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Tony Marsh: Perforated Vessel, with Attachments, 2022. Earthenware, glaze H: 12; Diam: 20 in (Collection of Judi Roaman and Carla Chammas) Ceramicist Tony Marsh does everything wrong. He mixes up weird clay formulas, he fires chunks of pure glaze, he layers assorted materials in topsy-turvy orders, he pokes tons […] When I see work being […]

As the Edo period was nearing an end, the conventions restricting female artists persisted. Shoen Uemura fought to open doors. © Uemura Shoen ‘Firefly’, 1913 and ‘Mother and Child’, 1934 – Wikimedia Commons TDR A woman of the people who was appointed court painter, Shoen Uemura (1875-1949) spent her […] She fought hard to make

Image Credit : INAH Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have revealed a collection of stucco Maya masks from the pre-Columbian city of Toniná. Toniná, meaning “house of stone” in the Tzeltal language, was originally called Po or Popo in Classic Maya texts. The city […] So much can be learned

Here is an artist who seems to create out of nowhere but who still speaks directly to the audience through his art. As he says, “Through Ceramics I found other fathers and big brothers.” In this statement he is referring to his literal and soul connection with Japanese artists. Click this link to see a

Chinese archaeologists recently discovered a large group of terracotta figurines from a tomb in a group dating to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) in Datong, Shanxi province. Numerous burial items, primarily earthenware figurines, were found in tomb 113 and contained dozens of burial objects, the majority of which were […] I do wish modern ceramic

Art “Auk Morai R,” clay, plaster, and resin. All images © Tomàs Barceló, shared with permission Following a series of fantastic steampunk busts, Tomàs Barceló continues to sculpt figures that infuse classical foundations with otherworldly, mechanical visions. The Cala Millor, Mallorca-based artist shapes faces and limbs from fragmented shards […] It’s always exciting to see

Betty Woodman was known as an artist who pushed boundaries in the art world. The art dealer David Kordansky, in a recent interview, called her one of the first ceramists “to be treated seriously.” He said she forced the point “that ceramics could contend with the greatest high art.” […] Betty Woodman was and is

Beatrice Wood, 1908 We need to talk about Beatrice Wood. The last surviving member of the American Dada movement, the ceramicist, the artist, the writer, the actress, the lover, and let’s not leave out, the inspiration behind the headstrong character of “Rose” in the movie Titanic . Beatrice was […] Click here to view original

Xia Shaohua and his clay works based on Peking Opera figures The Buddha once remarked that everything can be found in something as seemingly insignificant as a grain of sand, a dropped leaf or a flower petal. Xia Shaohua sees the world through the medium of clay and fire. […] Click here to view original