See that guy? I bought him at MICA’s Art Market this past weekend! Il Sung Na crafted these adorable creatures that have a practical purpose. They hold tea lights, lightbulbs, paintbrushes and more. I love the coloring and the character design.…
Michelle Summers is a ceramic artist living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She dabbles in different artistic media like painting, drawing, and jewelry, and you can definitely see the influence in these physical objects. The multi-layered designs feature gingerly-drawn portraits of people and…
British artist Fenella Elms creates ceramic artworks that are comprised of intricate, meticulously-placed porcelain beads. They are constructed intuitively, meaning that there’s no formal plan for their composition. The varied orientation of the pieces result in a changing perspective depending on your vantage point.…
I’ve been a fan of Allyson Mellberg Taylor’s drawings for several years now, but only recently realized that she creates illustrative ceramics, too! Her slightly grotesque portraits have made their way onto vintage dinner plates where the subjects have pimples, two heads, and…
The Spanish collective Barruntando creates adorable, hand-painted characters out of clay. Sleepy foxes, baby sloths, miniature crocodiles, and more are all available in their Etsy shop. Some, like the piece above, serve a dual purpose aside from just looking cute; they…
Laura Bird is an illustrator and maker based in London. One of the things that she makes are stoneware sculptures, a lot of which feature figures and cats. The ladies on rocks are my personal favorite, but I enjoy all…
For some reason, I’m really particular about the spoons that I like to use. They can’t be too large or small (I don’t want to feel like I’m holding a utensil made for a baby), and it’s best if they…
Yvonne Ellen’s up-cycled ceramic plates are delightfully whimsical. Instead of keeping an image confined to a single circle, the illustrator’s designs span multiple vintage pieces. We see an animal’s head on one plate with its tail on another; it creates…
Is that a… floating head in that dish? Why, yes it is! Rami Kim created these whimsical ceramic pieces that interact with food in a playful way. They feature small, painted faces that sit in the middle of the bowls and…
It was a lot of fun sharing ceramics with ya’ll this week. Of course, there was a ton I didn’t have time to feature, so here’s a quick smattering of some other wonderful works. See ya on Monday! Follow me…