Famous ceramic artists and their work
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South Korean born and Canada-based artist Haejin Lee creates inspiring surrealist ceramic sculptures. She creates beautiful tableware in addition to contemporary sculptures.
In her words “I like to decompose a finished shape and then reassemble the parts into a different presentation. Decomposing a well made shape gives me sense of freedom. Free from an expected image. It gives me the motivation to start another piece after another.
Cutting down a sculpture I spent hours on and taking into parts is such a nerve wrecking experience, but also gives me a spine tingling sensation. Rebuilding to the imagined composition, firing to achieve the right textures and colours; every step, every process takes a certain amount of risks and challenges.
And without a good knowledge in Clay, rebuilding in different compositions just can not be done especially when pieces are cut down to thin strips. Understanding chemical reactions of the clay in different degrees of high firing is also a must.”
Scroll down and inspire yourself. You can find more work in Haejin’s Instagram ac
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Death by Sugar: Saccharine Ceramics by Jacqueline Tse
The memento mori ceramic sculptures of Tucson-based artist Jacqueline Tse (2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Sculpture Award Finalist) both shock and delight. Like the scrumptious scent of fresh, warm pastries wafting outside from the doorsof your favorite local bakery, the tantalizing details of her work draw you in. Swirling mounds of icing and a smattering of sprinkles, all methodically crafted in pure white porcelain. But then you notice the sin beneath the sugar. They feature prominently in select sculptures and subtly in others as commentary on the consequences of gluttony and greed.
The fragility of this addiction, whether to sugar or to our commodified culture of excess, is emphasized by the delicate nature of porcelain itself. Furthermore, it plays into the artist’s hand in another delicious juxtaposition of pleasure and penance: the monochromatic tone mimics classic vanilla as perfectly as it does bone. But above all, Jacqueline Tse has dedicated herself to ceramics for its versatility, as evidenced by th
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Catherine Yarrow
English artist
Catherine Yarrow (27 June 1904 — 14 November 1990) was an English artist known for printmaking, painting, ceramics and pottery in a surrealist mode.[1] She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1925.[3] The art historian Patricia Allmer has described her as 'one of the international figures of surrealism and its developments in the 1940s.'[4]
Career
Reacting against what she saw as the conformity of life in Britain, between World War I and World War II Yarrow lived, worked and exhibited in Paris.[5] During her time in Paris, Yarrow associated with many surrealist artists, including Leonora Carrington, Isamu Noguchi, Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst.[6] Her entry into this milieu was provided by an early acquaintance with the poet Pierre Reverdy.[7] She also formed an important relationship with Alberto Giacometti.[8] Yarrow studied etching at Atelier 17, a workshop established in Paris by Stanley William Hayter, an English printmaker, in 1929.
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