Famous Ceramic Works

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

Famous ceramic works.

8 artists working in the delightfully bizarre world of contemporary ceramics 1. 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. Ceramicist charlotte mary pack creates beautiful wheel thrown pieces that double as homages. One such mysterious mark is the capital a found on a rare group of 18th century british porcelains.

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. 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. Your students are going to love them. He makes the world s best pots with his good talent.

Ceramic objects are often identified by their marks. While christopher david white s surreal sculptures may look they re made out of wood they re. Kuresumi works in porcelain and her work is almost all white. Drawing inspiration from the sea she.

Beate kuhn is a popular ceramic artist from dusseldorf germany. 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. Using ceramics restoration techniques i dismantle dissect and recompose figurines from. Her work is filled with texture and pattern and has a strong.

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 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. Places and things once bustling and animated have succumbed to nature s mercy. Shiho kanzaki is a famous potter from japan.

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. Her blend of enchanting. 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. Top 10 great ceramic artists 1.