John Newdigate
‘Chain Reaction‘-2023
Aire Goutt –‘Spring Forest’
‘Broken Circle’ — M E Taylor Ceramic
Compressed ovoid glazed earthenware jug with hand-modelled and underglaze painted decoration of a windswept tree landscape, incised.
Merric Boyd, 1937
Orchids dancing in my neighbours herb garden
Nature inspired decorative rhythms
Nature is blessed with both predictable and chaotic rhythms, which is highly fortunate because our very survival depends upon it. We are presented with daily vistas that show perpetual motion through the movement of light, shadows, currents, waves, breezes and a myriad of natural kinesis. Shape, colour and perspective are continually stimulated to reveal a sublimity of designs and it’s easy to see why many artists have expressed how they are deeply influenced by the innate beauty and rhythms of nature.
The symbiosis between the artist and the natural world is obvious and the constant flux of the elements is forever feeding this lively dynamic. From sunrise to dawn, throughout the changing seasons, a vast array of colours and moods all contribute to this inspiration and it’s remarkable how we are gifted with such a rich display of natural art. Its easy to grasp why the forces of nature are often referenced as a source of inspiration to artists.. Patterns, textures, form, colours, light and shade are all used to reflect movement and its associated rhythms.
Handpainted Polish MCM porcelain plate
Jung claimed that nature is a symbol of spirit while the philosopher Thomas Aquinas observed that the divine reveals itself in nature. Pythagoras of Samos (570-495BC) stated that there is geometry in the humming of strings, there is music in the spacing of spheres.”
The elemental Chineses Animals are on a 60 year rotation so the last time we had the very feminine Water Rabbit leading into the creatively potent Wood Dragon was 1963/64. That era was an extraordinary time of emboldened artistic flow and innovation, introducing new rythyms, both musically and visually.
This post will be an exploration of art that might be again alluding to that exceptional direction of lively rythyms in design and structure with soul enriching art, similtaneously considering the influence of the rhythms of the natural world in decorative choices.
Anna V Freeman — monumental vase
XYLEM II
‘Dancing with a free spirit’ — Liselotte Watkins
Vase by Lindstrand for Orrefors
A1 enhanced fashion image, a recent paradigm shift in art expression. A1erama adaption of composite photoshopping.
Peaceful cloud textures
Barbara Chadwick
Julie Woods – ‘My Grandmothers Country’
Australia’s indigenous inhabitants sometimes deliberatly walk lightly on the ground, their gentle steps being a display of their recognigition of the perfection of our earth and its elements and the contribution it makes to maintaining the balance between strength and vulnerability, while sustaining the natural order.
They revered their ‘Country’ as a living entity, which sustains all life and exists as a product of their Creator Ancestors.
For me, one of the creative highlights of this year was when a Matchstick Plant I was gifted with, unexpectingly bloomed into a triumpant, vibrantly pink and purple Bromeliad, which I had bever seen before.
Another was the arrival of a Huntswoman with her silk sack of spiders on the canvas blind outside my window. She stayed there for 21 days with dedicated devotion and didn’t even leave them for feeding herself. This was followed by witnessing the arrival of 34 babies out of the silk. All up about a 7 week gestation.
Joshua Tobey — King Of Jacks bunny creations
Cat lover sweater pullover
Steve Smith vase
Boho flair and flamboyamt floral flirtations raged in the 60’s The floral aesthetic featured strongly with the Flower Power designs attempting to introduce more gentleness as a counter balance to the harshness of war. I’m wondering whether we will see a new type of kombucha kindness manifesting against the current turmoil.
Melting floral tie-dye inspired Fall/Winter Collina Strada 2024 collection
Large cloisonné enamel jar and cover The slightly faceted sides of the globular body decorated with battling phoenix and dragon
Meiji period
Spring liberation of the Almond Blossom — Vincent van Gogh
The launching of a hot air balloon in Brazil
Ben Gufford
Vintage Bruno Brunetti — La Cava
Ceramic ‘Dogfish’
Revisited 60s style funk music was used for this video
Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery!
Bulbous French art deco, porcelain red & orange Stork vase
Ewer in the form of a dragon ca. 1600 Italian, probably Urbino
Carolyn Genders
Hand painted MCM Polish porcelain tri legged fruit bowl
Porcelain vase from Chenlu, China—Silktravels
Nicolas Quezada — Olla Redish Brown
Mata Ortiz
Celadon Bakji Tea Bowl — Ben Gufford
Bulbous art deco vase by Charles Catteau for Boch Freres Keramis
Anigozanthos ‘Kangaroo Paw’ displaying natures decorative rythym in a vivid orange
Clarice Cliff ‘Solitude’ 360 vase
Cobalt Aynsley English Bone China Hand Painted Butterfly Tea Cup and Saucer Set
Cody Hoyt asymmetrical vessel
Tufted coquette hummingbird—diversity of design from Mother Nature
Craig Medson sculpture
Hungarian Mid Century black and white vase
Shino glaze Vase by Hayashi Shotaro
Catherine White
Ceramic collection of George Lin
Recently acquired Red Cloud dragon vase. Typically, the majority of dragon illustrations display dramatic movement to invite the flow of luck.
Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
2024 is a Wood Dragon Year — height 17.3 inches
Melanie Ferguson
Adornos Para Casa — Abstract Minimalist Ceramic Bottle Vase
Jeti Ögüz rocks, Issyk Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan
Fabienne Fauvel vase
Hopi, Maria Martinez black pot
Merlin Cohen — ‘Neo Rhapsody’ sculptured from Canadian Chlorite
Portuguese vintage vase
Nightingale vase — Carlton Ware
Maureen Williams — ‘Altered Landscape’
Natasha Dikireva — Ganesha for Ukraine
Elizabeth Raeburn vessel – ‘Strata Bridge’
Art Nouveau style vase, 1905/1910, earthenware, height 30 cm,
Egisto Fantechi manufacture by Sesto Fiorentino,
Tuscany, Italy, 20th century
Ros Auld –‘Escarpment’
Her sculptural and functional work is informed by the dynamic forces, surface textures and subtle colours of the Australian landscape.
Mid century ceramic jug, vintage gold lava vase
Orange Mid Century Italian Vase by Bitossi
Tsukamoto Haruhiko sake set
Cat visiting Koi pond
Judith Ernst – ‘Flying to the Inside’ Green/Blue
Gambone Guido – ceramic rooster
1959
Goro Suzuki ceramic vessel
Ros Auld – ‘Incandescense’
‘I aim to express both the power and fragility of nature using materials from the earth, with an interplay between the monumental forms and delicate, complex surface textures.
Landscape is my source; more the accumulation of recollected impressions than particular sites: the weathered surfaces, textures and subtle colours of the Australian bush and patterns in the cultivated landscape.
Zsa Zsa – the creative freedom of Suzy Birstein
Aire Goutt sculptural vessel
Vase by Yagi Kazuo
Pottery Pappas
Helen Fuller cubist styled decoration
Hori Ichirō
Balanced rock — photo Carol Highsmith
Ingrid Saag nude figure vessel
James Whiting
USA
Hee Kyoung
Japanese Sumida Ware Vase With Two Men on Rocky Ledge by Inoue Ryosai II
Jar with white slip and connected ridge design
Jena Bedson ceramics
BOMATY Gogyo Shino Ware Tea Bowl,
Jill Rosenwald Vase
circa 1980’s.
Jitka Palmer jug
Judi Tavill Ceramics
Kakurazaki Ryuichi — bizen ware lidded vessel
‘Kei Mindscape’ by Ken Mihara
Vintage vase by Bertil Vallien
Jun Kaneko
Kyle Scott Lee
ES Keramik Vase West German Pottery Mid Century Modernist Fat Lava
height 20cm
Lemaire Gregoire
Lesley Baker — ‘Fly On Wall’
Ken abd Tina Riesterer – ‘Hold On To Peace Vase’
2021
Wollumbin National Park summit, also known as Mount Warning
The summit is famous for being the first location on the Australian East Coast to see the sunrise each day.
Sacred Mount Warning
Palm Blossom vase
Paul Evans — ‘Onion’
ca. 1960s,
Paul Soldner – Wood Fired Ceramic Vessel
Vintage Vallauris sailing yacht set — Tess Ceramique
Peter Voulkos Coffee Pot
Jose Reyes Martinez
San Juan de Oriente in Nicaragua
Marlize Myburgh
Geoffroy Pascal
Charles Catteau — ceramic vessel with stylized floral motifs
Rebecca Hillman vase juxtaposed against idyllic background
Rupert Andrews
‘Forms Within’ — Eiko Kishi
Vincent Schoepfer
Wada Morihiro
Marcello Fantoni
Yoko Imada, ‘Sei’ (Purity)
John Maltby — large stoneware spade vase, stylised landscape decoration with bird flying
Zsolnay Eosin glaze vase with Bird and Flower Decor
Lithuanian ceramicist Ula Sukyte
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