Ceramics Artists Contemporary

Peter smith was once a research chemist before turning his hand to ceramics and starting a pottery in cornwall.

Ceramics artists contemporary.

Award winning artist richard slee is one of britain s most important contemporary studio ceramicists best known for his colorful disney like creations which defy the notions of the traditional studio ceramics movement. The word craft feels so provincial and unambitious. He aims to combine the feel of traditional earthenware with contemporary ideas. He uses a mixture of graphic patterns dramatic angles and combinations of layers to form his perspective defying pots as he calls them.

From prehistoric pottery to ancient greek amphoras from the rise of porcelain in asia and europe to the arts and crafts movement in england and the u s ceramic traditions have long fascinated artists and infiltrated their practices in the contemporary art world this was never more clear. Winfrey s idea of modern ceramics relies on embracing the irregular. Artists and artisans working with ceramics have steadily contributed to the art world for centuries. Brooklyn designer brooke t.

Though the patterns that adorn lei xue s ceramics are directly inspired by age old ming dynasty porcelain the pieces themselves are undeniably contemporary. Contemporary ceramics innovative pottery and ceramics céramique nouveau avant garde and cutting edge ceramic design and techniques are featured in this post. He studied at fort wayne art school and the cape cod school of art and completed graduate work under maija grotell at the cranbrook academy of art. This perseverance has of course met with iterations and evolutions that have allowed it to stay relevant in our contemporary world.

From the ancient times till today ceramics has arguably been amongst the few mediums to have persevered through thousands of years the oldest known ceramic artifact is dated as early as 28 000 bce during the late palaeolithic period. Add in modernist postmodern abstract la cerámica contemporánea and zeitgenössische keramik and that will cover most of the spectrum of styles on display. The ceramic vessels of brooklyn based artist cody hoyt are some of the most intriguing and unconventional in contemporary art today. None of these artists working with ceramics and porcelain could ever be pigeonholed in a category so small and unimaginative.

Jul 5 2014 10 12am. Its always refreshing to see artists take risks and successfully create. He exhibited at the ceramic nationals in syracuse in 1954 1956 and 1958. The basic form is often thrown on the wheel in a heavily grogged brown clay.

Ceramics have been reborn in recent years placed firmly in an art context. Top 10 contemporary artists working with ceramics.