Pottery revelations on a whim and a prayer

June 30, 2013

Navajo Large Horse Hair Bears

( Santa Fe basket company )

Hunter Stamps – United-States

“Equus Altus” is a 5 metre high two-tonne pack horse, mounted atop a ten metre high 300mm square steel column – Trinity Leeds.

By Andy Scott

Benjamin Hubert photo – terracotta pots

Street art – Orgosolo, Sardinia

Jitka Palmer – ‘Song Of The Wandering Aengus’ – Bowl

Bevere Gallery, Worcester UK

Pair of Metal mounted Limoges vases

( Skinner Auctions )

Figurine factory

via Biscuit Studio Ceramics

Indian girl tightrope artist

Barbara Kobylinska

Pablo Picasso – Cannes, 1956

Suzuki Goro

( Mirviss.com )

Leafy Rosey Rococo Nautical Teapot with Feet – Amanda Eccleston

Zsuzsa Monostory

Aleluia Plates – c.1960

A sculpture titled ‘Shell Form’ (Abstract marble Natural Sculpture) by artist Charles Westgarth

Cloisonné Goblet Japan – 1876

The Walters Art Museum

Russian sculptress Elya Yalonetski

Mario Irarrázabal—Tutt’Art

Henry Moore sculptures at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

The Claw is an Intamin Gyro Swing located at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Colin Pearson (British, 1923-2007)

Insomia by Brenda Holzke

Repairing the arms of a Max Le Ferrier Art Deco figurine bronze statue.

“Boat in Terracotta” – Hannie Goldgewicht

Once the ceramic hand thrown portion was completed, Hannie weaved pine needles onto the base, trimming the basketry with a sea grass rim.

Betsy Youngquist figurine

Circa Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Photograph by Laura Lane

Matt Wedel – tree

The Spanish shepherd – Granada, Spain

( Photo – Thiaut Thibaut de Hollain )

Art Centre Mahno – S.Korea

Vintage 50s Ballet Dancer Ceramic Figurines Wall Plaques Made in Japan

( Ebay )

Sculptural teapot (by Noi Volkov) on display at the Renwick Gallery, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution near the White House, in Washington DC. “Mona Lisa/Van Gogh,” artist Noi Volkov utilizes the two sides of a head-shaped earthenware teapot to juxtapose two of the most popular images in the history of art: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” and a Vincent van Gogh self-portrait.

Le Cactus art deco building – Paris Colonial Exposition, 1931

Wandering Hill – Sentani, China

Alberto Sordi

Vase designed by Jurriaan Kok (1861-1919), Rozenburg, 1895/1900

Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche Faenza

Elephant teapot

Power Chi Stone

Nestling on the slopes of Wangsan, on one of the peaks in the Jirisan region (Korea), is a giant turtle-shaped rock weighing 127 tonnes. Its shell is carved with ornate designs. It rests flat against the mountainside, and is said to be a strong Chi source.