Ceramic art

which would me emotionally exhausting for me, so then in high school once I took Psychology, I wanted to become an art therapist; however, that later changed to wanting a hands-on art career which resulted in my conflict on what career I would select upon. The choices I had set out for myself were: museum curator, animator, interior designer and art teacher.…

attributes of socially engaged art using examples by Ai Weiwei, and how he incorporates history and memory in his installations. Grant (2011) explains that instead of artists working in their studios or in any private place, they can choose to work outside of that area within a community or a public space, this allows the public to take part in the art making process. It is considered to be a form of socially engaged art and contemporary art creation, which means a form of art that, is based on…

Michael Lucero is an American sculptor and was born in 1953. His work has been exhibited in the Mint Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art. He attended Humboldt State University and University of Washington. This specific piece is a yarn wrapped ceramic and is a fairly large size. The sculpture itself is of a cartoonish dog, and the yarn wrapped around the ceramic base is of many different colors and in many different organic patterns and directions. The main function is most likely to be…

I visited the Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, it is located on the East Campus in Modesto. The title of the artwork presented that day was “Geometries in Cold Welded Steel.” This artwork was presented by the artist Tom Duchscher. Duchscher has been teaching design, sculpture, and ceramics at MJC for the past 40 years. His work has been exhibited throughout northern California and pacific northwest. For the past four decades Duchscher has dealt with the exploration of geometric forms and has…

¨All Nations Have Their Moment of Foolishness¨, has left many readers with different feelings towards his ceramics. Richard Notkin has sculptural teapots that have explored the complex environment with impacts of contemporary human civilizations. Notkin quoted, “I find myself in a transitional phrase that is quite challenging and often difficult, but necessary to the evolution and growth of my art”, knowing that his artwork is visually manipulating various objects, images and symbols to create…

The 19th century American potter George Ohr (1857-1918) is an important ceramic artist associated with the American Arts and Crafts movement. With an emphasis on emotion, gesture and pure form, Ohr’s idiosyncratic clay vessels forecast Abstract Expressionist sculpture. His passionate personal, individual vision and rebellious, theatrical persona distinguish him as one of America’s most original and eccentric artists. Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi to a blacksmith and learned the potter’s…

Craft disciplines such as ceramics, glass, and textiles might fall into the category of applied arts, industrial arts, decorative arts, fine arts, or crafts. They have been understood as “medium-designated” practices, the values of which are correlated with material objects and their production (Rowley, 1997).)Industrialization brought new opportunities for mass production in craft manufacturing industries. The…

Sometimes when we think of sculptures we can think of ancient gods carved out of giant pieces marble, or delicate ceramic figures, but beautiful and high quality sculptures can also be created out of unconventional materials. Everyday objects that would usually be perceived as useless rubbish like bottles, pencils and really anything, can be recycled into great works of art. This is called Junk Sculpture and has become increasingly popular. This is because the materials themselves can be used to…

The Keir Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas is one of the most mesmerizing exciting art exhibitions I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. This collection of Islamic Art transforms each object in spiritual and cultural symbols. Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, Senior Advisor for Islamic Art at the museum gathered a variety of textiles, books, metal jewelry, ceramics platters & bowls, paintings and even prints filled with typography. With its own diverse visual language, the Islamic…

Chapter 2 – The Arts and Crafts Movement The Arts and Crafts Movement of the second half of the 19th century was an English aesthetic movement that started an appreciation of decorative arts throughout Europe. It is difficult to say what exactly can be described as ‘Arts and Crafts’ as the craftsmen and women associated with the movement were working within a spectrum of crafts; as architects, printers, painters, sculptors and jewellers. The revival of Arts and Crafts in the second half of the…