12.23.2009

Off Subject: Lizzy Janssen







There is something so whimsical and cheerful about these illustrations or collages... I'm not quite sure what to call them, but it doesn't matter. They are charming.

via dear ada

(images via artist's website)

Adelaide Paul













Creepy and beautiful. Plus I love her use of leather in these pieces. I also found this video on Paul from 2007 when the artist won the Pew Fellowship in the Arts award.




(images via Ceramics Art Daily, Clark + Delvecchio, and NCECA)

12.22.2009

On Etsy: Redasch Redware









artist's Etsy shop

artist's website

Why I like it: I'm just loving the modern takes I'm seeing lately on earthenware. I love the texture that the appliques create and the color of the glazes on Kari Radasch's work. Her pieces look good enough to eat, but I guess that's exactly what Radasch intends. I'm also a sucker for gold luster. Read a fun little article on her technique here at Ceramic Arts Daily.

(images via artist's Etsy shop)

12.21.2009

Imiso Ceramics













Oh! I am loving these pieces from South African design collective Imiso Ceramics. Their work is bold and delicate and rustic all at once. It's no wonder shops all over the world are importing these pieces.

I could not possibly begin to share with you all the pieces that I would like to from this body of work so please visit Imiso's website as well as their Flickr photostream to read about the four artists and look at even more lovely pictures of their work.

(images via the collective's Flickr)

12.18.2009

Kuraoka Says to Know: Robert Sperry









Robert Sperry... I was gonna brush him off as just another 'plate maker' from the sixties. But I dunno, these are pretty cool. I love the red one in the middle. And the textural quality seems pretty neat, too.

(images via Howard House, ArtSlant, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum)

12.17.2009

Joe Davis











Groovy, huh? Especially with the rubber and flocking...

(images via artist's own website)

12.16.2009

Off Subject: Michael Stevens








Speechless... I've never seen puppets look so bad-ass.

(images via artist's own website)