I really like the works of the contemporary artist, Barbara Campbell. She has lived in a village of New Mexico for the last 30 years and her pieces really resemble this. I like how the pieces are a more natural, earth toned color with a pop of something bright and playful. Her pieces also have small scenes engraved which I feel she brought from living in her village.

 

Kathy Butterly

These pieces by Kathy Butterly are some of my favorite pieces of hers. They are incredibly interesting to look at. They give a new definition to organic shapes. Her use of many colors on her pieces draw your eyes to the work, as well as give you multiple perspectives to look at. Her pieces are very cartoon-like, which can attract the viewer to look at the piece for long periods of time. The reason I picked her pieces is because I think her work is very eye catching and they make me want to figure out the representation of each one.

Hi Everyone, just wanted to post this link for a Japanese commercial-
that someone just sent me.
I appreciate work that is creative and simple, and uses limited technology
and if it has a bit of "fun"to it- that's always a good thing : ) cheers for now,

Japanese commercial

Clarice Cliff

This is the pottery of Clarice Cliff. I think that these art deco pieces are so fun. The colorful patterns interact with the geometric forms to create pottery that is playful and certainly very interesting to look at.  Even though her pottery was marketed to common people for everyday purposes, these are so much more than practical dishes. I read that she got her start by offering to paint defective ceramic pieces so that they would be more likely to sell. She covered them up with rich colors and busy geometric shapes. She was very creative!

Arnold Annen

This is the work of Arnold Annen. I believe that this artist uses porcelain, and makes it so thin that it becomes translucent. Because of the bowls’ form and translucency, interesting things are occurring with light and shadow. They almost look as though they are producing the light or are illuminated from within. The pieces are simple and delicate, which heightens their ethereal and luminous quality. They almost remind me of lamps.

Sayuri Sasaki Hemann

Sayuri Sasaki Hemann is an artist whose recent work involves installations that depict aquatic scenes and creatures, things that she often draws her inspiration from. She creates her artwork from sewn fabric and felted wool. These images are from a recent installation in the Portland International Airport. I think that it is amazing how she creates such an ethereal, intricate environment just with her hands and simple materials. It is also interesting how she places these environments in unexpected places, such as the airport. Sayuri currently has a show at the Paper Nest here in Iowa City.
http://www.sayurisworld.com/projects_urban.html

Beatrice Wood

Hi! This pottery is from artist Beatrice Wood. She lived until she was 105 and was making art up until then. She lived a really interesting life and hung out with people like Duchamp and Man Ray.  What I like about her pieces is that they are fairly simple in form, which allows her beautiful, lustrous glazes to be on full display. She experimented with and concentrated on creating these luster glazes. Some of her pieces have many handles, which I think adds a bit of whimsy and personality and also creates movement that makes them so interesting to look at.

This is a piece made by an artist team from the UK that weave a fiberglass rod type material to create a structure and then illuminates it from beneath.  I enjoy the random cell- like organic structure of the construct and the simple lighted affect.

Marble Technique

I saw people using marbles in the studio in order to create an interesting "glaze" on the bottom of their pottery piece. I want to try this next time I work in ceramic! This is an image I found with this technique used. SO interesting to me. 

Modern Collection

There is so much to look at! The compositions of each piece are really interesting; the additions of different sizes of navy blue circles adds interest and great dimension.

Circles Circles Circles

 I found this collection online. It makes me want to work with more circles instead of triangles, like I normally do. They have the power of drawing you in and taking a closer look!

Cone 10 Glaze

These are going to be the trending colors for summer! You can find the glaze recipe in Ceramic Arts Daily.

#classy

These colors compliment each other quite well giving it an elegant and classy look. I wish I had made some gold colored glaze in cone 6!

Tea Cup

How clever! Wish I had thought of this.

Vase

If I was taught anything as a product designer at Iowa: Asymmetrical > Symmetrical.

Modern Piece

I wish I could make this! It is by Eva Hild. A modern stoneware creation!

Ah-Mah-Zing Glaze Color

Obsessed with this Cone 6 color!!!

Glaze

I thought this glaze was interesting. It is made for cone 6!

Interesting Book

This is a really interesting artist who creates musical instruments out of clay!


http://ceramicartsdaily.org/bookstore/from-mud-to-music/

Atomic scuplture. Yes, I said it right. This inventive sculpture is made from Los Alamos National Laboratory scraps, by Tony Price, of Santa Fe, New Mexico

Tamara Coleman

 

 

 

Tamara Coleman is an artist currently residing in Dallas, TX and I find her work incredibly interesting. What I find the most interesting is how she translates 3D elements in her drawings and vice-versa. Also, the natural subject matter I find interesting also, especially with the deer statue with the blood-erflies coming out. It symbolizes the how in death there is life and is a beautiful visual representation of that. The transition of things breaking apart to other objects is something she does a lot of and that I would like to incorporate into my work.

Henry Darger

Henry Darger is a famous outsider artist who lived in Chicago until 1973. He was reclusive at best, and composed a 15,145 page manuscript with illustration of an epic tale called the Realms of the Unreal. With no formal training, his illustrations speak to a more youthful understanding of the world, and though disturbing at times, much like his life and story, they I think resonate with many different viewers. They were composed by tracing, collage, and varied inks and paints, sometimes on both sides of the paper, and illustrate his whole talk about some sisters who are fighting bad people. The enemies of the sisters want to enslave all children and torture them, so it is up to the sisters and the allies to fight for freedom.

There is a documentary I watched about him "In the Realms of the Unreal" that is very interesting and insightful about his life. 

Władysław Hasior

Wladyslaw Hasior was a Polish sculptor that died at the age of 71 in 1999. His art is shocking to say the least, with sculptures that use many found objects that touch on topics of industrialization.  I am drawn to these works because it combines childhood objects, like a Kewpi doll and a stroller and desecrates them somehow. This is understandable consider her was born in 1928, thus growing up and coming of age in war torn Europe. The combining of found objects I find interesting also, compiling a 3D collage of objects to tell interesting stories, juxtaposing the seemingly innocent next to objects that almost defile it.

Ryohei Hase

http://ryoheihase.com/
Ryohei Hase is an illustrator in Tokyo who touches on dark primal subjects, but also uses repetition to convey strength. These disturbing images feel strong and asserted in their realistic renderings. Also, his ability to render a form in a 2D plane to look spacial even though many objects crown the canvas. I enjoy the gruesome content because it feels real and primal.

The Clay Scuplture of The Lord of The Ring.

I bet most of us know about the award winning and one of the greatest movie on eart, The Lord of The Ring. I found some of the LOTR fans made these awesome sculpture from various characters in the LOTR.

As one of the big fan, I myself feel a little regret not trying to make LOTR scuplture while in the class. Hopefully, I will be able to make it in the future!

Pretty, Strange

One of Julie Moon's "Pretty, Strange"  exhibition of works. The simple white surface of a swan contrasts with the elaborate flower decorations. Here are some other works by Moon. 
http://narwhalprojects.com/exhibitions/2011_juliemoon.php#!prettyPhoto