As 2014 starts to shut up shop, its time for some contemplation, possibly on a zoetrope pot, or maybe some reflection with some clay doodling. The above image is of Russian potter Mikhail Sadovnikov, doodling in the clay, to create captivating mandalas on his pottery wheel. Guaranteed to get the creative juices fired up, while maybe provoking a hypnotic trance from staring at the motion of the wheel for too long.. The prolonged focus and concentration is a meditation in itself. I’m sure for some, the act of manipulating clay on a wheel is a therapeutic and relaxing pastime. Conversely, if a stressful episode with the clay ensues, try unwinding by placing a pot with zoetrope animation on the wheel, and observe the graceful imagery unfolding( see video below ) I couldn’t think what else a zoetrope pot would be useful for as you need a spinning wheel for it to be effective.
Alternatively, from the world of wabisabidom, most whimsical forms of delight tend to favour an asymmetrical form, emboldened with colours but also can be symmetrical shapes with abstract decorations. Occasionally, purely symmetrical forms also capture a subtle hint of whim and character, usually from the mood of its creator. Featured is mainly handbuilt, whimsical, wondrous, enthralling art pieces from the inexhaustible creativity of numerous clay artists and sculptors.
Zoetrope relaxation ( minus the squeaky wheel )
Experimental animation meets pottery from Crafts Council on Vimeo.
Zoetrope 2
Katya , Cyprus
Contemporary porcelain, wheel thrown, hand carved vase by Lynne Meade
13″ height 9″ width
Alice in Wonderland statues – Greenwood Gardens, NY
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The guests in Robert T. Freeman’s Black Tie seem to be wondering what Katherine Lane Weems’s Striding Amazon (Revolt) might be up to.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
AntyDiluvian – flickr
Art Deco building, Helsinki, Finland
Art Deco Cat Jug – Ditmar Urbach, Czechoslovakia
Large scale vases – Elizabeth von Krogh, Norway
Barcelona Art Nouveau – Hydroelectric Antigua de Catalunya
Ceramic wall art by Blue Rainbow
Constantin Brâncuși Bird sculpture
Sara Paloma duck egg blue stoneware bottles
‘Chasing the Djinn Teapot’ by Marylin Andrews
Craft Alliance – Hot Tea
Leukocytes – Sasha Bakaric
Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery, NY
Cintha hand building a vessel
Heron Ceramique, France
Lidded vessel – Heron Cermaique
Art Deco wall relief – Commonweath Edison Substation, Chicago, IL
Photo by Man Ray
1931
Scott Bennett cup and teapot
Craft Alliance
Altered Bottle Form – Keiko Coghlin
MudFire Gallery
Erin Furimsky
Teresa Girones pottery busts and figures
Greg Scott
Anu Penttinen
Mid-Century Bird Sculpture By Sascha Brastoff
swanbox-etsy
Helen Konig Scavini – Lenci elefante figurine
Roger Capron street sculpture, Valbonne, France
( Near Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes )
1982
Temple guardian statue – Indaia
Abstract camel sculpture – Naoshima, Japan
Lidded box – Joanna Howells
John Maltby
Lenci – Torino, Itlay
Linda Styles 2005
‘Face to Face Totem’ – Liza Halvorsen
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French sculpteur céramiste – Mélanie Bourget
Monika Jeannette Schödel-Müller
Zsolnay jug – 1950
Crystalline Glaze Vase – Paul Adams
Elegant contemporary teapot – Ragnar Naess
Guinea Fowl – Gabrielle Lindemann, UK
Art Nouveau gate – photo by Raymond Dejong
Isamu Noguchi 1904 – 1988
Vase from Muuto – Closely Seperated
Scandinavian design tradition of interpretation with a new perspective emerging as a result. This sculptural vase refers to the beauty in the dissonance, a piece with a unique form and exclusive style. Designer: Michael Geertsen
mutlumikrop shop
Vases designed by Stephen Burks. Made from scraps of Missoni knitwear-—-cast off’s from the fashion industry, these vases are covered in a knit patchwork and sealed with a resin.
Gilbert Valentin- mid-century vase-Vallauris, France
João Abreu Valente
John Bedding
“My work now is mainly low fired. The clay body is a white talc body that I mix myself. It has low thermal shock properties that allow me to use raku techniques, and a blowtorch if I feel the need. Some of my pots I fume with metal salts of iron, cobalt, and chrome. Another technique I have recently developed is to raku fire pots with a copper slip-glaze and apply paternating chemicals to the fired pot. This starts an erosion process in the glaze, which completes the cycle that a potter starts when he reconstructs eroded materials into pots.
Melanie Ferguson
Melanie Ferguson Ceramics, “Coastal stones rolling ashore, crashing waves, eroding hillsides, the swirling ripple on water’s surface, and the vibrant colors and rhythmic patterns of the ocean’s flora and fauna provides me with endless intrigue and inspiration. My hand-build earthen and stoneware vessels are influenced by this symbolic gesture of how energy moves in and around organic objects to reshape their form, bounce light and crush the old to cast anew.”
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Ceramic ‘Totems’ by Marsha Karagheusian
Porcelain Sneakers – Sootcookie
Porcelain Sneakers – Sootcookie
Nazca Polychrome vase
Pre Columbian Peru
Jo Crawford bowl, Australia
‘Quintet’ – Catherine White
Prickly Bear – Bothy Vineyard
‘On Top of Everything’ – Vipoo Srivilasa
Pumpkin carving by Marilyn Sunderland.– Columbia, Missouri
‘Eskimo Child’ by Sophie Woodrow
Grenseloos Art Exploring art trail in IJhorst
– Hanneke van den Bergh
Anne-sophie Gillioen
Majolica vase with mermaid handles
The Campo del Cielo Meteorites
Mexican ceramic bird vessel
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‘Mother and Child’ by Irish ceramic sculptor Christy Keeney
New Orleans statue at the French Market
Figure uli, New Ireland, PNG
Nineteenth century.
Marcello Fantoni 60’s vase
Carstens Vase
Andrew Dewitt
Jitka Palmer ” Diving “ vessel
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