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…
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…
We’re closing in on Ceramics Week here, and it’s been fun! Let’s keep it going with the incredible work of of Helsinki-based artist Caroline Slotte. I often think of antique porcelain plates as being something that you’d add to rather than subtract from. Boy,…
It’s day 2 of Brown Paper Bag’s Ceramics Week! Today, let’s take a look at Claire Loder’s intriguing heads… I’m simultaneously disturbed and enthralled by Claire Loder’s work. The strange and beautifully-crafted ceramic pieces have an air of mystery about them.…
Personally, I’m not good at forming things out of clay, but I like looking at what other people can do! This entire week on Brown Paper Bag is dedicated to ceramics in their various forms: surface design, sculpted figures,…
Internet, get ready. Tonight, August 21, at 7PM ET, Monica Ramos’ (previously) online shop, Rituals, will release some more of her delightful ceramic alpacas. If you missed ’em last time around (like I did), now’s your chance! Set an alarm on your…
I first saw Eun-Ha Paek’s ceramics while attending ICON7 in 2012. Her small, bizarre characters captivated me, and I’ve followed her work ever since. Today, Paek is still creating sculptures with clay, in addition to wood and cardboard. I enjoy her exaggeration…
I’m loving these small objects by Chau Nguyen. The Houston-based artist and teacher created them as an experiment. She writes, “For my second test [below] of these tiny pieces (still unnamed) I used a rougher textured clay. Dreaming of a wall covered…