Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

 

 

Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan.

 

 

Join me on a journey into the  calm inducing  clayart zeniverse

 

Zen is a term that encapsulates a feeling of peace, oneness, and enlightenment. It also describes a form of Buddhism in which meditation is used to remain present and non-judgmental. Zen is practiced diligently over a lifetime using a state of meditative calm in which one uses direct, intuitive insights as a way of thinking and acting.

Zen is such a potent, appealing aesthetic, even modest contemplation arouses its presence. In times of chaos and upheaval the ocillations tend to be more extreme but the centre remains unmoved and stable.

Simple, gentle, grounded designs with graceful lines reflect the calmness of the centre and reinforce its endless appeal. Curves allude to circles which ultimately go on to surround a centre. Since time immerorial spun pottery has been a promoter and saviour of the curve and was born from a creative circlular motion.       

Zen is the Japanese pronunciation of a Chinese word, ch’an, which comes from a Sanskrit root meaning “thought,” “absorption,” or “meditation.” And contemplation is at the heart of Zen, along with an emphasis on self-control and insight.

Its heartening to witness the sublime attributes of this traditionsl design being widely appreciated.

 

 

@beatorello

 

 

Hilary Coole –‘the bees knees’ sunflower vessel

 

 

Supatra Marsh is the maker behind Blank Earth, a one women show carving kurinuki ceramics for a slow-living life.

 

 

Decembrance 2017 – Catherine White

 

 

 

Ann Ferguson

 

Photo by Chathurika Munasinghe

 

 

Vintage Japanese ceramic vase — The maker, Hobart

 

Galer a Soledad Christie

2019

 

Monika Debus

 

Kusamono planted with I rises and moss

 

 

Laura Bell

 

 

Barbara Hepworth

 

 

Wood-Fired Ceramic Ikebana Flower Vase, (Hizen) Kuromuta Yaki,

Maruta Nobumasa, Japan, 1950s

Gary Drostle’s ‘Fishpond’ mosaic

 

 

Veronique Sellies – Earthly Design Studios

 

 

Denby Arabesqe

 

Matthew Metz — Pitcher

 

Zero Reincarnation, —  Hayashi Kaku

2020 –  Joan B. Mirviss

 

Hayashi Kaku — ‘Eternal Currents’ exhibition

I earnestly wish that tomorrow’s wind will be one of hope. In my latest work, I tried to express that ‘hope’ and ‘prayer’ in different ways.”

 

 

Rare Ellis Pottery Table Lamp c1960

 

 

Ellis salt & pepper shakers & jug

 

Joey Chiarello ‘Good fortune Koi’

2011

 

Laurie Goldstein -~- Teapot Black and white

 

 

Ricky Maldonato

 

Tonino Negri, Italy

 

 

Chawan — Akira satake ceramics

 

Marc Tran photo – MAKI Studio

 

 

GARDEN-OF-EDEN collection

Amii Tsang

 

“I am grateful to have the freedom to make what my heart desires” — Amii Tsang

 

 

Lzette Felthun

 

 

Vintage Japanese MCM Sukiyaki Green Glaze, Crackling Texture, Hearts Cut-outs Medium Tea cup

Ageless Desert Finds

 

 

Hans Arp sculpture

 

 

Heather Knight (@elementclaystudio)

 

 

Jonathan Yamakami

 

 

Jonathan Yamakami

 

 

Jonathan Yamakami

 

 

Clay Canoe

 

Clay Works by Japanese Potter Yoko Komae

 

 

Derek Jungarrayi Thompson

(Maku) Witchetty Grub V, 2023

 

 

Devrim Sevim Aykac

 

 

Jens Balkert

 

Claude Conover , A Rare Peeptah Stool stoneware

 

Claude Conover square bowl, stoneware

 

 

Jon Keenan — Yellow Bottle with Iron Base

 

 

John Keenan – Karatsu

 

 

Clay Canoe Mokko Scribe

 

 

 

Mashiko ceramic coffee cup

the maker

 

 

Leanne Stonehouse photo – Mt Warning

 

#3-Decembrance, 2024

 

Barry Blight

 

Tokkuri-—-Akir Satake ceramics

 

 

Pouring tea – Japan ceremony

 

 

Sandra Byers sculpture

 

 

Sound of popping tree nuts 3 — Yukico Yamada

 

 

Charlers Catteau

Gres Keramis vase decorated with stylized vines on a crackle background

 

 

Madoura teapot – Picasso Vallauris

 

 

Jay Kvapil

 

 

Lucie Rie — Oval vase with pitted spiral,

ca. 1965

 

Shinhee Ma – SMA Ceramics

 

 

Slab Vessel Wood fired stoneware with rutile glazekeenan

 

 

Round wall panel Mountains Decor Texture paste  with white painting

 

 

Courtyard with solitary tree and stone.

 

 

Vintage MCM black and white vase

 

Vintage Plate with Japanese Geisha Woman

 

 

Winter Birch Yunomi Tea Cup

 

 

Yoko Komae’s clay works

 

 

 

Constantin Brancusi – Torso of a Young Girl, 1922

 Harvard Art Museums

 

Soledad Christie

 

 

Iñaki San

 

 

Hans Coper — Vessel

 

 

Liz Vigoda

 

 

Kinki, Honshu, Japan

 

 

Warren MacKenzie — Small Charger

 

Small rare vase, H. Muller Croismare, Muller Freres

around 1910

 

 

Waterfall Stone—-Abegawa River, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan—–Kenichi Oguchi

 

 

Zen Decor shadow

 

 

Samba dining chair by David Aguirre for Aguirre

 

 

Tania Rollond – bushwalk kaigu set – 2016

 

 

Vintage Japanese ceramic vase—-the maker

 

 

Rufous sibia

 

Sung Jai Choi

 

Susan Garnett

 

Glass Vase – Minimalist Design – Elegant Curve

 

 

Vase with four yellow dried wildflowers

 

Fred Kaemmer

 

 

Sergei Dubrovskii

 

 

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