Stoneware

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 heart’s vessels forming the handle, lid, and the spout of the teapot. Notkin added realistic…

The 1920s saw the making of the american cuisine which was more homogenous than ever before. Before WWI there was no distinctive american cuisine but after the war we got electric refrigerators and gas stoves which greatly assisted with the american cuisine that we know today. And the use of the cookbooks were widely used in the time period of the 1920s for the help of memorizing recipes so they wouldn’t have to use the book every time they cooked. I’ve never used a cookbook but i try as hard as…

artifacts must have belonged to the Eocene era. Style analysis as a dating technique is based upon the fact that the shape and style of an artifact changes through time, although its function may remain the same. The change in style of pottery, glass, stoneware, and metal objects…

When looking at artifacts that point to early civilization, not much looks like anything we use today. With our mighty gadgets and volatile computers, it is hard to be terribly impressed by a moon shaped stone tool that is the size of a thumb nail. Moreover, when in context, artifacts like simple stone tools are really very innovative. However, in reality, it is difficult to relate them to our modern technological world, and in turn, it is hard to appreciate them. The one exception to this rule…

Gothic architecture is marked by its high stone walls, bleak towers, tunnels, tall and narrow windows, and deep moats. The interior tends to be heavy with a lot of details, which are combinations of exquisite and brusque. Wood and roughly processed stoneware fill the Gothic interior along with massive wooden furniture decorated with carvings. Gothic carvings mirror Prince Prospero’s personality because the carvings represent a warding off of bad things. Just as Prospero is trying to ward off the…

The stoneware jar is said to contain water and oil both are symbolic elements that show the basics of life, and reminds us that we thoroughly rely on these humble sources. If you look closely, you can make out the faint figure of a bust said to me the roman emperor…

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…

"Politics" originates from polis. This current term's accentuation is on group instead of the zone of region on which the state stands. In bygone governments the ruler's manner shaped the focal point of the city, around which everything else was gathered. Conversely, it was the public square or commercial center that shaped the focal meeting spot for residents in the polis. Political choice making forces were exchanged from the ruler to the get together; choices were figured in broad daylight;…

This ceramic piece is Shino-glazed stoneware with slips done in 1996. The jars are down in desaturated colors. Two of the jars are browns with a hint of red mixed in with the other jar being a crème color. There are imprints of a stick on each jar which were filled in with a rich brown. The…

“YOU COME WITH ME, MISSY. I’ve got something to show you that I think you’ll find very interesting.” Ruby checked on Lucas, who lay sleeping peacefully in his crib, before following after the petite white haired woman, who had so much Caucasian blood that it was impossible to tell, just by looking at her, that she was not White. They walked down the silvery blue hall with its dark hardwood floors past Jared Anderson’s office to a room that they’d skipped during their cleaning. Mabel called it…