui Yi, Time After Time No. 2′

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2019

 

Everest-Himalayan sculpture

Himalayan sculpture, Mount Everest in background

 

 

Frangulyan Georgy, Dante Virgil, Isola San Michele, Fondementa_Nuova_statue Venezia_Venice

Frangulyan Georgy, Dante Virgil, Isola San Michele, Fondementa Nuova statue  – Venezia

 

 

 

Herbert-Flugelman -- Making-Waves

Herbert Flugelman — Making Waves’

 

 

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‘Innversion Sphere’ – Bondi

 

Isabela Lleo Castells, Working in the Clouds, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2022

Isabela Lleo Castells,Working in the Clouds’,

Cottesloe WA 2022

 

 

 

La Péri by Gustave Moreau, 1878

‘La Péri’ by Gustave Moreau, 1878

 

 

ORISHA OYA Goddess of Wind Yoruba African Statue Sculpture Bronze Finish

Orisha Oya Goddess of Wind

Yoruba African Statue Sculpture Bronze Finish

 

 

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Wilfried Fitzenreiter sculpture 1988 on the River Spree, Berlin

 

 

Lucy Barker, Chrysalis, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2021

Lucy Barker, ‘Chrysalis’

Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2021

 

Magadha

Ghora Katora Lake near Rajgir Magadha, India

 

Owl Moon Sarah McNulty

Owl Moon

photo Sarah McNulty

 

Peter-Mandl--Charites

Peter Mandl– ‘Charites’

 

 

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Philip Jackson — Glass Slipper’

 

Philip Jackson's Garden Skittles with Scarlatti gardeb sculpture

Philip Jackson’s ‘Garden Skittles with Scarlatti’

 

 

Pohutukawa tree NZ muniki statue

Pohutukawa tree, NZ and Tiki statue

 

 

Pond(er) at NGV International

Pond(er) at NGV International, Henry Moore sculpture

 

 

Primavera, 2008 by Orazio Barbagallo

Primavera, 2008 by Orazio Barbagallo

 

 

Richard Robinson emerging shark

Richard Robinson photo –  emerging shark

 

Origins by Simon Gudgeon, Sculpture by the Lakes, Pallington, Dorchester, Dorset

‘Origins’ by Simon Gudgeon,

Sculpture by the Lakes, Pallington, Dorchester, Dorset

 

 

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Capalbio Garavicchio — Il Giardino dei Tarocchi — Niki Saint Phalle

 

 

sculpture by lake Helen Gallimoret

Sculpture by lake photo — Helen Gallimoret

 

Sculpture in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Alexander Calder

Sculpture in the Peggy Guggenheim Venice collection — Alexander Calder

 

 

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A seal making his way back to the beach at Blairgowie after a misadventure at the nearby shopping strip.

 

 

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A disorientated Seal pup found on a farm in South Australia 3km from the ocean.

 

 

Water Cloud Stuart Green Nick Wright Dorrigo, NSW

‘Water Cloud’ — Stuart Green

Donated by Nick Wright at Dorrigo, NSW. Controversialy rejected by some of the locals.

 

Rain in Mountains_Oleh Lesiuk

‘Rain in Mountains’ — Oleh Lesiuk

 

 

Bronze sculpture by Linda Brunker using elements collected from the ocean

Santa Monica bronze sculpture by Linda Brunker using elements collected from the ocean.

 

 

ShapingSpirit-Driftwood-Sculptures-by-Debra-Bernier

Shaping Spirit Driftwood Sculptures by Debra Bernier

 

Sphere-by-Michael-Snape

‘Sphere’ by Michael Snape

 

Stephen-Page--Paun-2021

Stephen Page —Paun’

2021

 

 

studio view ceramic sphere

Studio view ceramic elliptical form

 

 

Talland-bay-hotel

Talland Bay Hotel sculpture

 

The Castle by the Sea -- photo Emily Soto

The Castle by the Sea — photo Emily Soto

 

 

The Infinity Ring Charles Sherman

‘The Infinity Ring’ — Charles Sherman

 

 

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Order of Importance, by Leandro Erlich

The Reefline OMA Miami Beach public sculpture park

Dezeen

 

This bronze sculpture named 'Floating Figure' was sculpted in 1927 by Gaston Lachaise and cast in 1979 by the Modern Art Foundry in New York

This bronze sculpture named ‘Floating Figure’ was sculpted in 1927 by Gaston Lachaise and cast in 1979 by the Modern Art Foundry,NY

Canberra, Aus

 

 

Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg sculpture

 

 

Tung Min Hu, Ark, Sculpture-by-the-Sea,-Cottesloe-2022

Tung Min Hu — Ark’

 

vintage glass art Yatch Sailing

Vintage glass art sailing yatch

 

 

Visconti and Borromeo of Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta

Villa Visconti statue

 

Stephen Marr, Thinking It Up, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020

Stephen Marr — ‘Thinking It Up’

Cottesloe 2020

 

 

Vlase Nikoleski, Flooded Weir, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2022

Vlase Nikoleski —  ‘Flooded Weir’

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2022

 

 

Water of Life Cathedral Sculpture — Broadbent Studio

‘Water of Life’ Cathedral Sculpture — Broadbent Studio

 

 

Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske Namesti) Franciscan Garden sculpture

Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske Namesti) Franciscan Garden sculpture

 

Yoshio Nitta, I Put a Moon on the Table, But it Has a Hole and is Lacking, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2017

Yoshio Nitta — ‘ I Put a Moon on the Table, But it Has a Hole and is Lacking’

 

 

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Barbara Hepworth’s ‘Three Obliques’ (Walk In) 1968 installed beside Aristide Maillol’s ‘Action in Chains’ 

Hakone Open Air Museum, 1970

Japan

 

 

Sacred Healing Springs Journey with Ernie Dingo – Remote Aussie Kimberley

SBS series ‘Going Places With Ernie Dingo’

Any references to ‘Saltwater Mob’, ‘Giant Lizards’, ‘Snapping Handbags’ and ‘Big Lockjaws’ are the local Indigenous Australian , slang description of the Aussie crocodile.

 

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Ochre ocean elevation – blue rabbit emerge

 

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Vision of a rabbit lake surrounded by a rich ochre terrain from an elevation of 3km

NT,  Australia

 

 

Rabbit blue lake in middle of OZ

 

Despite being the Year of the Rabbit, bunnies weren’t really on my radar, having already done a feature post on the refined rabbit. Recently, while indulging in an arial landscape foray for gong shi exploration, I had a chance sighting of an intruiging rabbit lake in the centre of Australia. It was in an auspicious location due to its proximity to Mount Wedge and Pupanya (origin of Indiginous Aussie Art from bark to canvas). This acted as a visual catalyst that motivated me to take a closer look into the Rabbit Year 

As this year is associated with the Water Rabbit, which only comes every 60 years, the last time this happened was in 1963, right on the cusp of an era of  cultural and artistic revolution.The Water Rabbit arouses artistic fluidity, creative virility, feminine flexibility, moderation, balance and moving with the flow. 

At this time the Beach Boys were launching their  breezy Surf Music mania and wave motion imagery was becoming very popular. Even ocean symbolic, shark fin designs were appearing as a frequent feature on most cars cruising around in the sixties. The bold sea sail architectural statement of the Sydney Opera House was also opened in 1963.

Miro, Jackson Pollock, Guido Gambone, Robert Crumb and numerous artists had introduced a freewheeling flow and spirit in their works, emboldened by a carefree abandon. So many shackles were suddenly shed, releasing an irrestistable spirit of freedom which kept expanding along with the far reaching musical innovation and genre fusion unleashed from Coltrane, Hendrix, The Beatles, Miles Davis and countless others in this artistically fertile decade.

 

 

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Vivid light festival projected onto sails of Sydney Opera House

 

The currently unique combination of the Water Rabbit, the emergence of Neptune and the beginning of a new Jupiter Grand Transit (2020) is a potent mix for spiritual illumination. I’m now anticipating a new phase of cultural expansion and creativity becoming imminent. I don’t beleive we can assimilate another ride as wild as the last time but I feel there will be a more nurturing component of rejuvination, creative healing, sustanence and preservation. 

Enjoy this collection inspired by rabbits, feminifience, calming beauty, ochre orange, trippy blue palletes, ethereal spontaneous flow and good fortune.

 

 

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Wavy hair, flowing dresses, Boho Chic, all in the essemce of the peace loving Water Bunny

 

 

Ceramic-Vintage drip glaze vallauris

Vintage drip glaze vessel from Vallauris

 

 

large stoneware bowl with bright polychrome floral decoration to the interior exterior glazed in black painted signature diameter 35cm

Tchalenko floral bowl

 

 

Daniels Kelly ceramic cups

 Kelly Daniels ceramic cups

 

 

Jose de Rivera-vintage sculpture

Jose de Rivera vintage sculpture

 

 

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Alfajar Ceramica Pequeno Formato Alcuza — Small Flask

 

 

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Flamboyant vintage orange and white striped vase

 

 

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Rabbit and Chrysanthemum Flower Suiseki/GongShi stone

 

 

Art Nouveau fluttering butterfly vase Stephanie Young

Art Nouveau fluttering butterfly vase — Stephanie Young

 

 

Annie-Thomas-Burke mosaic design

Annie Thomas Burke — mosaic panel

 

 

 Alfajar imaginary of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures together with the pure abstraction of lines and colors

SpanishAlfajar  — expressive female face vessels

 

 

Agnes Weinrich-1920Woman With Flowers

Agnes Weinrich  —  ‘Woman With Flowers’

1920

 

 

Anelise Bredow vintage inspired vases

Anelise Bredow vintage inspired vases

 

 

Afrofuturism Collages of Kaylan

Afrofuturism Collages of Kaylan

 

 

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Danseuse de flamenco — Isabelle Tuchband

Brasil

 

 

St Albans Pottery

St Albans Pottery, UK

 

 

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri -- Honey Ant Dreaming

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri — ‘Honey Art Dreaming’

1987

Clifford Possum was an artist of early dot painting activity at Pupunya. His Honey Art Dreaming was featured on the Australian Five Dollar Silver coin.

 

 

Vase Sirene 1960 Jean Derval

Vase Sirene — Jean Derval

1960

 

 

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An interpretation of indigenous dot painting by French artist Melissa Gougeon

 

 

Bob-Iles-1

Bob Illes —  female sculpture

 

 

 

Sue Tirrell Black Rabbit Star Plate_2019

Sue Tirrell Black Rabbit Star Plate — ‘A bunny Ba Qua’

2019

 

Portal to another time and place Deborah Halpern

‘Portal to another time and place’ —  Deborah Halpern

 

 

 

5 hand painted nesting doll birds created by Aboriginal artist Leah Brown.River Nesting

5 hand painted nesting doll birds created by Aussie Indigenous artist Leah Brown

 

 

 

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Isabelle Tuchband

 

 

Banksia-coccinea-flowering-in Stirling Range National Park Terry Dunham

Banksia Coccinea flowering in Stirling Range National Park

photo Terry Dunham

 

 

Flowers of Edo Young Womans Narrative Chanting to the Shamisen

Flowers of Edo Young Womans Narrative Chanting to the Shamisen

 

 

Monty Dons Gardens of Venice

Monty Don’s ‘Gardens of Venice’

 

M-Montedoro

M.Montedoro Art Deco postcard

1920’s

 

 

Irina Charmy Pony

Irina Charmy – ‘Pony’

 

 

Lake Titicaca Puma and Rabbit

Lake Titicaca, Puma chasing a Rabbit — The Sacred Lake of the Incas

 

Natasha-Dikareva

Natasha Dikareva— Third Eye Poodle

 

 

Compressed Spiny Oyster and Mojave TurquoiseCompressed Turquoise Medicine Bear Zuni Fetish

Compressed Spiny Oyster and Mojave Turquoise— Medicine Bear Zuni Fetish

 

 

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Eastern Grey Kangaroo in habitat

 

 

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Carolyn Genders

 

 

 

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Georges Braque — ‘Little Harbor in Normandy’

1909

 

 

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Alexander Archipenko — ‘Arabian’

1936

 

 

Sea Dragon

Sea Dragon

 

 

Serpent Rising Alexander Calamei

‘Serpent Rising’ —  Alexander Calamei

 

— “This dot art piece was inspired during the time of 12/12 /2020 as it was a pinnacle time due to  many stars aligning in our solar system and the dormant energy of the serpent under Uluru rising again. Mother earth is changing and she is waking up in many areas on the planet and Uluru. The centre is the Emotional Chakra of the Earth, waking the dormant serpent to assist with clearing trauma within the consciousness for healing humanity.” — Alexander Calamei

 

 

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Rising serpent ariel landscape capture

Northern NT

 

 

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IaRex lAtelier International Artists Residency Exchange

France

 

 

Waylande Gregory Europa and the Bull ca. 1934. Earthenware

Waylande Gregory — ‘Europa and the Bull’

ca. 1934. Earthenware

 

 

Christine Brallier -- mosaic blue cat

Christine Brallier — mosaic blue cat

2023 is also Year Of Cat

 

Bowers Lynn Smier

 Lynn Smier Bowers

 

 

Kangpigeon earthenware with glazes and enamels Delinquent children_ Jenny Orchard

‘Kangpigeon’ earthenware with glazes and enamels – Jenny Orchard

Delinquent Children exhibition

 

 

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‘Dragon and Waves’ 1827

The Yang Dragon is also a polarisation of the Yin Rabbit and their luck. The Water Rabbit is the luckiest sign in the Chinese zodiac calender.

 Smithsonian

 

 

Wings of Victory 1978

Erte — ‘Wings of Victory’

1978

 

 

Women Knowledge GatherersAlexander Calamei

‘Women Knowledge Gatherers’  — Alexander Calamei

 

 

Gwion-Motif kimberley rock art

 Yowna Gwion – Kimberley rock art

13000BC

 

Hellenistic terracotta vase from Centuripe Sicily

Hellenistic terracotta vase — Centuripe, Sicily

 

 

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My visiting Huntsman spider promoting the amber vibe

 

 

Kumakura Junkischi

Kumakura Junkischi

 

 

Laura Bird running green woman vessel

Laura Bird  — running naked green woman vessel

 

 

mystical iconic Australian grass tree

Magical iconic Australian grass tree attracts fairies according to folklore.

 

 

 

Painted Plate Dudley Vaccianna

Painted Plate Dudley Vaccianna

 

 

Buste Feminin en papier mache

Buste Feminin en papier mache – dédé

 

 

Centrotevola in terraccotta Jean Cocteau

Centrotevola in terraccotta Jean Cocteau

 

 

Italian-Pottery-Fratelli-Fanciullacci-Bowl

Italian Pottery- Bowl  —  Fratelli Fanciullacci

 

 

Mata Ortiz Pottery by Lazaro Ozuna Silveira Sgraffito Olla

 

Mata Ortiz Pottery Sgraffito Olla — Lazaro Ozuna Silveira

 

 

Chinese Handmade Ceramic Red Blue White Dimensional Dragon Vase

Chinese Handmade Ceramic Red Blue White Dimensional Dragon Vase

 

 

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Corinna Maguire – lucky octopus cake

Eight legged creatures like the octopus and the spider (and their web) are worthy of contemplation  because they can guide you beyond entrapement from your deep past. The intricate webs and tentacles being symbolic of the entanglement that can bind us. That’s why traditionally they are known to free emotional and creative blocks. As a new era of inner freedom is now emerging, its a great time for some serious release.

 

 

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Porcelain Koi  relief teapot — China Qing Zeit 1644–1911

Dresden Zwinger museum

 

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Edward C. Curtis photo

1905

 

 

Alfajar-ceramica-Arte-en-ceramica

Alfajar –nude figure flask

 

 

Barocco -- Richard Tarone And Jacques Massard V Europa Pan And Dionysis19951995

Barocco — Richard Tarone And Jacques Massard — ‘Europa, Pan And Dionysis’

1995

 

French Art Deco Colonial Vase

French Art Deco Colonial Vase

 

 

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Imiso ceramics Africasso vessel

 

 

Jean Arp sculpture

Jean Arp sculpture

 

 

Joely Clinkard Small Red Spring STROLL Vessel

Joely Clinkard —  Small Red Spring Stroll Vessel

 

 

BUTHAUD-Rene -- Plate

Rene Buthaud large plate

 

 

Michael Kay circus performers

Michael Kay circus riders

 

 

 

James Webb Telescope Detects An Asteroid Roughly The Size Of Romes Colosseum

Reaching Out  — recent image from the James Webb Telescope

 

 

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Rabbit Island, Valsanzibio garden, Italy

During the Venice plague of the 1630’s, Giovani  Barbarigo made a vow to the Divine that if his family survived, he would create a grand garden at Valsanzibio.

Monty Don

 

 

 

Large Cobalt Ground Satsuma Vase

Large cobalt ground Satsuma vase

 

 

 

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MaPo Kinnord  — ‘Cosmic key’

 

 

Ren Buthaud French Art Deco Ceramic Vase Nude Figures

Ren Buthaud French Art Deco ceramic vase with nude figures

 

 

Richard-Erdman

Richard Erdman

 

 

Sophie MacCarthy Open Houses 2013 Wandsworth Artists

Sophie MacCarthy

 

 

Whale-cruising

Cruising whale rider

 

 

Maureen Minchin jug

Maureen Minchin jug

 

Longwy Figural Ceramic Vase, Longwy France Circa 1930

Longwy Figural Ceramic Vase, Longwy France

Circa 1930

 

 

Les Namingha pottery

Les Namingha pottery

 

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Moon gazing hare

 

 

Palais Bulles France

Palais Bulles, France

 

 

 

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Rudy Autio

 

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Lively, large blue dragon teapot

 

 

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French Art Nouveau vase with floral relief

 

 

Ryuichi Kakurezakis sake bottle stoneware

Ryuichi Kakurezakis sake bottle

6 in. 15 cm in height – stoneware. 2015

photo George Bouret

 

 

Mykonos pottery display wall

Mykonos inventive pottery display wall

 

 

Young-Stephanie ceramic vessels set

Stephanie Young – ceramic vessels set

 

 

photo George Boure Lucien Koonces tokkuri 5½ in. 14 cm in height stoneware 2015

 Lucien Koonces — Tokkuri — 5½ in. 14 cm in height, stoneware 2015

photo George Boure

 

 

Rebecca Zweibel-Boat

Rebecca Zweibel  ceramic ‘Boat’

 

 

Steve Bicknell

Steve Bicknell abstract dancers sculpture

 

 

Satsuma Plate Japan 20th century round with three dragons in low relief

Satsuma Plate with three dragons in low relief

Japan

 

King-Cobra-

Herbie Hancock and his Shelby Cobra

( built in Venice California. USA)

 

The bunny luck was working for Herbie in 1963 when he acquired this Cobra car on a whim in NY for $6000, with money from his paycheck from his huge hit Watermelon Man. He had also just recorded a song called King Cobra, which he described as an attempt to “expand the flow [of jazz tunes and chords] so that it would go in directions beyond the usual” This was the beginning of  his expanding journey into fusion music that also included building the Funk genre in the 70’s. He still owns the Cobra, currently worth 2 $million.

 

 

The Beach Boys with Ray Charles ‘Sail On, Sailor’

Masters of Harmony meeting the Master of Soul, 25th Beach Boys Anniversary Tour, 1987

 

 

 

‘Free’ – Prince, Larry Graham, Chaka Khan, Graham Central Station

 

 

Boom Crash Opera — ‘The Best Thing’

 

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Striking clayart designs featuring Monochrome

 

 

Tjinpuna-William

Large incised vase – Tjinpuna William

 

 

Alluring clayart emphasis using the black and white, monochromatic aesthetic.

 

The heightened contrast that is inherent in monochromatic imagery possesses a unique charm and attraction. The enhanced vivacity and extreme tonality of designs in black and white encourages a refreshing perception and appreciation of the emboldened shape and lines that emerge. Becoming confronting and raw, this leads to a sharper definition and clarity, creating the presence of a more definative statement.

Pattern and textures become more enlivened with the higher contrast and the reduced distractions that occur from the absence of colours.

We are constantly reminded of this phenomenon by the natural appearance of shadows and their ability to display a stark contrast, creating a minimilist appearance that can be very captivating.

Here is a compilation of art displaying the enticing emphasis that is possible using a black and white aesthetic.

 

 

 

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Wedgwood – Lee Broom products design

 

 

Arches-VAse-Matthew-Ward

‘Arches Vase’ — Matthew Ward

 

 

Alejandra-Jones

Vintage Black and White ovoid ceramic  vessel  —  Alejandra Jones

 

 

Andrew-Ludick-ceramic vessels

Andrew Ludick

 

 

 

Barbara-Pfeiffer-

Barbara Pfeiffer ceramic black and white raku fish

 

 

 

Between Painting and Sculpture – Handmade Oval Ceramic Forms by Jun Kaneko

Handmade Oval Ceramic Forms by Jun Kaneko

 

 

Christiane Barbato black and white serving bowl

 Black and white serving bowl  —  Christiane Barbato

 

 

Cmielow serwis Antyki i Sztuka Strona 2 Allegro

Cmielow Serwis —  Antyki I Sztuka Strona —  Allegro

 

 

Colleen Halford Ceramics

Colleen Halford Ceramics

 

 

Virgil Ortiz-Taboo-contemporary-ceramic-art

Virgil Ortiz – ‘Taboo’

 

 

 

Antonia Campi

Antonia Campi —  ceramic jug

 

 

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Vintage Black White striped pitcher

 

 

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Bulbous vase with Peau-de-serpent (“snakeskin”) glaze  —  Rene Buthard

 

 

Nicolas-Contreras-www-nicolascontreras-net

 

Nicolas Contreras

 

Beverly-MorrisonWhite-Stoneware-Satin-GlazeHANE-WITH-GESTURE

‘Hanè with gesture’

Beverly Morrison  – White Stoneware Satin Glaze

 

 

CBacon-Pottery-vase-in-ther-wild

CBacon — Pottery vase in the wild

 

Dish-with-Harbour-Scene-circa-1990-Stoneware-off-white-slip-over-a-textured-surface-with-black-grey-and-yellow-painted-and-incised-Jojhn-Maltby

Dish with Harbour Scene circa 1990

Stoneware off white slip over a textured surface with black grey and yellow painted and incised –John Maltby

 

 

Eckhard Engler vase

Eckhard Engler vase

 

 

Glazing Ceramics with Wood Ashes the Japanese Nuka Glaze

Press-Moulded Bottle, Shoji Hamada, 1963

Japanese Nuka Glaze using Wood Ashes

 

 

Godart-Sylvie

Sylvie Godart — tree motif vase

 

 

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Gorrogarah Binjdil — overcast tea tree creek dish

 

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Designer Diarra Bousso

 

 

Alex Hodge We Belong Only to Ourselves Hand Built and Carved Porcelain Vase

Alex Hodge — ‘We Belong Only to Ourselves’

Hand Built and Carved Porcelain Vase

 

 

Cone Bowl Overlaping Lines Penny Fowler

Cone Bowl Overlaping Lines — Penny Fowler

 

 

 

Lemaire Gregoire ceramic vase

Lemaire Gregoire

 

 

Lurking Crab Bowl

Lurking Crab Bowl – C Bacon

 

 

 

Pam Dodds His Miracle hand thrown turned and cut porcelain

Pam Dodds — ‘His Miracle’ hand thrown turned and cut porcelain

 

 

Matthew Ward Studio-pair of ceramic bottles

Matthew Ward Studio

 

 

Pairing Elements Lindsay Rogers Ceramics

Pairing Elements —  Lindsay Rogers Ceramics

 

 

Scheurich Lora. Schlossberg Fat Lava vase

Scheurich — Lora Schlossberg Fat Lava vase

 

 

Schlossberg-Roulette

Schlossberg — ‘Roulette’ vase

 

Barbara Billoud french ceramicist

Barbara Billoud

 

 

 

Alex-Hodge

‘Reimagining the Divine as You’

Sgrafitto bottle – Alex Hodge

This vessel is a part of the series Unsung Muses and references art historical imagery such as Botticelli’s Venus, the Minoan Snake Goddess, Hera, and the Three Muses

 

 

Slab built stoneware vessels are by German artist Monika Debus

Slab built stoneware vessels — Monika Debus

 

 

Elizabeth-Kendall-EK Ceramics

Elizabeth Kendall Black and White  ceramic containers

 

 

Hand painted Wine bottle art

Hand painted Wine bottle art

 

 

irene-vase

Irene Vase  — Zbigniew Śliwowska Wawrzyniak

1957

 

 

Jun-Kaneko Dango sculpture

Jun Kaneko Dango sculpture

 

 

Kare Berven Fjeldsaa-1955.

Kare Berven Fjeldsaa

1955

 

 

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Pablo Picasso – Chouette, 1957

 

 

kristy-jo-beber.-2014-Fish-Plate

Kristy Jo Beber – Fish Plate

2014

 

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Tusk Rhino Trail, London

 

 

Pichet Gothique aux feuilles, Picasso,

Pichet Gothique aux feuilles, Picasso

1952, Ist Dibs

 

 

Vicky-Lindo Oh I on wangs could rise

Vicky Lindo —  ‘Oh that I on wings could rise’

 

 

Vintage 50s RUSCHA GRAPHIS Vase Kurt Tschorner West German Pottery Fat Lava

Vintage 50s RUSCHA GRAPHIS Vase Kurt Tschorner West German Pottery

 

 

Ron Mello Lidded ceramic sgrafitto vessel

Ron Mello — Lidded ceramic sgrafitto vessel

 

 

RUPERT-JACK

Rupert Jack sgraffito vase

 

 

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Monika Debus — slab built stoneware vessel

 

 

Sodeisha Legend Yagi Kazuo early White Flower Vase

Yagi Kazuo ‘Early White Flower’ Vase

 

 

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Sculptral vessel from ceramic artist Nicholas Arroyave

 

 

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th2studio ceramic plate

 

 

Tim-Christensen-

Tim Christensen sgrafitto lidded jar

 

 

Danish modernist decorative plate wall decoration centerpiece Large Black And White Ceramic Wall Plate Centerpiece Starck Andersen 1950s

Danish modernist decorative large Black And White Ceramic Wall Plate Centerpiece –Starck Andersen

1950s

 

 

Vivka and Otto Heino

Vivka and Otto Heino

 

 

White Felix Bowl Set -- Mathew Ward

White Felix Bowl Set — Mathew Ward

 

 

Yvette Glaze -- Shadow Play

Yvette Glaze — Shadow Play

 

 

Zsolnay Hand painted vase with BIRD decor

Zsolnay Hand painted BIRD decor vase

 

 

Ceramic Black and White Spaniel Dog Decorative Sculpture Italy 1960s

Black and White Spaniel Dog Sculpture

Italy 1960s

 

Pin-by-Idaris-Colon-on-Decoracion-Moderna

Aguilart  Decoracion Moderna

 

Tim Christensen Grasslands vase

Tim Christensen ‘Grasslands’ vase

 

 

Sally-Russell totem black white

Sally Russell totem black white

 

 

 

Ruscha-Scheurich-Fat-Lava-and-ES-Emons-Sons-Fat-Lava

Ruscha Scheurich Fat Lava

 

 

A-New-Zealand-Potter-Sue-Scobie

Sue Scobie, NZ

 

 

Kim-Ceramik

Kim Ceramik crackle glaze vase

 

 

Georgie Gardiner b;ack and white vessel

Georgie Gardiner black and white vessel

 

 

 

Sarah-Cihat line series

Sarah Cihat porcelain

 

 

Contemporary Abstract sculpture, Sheryl Zacharia, Rocking Triangle

Abstract sculpture, Sheryl Zacharia– ‘Rocking Triangle’

 

 

Rick-Rudd ceramic bottle

Rick-Rudd ceramic bottle

 

 

 

Martyna Nysk Photography

 Andrea and Rozarka

Martyna Nysk Photography

 

 

Braque-Georges

Georges Braque — Stylized Dove sculpture

 

 

ceramic mugs etched and painted by hand in traditional designs by Acoma Pueblo Potter Diedra Romero

Pair of eramic mugs — Etched and painted by hand in traditional designs

Acoma Pueblo Potter Diedra Romero

 

 

Robert Lallemant French Art Deco Ceramic Vase 1928

Robert Lallemant — French Art Deco Ceramic Vase

1928

 

 

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Indigenous Aussie Art Fair Tarnanthi

The 2022 Taranathi Art Fair

14-17 Oct 2022 online

The Tarnanthi Art Fair supports the ethical production and sale of works of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists in Australia

 

 

Katherine NgallamettaMinh Punchiy-2020

Katherine Ngallametta — Minh Punchiy

2020

 

 

Jay-Jurrupula-RostronMimih-Dancing-2022

Jay Jurrupula Rostron — ‘Mimih Dancing’

Lino print on silk fabric

2022

 

Lyarra Lyarra Wren-2022-Anita Ratara

‘Lyarra Lyarra Wren’  – Anita Ratara

 

Mabu Mayi bush tucker screenprinted cotton in shadow frame 2022

‘Mabu Mayi Bush Tucker’ screenprinted cotton in shadow frame — Miss S. Chiguna

2022

 

Mayhmayh Bird 2022 Larry Bangarr

‘Mayhmayh Bird— Larry Bangarr

 

 

Mima-Smart -- Dreaming-2022

Mima Smart — ‘Dreaming’

2022

 

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Syd Bruce Shortjoe posing with his red tomato and potato cod sculptures made from ghost net and recycled materials.

Photograph: Paul Jakubowski

 

 

Adrian Jangala Robertson with this amazing painting Yalpirakinu

Adrian Jangala Robertson —  ‘Yalpirakinu’

 

 

Arts-Ceduna -- Beaver Lennon

‘Salt Lake of Gawler Rangers’  —  Beaver Lennon

 

 

Christine-Tschuna-Rockhole-2021

Christine Tschuna – ‘Rockhole’

2021

 

 

Christine Holroyd 22 My Grandpas Body Paint.

Christine Holroyd  —  ‘My Grandpas Body Paint’

 

I remember my old people. When I was young they all had scarring from initiation on their bodies. Every clan group had their own pattern. I remember my old people painting their bodies with red and white ochre. They painted their bodies every day. You knew what clan group belonged to because of the pattern they painted on their bodies. Nowadays we still paint up only when we dance.

 

Coiled Pandanus Basket 2021Selina Nadjowh

Coiled Pandanus Basket  —  Selina Nadjowh

2021 –  Injalak Arts and Crafts Aboriginal Corporation

 

Connection-To-Country-Kelly-Taylor

‘Connection To Country’  – Kelly Taylor

Acrylic on canvas —  Arts Ceduna

 

 

Gapuwiyak-Lake-Evella-2022

Michael Mungula — ‘Gapuwiyak (Lake Evella)’

Milingimbi Art and Culture – 2022

This is a Gupapuyŋu clan story which the artist’s father Tom Djäwa also painted. The central circle represents both an emu nesting ground and the lake of Gapuwiyak. Emu (Wurrpaṉ) tracks lead to and from the nest within the vertical and horizontal bands. The Wurrpaṉ’s food (yukuwa) bush berries is also represented. These elements are all part of Gupapuyŋu yaraŋu (public) cosmology.

 

Ngalmangiyi Long Necked Turtle 2022 Connie Nayinggul

‘Ngalmangiyi Long Necked Turtle’ — Connie Nayinggul

2022

 

Turtle-Plate-2014

‘Turtle Plate’ — Graeme Beamish Bonnington

 

 

Luke-Djalagarrarra-Bird-2022

Luke Djalagarrarra ‘Bird’

2022

 

Mangroves at Night_Maxine Charlie 2018

‘Mangroves at Night’ – Maxine Charlie

2018

 

Whale Dreaming-2021-Verna Lawrie

‘Whale Dreaming’ — Verna Lawrie

2021

 

 

Kija Country screenprinted linen in shadow frame black 2022Rowena Morgan

‘Kija Country’ screenprinted linen in shadow frame  — Rowena Morgan

 

 

Marie Manadoblock printed cotton

Marie Manadoblock — printed cotton

 

 

Tanya Singer photography

Tanya Singer photography

 

 

Sea Turtle With-Fish -- Elliot Koonutta

‘Sea Turtle With Fish’ — Elliot Koonutta

 

 

 

Thepa Ntjaarra Birds 2022 Anita Ratara

Thepa Ntjaarra Birds’ — Anita Ratara

2022

 

Mervyn Rubuntja etching Yapa Honey Ant Dreaming 2021

Mervyn Rubuntja etching

‘Yapa Honey Ant Dreaming’, 2021

 

 

Nancy Jackson and Mrs Burke near Warakurna Western Australia 2011 photo by Rhett Hammerton

Nancy Jackson and Mrs Burke near Warakurna Western Australia, 2011

photo by Rhett Hammerton

 

Babbarra Womens CentreMududu Mud Crab And Romolo 2022Lucy Yarawanga

Mududu Mud Crab And Romolo  — Lucy Yarawanga-2022

Babbarra Womens Centre

 

Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

— presented by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. The major exhibition features two extraordinary works by Manydjarri and his father, Muwarra Ganambarr amongst an ambitious collection of 90 important barks from artists from Yirrkala and surrounding homelands. MAḎAYIN will tour through the United States until 2024, beginning with the Hood Museum at Dartmouth, September 3- December 4, 2022.

 

Wilson Manydjarri Ganambarr in Milingimbi with Maṉa ga Dhukururru Ancestral Shark and Sacred Rock natural pigments on eucalyptus bark

Wilson Manydjarri Ganambarr in Milingimbi with Maṉa ga Dhukururru Ancestral Shark and Sacred Rock natural pigments on bark

 

 

Dhambit Munungurr Ocean detail 2019 natural pigments and acrylic on eucalyptus bark.

Dhambit Munungurr —  ‘Ocean’

–natural pigments and acrylic on eucalyptus bark

2019

 

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Doris Bush Nungarrayi

 

I blend and overlap colors to bring out the beautiful eye catching effect of ancient art fusing the traditional with the contemporary

Kelly Taylor

“I blend and overlap colors to bring out the beautiful eye catching effect of ancient art fusing the traditional with the contemporary.”

 

 

Living on Country Kelly Taylor

‘Living on Country’ — Kelly Taylor

 

 

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Freda Brady –  Ngayuku Ngura My Country

 

 

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Weaving from the Milingimbi artists

Milingimbi Art and Culture Centre

 

Ngadiyali Russell Wanapuyngu photo-Ben Ward

Ngadiyali Russell Wanapuyngu

photo – Ben Ward

 

 

Tony-Raguwanga-Cameron-Camp-dog-2022-Gunga-Pandanus-Spiralis

Tony Raguwanga Cameron — ‘Dog’

Gunga (Pandanus Spiralis) fibre sculpture

Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts

 

Mylene Holroyd -- Shell Women 2022

Mylene Holroyd — ‘Shell Women’ 2022

 

 

Ashley Fitzgerald

Ashley Fitzgerald

 

 

Freshwater story

‘Freshwater story’ – Tony Raguwanga Cameron –  Acrylic on Canvas

Freshwater story paintings of animals and plants that live in freshwater billabongs like Baypinga (Saratoga), Yangura (long necked turtle), Dakuwa (Freshwater crayfish), Madalaytj (Short necked turtle), Baritjar (catfish), Djaykung (filesnake) and Dhatam (water lily). These are all favourite foods for Yolngu.

 

 

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Vibrant Belgian Designer in Marrakech

 

 

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Abstract face plate — LRNCE Ceramics  Artist Laurence Leenaert

Marrakech, Morocco

 

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Laurence Leenaert

 

Leenaert discovers her designer trajectory in Morocco

 

As a creative free spirit, lured by the abundance of sunshine, arid climes, swaying palms and the rich artisan tradition of the North African Maghreb, Laurence Leenaert arrived in Marrakesh on an intuitive wim and a prayer carrying not much except her sewing machine and a desire for more exotic artistic expression. Maybe she was seeking inspiration from a distant, orientalist mystique similar to the likes of Matisse, Delacroix, Laurent and Lichfield. This spontaneous decision has proved to be very fortuitous because she now has a burgeoning design empire manifested from a love for the local tribal arts and their traditional materials, while managing to encounter the right people at the right time. This also included applying her natural design talents and the knowledge that she aquired from past studies in Fashion Design at Kask, in Ghent and a productive internship at Bless in Berlin.

 

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‘Shens’ painting  — LRNCE

 

Favouring rich, grounded, earthy palettes, highlighted by freewheeling, minimalist line drawings in Piccaso, Miro modernist styles while infused with Morrocan tribal patterns and ritualistic symbols, Leenaerts multidisciplinary designs exude a joy and respect for the local artisans she readily embraced. Her diverse product line now includes textiles, ceramics, clothing, wall hangings, rugs and furniture based on impulsive, resorceful local collaborations, beautifully handcrafted by a broad collection of resident artists.

Founded in 2013, LRNCE has become the lifestyle brand that Leenaert had dreamt of while back in Belgium and has astutly brought into fruition.

 

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Lrnce ceramic vase

 

 

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Jacquard Fabric Chairlrnce objects chair

 

 

Lrnce-Studio

Lrnce Studio bottle vase

 

 

Lrnce-Studio-Neas Terra Cotta' Cotton Jacket

‘Neas Terra Cotta’ Cotton Jacket with Jacquard Fabric

 

 

 

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LRNCE Hand painted vase

 

 

lrnce wall painting and decor

lrnce wall painting and decor

 

 

 

Hand painted twin handled vase by Laurence Leenaert

Hand painted twin handled vase with relief panel

Laurence Leenaert

 

 

Henri Matisse Zorah on the Terrace 1912 Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Moscow

Henri Matisse ‘Zorah on the Terrace’, 1912

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

 

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LRNCE soft furnishings and ceramics

 

 

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lrnce – ‘Le Palmier’ vase

height 24 ins

 

 

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Lrnce ceramic charger

 

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LRNCE hand painted ceramic vases and objects

 

 

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 Pouffe – lrnce textiles pouffes  – Woven Jacquard Fabric –  Hanif

 

 

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lrnce ceramic vessels

 

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Laurence Leenaert in Marrakech courtyard

 

 

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Four handpainted LRNCE plates

 

 

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Laurence in her Marrakech studio

photo by Jack Johns

 

 

LRNCE embroided-hanging

LRNCE embroided cotton hanging

 

 

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Large ‘Chetan’ vase – LRNCE

 

 

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Embroided cotton wall hanging – Lrnce

 

 

Ayoub wearing the Anwar shirt - Lrnce studio

Ayoub wearing the Anwar shirt

 

 

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lrnce ceramic abstract fruit dish

 

 

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Laurence Leenaert line drawing on vases

 

 

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Morrocan vases by LRNCE

 

 

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‘Scene de campagne’ — Jacques Azema

1971

 

1855 Moroccan Saddles His Horse Hermitage Museum Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix

‘Moroccan Saddles His Horse’  Eugene Delacroix – 1855

Hermitage Museum

 

 

Lrnce Morroccan pottery

Lrnce – modernist pottery

 

 

lrnce burnt orange glazed pottery

Lrnce – rich orange glaze pottery

 

 

a royal palace in Morocco Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant

‘A Royal Palace in Morocco’ — Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant

 

 

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Embroided cushion — lrnce

 

 

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French Tribal Dance ovoid vessel

 

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Large Saladier bowls

 

 

lrnce ceramics bowls Gabriela Hand Painted Ceramic Large Saladier

lrnce ‘Gabriela’ Hand Painted Ceramic Large Saladier

 

 

jalil wool embroided on cotten panel

Jalil — wool embroided on cotten framed panel

 

 

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Large lrnce charger

 

 

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LRNCE cotten jacket

 

 

Marrakech Jemaa El Fna 1990 for Vogue Paris Kristen McMenamy by Peter Lindbergh

Marrakech Jemaa El Fna  — Kristen McMenamy by Peter Lindbergh

1990 Paris Vogue

 

 

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lrnce store display,  A New Tribe, London

 

 

Paul and Talitha Getty in Marrakech courtyard

Paul and Talitha Getty in Marrakech courtyard

photo by Peter Lindbergh, 1970

 

 

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White wrought iron modernist line chairs – LRNCE

 

 

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Liberation from The Tyranny of the Inevitable

 

Amanda Ward - At The Top

Amanda Ward – ‘At The Top’

 

Marvelous melange of uplifting clayarts.

 

Presenting a collection of inspired ceramic creativity, unleashed by artists with an innate instinct for free expression, zaniness and feel-good originality. Kitchy clay constructs beyond any pretence that invite you to embrace life by virtue of their frivolous flirtations of flair and brilliance.

A celebration of those who dare to promote a shift in the paradigm to deliver an enriching fullfilment for the aficionados of the quirky, surreal and audacious. During challenging times, indulging in art that’s infused with a free spirit of creative abandon is invariably uplifting and therapeutic. Saluting all worshipers of the whimsy and flamboyant.

 

leunig---Tyranny of the Inevitable

In Curly Flat, people often change direction and turn off roads to free themselves from the expected way ahead.

escaping ‘The Tyranny Of The Inevitable’ —  Michael Leunig

 

 

Life-Force

‘Life Force’ – Michael Leunig

 

 

Small-dark-blue-and-silver-ceramic-Sun-table-lamp-by-Georges-Pelletier

Golden/silver ceramic Sun table lamp by Georges Pelletie

 

Large-Ceramic-Sculpture-or-Lamp-Base-Toro-One-of-a-Kind-by-Dominique-Pouchain

Large Ceramic Sculpture or Lamp Base ‘Toro’ One of a Kind by Dominique Pouchain

 

 

jiha-Moon- red lips vessel

Jiha Moon

 

 

Clemens Briels Lasenora -- Passionada

Clemens Briels Lasenora — ‘Passionada’

 

 

 

Stacey-Manser-Knight female swimmer drinking cup

Stacey Manser Knight female swimmer drinking cup

 

 

Stacey Manser Knightsexy kitten candleholder

Stacey Manser Knight – sexy kitten candle holder

 

 

Steve Bicknell turquoise blues figure sculpture

Steve Bicknell — turquoise blue garden figure sculpture

 

 

The_Messy_Teddy09_Agustina-Garrigou-2018

‘The Messy Teddy’ 09 –Agustina Garrigou

2018

 

 

The Wings of Love----Reflection of the Soul” by Oleh Lesiuk.

‘The Wings of Love’ —- ‘Reflection of the Soul’ by Oleh Lesiuk

 

 

 

Turquoise Fish Totem garden sculpture

Turquoise Fish Totem garden sculpture

 

 

Tigger tiger Naughty Cat by Nolan Windholtz of Round Tree Pottery

Tigger tiger Naughty Cat by Nolan Windholtz of Round Tree Pottery

 

 

Vertical-Lenticular-Jug-Alfajar

Vertical Lenticular Jug by Alfajar

 

 

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Abandoned Spainish church converted into a mural-covered skatepark

 

 

 

Monumental highway vase at Accolay Poterie

Monumental highway vase at Accolay Potterie, France

 

 

Accolay Potteries vintage 1960s ceramic vase

Accolay Potteries vintage ceramic vase

1960s

 

Akio Takamori face vessel

Akio Takamori face vessel

 

mendes-clay-projects

Jenny Mendez

 

Kelly Wearstler-African Sculpture

Kelly Wearstler – African Sculpture

 

 

Niki-de-Saint-Phalle-Bete-gentille-ARTZUID-2011-archief

Niki de Saint Phalle — Bete gentille

ARTZUID

 

 

Cubist-Alexander-ArchipenkoWoman-with-a-Fan

Alexander Archipenko — ‘Woman with a Fan’

1914

 

Bag-Lady-Ice-Floes-2011-Debra-Sloan

‘Bag Lady Ice Floes’ — Debra Sloan

 

 

Beautiful green Mimetite with pseudo cubic orange Wulfenite

Rising Green Duck — Green Mimetite with pseudo cubic orange Wulfenite

 

 

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Botanically enhanced bust

 

 

Birger Johannes Kaipiainen was one of the best known ceramicists in Finland

Birger Johannes Kaipiainen

 

 

Bohemian Crystal octopus- designed by Jiri Pacine

Bohemian Crystal metamorphiic marvel octopus- designed by Jiri Pacine

 

 

1980s Rosenthal ceramic CABINET PLATE with black white Fornasetti image

 Rosenthal ceramic Cabinet plate with black white Fornasetti image

1980s

 

Bluewater Avery Venus Egg of Time Sculpture

Bluewater Avery ‘Venus Egg of Time’ Sculpture

 

 

Ceramic octopus sculpture by JUDY FOX

Octopus sculpture by Judy Fox

 

 

Carafe a liqueur de marque Garnier Liqueurs Enghien

Carafe –Garnier Liqueurs, Enghien France

Made in Italy

 

 

Cloisonne work Ox TurningUniverse MasterZhang Tonglu

Cloisonne work ‘Ox Turning Universe’ — Master Zhang Tonglu

 

 

 

Colin Burn‘s Pearl Royale chess set

Colin Burn‘s Pearl Royale chess set

 

 

Daniel and the Lion in terracotta sculpture by WilliamNewland from the 1950s

Daniel and the Lion in terracotta by WilliamNewland

1950s

 

Figure of a woman ceramic handmade sculpture

‘Figure of a woman’ ceramic handmade sculpture —

Pablo – Art of Toreadors, Bulls

 

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Picasso – ‘Taureau’ terracotta charger plate. 1957

 

Since his childhood in Spain, Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting. He was captivated by the intense interaction between the bull and the matador, the flashy machismo and the theatrical drama. He used the Banderilleros (bullfighters} and bulls as subject matter in numerous paintings, sculpture and ceramic art, displaying his exceptional virtuosity.

 

 

Pablo Picasso linocut toros vallauris the matador 1959

Pablo Picasso –  linocut Toros, The Matador

Vallauris, 1958

 

 

Pablo Picasso Taureau 1945

Pablo Picasso painting ‘Taureau’

1945

 

Reclining woman and Picador with guitar Pablo Picasso 1963 MutualArt

‘Les vendangeurs’ (The Grape Harvesters)

A linocut of a reclining  woman and a Picador

Pablo Picasso, 1959

 

Mostra Picasso MIC Faenza_4300

‘Mostra Picasso’, MIC Faenza

 

 

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Pablo Picasso — ceramic Centaure jug

 

 

PABLO-PICASSO-MATADOR

Pablo PicassoMatador’

Featured at the Picasso Century, NGV, see below

 

1933Corrida.-The-death-of-a-woman-bullfighter

Corrida –  The death of a woman bullfighter

1933

 

 

Bull, Skull, Fruit, Pitcher -- Pablo Picasso

Bull, Skull, Fruit, Pitcher — Pablo Picasso

 

Dominique-Pouchain

Dominique Pouchain vintage bull sculpture

France

 

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Terracotta twin handled vase with pastel decor — Pablo Picasso

 

 

Ceramic tri-legged-bird-jug

Tri Legged bird jug

 

 

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Picasso Bull statue, NY

 

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Pablo Picasso zoomorphe vase  ‘La Tarasque’

1954

 

Picasso 1909 Woman with Mandolin Hermitage St Petersburg

Picasso  — ‘Woman with Mandolin’, 1909

Hermitage, St. Petersburg

 

 

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Pablo Picasso ceramic sculptures

MIC Faenza, Italy

 

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Bull vessel – Pablo Picasso

LAMA

 

 

Le Carmen des Carmen-1964.

Pablo Picasso — ‘Le Carmen des Carmen’

1964

 

Picasso-bull lithograph

Picasso – bull lithograph

 

Picasso-Madoura matadfor charger

Picasso – Madoura Matador charger

 

Picasso-Museo-BuitragoCeramic-with-Bulls-Head-by-Picasso

Museo Buitrago Ceramic with Bulls Head by Picasso

 

 

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Model make-up inspired by a Picasso painting

 

 

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‘Buste de matador’ — Pablo Picasso

1970

 

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Stage Costume by Pablo Picasso for Parade, 1917

 

The Corrida by Pablo Picasso

The Corrida by Pablo Picasso

 

The Matador bronze sculpture by Rintoul Booth

The Matador bronze sculpture by Rintoul Booth

 

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The Belarussian-born widow of Fernand Léger, Nadia Khodossevitch, donated many works from their private collection to the Soviet goverment in 1955 and this Picasso piece ended up at the Taskent Museum in Uzbekistan.

 

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French MCM bull pitcher/jug

 

 

Vintage Jimenez Ceramics California Pottery Bull and Matador

Vintage Jimenez Ceramics, California Pottery Bull and Matador

 

 

Vintage-Spanish-Matador-Ceramic-Figurine-Bull-Fighter-12ins-Tall

Vintage Spanish Matador Ceramic Figurine Bull Fighter

 

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Pablo Picasso – ‘Cavalier et cheval’

 

 

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Pablo Picasso — ‘Gros oiseau corrida’,

1953

 

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Pablo Picasso — Bust of a Woman with Hat

MutualArt

 

1955 Pablo Picasso Matador and a Bull Ceramics Plate

 Pablo Picasso Matador and a Bull Ceramics Plate

1955  — Chairish

 

 

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Pablo Picasso — ‘Les Banderilles’

1962

 

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Picasso Matado

 

 

Blessing With A Bull A Gift For Pablo Picasso Vladimir Fomin

Blessing With A Bull A Gift For Pablo Picasso

Vladimir Fomin

 

 

Before The Thrust

Before The Thrust Pablo Picasso

 

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Brutalist Sculpture of Matador and Bull

MCM Vintage

 

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Bull head rhyton pottery, Crete

1500-1450_BC

 

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Vintage Matador Bull painted figurines

Elvira Parisi etsy

 

 

Le matador et femme Е loiseau

Le matador et femme Е loiseau – Pablo Picasso

 

 

MALAGA SPAIN Woman 1961 in the Museo Picasso Malaga Collection belongs to the extensive series of sheet metal sculptures that Pablo Picasso made in the early 1960s

Museo Picasso Malaga Collection belongs to the extensive series of sheet metal sculptures that Pablo Picasso made in the early 1960s

 

 

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‘Knight in Armor’  Madoura ceramic charger – Pablo Picasso

1951

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Picasso terracotta bull

 

 

The Picasso Century at the NGV (National Gallery,Victoria)

10 June to 20 October,2022

 

‘The Picasso Century’ charts the remarkable career of Pablo Picasso in dialogue with the many artists, poets and intellectuals with whom he intercepted and interacted throughout the 20th century. Exclusively developed for the NGV by the Centre Pompidou and the Musée national Picasso-Paris, the exhibition features close to 90 works by Picasso alongside over 100 works by more than 50 of his contemporaries. Extraordinarily productive until the age of  91, Picasso bestrode the modernist era like a colossus.

 

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‘Three figuress under a tree’ – Picasso Century Exhibition

 

Bather with beach ball

‘Bather with beach ball’ – Pablo Picasso

 

 

Reclining Woman-Picasso photo by Kate-Shanasy

‘Reclining Woman’ – Picasso

photo by Kate Shanasy

 

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‘A very happy picture’ by Dorothea Tanning

1947

 

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Crying Woman umbrella

NGV

 

Invisible-Lion-Horse-Sleeping-Woman

‘Invisible Lion Horse Sleeping Woman’ – Salvador Dali

 

 

Madoura Pottery Vallauris manufacturer Woman lamp vase-1955

Madoura Pottery Vallauris Picasso Woman lamp vase

1955

 

Picassos-Vase-of-flowers-and-fruit-dish-Vase-de-fleurs-et-compotier.

Picasso –  Vase de fleurs et compotier’ (Vase of flowers and fruit dish)

 

 

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The Kiss (Le Baiser) – Pablo Picasso

1929

 

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Pablo Picasso’s ‘Portrait of a woman’ (Portrait de femme)

1938

 

 

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Picasso and Françoise Gilot in 1951

Picasso Century Exhibition

 

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“La Baie de Cannes –Picasso

 

 

Buste-De-Femme

Buste De Femme — Pabhlo Picasso

 

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Wifredo Lam painting  ‘SANS TITRE’

1942

 

 

 

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Praying Mantis dancing on Divine Breath

 

 

What a remarkable array of creatures with artistically diverse designs our planet has been blessed with

 

 

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Praying Mantis perilously close to a just trimmed Diosma branch

 

 

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Morning-sun worship – Minnie and Azure

 

I could see by the way that Minnie and Azure were relishing the early morning sun that it was shining sumptuously. It looked so enticing it made me extrememly motivated to get in the garden, bathe in some sunshine and do the garden maintenance. My meandering, eliptically shaped diosma bush was in dire need of a trim so I began its manicure with some long secateurs.

To my surprise I noticed that a praying mantis, displaying remarkable courage, had come to say hello while I was chpping away. As I was standing there admiring his/hers delicate form and vivid jade colour, it started vibrating enthusiastically on the branch. Filled with deep wonder, I was then amazed when it began to sway on the branch, rocking side to side, giving me the impression that a breeze was blowing, yet I couldn’t feel any sensation of air movement. I grabbed my phone and took a snap (see above) as a testimony to the Sunday morning celebratory solar shuffle of the praying mantis, who had flirted with its mortality to pay a visit.      

 

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Diosma Confetti Bush also known as Divine Breath

 

 

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Manicured Diosma shrub with large lemon tea tree in background

 

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Sometimes I use the symbiotic combination of fresh diosma mixed with lemon Tea tree for enhancing my breathing. Another great combo is fresh lavender and eucalyptus leaves.

 

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Mantide Geotermica by Fabiosar

 

 

Justin Baker-preying mantis on fence

Justin Baker – praying mantis on a fence with a wondefully shaped triangular head

 

 

Another fascinatling encounter with an unexpected green visitor.

 

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Kwan yin statue with visiting cicada

 Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the human World (Kwan Yin translation)

 

I had just finished wrapping up a photoshoot with a model at my home studio and had decided to unwind and meditate. Gradually I began to hear a clicking sound and when I opened my eyes I noticed a cicada, perched on the third eye of my Kwan Yin statue in front of me. I had never seen a cicada in my home before and as I was wondering how it got there, while also admiring its innate sense of symmetry, it suddenly startled me by flying towards me and brushing me between the eyes. Then it proceeded to walk around me as I was sitting cross-legged on the rug, while still making a clicking sound. Welcome to the mystical cicada world.

 

Life imitating art

 

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Live green lizard of remarkable resemblance getting acquainted with a brass lizard

 

After publishing this post, a French ceramicist informed  me about the intriguing visitation of a live lizard coming into her home to sit with her lizard sculpture.

 

 

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Agile gracile opossum  — Giordano Rossi photo

 

 

Art Deco crackled and polychrome decorated ceramic vase with eating deer Royal Boch Keramis atelier Catteau Carlo Bonte

Art Deco crackled and polychrome decorated ceramic vase with eating deer Royal Boch Keramis, atelier Catteau

Carlo Bonte

 

 

High-flying-jay-by-Lasse-Kurkela

High flying jay by Lasse Kurkela

 

 

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Snowy owl — photo by Brian Kushner

 

 

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Bernard Palissy, 1565-85.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

 

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Flying geese

 

 

Alex-Maisey Australian Lyre Bird

Alex Maisey  — Foraging Australian Lyre Bird

 

 

A-Lovely-Sprinkle-sulphur-crested-cockatoo-by-Alison-Langevad

Sulphur crested cockatoo—Alison Langevad

 

 

Australian water-dragon on rock

Aussie water dragon

 

 

Bennetts Wallaby snacking on a Casuarina tree for breakfast in Tasmania

Bennetts Wallaby eating a breakfast snack from a Casuarina tree

Tasmania

 

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Rare image of a blanket octopus

 

 

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Sleeping herd of elephants in Yunnan

 

 

 

@yashasnarayan Wild.Arc leopard reclining

Leopard reclining — @yashasnarayan Wild.Arc

 

 

Woman-with-Fox-Jessie-Mooy

‘Woman with fox’ – Jessie Mooy

@jessiemooy

Sculpture in faience —I try to express the strong bond that exists between animals and humans in a poetic, delicate and lyrical manner using different clays and firing methods. Animals always speak to us with their eyes.

 

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‘Lady with a wild Cat’  — Jessie Mooy

 

 

Arent-I-Pretty-by-Con-Duyvestyn

‘Aren’t I Pretty’ by Con Duyvestyn

 

 

Chamaleon symmetry

Chamaleon symmetry

 

 

Always-timid-and-reclusive-this-wompoo-fruit-dove-felt-safe-enough-surrounded-by-its-favourite-food-to-pose-for-a-portrait-in-a-Moreton-Bay-fig

Wompoo fruit dove

 

 

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Friendly octopus in South Africa

 

 

red asasssain bugs

Red assassin bugs

 

 

Red cushion sea star off the coast of Belize

Red cushion sea star off the coast of Belize

 

 

red-fox by Konsta Punkka

 Red fox – photo by Konsta Punkka

 

 

Stacey Manse Knight

Stacey Manser Knight – red fox pourer

 

 

A-large-creamware-vase-from-Amphora-Czechoslovakia-1920s

Large 10.5 inch creamware vase from Amphora Czechoslovakia

1920s

 

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Kookaburra at water fountain

Rob Clay photo

 

 

Romano-Gianluca-Polpo_nella_Riserva_naturale_statale_Torre_Guaceto

 Octopus in the Torre Guaceto state nature reserve

photo by Romano Gianluca

 

Free riding frog on turtle at Padang Indonesia by photographer Yan Hidayat

Freeriding frog on a turtle at Padang Indonesia

photographer Yan Hidayat

 

Gran Canaria Island--Juan Ramon Rodriguez

Gran Canaria Island–Juan Ramon Rodriguez photographer

Sardinia

 

 

Blue banded bees that use buzz pollination

Blue banded bee  using buzz pollination

 

 

Blue-crowned-Motmot

Blue crowned Motmot

 

 

Brush tailed Rock Wallabies Petrogale penicillata having a tender moment in the Little River Gorge in East Gippsland Jim Reside

Cuddling Brush Tailed Rock Wallabies (Petrogale penicillata)

Little River Gorge in East Gippsland — photo Jim Reside

 

photo by Touhid Parvez Biplob Chestnut tailed starling Sturnia malabarica Satchari National Park

 Chestnut tailed starling Satchari National Park

photo by Touhid Parvez Biplob

 

 

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Trinidad crab — Vitorb Barbosa photo

 

 

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Aynsley English Bone China Hand Painted Butterfly Tea Cup and Saucer Set

 

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Regal ring-necked snake

 

 

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Eastern spinebill

Nelson Victoria, — photo by John Eley

 

 

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An emu wandering thru the suburban streets of Adelaide

 

 

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Blood pheasant

 

 

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Kangaroos feasting on fruit

 

 

 

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Black faced Monarch at Toolangi

Photography by Jamie Smith Morvell

 

 

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 Colourful grain silo murals —  Jimmy DVate

Rochester in Victoria, Australia

 

Jonas Gratzer sea turtle

Jonas Gratzer — slow cruising sea turtle

 

 

Jurgen Otto-peacock spider

Jurgen Otto – newly discovered peacock spider with Eastern calligraphic like markings

 

 

Giraffe in the foresst hand carved wooden bowls by gordon pembridge

‘Giraffe in the forest — hand carved wooden bowl by Gordon Pembridge

 

 

konstapunkka@kpunkkaA Short eared owl and Ural owl

[email protected] — Ural owl

 

 

Colorful Lady Gouldian Finch

Colorful Lady Gouldian Finch

 

 

Lae-cassowary living dinosaur from Queensland

A Lae-cassowary living dinosaur from Queensland rainforest

 

 

Hand crafted Lisa Lloyd Bee

Hand crafted Lisa Lloyd Bee

 

 

Orphaned-twin-swamp-wallaby-joeys

Swamp wallaby joeys

 

 

long legged jacana the jesus bird

Long legged Jacana, known as the Jesus bird because it appears to be walking on water

 

 

Martyna Nysk Photography Beauty and her wolfie

 ‘Beauty and her wolfie’

Martyna Nysk Photography

 

Melbourne street artist Jimmy Dvate known for his depictions of the natural world painted the Goorambat silos in Victorias north

Draught horses mural at Goorambat Silos – painted by Jimmy DVate

 

 

Noduled Sea Star Patomarazul

Noduled Sea Star  — Patomarazul

 

 

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Masked Owl

 

Barn Owl David Cooke Ceramic Sculptures

Barn Owl by David Cooke Ceramic Sculptures

 

 

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It’s easy to see why the orange bellied parrot (sitting top middle) loves the flowering gum

 

 

Papilio machaon the queen of butterflies

Papilio machaon — the queen of butterflies

 

Lace-Monitor-or-Goanna

Tree hugging goanna also known as a lace monitor

 

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Climbing Goanna in Victoria, Australia

 

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Dragonesque Goanna with Chris Humfrey at Wild Action Zoo

Victoria

 

 

Possum at Boonah Park

Young possum at Boonah Park, QLD

 

 

 

The right handed crab apple poacher. Crimson Rosella

The right handed crab apple poacher –  Crimson Rosella

 

Shanghai-Lao-Wu-Snow-Owl

Shanghai Lao Wu —  Snow Owl

 

 

Spilostethus pandurus is a species of ground bug by Flavio

Spilostethus pandurus  ground bug by Flavio

 

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Kangaroo watching an early morning Tasmanian sunrise

 

Mosaic Pelican seat -- _Bob Sherri Hunter

Mosaic Pelican twin seat — Sherri Warner Hunter

Hacienda Mosaico

 

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Harbor Seal—Sherri Warner Hunter

 

Scarlet Banksia -- Nick Monaghan

Banksia coccinea – Scarlet Banksia — Nick Monaghan

 

 

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Red spotted frog — Rebecca Hillman

 

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Chinese porcelain  table lamp

 

 

A pair of glossy black cockatoos on Kangaroo Island. Photograph Michael Barth Kangaroo Island

A pair of glossy black cockatoos on Kangaroo Island.

Photograph Michael Barth

 

Heicomus_Butterfly_cup by Irina S. Zaytceva

Heicomus Butterfly cup – Irina S. Zaytceva

 

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Yosemite squirrel— photo by Chris Hood

 

 

@aussieark young Tasmanian Devil

Young Tassie Devil

 

 

Australian bustard Barkly Tablelands NT Lisa Nunn

Australian bustard  – Photo — Lisa Nunn

Barkly Tablelands NT

 

 

endangered kea is the worlds only alpine parrot

The endangered kea is the worlds only alpine parrot

 

 

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Natural bird figure cave facade – Kyneton

 

 

Martyna Nysk Photography-girl in white dress with donkey

Martyna Nysk Photography

 

 

purple-bird - Violet-backed starling

Violet backed starling

 

 

William-Robinsong--ang-gang-cockatoo

William Robinson–Gang Gang cockatoo

 

Young tiger climbing a tree Ranthambore tiger reserve India Richard Barrett

A young tiger climbing a tree

Ranthambore tiger reserve India, Richard Barrett photo

 

 

Large vase with handles in majolica decorated in symbolist style

Symbolist style tiger vase

 

 

Marcel-Boucher-Extremely-Rare-Art-Deco-Praying-Mantis-Costume-Brooch-c-1941-

Marcel Boucher — rare Art deco Praying Mantis brooch

c 1937

1st Dibs

 

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Praying Mantis

 

 

Beatrice Wood Centre –

Patrick Crabb – A Search for the Ancients

 

 

Patrick-Crabb

 

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Ceramic shard Jar by Patrick Crabb

 

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JAC 60th Anniversary

 

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Greg Daly  — round vase, 2021

Line of Sight series – – Photo – John Daly

 

‘SIXTY’ exhibition —  The Journal of Australian Ceramics 60th Anniversary 1962–2022 is a special ADC On Tour exhibition project presented in partnership with The Australian Ceramics Association to acknowledge this significant anniversary.

Where: ADC Australian Design Centre101–115 William Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Thursday 31 March 2022 to 25th May 2022  – 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm AEDT

The Journal of Australian Ceramics (JAC) has, over its sixty years of print publication, presented the history of ceramics in Australia. The JAC is unique in its enduring focus on all areas of ceramic art practice, finding a balance between aesthetic, technique and education.

Free event: bookings essential

The exhibiting artists are:

Glenn Barkley | Kirsten Coelho | Greg Daly | Pippin Drysdale | Dan Elborne | Penny Evans | Honor Freeman | Susan Frost | Shannon Garson | Patsy Hely | Alison Milyika Carroll | Jeffery Mincham | Damon Moon | David Ray | Ben Richardson | Tania Rollond | Owen Rye | Jane Sawyer | Yul Scarf | Vipoo Srivilasa | Kenji Uranishi | Gerry Wedd

 

 

Granite Warriors ceramic vessels --Pippin Drysdale

‘Granite Warriors’ ceramic vessels — Pippin Drysdale

 

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Pippin Drysdale

 

 

Shanon Garson--Beauty and Terror- 2020 -- wheel thrown porcelain

Shanon Garson–‘Beauty and Terror’ – 2020

 

1._Dan Elborne -- Conduit_sample_collection_hero_image_2021_Photography_by_Grace_Yu_of_Studio_Bitsy

Dan Elborne — ‘Conduit’ – Slipcast stained stoneware

 

 

Damon Moon fox profile

Damon Moon

 

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Alison Milyika Carroll — Kungkarangkalpa –  ‘Seven Sisters’

2022

 

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David Ray – ‘Mutated Tureen’ 

2021. — Photo – Chris Saunders

 

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Jeffery Mincham – ‘Early morning mist clearing to fine’

High walled bowl form

2021

 

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Gerry Wedd – ‘Welcome Pot’

2015 – Photo–Grant Hancock

 

 

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‘Here the time flies’ – Glenn Barkley

 

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Glenn Barkley

 

 

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Bulb Vase  –  Glenn Barkley

 

 

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‘Small acts of care and repair’  – Honor Freeman

2021

 

 

Jane Sawyer_-- Collapse

Jane Sawyer  —   ‘Collapse’

 

 

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Jeff Mincham

 

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Tania Rollond – ‘Rise and Fall’

2021

 

 

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Yul Scarf – ‘You keep paying 2 Wreck Me’ – ceramic plate mended with coins QR code linking to Tony Alberts work

2021

 

 

Greg Daly-Through the Mist-2022-lustre-glaze-ceramic

Greg Daly- – ‘Through the Mist’–lustre glaze ceramic

2022

 

 

Greg Daly-Brooding_Sky_2019

Greg Daly – ‘Brooding Sky’

2019

 

 

Man.garr Marsupium / PennyEvans_2021 ceramic pendant

Man.garr Marsupium  – Penny Evans

2021

 

Owen Rye_Jar_3_2019

Owen Rye – Jar

2019

 

 

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Su-nak (Canine) and Wi-laa (Feline) –  Vipoo Srivilasa

Stoneware, underglaze, gold lustre, acrylic and mixed media. Photo:Andrew Barcham

2019

 

 

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Kenji Uransihi – Hero Image

 

 

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Ben Richardson – ‘Sheltering’

2022

 

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Susan Frost – Rise A

Photo – Grant Hancock

 

 

The exhibition will tour to 17 art centres across Australia from 2022 to 2026.

Australian Design Centre, NSW 31 March – 25 May 2022
Araluen Arts Centre, NT 17 June – 14 August 2022
Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 15 October – 11 December 2022
Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW 11 February – 19 March 2023
JamFactory, SA 4 May – 9 July 2023
ArtGeo Cultural Centre, WA 14 July – 27 August 2023
Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC 9 September -19 November 2023
Ararat Gallery TAMA, VIC 30 November 2023 – 25 February 2024
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS 15 March – 19 May 2024
Design Tasmania, TAS 31 May – 22 July 2024
Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW 9 August – 29 September 2024
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW 12 October – 1 December 2024
Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW 13 December 2024 – 7 February 2025
Canberra Potters, Watson Arts Centre, ACT 20 March – 13 April 2025
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW 2 May – 6 July 2025
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD 16 August – 12 October 202

 

 

More events for 2022 —

 

International Artists Residency Exchange (IARE)workshops 2022

Saint Raphaël  CÔTE D’AZUR

 

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Sharon Thompson Workshop – 17 May 2022 – 27 May 2022
‘Having fun with Decals’

Using decals in a contemporary manner while learning how to use your own artwork to create decals with Sharon Thompson, designer, artist extraordinaire. Price includes materials. Weekday lunches are to be determined.

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Sharon Thompson

 

 

Sharon Thompson having fun with decals workshop

Sharon Thompson

 

 

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Sharon Thompson — having fun with decals

 

 

Anthony Merino  – 18 Jul 2022 – 23 Jul 2022
‘Symmetrical Patterning on 3-Dimensional Forms’

 

 

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Anthony Merino Symmetrical Pattern on 3-Dimensional Forms

 

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Anthony Merino

 

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Anthony Merino Symmetrical Patterning

 

 

Natasha Dikareva  — 6 Sep 2022 – 15 Sep 2022
‘Dreams in Clay: Creating Personal Mythology in the South of France’

Dikareva is known for her surreal, exquisitely formed human figures which often morph into other biological forms such as birds, fish, clouds and trees. Humans and other living creatures are united in the experience of life.

 

 

Here-Was-a-Bee-2020

‘Here Was a Bee’ – Natasha Dikareva

2020

 

 

Early Bird Brings Lucid Dreams 2 by Natasha Dikareva

‘Early Bird Brings Lucid Dreams 2’ by Natasha Dikareva

 

 

Cloud Man by Natasha Dikareva

‘Cloud Man’  –  Natasha Dikareva

 

 

Inhale Deeply and Say Om ceramic sculpture

‘Inhale Deeply and Say Om’ — Natasha Dikareva

 

 

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Natasha Dikareva

 

 

Natasha Dikreva-- Letting Out

Natasha Dikreva — ‘Letting Out’

 

 

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‘Smila’ – Natasha Dikreva

– stoneware, glazes, blown glass

 

 

Do-You-Remember-Your-Last-Night-Dream

Do You Remember Your Last Night Dream? – – Natasha Dikreva

 

Natasha Dikreva figure sculpture - Dont Touch Your Face Unless Your Hand is Golden 2020

 

Natasha Dikreva  – ‘Dont Touch Your Face Unless Your Hand is Golden’

2020

 

 

 

 

‘Echoes of the River’ — Nada Murphy exhibition

Create – Connect – Country

March 16 – April 9 2022
Mossenson Galleries – 115 Hay Street, Subiaco, Perth

 

In Echoes of the River I explore the source of the Avon River at the place where it emerges from the ground. Here it reveals it ancient origins and the intersect with an indelible human imprint echoing across seasons and time – Nada Murphy

 

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‘Spillway at the Crossing II’   –   Nada Murphy

Pate de verre glass bowl

 

 

Quajabin-Nada Murphy

‘Quajabin’ – Nada Murphy

 

 

Riverbank After the Rain II - Riparian-Series-Pate-de-verre-glass-vessel-10-x-19-cm

‘Riverbank After the Rain II’ – Nada Murphy

 

 

View-from-the-Peak-2021-oil-on-canvas

‘View from the Peak’  Nada Murphy

2021 – oil on canvas

 

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‘Climbing the trees II’ – Nada Murphy

 

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Does Not Hold Water  – Nada Murphy

Coiled vessels with black fleece

 

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‘Salt preserved II’ – Nada Murphy

 

 

They always bring you home©Nada Murphy

‘They always bring you home’ — ©Nada Murphy

 

 

Stardust and Other Dreams

‘Stardust and Other Dreams’   –  Nada Murphy

 

 

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Small Works, Great Artists annual exhibition

 

Erskine, Hall & Coe are currently presenting their annual Small Works, Great Artists exhibition for the fourth year running. The show features remarkable ceramic art work by British and international talent. This is running till the 11th March. Particularly distinctive are new, hand-built sculptures by Taiwanese potter, Zung-Lung Tsai and a beautifully decorated tea bowl by Shoji Kamoda dating from the 1970s, displayed alongside green-glazed, geometric forms by Karen Bennicke, reminiscent of architecture, and thrown coloured stoneware by Jennifer Lee, some of which she produced in Japan.  Other highlights of the show are a stunning footed bowl by Lucie Rie, made of porcelain with golden manganese glaze and terracotta detailing, and a pouring vessel from 1958, the first piece we’ve displayed that was made together by Rie and Hans Coper.

 

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Claudi Casanovas-Block No.-17 2001

Claudi Casanovas- ‘Block No.17′

2001

 

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Claudi Casanovas- ‘Block No.17′

 

 

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Small Works, Great Artists annual exhibition

London 2022

 

 

Gertrud Vasegaard Beaker with geometrical rhomboids-1970s

Gertrud Vasegaard Beaker with geometrical rhomboids

1970s

 

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Bowl c. 1995

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Bowl c. 1995

 

Tatsuzo Shimaoka Pair of yunomi

Tatsuzo Shimaoka — Pair of yunomi

 

Inger Rokkjaer Raku bowl c. 1984

Inger Rokkjaer Raku bowl

c. 1984

 

Jacques Kaufmann Wild Strata 2018

Jacques Kaufmann ‘Wild Strata’

2018

 

Jacques Kaufmann 'Wild Strata'-2018-

Jacques Kaufmann ‘Wild Strata’

 

 

Joanna Constantinidis Ceramic Flattened bottle c. 1980

Joanna Constantinidis — Ceramic Flattened bottle

c. 1980

 

John Ward Black and white vessel c. 2005

John Ward Black and White vessel

c. 2005

 

Karen Bennicke-Multi-X

Karen Bennicke ‘Multi X’  ceramic sculpture

 

 

Karen Bennicke-Multi X-2021

Karen Bennicke – Multi X

2021

 

Koji Hatakeyama cast bronze vessels

Koji Hatakeyama cast bronze vessels

 

 

Lucie Rie Hans Coper Pouring vessel c. 1958

Lucie Rie / Hans Coper  – Pouring vessel

c. 1958

Koji Hatakeyama-Eight Faces-2017

Koji Hatakeyama – ‘Eight Faces’

2017

 

 

Lucie Rie Oil and vinegar pourers 1950s

Lucie Rie —  Oil and vinegar pourers

1950s

 

 

Machiko Ogawa Platinum small bowl 2021

Machiko Ogawa — Platinum small bowl

2021

 

Machiko Ogawa White small bowl 2021

Machiko Ogawa –White small bowl

2021

 

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Machiko Ogawa — Small White  bowl

2021

 

 

Zung-Lung Tsai -- Phototropism-2104-2021

Zung-Lung Tsai – Phototropism

 

Ryoji Koie - White bowl

Ryoji Koie – White bowl

 

Shoji Kamoda Tea bowl 1977

Shoji Kamoda Tea bowl

1977

 

Shozo Michikawa- Kohiki Sculptural Form-2017

Shozo Michikawa – ‘Kohiki Sculptural Form’

2017

 

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Shozo Michikawa – ceramic ‘Kohiki Sculptural Form’

 

Yasuhisa Kohyama Tokkuri and Guinomi 2020

Yasuhisa Kohyama — ‘Tokkuri and Guinomi’ – sake cups and pourer

2020

 

Zunglung Tsai Phototropism-2102 2021

Zunglung Tsai ‘Phototropism’

2102 / 2021

 

 

Jennifer Lee - Mashiko

Jennifer Lee – ‘Mashiko’

 

 

Saraf Lynn Spine Camber Vessel-2021

Saraf Lynn —  ‘Spine Camber Vessel’

2021

 

 

Shigaraki thrown-coloured-stoneware vessel

Jennifer Lee — ‘Shigaraki’  – thrown coloured stoneware vessel

 

 

Artistic clay coalescence

 

 

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.

 

 

Vintage Italian vessel with abstract incisions

Carlo Zauli  – 1953

 

 

Ganesh

Ganesha

 

 

Ming Dragon vase

 

 

panathenaic-amphora-prize-trophyBritish-Museum

Attika black-figured Panathenaic amphora

500BC-480BC

 

 

Jingdezhen Porcelain Painting-Dragon Phoenix plate

Jingdezhen porcelain Dragon/Phoenix charger

 

 

 

Europa riding bull-by Marcello Fantoni-Italy

Europa riding bull by Marcello Fantoni

Italy

 

Qing Dynasty Dragon Column

 

 

Anne Claire Martin Ceramique

Anne Claire Martin ceramique art

 

 

Goebel Artis Orbis Cambra Skade Porcelain Modern Vase

Goebel Artis Orbis Cambra Skade Porcelain Modern Vase

 

 

Janos-Torok-Rare-shape-overglaze-paint

Janas Torok Mid-Century stylised vase for Zolnay

 

 

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‘Fenollosas Column’ and ‘The arch of lumps’ — originally I believed they were ceramic sculptures but they are actually produced from crushed cars.

John Chamberlain

 

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John Chamberlain ‘Le First’

 

 

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‘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

 

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Giovanni de Simone Italian vintage vessels

 

 

Hermannsburg-Historic-Precinct-Tour-Alice-Springs-from-10-with-Welcome-to-Country-Book-now-Terms-an

Hermansburg lidded pot decorated with outback landscape

 

Wayne Quilliam photo

Wayne Quilliam photo

 

Italian Mimo--Parrucca Octopus Vase

Italian Mimo Parrucca Octopus Vase

 

 

antique-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 absract dish

Jim Robison abstract dish

 

Large-Sculptural-Vase-2-by-Dena-Zemsky

Large Sculptural Vase 2 by Dena Zemsky

 

 

Megot-assembles-geometric-shapes-to-build-an-individual-style-where-harmony-and-rhythm-collide-whilst-always-respecting-the-space-he-is-working-in

 Mandalas inspired contemporary rock art by Megot

Reunion

 

MELANDRI-PLATE-PIETRO-BOWL

Ceramic charger with street dancer motif  —  Pietro Melandri

 

 

vintage vase -by-Schramberger-Majolikafabrik

Vintage 60’s vase by Schramberger majolica factory

 

Carstens-Mid-Century-vase

Large Carstens brutalist relief textured vase

 

 

 

Monochrome Carolyn Genders photo- Steye Speller

Monochrome — Carolyn Genders

photo Steye Speller

 

 

Lawrence Namoki Hopi Ancient Ones Awatovi Pottery

Lawrence Namoki — Hopi ‘Ancient Ones’ Awatovi Pottery

 

 

Lynda Benglis Stacked Forced Bunch 1993 glazed ceramic 28.5ins

Lynda Benglis ‘Stacked Forced Bunch’

1993 glazed ceramic Height  28.5ins

 

 

Massier-Bouteille ceramique

Cedric Massier – Boutelle

 

 

Matryoshka dolls otherwise known as Russian nesting dolls are one of Russias most iconic toys and vintage symbols

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 jewellry

Namibian girl selling clay figures and native jewellery

 

 

 

poodle figurine of St Clement 1930

Red poodle figurine of St Clement

1930

 

 

Linda Damgoor Kandinsky _Stoneware vessel stains white glaze

Linda Damgoor  – ‘Kandinsky’

Stoneware vase with stains, white glaze

 

 

Mia Tyson underwater nudes vessel

Mia Tyson underwater sea nudes vessel

 

 

Mia-Tyson underwater oceanscape

Mia Tyson — underwater ocean-scape b/w vase

(luvin’ the foreground hand perspective)

 

 

Toshiko TakaezuClosed form with reddish brown salt glaze. Very small aperture at the top

Toshiko Takaezu  — Closed form with reddish brown salt glaze. Small aperture at the top.

 

 

Mette Maya-abstract poltmorpe vases

Mette Maya – abstract polymorpe vases

 

 

Mikhail Vrubel-The Pearl

Mikhail Vrubel – ‘The Pearl’

 

 

Milan VI Art Triennial. Painted Pottery Jar made by the House of Art Albissola Head design De Salvo

Painted Pottery Jar made by the House of Art Albissola

Milan VI Art Triennial, Italy

 

 

Neighbours -- Marty Ray

‘Neighbours’ — Marty Ray

 

 

paul-Dimmer72Antipodean-Venus-2008Paul Dimmer – ‘Antipodean Venus’ooo

 

 

Samarkand Artistic ceramics of Uzbekistan_Chris de Fernandez

Samarkand Artistic ceramics of Uzbekistan – Chris de Fernandez

 

 

Antique Japanese porcelain vase Fukagawa Meiji_period_19t century

Antique Japanese porcelain vase

Fukagawa Meiji period 19th century

 

 

Red goat figurine ceramic handmade red animal sculpture original design Inna Olshansky

Red goat figurine ceramic handmade —  original design

 

 

red ceramic bull- sculpture-Inna Olshansky

Red ceramic bull sculpture – Inna Olshansky

 

 

Rene Buthard cubist Art Deco vase

Cubist Art Deco vase  — Rene Buthard

 

 

Thrown porcelain footed bowl Graham Williamson

Thrown porcelain footed bowl — Graham Williamson

 

 

 

The Flo Motifs ball in Emaux by Nicolas Blandin Longwy

The Flo Motifs ball  by Nicolas Blandin for Longwy

 

 

 

Mirta-Morigi-Ceramica-Contemporanea-

Mirta Morigi Ceramica

Italy

 

Danser Malkovsky Ceramique craquelee blancheThe Malkovsky dancer 1925

Art Deco ‘Danser Malkovsky’ –  Ceramique craquelee figure   – Joel Martel

 

 

Pam Schomberg footed slab vase

Pam Schomberg footed slab vase

 

 

Berber Kabyle pottery vessel

Berber Kabyle twin handled pottery vessel

 

 

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase with Sgraffito

Clyde Burt ceramic vase with abstract sgraffito

USA

 

 

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Concave rainwater  collecting roof

bm design studios architecture

 

 

Jean Gerbino coffee set

Jean Gerbino mosaic (nériage ceramics) coffee set

 

 

seeds london gallery Olivier van Herpt

Olivier van Herpt 3D printed ceramic vase

 

 

West Bengal village pottery workers

West Bengal village pottery

 

 

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Italian brutalist table lamp

1960s

 

Jenson Ceramics Saggar fired personal work

Jenson Ceramics saggar fired vases

 

Round-Tree-Pottery-parrot-vase

Round Tree Pottery relief parrot vase

 

 

Peter Bodenham Bottle Form

Peter Bodenham  – ‘Bottle Form’

West Wales

 

Vlad-Surovegin-vase

Vlad Surovegin vase

Livemaster

 

 

Whirlwind Vase-Passionclay

‘Whirlwind Vase’ – Passionclay

 

 

miro street sculpture in Mallorca

Miro street sculpture in Mallorca

 

 

Persian Schools Relief in the Hall of a Hundred Columns depicting King Xerxes

Persian Schools Relief of  King Xerxes in the Hall of a Hundred Columns

 

 

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Ana Dominguez  — Red clay sculpture

Nacho Alegre photo

 

Reiko-Miyagi-tree-plate

Reiko Miyagi – Tree of Life ovoid plate

 

 

Carstens-Tonnieshof-1007-27-vintage-vase-design-by-Gerda-Heuckeroth-1963-West-Germany

Carstens Tonnieshof pumpkin imspired vintage vase design by Gerda Heuckeroth

1963 West Germany

 

 

Joanna Powell-vase with vivid dercoration

Joanna Powell vase with vivid decoration

 

Tiki cups Joanna Powell

Tiki cocktail cups –  Joanna Powell

 

Karl OLynch von Town Austrian 1869 1942 Snowy Peak in Sunlight

Karl O’Lynch von Town  — ‘Snowy Peak in Sunlight’

 

 

Kurt earthenware with glazes and enamels by Jenny Orchard

‘Kurt’ – ceramic  hybrid creature by Jenny Orchard

 

 

See-with-the-heart-plate-earthenware-with-glazes-and-enamels-48-x-35cm-Delinquent_children_-Jenny_Orchard-picture-021

‘See with the heart plate’  — earthenware with glazes and enamels

Delinquent children series by Jenny Orchard

 

 

Mitch-Lyons-Ceramic-Art-pottery-ideas-ceramic-art

Mitch Lyons teapot with liquid slips musician motifs

 

 

 

RADA-Kazemachi -- Reiko Miyagi

Kazemachi (favourable breeze) –  Reiko Miyagi

RADA

 

 

floral-vase-Nancy-Gardiner

Nancy Gardiner

 

askos from Canosa di Puglia depicting goddess Nike the head of Medusa and horses 3rd century BCC

Askos from Canosa di Puglia depicting goddess Nike, the head of Medusa and leaping horses

3rd century BCC

 

Moving Pictures tea pot-Marty Ray

‘Moving Pictures’ – Marty Ray

 

 

Larry Spears Wake Up America

Larry Spears ‘Wake Up America’ teapot

 

 

 a pair of Lorna Bailey artware jugs stylised owls limited edition

Lorna Bailey stylised owl jugs

 

 

Anna-Jage-Madonna-and-Child-batik-on-parchmen-anna-jaeger-mutter-mit-kind

Madonna and Child batik — Anna Jaeger

 

 

Scheurich Montignac West Germany bull Vase

Scheurich Montignac West Germany bull and horse vase

 

 

Anjani Khanna at Mirta Morigi Ceramica Contemporanea

Anjani Khanna sculpture — Mirta Morigi Ceramica Contemporanea

 

 

Barcelona Mosaic Salamnader

Mosaic Salamander

Barcelona

 

 

Important-Famille Rose Hu Vase Qianlong

Famille Rose Hu Vase Qianlong

 

 

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Barocco-‘Destructured Head 2500′

Chris Broc

 

Undulating-Journey-Reiko-Miyagi-plate

‘Undulating Journey’ – Reiko Miyagi

 

 

Their collaborative paintings – new maps for ancient earth – remind us of Tarnanthis call to rise forth to keep moving and inventing AGSA

‘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’

 

 

 

Transcendent Sacred Ground

 

The Breadknife, Warrumbungle National Park-----Alan Wigginton

‘The Breadknife’, Warrumbungle National Park, Australia

 

 

Our extraordinary planet is truly blessed with many fascinating locations of natural power and visual intrigue filled with earthly empowerment and uplifting terrains.

Sacred sites are typically parts of the natural landscape such as rocky outcrops, hills, springs, caves, trees, ridges, gorges and mountains. They are frequently in remote and secluded locations with distinctive features and appearance, sometimes highlighted by monoliths, pinnacles, geometry, light, water and other unique aspects. They serve as a focal point for ceremonies, celebration, worship, pilgrimage, contemplation and seeking blessings. Sacred landscapes tend to have an otherworldly visage and create a sense of timelessness and detachment which can assist in raising a visitors consciousness.

 

Granite monolith at Mt Kinabalu

Ecstatic granite monolith at Mt Kinabalu, Borneo

 

 

‘Antara’(Infinity) – a pair of prominent rock holes aligned in parallel that mark the passage of creator beings.  With a  rock formation that depicts outstretched fingers on the edge.

APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Ranges

South Australia

 

 

Blue Canyon---Arizona

Blue Canyon—Arizona

USA

 

Granite Dome

 Granite Dome – Erika Sharpe

Girraween National Park, Queensland

 

Natural rock formation at Hanging Rock

Natural rock formation at Hanging Rock, Victoria

Mildly Extreme

 

 

Rock pool Karijini-National-Park,

Rock pool,  Karijini National Park

Australia

 

 

Mt. Alkhanai, a sacred mountain to the Buryats people, Siberia

Natural stone archway on Mt. Alkhanai, a sacred mountain to the Buryats people

Siberia

 

Cinque Torri — Luca Campigotto

These inspiring modernist peaks are what I would expect to be towering over the north of Italy in the Dolomites

 

 

 

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Lodge Rifugio (bottom left)

Tofane Mountains  2137-metres

 

 

Sleeping Lady, Mount Sustina, Anchorage

 

Atlas-Mountains,-Morocco.-Curvilinear-geometric-designs-pecked-and-then-ground-into-the-summit-of-large-stepped-sandstone-blocks-resting-on-sandstone-bedrock

Geometric Rock Art, Atlas Mountains

Morocco

 

The ‘Mushroom’ rock in Wadi Rum desert, Jordan

 

 

Dalwallinu--Buntine-Rock

Dalwallinu–Buntine Rocks. Profile of a woman with cascading hair.

WA

 

 

 Atlas Mountains Petroglyph – Eliptical spirals carved into the rock face.

Morocco

 

 

Caesarea Pilgrimage stone arches

Caesarea Pilgrimage stone arches

 

 

Pulka Karrinya Sacred shard, Mount Wedge, Australia

Site where the Tjapaltjarri and Napaltjarri Rainbow Serpent spirits dwell.

 

Red fox in front of the Vilyuchik Volcano,

Resting red fox in front of the Vilyuchik Volcano, Russia

 

 

NASA's-Curiosity rover on the summit-of Mount Sharp

NASA’s Curiosity rover on the summit of Mount Sharp, Mars

 

 

Pilbara Petroglyph -- Photo by Doug Fost

Pilbara Petroglyph — Photo by Doug Fost

 

 

Nyungar Owl Stone at Red Hill

Photo Ken Macintyre

 

pointed desert dock

Howling wolf pointed desert dock

New Mexico

 

 

prehistoric-temple-Tormore-site-on-the-Isle-of-Arran

Prehistoric Temple site

Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland

 

 

Sacred Mount Alkhanai,, Siberia

Sacred Mount Alkhanai, Siberia

The Mongols, Shamans, Buddhists and indiginous Buryats circumambulate this mountain

 

 

Cape LeGrande-National Park

Cape Le Grande National Park

WA

 

 

Large carved stone, nestling on the slopes of Wangsan, 0n one of the peaks in the Jirisan region (Korea)

 A giant turtle-shaped rock weighing 127 tonnes and is carved with ornate designs. It rests flat against the mountainside, and is said to be a strong Chi source.

 

 

Pilliga Forest sculpture

NSW

 

 

Carved Magdala stone

Sea of Galilee, Israel, 70AD

 

 

De Na Zin-Wilderness Area

De Na Zin Wilderness Area

New Mexico

 

Natural Moai profile

Hanging Rock, Victoria

 

Dragon Rock, Lake Baikal

Russia

 

Hiro Nishikawa–Weirs Creek

The Crag

 

 

Group of carved mantra stones and objects left by pilgrims.

The custom of placing a pilgrim stone or memorial at a holy place or along its  path is an ancient practice in both the East and West.

 

 

stone monument Japan

Ancient stone monument, Japan

 

 

submerged Kadadora Viharaya lies under the waters of the Kotmale reservoir

Kadadora Viharaya lies under the waters of the Kotmale reservoir

Sri Lanka

 

 

Kangaroo Island ancient rock

Black mica, bluish quartz, and pinkish feldspar comprise most of the granite of the ‘Remarkable Rocks’

Kangaroo Island

 

 

Kelly Thorpe climbing K9 Stroll-Cambuslang

Kelly Thorpe climbing K9 Stroll, Cambuslang

 

 

King Neptune, Pinnacles Desert

WA

 

Landscapes Electric by Joshua Cripps (US) Stirling Falls, New Zealand

‘Landscapes Electric’ by Joshua Cripps (US)

Stirling Falls, New Zealand

 

 

large hoodoo at Little Egypt

Large hoodoo (used to refer to an eroded pinnacle of rock) at Little Egypt

Utah

 

 

ceramic books Lotte Glob

Ceramic books created by artist Lotte Glob

 

Markawasi (Marcahuasi) Plateau is located high in the Andes Mountains

Markawasi Stone Forest Plateau is located high in the Andes Mountains

Peru

 

‘Fist Of God’ – Mark Goff

Paria Rimrocks – Utah

 

 

Three Goanna’s Pool

WA

 

 

zenandtheartofclimbin

Zen And The Art Of Climbing

 

Garden-of-the-Gods

‘Garden Of The Gods’

Colorado Springs. USA

 

Uluru-central-Australia

Uluru, Australia

 

Rock puppy at pool

Desert Queen Baths Gorge

 

rock face wadjina cave at the Grampians

Wadjina cave at The Grampians

Victoria

 

 

Ochre Pits in the West MacDonnell Ranges

Ochre Pits at the Inarlanga Pass

West MacDonnell Ranges, South Australia

 

 

Hierve el Agua petrified waterfall

Oxaca, Mexico

 

 

Wilsons Promontory skull rock

‘Skull Rock’

Wilsons Promontory, Victoria

 

 

Christian Fletcher Gallery - The Remarkables--Kangaroo Island

‘The Remarkables’ –Kangaroo Island, SA

Christian Fletcher Gallery

 

 

The Sarma Gorge Buryatia-Lake Baikal Olkhon Island

Lake Baikal Olkhon Island

The Sarma Gorge, Buryatia, Siberia

 

 

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park

 NT

 

Uran-Dushe-Mountain.-It-says-that-the-mountain’s-masters-are-heavenly-blacksmiths-–-'darkhans'-–-lead-by-the-deity-called-Damdin-Dorlig-Sakhyusan

Sacred Anvil – Uran Dushe Mountain

 

 

Visiting the highest caves at Chimphu---said to bestow blessings

Padmasambhava Samye Chinpu caves

 

 

Warrumbungle National Park---Grand High Tops

Warrumbungle National Park—Grand High Tops

NSW

 

Ricketts Sanctuary

Dandenong Ranges

 

 

Yakushima Japan-view-from-mountain

Yakushina Megalith at summit

Japan

 

 

Stargate-of-Aramu-Muru--Peru

Portal Doorway Stargate-of Daramu Muru

The spiritual doorway of the Incas on Lake Titicaca

Peru

 

 

Stefani Peak on Mount Olympus by Dretakis Manolis

Stefani Peak on Mount Olympus

Photo by Dretakis Manolis

 

The-ancient-city-of-Hattusha,was-the-center-and-capital-of-the-Hittites

The ancient city of Hattusha

Turkey

 

Turret arch-in-Arches National Park-in-spring-with-snow,-Moab, Utah,-USA

Arches National Park

Moab, Utah,

 

 

Mt Barney National Park

‘Secrets of the Scenic Rim’ – Robert Rankin

S.E Queensland, AUS

 

 

Dragon stones near the monastery lake (in the Geghama mountains, Armenia), the largest of which is about 3.5 m. They are placed near the sources of natural-artificial pools and springs, symbolizing the unbridled power of the element, the awakening of nature, fertility, abundance.

 

 

Murphy's Haystacks - Megaliths on Eyre Peninsula South Australia

Murphy’s Haystacks – Windswept megaliths on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

 

 

Giant rock boulder at Daga Kataba Ethiopia

Giant rock boulder at Daga Kataba

Ethiopia

 

Tutu Fela, Ethiopia

TARA Trust

 

 

The Summit of Precipitous Bluff,-Tasmania

The summit vayu mudra at Precipitous Bluff, Tasmania

I Am Footloose And Free

 

Rocky Precipitous Bluff,Tasmania

Precipitous Bluff,Tasmania

 

 

Brahmagiri-Village children

Brahmagiri village children

I did this capture with an Olympus Om1

 

While on a month long Yatra (pilgrimage) through Maharashtra, we decided to visit the Trimbakeshwar temple, which was in proximity to the Lord Rama caves of Nashik. As we drew closer to our destination, the terrain began to reveal a more distinctive and unusual appearance and I was feeling a growing feeling of anticipation. Upon arrival it was immediately obvious when I saw the commanding crescent ridge of Brahmagiri Mountain which was a spectacular backdrop to the temple.

My travelling companion and myself were instantly transfixed by its vibrational power and beauty and we were instantly drawn towards it and immediately embarked on our unplanned journey to its summit.

 

Cascading water down the Brahmagiri steps in the rain

For the remainder of the day we climbed the 750 steps carved into the stone ridge that ascended to the peak without any feeling of fatigue while imbibing the enlivened spirit of the mountain. The chance discovery of the meditation cave of Saint Gahaninath and seeing the source of the Holy Godavari River was the highlight. The most rewarding discoveries are usually the unexpected ones.

 

 

 

A natural trident aligned with the meditation cave of Gahaninath at Brahmagiri, India

 

 

Stone carved path at Brahmagiri

 

 

Waiting for a train in Maharashtra. Urmila, my Yatra companion, on the far left.

 

 

 

Balancing rock in Chillagoe

Balancing rock in Chillagoe

QLD

 

mushroom-rock at Ennendi Plateau Chad aeolian

Aeolian geomorphology on the Ennendi Plateau, Chad

 

Ennedi-Desert-in-Chad -- Laurent Lepecheur

Chad Jumbo – photo by Laurent Lepecheur

Ennedi Desert in Chad

 

Coral gilia---Lower Mule Mountain Utah

Coral gilia—Lower Mule Mountain,

Utah

 

 

burrunju sacred location

Newly opened site, photo Antony Lynch

Burrunju, south east Arnhem Land

 

 

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Japanese dinnerware — utilitarian and decorative

 

 

Black and white ceramic bowls – Mataichi Suzuki

 

Japanese cuisine always guarantees a collection of appealing food, served with artful preparation, while being presented in an environment of tasteful and relaxing decor. Simplicity with refined detail is a feature of the cuisine and is a reflection of the Zen aesthetic that permeates the Japanese arts. Gyoza, miso soup, yakitori, umeboshi/kudzu soup, shushi, genmai tea, soba noodles, tempura, teppanyaki, kukicha, always feature in my selections. Sometimes you are able to witness ceramic wares of high quality which adds to the enhancement of the experience.

 

Akashino Wari Takadai Gui Tei

Akashino Wari Takadai Gui Tei

 

Kiyomizu-yaki-tea-cereal-bowl

Kyoto bake – Kiyomizu yaki tea/cereal bowl

 

 

Donburi with Oribe pattern glaze

Donburi with Oribe pattern glaze

Ichi Pottery

 

japanese cuisine platter

Arranged Japanese cuisine platter

 

 

Bizen jar with irregular shape. Ryuichi Kakurezaki GALLERY JAPAN Japanese traditional art crafts

Bizen jar with irregular shape  —  Ryuichi Kakurezaki

 

 

--Black-glazed teabowl with red and olive-green slip-glaze patterning and impressed surface

Black-glazed teabowl with red and olive-green slip-glaze patterning and impressed surface

Wada Morihiro

Joan B Mirviss

 

Nakashima-dining-Japan

Nakashima dining – 3 Star Michelin restaurant in Hiroshima

 

 

japan-cuisine

Nakashima restaurant

 

Chef Ryusuke Nakatani dedicates himself to showcasing the produce and seafood of Osaka and Kyoto

Ajikitcho Horie

 

Restaurant Shimonoseki Shunpanro

Restaurant Shimonoseki Shunpanro

 

Inua japanese dining

Inua japanese food

 

 

Shimonoseki Shunpanro restaurant

 

Wada Morihiro vase

Stoneware vase with incised and resist decoration in cream, brown and purplish-black slip — Wada Morihiro, Japan

 

Glazed abstract plate Japanese

Glazed abstract Japanese plate

 

Abe Anjin incised vase

Abe Anjin incised vase

 

 

A child's vessel that nurture a compassionate heart

思いやいの心を育てる子供の器

{A child’s twin handled mug that nurtures a compassionate heart} – Mataichi Suzuki

 

Akasaka----Kobe beef-Kaiseki--Albert-Lim

Akasaka—-Kobe beef Kaiseki

photo by Albert Lim

 

 

Morino Taimei Contemporary Bottle Form Vase

Morino Taimei — contemporary bottle form vase

 

 

geometric-pattern-round-bowl-large

Geometric pattern large round bowl

 

 

Jun Matsuo----cracke glaze vessel

Jun Matsuo — cracke glaze vessel

 

 

Four,Two-Please -- Tokyo Japan

Four,Two-Please restaurant — Tokyo, Japan

 

 

fujiya cuisine

Fujiya cuisine

 

ceramic sauce jug

Ceramic sauce jug

 

 

ramen noodle bowl - feldspar glaze

Ramen noodle bowl – feldspar glaze

 

Feldspar glaze plus black glaze Shochu cup

Feldspar glaze plus black glaze Shochu cup

 

Esquisse restaurant Ginza

Esquisse restaurant, Ginza

 

ceramic dish made from iron-rich red clay

Dish made from iron-rich red clay

 

cruet Bluebird - handmade cruet, for condiments, delicacy and objects.

 ‘Bluebird cruet’ – handmade cruet, for condiments, delicacy and objects.

Mataichi Pottery

 

 

Lidded condiment bowl  —  Mataichi Pottery

 

Akira Satake chawan tea bowl

Akira Satake chawan tea bowl

 

Bird and flower design bowl in black paint -- Kazu Yoneda

Bird and flower design bowl in black paint by Kazu Yoneda

 

 

black plates with patterns

Black/white plates with patterns — Mataichi Pottery

 

 

Japanese cuisine

Adhitya Rizky photo

 

 

Pottery bowls with ash glaze, black glaze, matte glaze, iron goth

Pottery bowls with ash glaze, black glaze, matte glaze, iron goth

Creema, Mataichi Suzuki

 

Ginza-Shinohara restaurant

Shinohara restaurant, Ginza

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Gion Sasaki restaurant

Gion Sasaki restaurant

 

 

Haiyu Sai-Ash Glazed Tsubo Jar

Haiyu Sai – Ash Glazed Tsubo Jar

 

 

Hakuhoyu Koro-(Incense Burner with Grapevine Branch ash glaze)---Shigeo Takemura

Hakuhoyu Koro-(Incense Burner) with Grapevine Branch ash glaze—Shigeo Takemura

 

 

Handmade pourer bowl with handle

Handmade ceramic pourer bowl with handle

Mataichi Pottery

 

 Hiroshima Nakashima

Hiroshima Nakashima

 

 

Ikebana by Kawase Toshiro

Ikebana by Kawase Toshiro

 

 

incense burner

Iron glaze Incense burner — Yasutaka Shimizu

 

 

Koto karaku performer

 

Ceramic mortar bowl

 

 

Earthenware clay pot- Maitachi Suzuki

Creema

 

Isshisoden Nakamura restaurant--Kyoto

Isshisoden Nakamura—Kyoto

 

 

Izumita Yukiya san's vase

Izumita Yukiya san’s vase

 

 

 

Kako Katsumi---Snowy rice bowl

Kako Katsumi — Snowy rice bowl

 

 

 

Kakudo pot---Lidded-vessel

Kakudo pot — Lidded vessel

 

 

Kaneta Masanao,-Japan--kurinuki teabowl

Kaneta Masanao,-Japan–kurinuki teabowl

 

 

Kazuhiro KATO--Jar with light red decoration

Kazuhiro KATO–Jar with pastel red decoration

 

 

Keiyaki · Kiyomizu-yaki tea ceremonial bowlKyoto Shibu · Kiyomizu cooking tea ceremonial bow

Keiyaki · Kiyomizu – yaki tea ceremonial bowl

 

 

Ken Matsuzaki, Beni Shino Houhen (vase),

Ken Matsuzaki, Beni Shino Houhen (vase),

 

 

Kiln-name---Toshin-SongKiyomizu yaki pairs

Kiyomizu yaki pairs    – kiln Toshin Song

 

 

kumano-kodo-pilgrimage-route

Kumano Kodo pilgrimage path—-

 

 

Large noodle bowl

Creema

 

Japanese potter Okamoto Sakurei

Okamoto Sakurei

 

Vase with vertical threads Venetian walk through the streets , 2003---Yoichi Ohira

 ‘Venetian walk through the streets’ ,  — Yoichi Ohira. 2003

Glass vase with vertical threads

 

 

Ryoho Izumi----assorted ceramic bowl set

Ryoho Izumi—-assorted ceramic bowl set

Tohgoro

 

 

Takeo Kobiki--Bizen flower vessel

Takeo Kobiki — Bizen flower vessel

 

 

Ryoho Izumi----Earthenware Pot

Ryoho Izumi — Earthenware Pot

Tohgoro

 

Yasutaka Shimizu-bowl set

Yasutaka Shimizu – ceramic bowl set

 

 

Hiroshi Sakai tea cup

Hiroshi Sakai tea cup

 

 

L'Orchestrata-resteraunt

L’Orchestrata Japanese restaurant

 

Masaru Nishikawa-ceramic pig

Masaru Nishikawa ceramic pig

 

Ash Glaze Cat--Nishikawa

Ash Glaze Cat — Masaru Nishikawa

Tohgoro

 

Michelin-3-Star-Restaurants-in-Tokyo-RyuGin

RyuGin Restaurant, Tokyo

 

 

Michelin-starred-sushi-kanesaka-at-the-okura-prestige-bangkok

Kanesaka at the Okura

 

Mihara Ken ceramic sculpture

Mihara Ken ceramic sculpture

 

 

Mikawauchi-Yakin---Tohara-kiln-·-Arita-ware

Mikawauchi Yakin—Tohara kiln-·-Arita ware

 

 

Pink Saki set Mino Ware

Pink Saki set Mino Ware

 

‘Red Fuji’ – Three-dimensional porcelain panel painting

Mitsuo Matsuzaki

 

 

Kei Nakane---ceramic oribe platter

Kei Nakane — ceramic oribe platter

 

 

Nishida Shinya---Zxougan Ginsai Guinomi

Nishida Shinya—Zxougan Ginsai Guinomi

 

 

Nishihata Tadashi-Tamba Clay vessel

Nishihata Tadashi – Tamba Clay vessel

 

Octagonal flower vessel partially covered with white slip. Tsutomu Yamato GALLERY JAPAN Japanese traditional art crafts

Octagonal flower vessel partially covered with white slip. Tsutomu Yamato

Gallery Japan

Ogata-Shinsei-Kenzan

Ogata Shinsei Kenzan style cup

 

 

Oribe glaze is applied to red soil, a deep Oribe color appears in response to iron contained in the soil and other factors. The color is also changed by adding a comb

Incised dish with oribe glaze

 

Oribi lidded box

Oribi lidded box

 

 

Oribe platter

 

 

Seizan in Tokyo is a Two-Michelin starred kaiseki restaurant

Seizan in Tokyo

 

 

 

Shigaraki vase by Honiwa Rakunyu

Shigaraki vase by Honiwa Rakunyu

 

Shimizu Takeshi lidded vessel

Shimizu Takeshi

 

Shimizu-yaki dumpling towa Flower crystal (yellow)

Shimizu-yaki dumpling towa, flower crystal (yellow) glaze

 

Small, undulating vessel with abstract cedar motif design 1991 Wada

Undulating vessel with abstract cedar motif design

 Wada Morihiro, 1991

 

 

Tamawarai restaurant, Tokyo

Tamawarai restaurant, Tokyo

 

 

Tamawarai  –  Michelin Starred Soba Restaurant

Tokyo

 

 

Tamiya Shinya sake bottle

Tamiya Shinya sake bottle

 

 

ribbed teardrop fish platter

Ribbed teardrop oribe ceramic platter

 

 

Tomimoto Kenkichi vase--Mirviss

Tomimoto Kenkichi vase

Mirviss

 

 

Torso-shaped vase with thin neck and green, black, brown matte patterned decoration--1992

Torso-shaped vase with thin neck and green, black, brown matte patterned decoration

Wada Morihiro, 1992

 

Tsubo ceramic vase.-Vlad Surovegin

Tsubo ceramic vase – Vlad Surovegin

 

 

Wall pocket cow vase

 

 

Wada Morihiro

 

 

wabi-sabi-japanese-ceramics-Japanese tea bowl from the Edo period.

Japanese tea bowl from the Edo period

 

 

Nezumi Shino Chawan---Ando Takumi

Nezumi Shino Chawan—Ando Takumi

 

 

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Courtyard creations – enhanced earth

 

 

Ochre and jade green Moroccan courtyard

Moroccan courtyard – Ochre with jade green highlights

 

I’m looking at residential courtyards with the key emphasis being on prominent earth features using design elements like decorative rocks, stone paths, ceramic tiles, planters, earthy tones and stone walls. I am in the process of modifying a home design which has a central courtyard (a rarity these days) that has close proximity to a laundry and bathroom. This  isn’t ideal from a Feng Shui perspective, due to the running water depleting the Earth, which can be disruptive to the whole balance as this element is crucial to harmonizing all the elements.. This can be remedied by fortifying the instrinsic Earth element of the middle courtyard and avoiding the presence of fountains and other water features and cooling colours. In addtion, as wood attacks earth (5 Element Theory), large trees, wood decking.and other decorative elements using wood will need to be kept to a minimum. When combined with fire features like a toro stone lantern, red decor aspects and fire pits, this will enhance the Earth element and help regenerate it. The addition of metal with the fire also supports the energy flow of the earth (5 Element Theory)

Traditional Japanese courtyards favor the presemce of large rock features and stone, emphasised by the inclusion of open spaces using gravel, sand and moss (which has a milder growth aspect then the use of larger trees). The main courtyard entrance sometimes used a rounded moon doorway (Mon (門) threshold) becauses like the tortoise, the combination of the curve with a straight line was a symbol of heaven and earth and encouraged the movement of chi.. Arched doorways also attract an enhanced chi flow.

 

 

Image by Joachim Müller

 

 

garden in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, landscape architect Judy KameonDesign-Al-Fresco-1stdibs

Interior courtyard garden, Silverlake,  Los Angeles,

Landscape architect Judy KameonDesign

 

Cactus courtyard

 

 

Contemporary courtyard with blue/white tiled mural

 

 

Ubud garden, Bali

Balinese courtyard, Ubud

Kayon Jungle Resort

 

 

Azure blue Persian courtyard

Azure blue Persian style courtyard

 

 

Greek style courtyard with bourganvillia canopy

 

 

balcony courtyard

Burnt orange/ochre decor highlighting the earth aspect of the courtyard, further supported by the fire pit and the metal patina back wall. A fire feature in this sector directly opposite the entrance to the central courtyard, on its peripheal, is an ideal location to stimulate the earth.

 

 

Zen courtyard black and white

Black paving stones dramatically in contrast with the snow in this Zen inspired courtyard, exemplifing the power of ‘Ma’ (間) negative space

 

 

minimalist contemporary Zen garden

Minimalist contemporary Zen garden

 

japanese garden , contrasting gravel color

Japanese garden with contrasting gravel color. The open expanse of gravel symbolizes the eternal conscioussnes with the rocks representing islands.

 

 

French inspried symmetrical garden

Symmetrically aligned topiary trees and shrubs

 

 

Rich colored Faiz Mahal, Khairpur, Pakistan

Faiz Mahal, Khairpur, Pakistan

 

 

In Lucca, Italy, the loggia of the grand Villa Torrigiani boasts 17th-century frescoes

The loggia of the grand Villa Torrigiani with 17th century frescoes.

The Trompe l’oeil mural enlarging the appearance of size.

Lucca, Italy

Mediterranean style courtyard with stone archway and rounded borders drawing +ve chi inside

 

 

 

Karrinyup Courtyards –  CultivArt Landscape Design

 

modern courtyard

Fire pit courtyard feature

 

Huge Buddha wall mural, Bali

 

 

 

Van Den Berk nuseries

Traditionally designed Japanese garden.

Van Den Berk nurseries

 

Tuscan Italian-courtyard

Tuscan interior courtyard

 

Moroccan courtyard with a Persian wall feature and an abundance of earthy palettes.

 

 

Japanese-Courtyard-Gardens,-by-Katsuhiko-Mizuno

Japanese Courtyard Garden by Katsuhiko Mizuno

 

 

japanese garden with stone paving

Zen garden landscaping with stone paving and Toro stone lantern

 

 

wall of greenery courtyard

Designed by Judy Kameon of Elysian Landscapes, LA

 

 

lemon and lavender decor

Garden decor lemon and lavender

 

 

Kyoto Koi pond courtyard, natural rock

 

Miami paradise garden

Spainish theme garden, Miami

 

 

Traditional Zen garden featuring white sand, rocks and moss

Zen garden featuring white sand, rocks and moss under a large Japanese maple tree. Asymmetry and Irregularity (Fukinsei) is a consistent aspect of a Japanese garden due to it having a higher dynamic of motion and its curvy movement attracting the luck of the dragon, especially if the courtyard faces East.

 

 

large olive green planters

Large green planters highlighting the symmetry

 

 

big planter Italy

Large Italian planter

 

 

Elevated garden beds create the impression of a sunken courtyard and added depth

 

 

courtyard gardern with hedge wall

Courtyard gardern with hedge wall and curvaceous vintage backdrop

 

 

Courtyard garden in Chur

Large garden with Japanese Maple in huge planter

Courtyard in Chur

 

ceramic tiled courtyard,

Moroccan themed ceramic tiled courtyard

 

 

Hacienda Mexicana entrance to Spainish styled courtyard

Hacienda Mexicana entrance to Spainish styled courtyard

 

 

Boho courtyard decor

Boho patio/courtyard with Moroccan rugs

 

 

rusticl Italian courtyard

Rustic Italian courtyard with orange tree

@mylavenderroselife

 

 

Potted olive trees and mirrored arch to enhance the light and size of a tiled courtyard

 

 

Vermillion red wall  fortifiying the Earth by virtue of the 5 element Mother Son relationship

 

 

Slim-Aarons,-Melina-Mercouri1961

Melina Mercouri in Italian courtyard

Slim Aarons, 1961

 

Moon door courtyard portal

Inviting Moon Door courtyard portal

Youyicun garden

 

 

patterned ceramic tiling fow a safer grip

Patterned ceramic tiling for a safer grip

Aleluia Cerâmicas

 

Delightful patio decoarative panel

 

Archway entrance to courtyard

 

 

Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

© Janmiko1

 

 

Contemporary courtyard with an ideally located sun symbol and fire pit

Designrulz

 

 

courtyard of the Riad Jaaneman in Marrakech

Courtyard of the Riad Jaaneman in Marrakech

 

 

 

Islamic geometric tiled courtyard in Morocco

 

Myouman ji Temple garden courtyard

Myouman ji Temple garden courtyard

Hide and reveal Miegakure (見え隠れ) design

 

Spandau,Citadel lifesize figure sculptures

Spandau,Citadel fortress courtyard

 

 

Satoyama garden courtyard

Satoyama garden courtyard, Japan

 

 

Spainish style central courtyard

 

 

Hugh Cornwall Robertson large floor vase

Hugh Cornwall Robertson — large floor vase

Useful for adding a splash of red.

 

 

petite courtyard

Lush hidden courtyard

 

Hoachlander Davis Photography--Landscape Architecture by Allen Russ

Landscape Architecture by Allen Russ

Hoachlander Davis Photography

 

 

Royal Mansour Hotel, Marrakech

Rahef Design

 

 

Orientalist tile effect

Orientalist tile effect realised with Mamounia Sky rug featuring Persian geometrics

 

 

natural stone paving Japanese style

Raised natural stone Japan style paving

 

 

Minimalist Indoor Zen Garden

 

 

zengreen piece1-Joan Relke

Zengreen sculptural ceramic piece by Joan Relke

 

 

Intricately detailed Moroccan courtyard

 

 

Climbing sinuous ghost gum as the central feature balanced with the grounding horizontal lines of the timber slat wall

Patio ODS Architecture

 

70s courtyard slim aarons

‘Barbados Bliss’ 70s courtyard by Slim Aarons

 

 

Stone wall framed by classical pillars with large fountain

Stone wall framed by classical pillars and arches

 

Turquoise and white courtyard

 

 Cypress tree lined courtyard, Verona, Italy

 

large-terracott planters

Large terracotta pots in courtyard

 

Sublime  Morocco colour palette – duck egg blue and burnt orange with hints of chalky jade and salmon.

 

 

Riad Yasmine, hotel in Marrakech Morocco

Riad Yasmine, private boutique hotel in Marrakech Morocco

 

 

Sunset- Phoenix garden cactus wall with terracotta planters

Sunset Phoenix garden cactus wall with terracotta planters

 

 

Villa in La Quinta California

Villa courtyard in La Quinta, California

 

 

Babylonian hanging garden courtyaard

Babylonian inspired courtyard granduer

 

blue and white courtyard

Greek inspired blue and white courtyard, inlaid pavers

 

Sail Again' Nic Noblique,-Large-Blue-Powder-Coated-Steel-Sculpture

‘Sail Again’  — Nic Noblique

An abstracted form near the entance is good for attracting movement

 

 

Jay-Winters--Moorish tiled Garden Fountain

Moorish styled tiled garden fountain

Jay Winters–flickr

 

 

Mirei Shigemori Garden Museum

                                                                                                                                                         A Classic Japanese courtyard

Mirei Shigemori Garden Museum

 

 

Dubai courtyard

Antonovich Design – Dubai

 

 

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Captivating clayarts adulation

 

 

White porcelain Royal Dux water bearer figurine

White porcelain Royal Dux water bearer

 

 

A collection of ceramic pieces, lively in diversity, colour and designs.

 

—-“indeed this substance, with its precious humility becomes, through its indestructibility, the most faithful bearer of man’s message. As far back as one goes in time, the works of humanity, from prehistoric times, have reached us not through stone which crumbles and wears away, or through metal which oxidizes and becomes like powder, but through slabs of pottery, the writing on which is as clear today as it was under the stiletto of the scribe who traced it.”  …..  Bernard Leach

 

Charles-Schneider---Le-Verre-Français---exceptional-and-rare-Art-Deco-vase-circa-1927-29,-signed-Le-Verre-Francais-and-Charder-(contraction-of-Charles-Schneider)

Charles Schneider—Le Verre Français Art Deco vase

circa 1927

 

Alisher Nazirov,-Alisher Rakhimov, Abdulla Narzullaev (Uzbekistan) ceramic artisans

Alisher Nazirov, Alisher Rakhimov, Abdulla Narzullaev (Uzbekistan) ceramic artisans

 

Katsunori Sawa--Trax Gallery

Katsunori Sawa — Trax Gallery

 

Korbito-Yo Japan

Korbito Yo

 

Gambone Guido vintage vase

Guido  Gambone vintage vase

1955

 

 

Fratelli Fanciullacci-'Spiral'-Italian-Ceramic-1950s-60s-Vase

Fratelli Fanciullacci ‘Atomic Spiral’ Italian vase

60s

 

Italian Ceramic tile--Gio Ponti--Richard Ginori

Italian Ceramic tile–Gio Ponti–Richard Ginori

 

 

Vintage Italian pitcher - Meli Salvatore

Vintage Italian pitcher – Meli Salvatore

 

Midcentruy ceramic landscape table

Otello Rosa—San Polo—Venezia

 

Paoli Pillin Paperweight-decorated with horses,-Los Angeles, late 20th-c

Paoli Pillin Paperweight – decorated with horses

Los Angeles, late 20th century

 

Peter Sparrey rose vase

Stoneware vase — Peter Sparrey

copper red glaze with iron decoration

 

 

 

Peter Voulkos ceramic plate-1957

Peter Voulkos ceramic plate

1957

 

Rometti vase collection

Rometti silhouette vases

Umbertide 1930

 

Sargadelos Sargillos coffee set

Spanish Sargadelos Sargillos coffee set

 

Whirling Dervish SilleArtWork-etsy

Whirling Dervish – Sille Art Work @etsy

 

 

Walter Crane swan vase

Walter Crane swan vase

 

harvest grapes-Michael-Kay-vase

Michael Kay — harvest grapes vase

 

 

Rometti, vase -Dante-Baldelli-(1904-1953),-Umbertide

Rometti futurist vase – Dante Baldelli

 

 

Kumakura-Junkischi seed vase

Kumakura Junkischi

 

 

Kimball-Clay-Studio-with-exhibiting-ceramicist-Lauren-Gallaspy

Lauren Gallaspy

 

 

Joseph Mougin-porcelain soap dish

Joseph Mougin – porcelain soap dish

 

Joan Miró-sculpture--Personage-(1978)

Joan Miró sculpture — ‘Personage’

1978

 

Akio Takamori---1986

Akio Takamori

1986

 

 

Angelo Biancici---Madonna

Angelo Biancici—Madonna

 

Aztec Style Sun Image--Pottery Wall Mask Mexico

Aztec Style Sun Image Pottery Wall Mask

 

Jan-Edwards-ceramics

Jan Edwards serving platter

 

 

Jean Cocteau-labre de science-Centrotevola terracotta

Jean Cocteau-labre de science-Centrotevola terracotta

 

Face vase--Michelle Blade

Face vase — Michelle Blade, SF

 

 

Marliz Frencken-–-A vase is a painting…

Marliz Frencken -–- ‘A vase is a painting…’

 

 

Vally-Wieselthier-RARE-Austrian lidded box

Vally Wieselthier Ceramic Box

 

 

Losol Ware stanley pattern

Footed and lidded vessel – Losol Ware stanley pattern

 

 

Meli Salvatore mid century vintage jug

 Salvatore Meli mid century vintage jug

 

 

Mentori Tokkuri faceted Saki bottle

Mentori Tokkuri faceted Saki bottle

 

Artic Rim--Merilyn Wiseman NZ ceramics

‘Artic Rim’ — Merilyn Wiseman NZ ceramics

 

 

Terracotta-Dining-Collection-and-Ceramic-Vases-by-FAINA---Victoria-Yakusha-Yellowtrace

Terracotta Dining Collection and Ceramic Vases by FAINA

Design by Victoria Yakusha – The most obvious visual reference to terracotta in the collection is the ZTISTA table, which in Ukrainian means ‘made of dough’. Yakusha explains her particular inspiration as “the spontaneous and naïve designs of a dinner table shaped by hand with a technique, that our ancestors used to create a hut-hut.” The base resembles a hand-made hunk of clay, complete with irregular perforations, though it is in fact made from steel, flax rubber, biopolymer, and cellulose.

 

 

 

Jessica Jordan Ceramics---Green Lands

‘Green Lands’ — Jessica Jordan Ceramics

 

Sculptural Vessel  – Jessica Jordan

 

 

Mermaid-Bowl,'-Large,-Important-Art-Deco-Sculptural-Piece-by-Waylande-Gregory

Large Mermaid Bowl, Art Deco Sculptural Piece by Waylande Gregory

 

 

Midcentury Ceramic Italy Italian Large Lobster Vibrant Colors Red Blue 1960's Pottery---

Midcentury large ceramic Italian Lobster

Vibrant Colors Red Blue 1960’s

 

 

Bursting with life floral display

‘Bursting with life floral display’  —  Mohamed Alba

 

 

ceramic bowl -- Nani Champy Schott

Ceramic bowl — Nani Champy Schott

 

 

Stoneware dragon floor vase by Gunnar Nylund, 1950s

Barnebys

 

 

Eric-Astoul ceramic sculptural vase

Eric-Astoul ceramic sculptural vase

 

 

fuginaim-etsy

Fugi Naim doll figurines

Fuginaim etsy

 

 

Abstract face tikes--G. Şahin Kütahya--Turkey

Abstract face ceramic tiles panel — G. Şahin Kütahya

Turkey

 

 

Glazed earthenware table –Salvatore Meli, 1953

 Colourful, mythical dog base

 

 

John Chamberlain -- Fenollosa's Column and The Arch of Lumps (right)

John Chamberlain — Fenollosa’s Column and The Arch of Lumps (right)

 

 

John Maltby-cup

John Maltby

 

 

Neera Gatti footed jug

Neera Gatti quad footed jug

 

 

Raoul Dufy fauvist underwater vase

Raoul Dufy fauvist underwater decor vase

 

 

 

Italian Art Nouveau vase F Pierrott

Italian Art Nouveau (liberty) vase – F. Pierrott

 

 

slip cast moulded vase, exposed underglazes and matt glazes-Caroline Cole

Caroline Cole slip cast moulded vase, exposed underglazes and matt glazes

 

 

Justin Telhet vases

Justin Telhet vase set

 

 

Klaus Fußmann jug vase

Klaus Fußmann jug vase

 

Ancient Greece vessel

 

Zoomorphic-polychromed-tripod vessel

Zoomorphic polychromed tripod Mayan vessel

 

 

Art Deco Clarice Cliff, 'Bizarre' vase

Art Deco Clarice Cliff, ‘Bizarre’ vase

 

 

Contemporary Japan Vase-by Hiraga Taeko

Contemporary Japanese Vase by Hiraga Taeko

 

 

Ceramic sculpture Horseman---Vladimir Mudrenko

Ceramic sculpture Horseman—Vladimir Mudrenko

Ukraine

 

 

Christe Soledad

Christie Soledad

 

 

Tang Dynasty Horse, China

Tang Dynasty terracotta horse, China

 

 

Mother Of The Universe Vase--Joey Le Meche

Mother Of The Universe Vase — Joey Le Meche

 

 

Vintage craquelure -/ vase-France-50s

Vintage craquelure vase, France 50s

 

 

Satsuma Pottery; Japanese, Vase, Baluster-Form, Bird & Flowering Branch, 12 inch.

Satsuma Pottery Vase, Baluster Form, Bird & Flowering Branch,

12 inch height

 

 

Yoichi Ohira lidded ceramic vessel

Yoichi Ohira lidded ceramic vessel

 

 

Kaku Hayashi Japanese ceramics

Kaku Hayashi

 

 

Laminated porcelain Lunar, small bowl by Dorothy Feibleman

 ‘Lunar’ – Laminated porcelain small bowl by Dorothy Feibleman

 

 

Kaku Hayashi ceramic sculpture

Kaku Hayashi ceramic sculpture

 

 

Mari Simmulson for Upsala Ekeby-ceramic vase

Mari Simmulson ceramic vase for Upsala Ekeby

 

Meli Salvatore monumental vessel

Meli Salvatore monumental vintage vessel

 

 

Poole charger

Poole charger

Rob’s Poole Pottery Blog

 

 

Shozo Michikawa

Shozo Michikawa

 

Huge Merino sculpture

Huge Merino sheep sculpture

Australia

 

 

Polia Pillin-(1909---1992);-Bulbous vase with-women and bird10ins height

Polia Pillin–Bulbous vase with women and bird

10ins height

 

Theo & Susan Harlander-Brooklin pottery vase

Theo & Susan Harlander – Brooklin pottery vase

 

Hinrich Kroeger porcelian poodle

Hinrich Kroeger porcelain poodle

 

 

Alessandra Foletti exhibition –  Galerie La Bouee, Cherbourg, France

19th March to 11th July, 2021

 

Shoji Hamada japanese pottery

Shoji Hamada

 

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