Ceramics

Rich use of symbolism is an essential component in many conceptual artworks, facilitating the audience’s connection with the artist’s intent. In some works, artist incorporate juxtaposition symbols to create visual statements about their culture in order to educate or inform their audience of their perspectives in their culture, enabling conceptual connections with and meaning made from the work. Yukinori Yanagi and Brendan Tang, artist from vastly diverse cultures, both employ the visual…

to leave the community and join another. Therefore, since there are expectations to this generalization this argument of House 14 being the winner, does not pass this criteria. Ramsden 2016 Main Arguments: ¬ The use of a hybrid ceramic style is a way of creating a hybrid identity in order ease the adoption of St. Lawrence Iroquoians into the Huron-Wendat community. [P] Since style in material culture indicates identity and allows negotiation of social relations (Ramsden 2016:15). ¬ Making a…

Always up with the last trends, Globo’s ceramics showed that they can look to the future with processes able to, time after time, renovate themselves according to skills required. Attention for design as well has led that Globo’s sanitaries be a big success. One of the most successful collections…

activities. During the Tang Dynasty, polo match was a popular sport. In case that the long hair of the horse tail intertwines with poles, Tang people would tie up the tail of the horses to make it look very short. Since the tail of the horse in this ceramic is really short and the female rider is wearing pants instead of the traditional dress, this earthenware is probably depicting a female polo player. As we can see from this artwork, the female has a plump body, which indicates women’s…

detailing of a realistic looking heart with chain links wrapped tightly around the heart is called “Heart Teapot: Petrol Hostage,” and it is one of many teapots in the Yixing Series by American ceramist, Richard Notkin, in 2013 (Pentilla, 2014). Notkin’s ceramic heart teapot is a relatively small teapot (6.5” x 11.25” x 5.75”) made from stoneware with a matte glaze that appears to have a rusted color that covers the entire teapot. The abstract teapot was designed to look like a heart with the…

piece is 25 11 9 inches, it is sculpted with clay which is turned into ceramics, the geography is in Guatemala and the culture is Mayan. It was painted with natural pigments but over the centuries and environment, it has faded with time. An outstanding vessel that gives insight into the type of sculptures they create. Analysis The composition of “Incensario” is bold and expressive. The facial expression and the way the ceramics are defined and emphasized. It is a well-structured statue and…

P1 Structure; Ceramic – Glass-ceramic I have chosen glass-ceramic to write about, however, I have no knowledge on this so I will have to use quite a bit of referencing to get the information. Facts; Glass-ceramics have an amorphous phase and one or more crystalline phases and are produced by a feature called "controlled crystallization" in contrast to a spontaneous crystallization, which is usually not wanted in glass manufacturing. They don’t find it ideal to have "spontaneous…

Butter Dish - Store butter in stylish butter dish and serve it fresh with your favorite breads Butter is a wonderful substance, especially in sense of taste, which can make any food outside of breakfast cereal taste better. Butter is not only delicious but also versatile. Usually people refrigerate it in order to prevent it from getting rancid. If you've ever pulled a cold stick of butter out of the fridge with the hopes of smearing that yummy stuff on toast must have experienced that cold…

Patti Warashina is a Japanese-American ceramic sculptor whose body of work spans over four decades. Warashina is well known for her work with the human figure, influenced by Surrealism. However, a closer look at her work provides audiences with a narrative of self-inspiration and self-reflection that affirms Warashina’s own life and body. Her artwork is a “virtual diary” of the female body and in her pieces, she hopes to portray her fascination and interest in the eccentricities and…

Through ceramics I was able to help organize and build the sets for the school plays and assemblies as the teacher had a workshop on campus. It was fun to be able to see something I worked on be used to entertain so many people. Not only was I able to help my school…