Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

 

 

Claudia Beldent – ‘At the party’

 

Adapting images to the curvature of thrown forms introduces many challenges such as shifting perspectives, limited space and the myriad of decisions involved in deciding how to apply the paint to the surface of the clay. Here is a selection of curvy vessels chosen for their vivacity and spontaneous stroke work along with highlighting the ingenuity of clayartists in creating and adapting hand painted art on sinuous forms.

 

 

Castelli twin handled vase, circa 1540, Italy

Sotheby’s

 

 

Anna Pottery quad legged, carved stoneware vase, salt-glazed with brushed cobalt highlights

 

 

Japonais vase pair

 

 

Laura Zindel botanical motif bottles

(Photograph by Jarrod McCabe)

To create her unique pieces, Zindel transfers her whimsical graphite drawings onto handmade dishware using a modernized version of the transferware technique, which was developed in 18th-century England for printing patterns on pottery with an engraved metal plate. Once Zindel’s drawings are ready, they’re photographed digitally and converted into black-and-white silk-screens, then printed onto individual pieces and refired in the kiln. (BostonMagazine)

 

Botellas y vasos — Alfajar, Spain

 

 

Matthew Metz — Large Pitcher

Schaller Gallery

 

 

 

 

Botellas y vasos from Alfajar — cubist Picasso style female head

 

 

Ceramic Pitcher Vase by Robert Picault, gold lustre highlights

Vallauris, 1950s

 

 

A fahua ‘Scholar and pine’ meiping vase

Ming dynasty – Alain Truong.

 

Gouda Pottery-Semi matte Glaze bird on branch vase

Zuid Holland, 1923

Skinner

 

 

Nathalie Djakou Kassi Creations hand carved ceramic vessels

 

 

‘Circles and Squares II’, ceramic, oxide, underglazes — ME Taylor

 

 

Bathers in yellow and black — Raoul Dufy & Llorens Artigas Collaboration

France

 

 

Teacup & saucer set Underglazes handpainted & airbrushed – Tanya Bechara

Australia

 

 

Hungarian artist Hansi Staël design for Secla of Portugal

 

 

 

Marty Ray

 

In the late 60’s I began classes in clay, creating sculpture and pottery. My first clay teacher was sculptor, Octavio Medellin and then potters, Michael Obranovich, John Miller (TWU) and John McElroy (SMU). Clay grabbed my full attention with all of the possibilities that takes more than a lifetime to explore.

Technique — (1) Scraffito thru black slip on white clay  (2) incised drawing on brown clay  painted with colored slip & glaze — Stoneware Clay fired to Cone 6 – electric kiln  

 

Marty Ray — ‘Festival’

Stoneware, Slip, & Clay  10.5 x 5 inches

 

 

‘City Skies’  —  Marty Ray

Stoneware, scraffito thru black slip with color underglazes

 

 

Marty Ray ‘Happy Cats’

Stoneware, Slip, & Clay-11×6-inches

 

 

Marty Ray-ceramic tea pot

Stoneware, Slip, & Clay

 

 

‘Interaction’   Marty Ray

12 x 7 inches

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Italia Liberty vase

 

 

Laura Bird — long haired ladies dish

 

 

Inna Olshansky ceramic raku fish sculpture

Israel

 

 

Jacques Innocenti,- Large Ceramic Vase Pitcher

 

 

Gouda –  stylized abstract design semi matte glaze Breetvelt Pottery Vase

Holland, 1920

 

 

 

Jenny Mendes bunny hug vase

 

 

‘Face Cups’ – Jenny Mendez

 

 

Jenny Mendes

Cats – Jenny Mendes

The descent of Jenny Mendes into the swamp of chaos and returning in triumph

I started the painting on this cup yesterday.(see above) I liked the drawings, and needed to fill in the details. Somehow, I lost my clarity and the background got totally confused. But I still really liked the figures, so I kept trying to fix it, only getting deeper and deeper into the swamp of chaos…… I actually almost gave up, it looked horrible and felt like a failure, and I was so close to throwing it into the trash, but still I really liked the initial drawings, especially this one, so I didn’t quit, and eventually, by washing back the surface I got to a place that I really liked. It kind of reminded me of Van Goghs starry starry night… But, it was tough getting there. Why am I writing this? To encourage anyone in their work not to take the easy way out, but stick with it and find a way out of the darkness when it isn’t going well. Up until this point for the last ten or so paintings I have done, it was easy, but on this one I really hit the wall, and then, like coming up to the surface of the water after diving down way too deep, and thinking I might drown, I surfaced, and with a new discovery! By wiping away the background, I created a really lively surface that excited me, and at that point the hours of distress that it took to get to that point were worth it……

 

 

 

Jenny Orchard bubble vase

 

 

Jenny Orchard

Sydney, Australia

 

Large majolica teapot — Kathleen Raven

BC, Canada

 

 

Three sided vase by Rybasolnca, Ukraine

 

 

Footed rectangular ceramic planter with figures drawings — by Rybasolnca

 

 

 

Rybasolnca ceramic plate

 

 

Dragon motif Chinese Famille Verte porcelain brushpot

probably 19th century

 

 

Picasso Matador and Bull ceramic jug

1950’s Madoura

 

 

Laurie Shaman

 

 

‘Pianissimo’ — Galina Bulganin, Russia

 

 

Boccale porcelain cup Royal-Copenhagen

 

 

 

 

Itallian Marcello Fantoni — ‘Five Ladies vase’

 

 

Martin Boyd lidded jar

 

 

Michael Anderson

 

 

Miltos Manetas large ceramic vase with abstract decoration

 

 

Cone vase with figures – Sally Hook

 

 

Sally Hook Festival Vessels in black and white

Height 51cm  &  55cm

 

 

Ceramic vase by Polly Courtin

 

 

Nicolas Rousseau footed bowl

 

 

Paul Louis Mergier – ovoid vase of copperware

 

 

Pol Chambost jug

 

 

Ceramic ‘Eared’ Vase ‘Vase à Oreilles’ with Horse by Roger Capron

1950’s

 

 

Hand painted ovoid vase by Rene Buthaud

Vase céramique émaillée craquelée. Vers 1920-1923.

 

 

Rorstrand ovoid vase with a musician and a female dancer

 

 

Royal Copenhagen ceramic vase by Johanne Gerber

 

 

 

Sandra Wray abstract figure vase

 

 

Sandra Wray vase with offset lip

 

 

Sandra Wray

 

 

 

‘Shot Putting’, earthenware bowl by Jitka Palmer

 

 

Painting a vase – Jitka Palmer self portrait jug

 

Titano San Marino asymmetrical abstract  vase

 

 

Vase à corps ovoïde with muscular hunter and mottled pattern– Rene Buthaud

 

 

Moorcroft Littoral Life vase, shape 300-13,- signed by Paul Hilditch

 

 

Vase Romano Innocenti

1958

 

 

Vintage Mexican pottery vase

 

 

Vintage Tlaquepaque ‘petatillo’ olla

 

 

Contemorary Celedon Porelains from Chen Lu, China

 

 

Waylande Gregory Art Deco rooster motif ceramic table lamp