Showing posts with label ceramics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ceramics. Show all posts

Monday, May 8, 2017

Color Theory - White

edmund de waal & josef albers



de waal's vessels and a selection of albers' homage to the square paintings
would make a great installation
-imo-

two nice books



the albers book includes some of his works on paper




Sunday, July 13, 2014

Flower Pots

cecile daladier
 french ceramicist and gardener

lovely to see a keen eye for simplicity

the lichen is a nice complement
work is sold by weight-even her business model is simple

hand formed raku



Saturday, October 5, 2013

Petaled Pot and Petaled Paper







images 1 & 3
rare
'ding' bowl
northern song dynasty (960-1270)
diameter 5 3/8 inches
fine chinese ceramics & works of art
19 march 2013-20 march 2013
lot 94

images 2 & 4
charles rennie mackintosh
sketchbook of travels in scotland and a tour to kent, 1895

Monday, September 24, 2012

chinese stoneware

cizhou-type ware bottle
yuan dynasty
13th-14th century


image here

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Charles Lang Freer

japanese satsuma ware
edo period, 18th century
decoration attributed to kano tangen
-collected by charles lang freer-
in his inventory notes, freer described the scenes depicted on these pots as 'whistlerian'


images from freer|sackler
in
The Peacock Room Comes to America
clever

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Chawan-Japanese Edo Period, 17th Century

another chawan
with tiny gold lacquer repair
just because i think they are so beautiful



sold at christie's

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Chawan

japanese
edo period
chawan
gold lacquer repair

-i love that care was taken to restore everyday items-
...enhancing their beauty and making them more desirable...

image from christie's

Friday, May 7, 2010

Loved Items


kirstie van noort's porcelain cabinets
for displaying
tiny treasures


Sunday, October 4, 2009

Curating Ceramics

potter, writer and curator of site-specific installations

the v&a commissioned an installation by de waal in celebration of the opening of their new ceramics galleries
the installation, which opened september 18, 2009, is entitled signs & wonders
-carlo-please go see this for me-
below are images from the artist's website, i could spend hours here looking





images from edmund de waal
-found via the blog particules-
-thank you! i am so excited to know about this artist-

Ceramic Works of Art

ceramicist




this last group reminds me of a morandi
images from nathalie derouet
-found via the lovely blog bientot demain-

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Beautiful Backdrop and Cups

thought these painted incised walls were incredibly beautiful
images from celine hwang's blog wooow
i believe her lovely cups are for sale on etsy (search wooowykceline)

maybe this is a room in her studio in taipei