Clay

Studio Visit with Ceramic Artist Jenny Hata Blumenfield | Christie’s

Los Angeles-based mixed-media ceramic artist Jenny Hata Blumenfield helps us reconsider the place of ceramics and pottery in contemporary art. ‘I see clay as having the widest range of expression,’ she explains. ‘By working with it the way that I do, I hope that steadily people will start to receive this idea of ceramics or

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Why Porcelain Is So Expensive | So Expensive | Business Insider

Handmade ceramics aren't cheap, but porcelain is often even more expensive. Compared to other ceramics, porcelain is non-porous, white, and translucent. The secret to these differences is in the clay. But even for experienced potters, porcelain can be challenging to work with. So how is porcelain made and why is it so expensive? MORE SO

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A Legacy in Clay: The Ceramics of Pablo Picasso in Return to Earth

Presented September 21, 2013. 'Pablo Picasso: Life with Art' – Dakin Hart, Senior Curator, The Noguchi Museum, New York In this presentation Dakin Hart explores Picasso’s transition to ceramic practice after World War Two. Tracing the personal, social and political factors which lead to Picasso’s desire to create objects which merged both sculpture and painting

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