Famous Ceramic Works

11 innovative ceramic artists breathing new life into an age old art christopher david white.

Famous ceramic works.

Kuresumi works in porcelain and her work is almost all white. Eliane monnin is a french artist. Places and things once bustling and animated have succumbed to nature s mercy. Ceramicist charlotte mary pack creates beautiful wheel thrown pieces that double as homages.

8 artists working in the delightfully bizarre world of contemporary ceramics 1. Ceramic charger with iridescent glaze by beatrice wood. Ding ware is one of the five great song ceramics the five types made in this period that were highly prized by later chinese collectors. Elephant ceramics inspired by her rural maine studio s surroundings which include the eastern river designer michele michael uses color palettes true to the natural world.

James tower s work displays a variety of skillful approaches to the ceramic discipline including domestic pottery terracotta sculpture and large abstract forms artfully glazed so that they appear more as three dimensional paintings. Shiho kanzaki is a famous potter from japan. Her blend of enchanting. One of these modern masters is beatrice wood whose ceramic works from the 1930s to the 1990s expressed her interest in experimental glazes and forms that echoed the clean lines of early 20th century minimalism and the deep questioning of art s role inherent in dadaist thought.

Beate kuhn is a popular ceramic artist from dusseldorf germany. One such mysterious mark is the capital a found on a rare group of 18th century british porcelains. Marks like the chelsea anchor or the crossed swords of meissen are well known and were often pirated while the significance of others is uncertain. Top 10 great ceramic artists 1.

Ceramic objects are often identified by their marks. Your students are going to love them. Drawing inspiration from the sea she. The harmonious proportions and subtle lotus design of the jar are characteristic of the song period 960 1279 which is widely considered a high point in world ceramic production.

While christopher david white s surreal sculptures may look they re made out of wood they re. Using ceramics restoration techniques i dismantle dissect and recompose figurines from. Stoller s ceramic objects recall the figures and slick surfaces of dainty european porcelain sculptures or dutch still life vanitas paintings but they tackle ideas such as feminine beauty ideals or greed taking the form of female busts or body parts bedecked with fine frocks and sugary treats. The subtle array of visual effects and designs presented in the decoration of tower s work is artfully combined with the nearly primitive nature of their construction.