Thursday, March 12, 2009

Functional Pottery Animals

Functional Pottery Dragons

These pottery dragons were created by Christy Crews Dunn.
Christy creates pottery of almost any kind of animal you can imagine. All animals not only are beautiful, but also practical. If you haven't noticed, one of them is a lamp, and the other is a teapot! They are all individual and unique.

Functional Pottery Animals by Christy Crews Dunn

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Christy Crews Dunn

Friday, November 21, 2008

The clothing from ceramic shards

Li Xiaofeng is Beijing artist


Porcelain fragments from the Ming and Qing dynasties

Li Xiaofeng is Beijing artist who creates clothing piece made from traditional chinese ceramics.
He makes the clothing from ceramic shards coming from the song, ming,yuan and qing dynasties, which are sewn together on a leather undergarment. Some of his projects include a suit jacket and tie as well as a number of mid-length women’s dresses. In Xiaofeng’s studio, piles of ceramic pieces sit in bins sorted by date, colour and shape. ‘save as: contemporary chinese art born of ancient traditions’ currently running at the Virginia Miller Gallery is his exhibition debut outside of Asia.

virginiamiller.com

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Hayashi Shigeki Ceramic Art

Hayashi Shigeki Ceramic Art
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The ceramic and porcelain work by Japanese artist Hayashi Shigeki is really impressive. He took tradition Japan ceramic art works to another level. He hand made, oven bake each piece.

Hayashi Shigeki, from Tajimi City, draws inspiration for his ceramic figures from images from science fiction, animated film and Japanese comic books known as manga?all of which have attracted him since he was a child. He comes from a region of Japan famous for the production of porcelain domestic ware, and he says "In order to express my ideas as art, I have found that porcelain is the best medium. However, I do not think of my works as ceramic pieces."