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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Liscia Texture Yellow Decorative Bottle
Located in Porcia, IT
Italian ceramist Paola Paronetto's distinctive style is epitomized in transforming objects of daily use into exclusive decorative yet functional artwork. This remarkable yellow bottl...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Liscia Texture Royal Blue Decorative Bottle
Located in Porcia, IT
Merging tradition with innovation, this handcrafted sculpture will be a sophisticated accent on any table with its captivating and unique allure. Its bottle-shaped silhouette has an ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Texture Pink Decorative Bottle
Located in Porcia, IT
This elegant bottle is characterized by vertical and horizontal ridges that, when combined with the tall, cylindrical shape, convey a sense of balance that will give unique appeal to...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique French Grape Harvest Hod from the Burgundy Region of France c1880's
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French hand-made wood open top barrel and we're thinking it might have been used as a Grape Harvest Hod? Ideal to decorate your wine cellar or Country Style Kitchen. Many des...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Steel, Iron
Antique French Ceramic Advertising Apollinaris Match Holder Striker
Located in Montreal, QC
Antique Hand crafted Ceramic Advertising Apollinaris Match Holder. They were necessary both to light a stove and a kerosene lamp. Decorative and Collectible object to display in a ba...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Classic antique style cup -turned in white Carrara marble -made Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Marble bowl, antique classical bowl, sculpture, marble, marble furniture, marble fruit bowl, white marble bowl, Carrara marble bowl, classical bowl.
Classical-style cup hand-turned o...
Category
1990s Italian Classical Roman Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vaso scultura Buigne in ceramica smaltata bianca decorato a rilievo.
Located in San Benedetto del Tronto, IT
Il vaso Buigne trae ispirazione dalla tecnica architettonica dell epoca romana e poi ripresa nel rinascimento conosciuta come bugnatura. Realizzato interamente a mano, ogni tassello...
Category
2010s Italian Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Museal Early Asian Lidded Tureen With Présentoir, Meissen Germany 1740-1780
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional, museal three-part object of the 18th century:
Lidded vessel on a six-sided base, widening towards the top and slightly domed at the bottom, on a stepped, low slopin...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Chinoiserie Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
1295 Murano STREET ART Murano Glass Vase, hand made decor street art edition
By Afro Celotto
Located in Venice, VE
A one-of-a-kind Art Vase:
This unique and exceptional vase is made by hand in the renowned glass furnaces of Venice, 1295Murano, A series of art-pieces hand made in collaboration with Street Artists.
It is a large, milky white blown glass vase...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
1295 Murano STREET ART Murano Glass Vase, hand made decor street art edition
By Afro Celotto
Located in Venice, VE
A one-of-a-kind Art Vase:
This unique and exceptional vase is made by hand in the renowned glass furnaces of Venice, 1295Murano, A series of art-pieces hand made in collaboration with Street Artists.
It is a large, milky white blown glass vase...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Texture White and Black Decorative Bottle
Located in Porcia, IT
The seemingly simple form of this sculpture evokes conflicting sensations: sinuous and linear, stable and precarious. This handmade bottle boasts a minimal design with a slender, cyl...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Texture White Decorative Bottle
Located in Porcia, IT
Stunning in its simplicity, this handcrafted paper clay bottle is a modern and unique decorative sculpture that will bring a captivating allure to any interior. The bottle-shaped sil...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
ALDO CASTELLI - VENEZIA - Anno 1920 Maiolica cotta a gran fuoco e dipinta a mano
By De La Espada
Located in Milano, IT
Una rara maiolica dipinta a mano e cotta a gran fuoco , realizzata nella fornace SPADA, negli anni 20, dal gran artista ALDO CASTELLI, che insieme ad un altro gran artista del ferr...
Category
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Maiolica
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstätte Flower Pots Ensemble
Located in Vienna, AT
Group of handcrafted flowerpots, as well available in several sizes
Material
Solid punched brass.
Category
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Brass
Teekanne Mod. "Gallus Italicus" von Matteo Thun für Memphis Milano um 1982
Located in Wien, AT
Sehr seltene Teekanne Model „Gallus Italicus“ entworfen von Matteo Thun für Memphis Milano um 1982, frühe Ausführung von Alessio Sarri Ceramiche, Italien.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Pottery
Contemporary Ceramic Pistillo Decorative Sculpture
Located in Porcia, IT
This remarkable piece is part of the Pistillo series of sculptures inspired by flower pistils, handcrafted of paper clay (mixture of clay and paper pulp) using traditional techniques...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Dairy Jug in Terracotta twin handles from The Cotswolds England
Located in London, GB
This wonderful over sized twin handled 19th Century Dairy Jug was found in the darkest depths of The historic Cotswolds in England. A Hand made Dairy Jug tha...
Category
1890s English Country Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Set of two classical swivel jugs pitcher vases, iridescent surface, 1880 England
Located in Wien, AT
Set of a swivel jug set, in highly elaborate quality, made around 1880 in England.
The jugs have a round base which opens into a very bulbous body which then flows into a very uptur...
Category
1880s English Neoclassical Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Terracotta
Woven Three Tone Blue Basket, textured glass sculptural object by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Three Tone Blue Basket' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coastli...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Vintage Tuscan Hand Painted Majolica Jug Vase Garniture Set Signed Leona Italia
Located in Forney, TX
A vintage Italian majolica ceramic three piece vessel garniture set, signed Leona Italia.
Hand-crafted and hand-painted by highly skilled artisans in Tuscany, medieval Renaissance t...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Majolica
Woven Three Tone Blue Ovoid (sm), textured handblown glass vessel by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Three Tone Blue Ovoid (sm)' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coa...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Woven Two Tone Ovoid (med), neutral pastel handblown glass vessel by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Two Tone Ovoid (med)' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coastline...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Woven Three Tone Blue Ovoid (sm), textured handblown glass vessel by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Three Tone Blue Ovoid (sm)' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coa...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Woven Three Tone Blue Round, textured glass sculptural object by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Three Tone Blue Round' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coastlin...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Woven Three Tone Blue Ovoid (lg), textured handblown glass vessel by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Three Tone Blue Ovoid (lg)' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coa...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Ferdinand Barbedienne Set of Gilt Bronze-Mounted Champleve Onyx Garniture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Ferdinand Barbedienne set of gilt bronze-mounted champleve onyx garniture. It consist of two urns and one large oval vase/jardiniere. The vase...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Merletto, a black & white glass sculpture with spiral pattern by Peter Bowles
By Peter Bowles
Located in London, GB
'Mertetto' is unique glass artwork by the British artist, Peter Bowles.
Initially studying glass at Stourbridge College of Art and Design, Peter Bowles went on to work with some of...
Category
2010s Australian Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Marble Tray Reddish Color, with Leather Straps, Large
Located in Alcoy, Alicante
Marble trays with leather straps and brass bottom reinforcement. Leather tips on the legs to avoid scratching surfaces.
Marble is a non-foliated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Ceramic Decorative Bottle Corteccia Texture White and Black Insert
Located in Porcia, IT
A Classic bottle shape in a Classic black-and-white color block combination takes on a completely new look in this striking piece. Its unique texture comes from the paper clay, a mat...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Lilac Decorative Bottle Corteccia Texture
Located in Porcia, IT
Displayed alone on a shelf or coffee table, this striking decorative bottle will bring modern flair to any dècor. Handcrafted of paper clay using traditional techniques, this piece d...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic
Alfredo Barbini Red, Green, Clear Murano Glass Vide Poche
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury hand blown Murano glass vessel featuring green and red stripes encased in clear glass with 22kt gold inclusions.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Hagenauer Brass Bowl with Horse Ornaments
Located in Vienna, AT
In this ad you find a fine example of Art Nouveau design. For sale is a beautiful brass bowl designed and manufactured by the renowned Wiener Werkstätte Hagenauer. The base is embellished with stylized horse ornaments...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Brass
Pair Very Tall Hand Painted Vintage Italian Ceramic Urns, Artist Signed
By Batiquassi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of tall vibrant Italian vases with beautiful covers and unique finials with multi color roses. This pair also features traditional gilt striped bases. Artist signed and with s...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Mid-Century Los Castillo Silver Plate Pitcher with Parrot
By Los Castillo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century pitcher hand crafted in silver plate over copper featuring a stone clad parrot as a handle. Stamped Los Castillo Mexico on the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate, Copper
Danish 18th Century Blue Faience Inkwell by Store Kongensgade
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Rare Danish blue and white faience ink stand by Johan Ernst Pfau for Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactory, Copenhagen Denmark circa 1740. This inkwell retain with its original ink a...
Category
Early 18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Faience
19th Century French Pair Gilt Bronze / Rouge Marble Garnitures / Urns
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Large pair of baluster form gilt bronze-mounted marble decorative garnitures / urns, in the manner of Pierre Gouthiere (French, 1732-1813). Each footed urn / garniture features a fruiting finials above verde antico marble caps...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Ardea Cinerea Vase by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Ardea Cinerea vase by Elke Sada
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 31 x D 32 x H 45 cm
Materials: black grogged clay, coloured slips, transparent glaze.
What i...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Clay
Set of Three Earthenware Vessels
Located in Bochum, NRW
Mid-Century Studio Art Pottery vases, brutalist style, ruffled edges, glazed.
Nice organic look, earthenware colors, with light sage green accents, this set of vases will decorate i...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Earthenware
Tilino Vase by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Placida vase by Elke Sada
Unique Piece
Dimensions: W 22 x D 22 x H 44 cm
Materials: red grogged clay, coloured slips, transparent glaze.
What is fascin...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Clay
Ardea Cinerea Vase by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Ardea Cinerea vase by Elke Sada
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 31 x D 32 x H 45 cm
Materials: black grogged clay, coloured slips, transparent glaze.
What i...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Clay
Rose, Gold Dust Inclusion Murano Vide Poche
Located in New York, NY
Modernist 1950s Rose colored Murano glass boomer rang shaped glass catch all, featuring gold dust inclusion throughout.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Collectable vintage Fratelli Toso Murano Murrine Millefiori, Art Glass Vase
Located in Paris, France
Murrine is an ancestral technique in Murano glass. Each piece of Murano glass is handmade, not mass-produced or industrialized.
It takes a lot of patience and know-how to make Murri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Art Glass
Placida Vase by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Placida vase by Elke Sada
Unique Piece
Dimensions: W 18 x D 17.5 x H 36 cm
Materials: Red Grogged Clay, Coloured Slips, Transparent Glaze.
What is fascinati...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Clay
Untitled No. 5 by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled No. 5 by Elke Sada
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 55 x D 56 x H 16 cm
Materials: black grogged clay, coloured slips, transparent glaze.
What is fa...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Clay
Curruca Vase by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Curruca vase by Elke Sada.
Unique piece.
Dimensions: W 22 x D 23 x H 55 cm.
Materials: black grogged clay, coloured slips, transparent glaze.
What is f...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Clay
Black and White Lave Glazed Textured Vase
Located in London, GB
A black bubble lava textured volcanic open vessel with black and white glaze and markings. Made from textured stoneware clay and porcelain engobe.
Inspiration for the piece comes ...
Category
2010s British Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Heavily Textured Stoneware, Porcelain Black, White, Pink, Red Clay Vessel
Located in London, GB
A large heavily textured volcanic vase with black, white and brown glaze and markings. Wide necked vessel with a bellied form. Made from black textured s...
Category
2010s European Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Collectable Vintage Fratelli Toso Murano Murrine Millefiori, Art Glass Vase
Located in Paris, France
Murrine is an ancestral technique in Murano glass. Each piece of Murano glass is handmade, not mass-produced or industrialized.
It takes a lot of patience and know-how to make Murr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Art Glass
Forget Me Not VII, a Unique Porcelain Vase with Floral Decoration by Amy Hughes
By Amy Hughes
Located in London, GB
'Forget Me Not VII' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Amy Hughes.
Originally from West Yorkshire, Amy Hughes lives and works in London. She shares a s...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Gold
Vase with Star Rim, a Unique White Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Vase with Star Rim' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley.
Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where she produces exquisite ceramic sculpture. Although in essence they are often functional pieces in form, it is their appearance that makes each unique work so much more. From dramatic structures to gentle sweeping curves, Foley's inherent understanding of porcelain is more than evident and testament to her patience with this most difficult of materials.
Having worked with porcelain for over 5 decades, it is Foley’s dedication that gives her such sensitivity towards her medium. This combined with her expert glazing and acknowledgement of this material’s vast history, results in very fresh and modern works that equally pay homage to what has gone before. Flower forms, poppy heads, bracts and petals translate into foliate rims and sinuous necks, carved and pleated or swept into a spiral. A contemporary marriage of craft, history and nature.
In her own words:
“As a professional potter I have been producing thrown porcelains for over fifty years and so logic would dictate that I have ‘seen it all, done it all’ by now, but on the contrary I still continue to be challenged and interested. The technical frustrations and the uncertainty of results all seem worthwhile when one opens a successful kiln firing. The heart leaps!
I have never been afraid to push my materials to the limit, to accept failures and to follow trails, but I am always excited when basic techniques and familiar methods result in something new. My primary interest is in ‘form’ and in finding solutions for what I call ‘damp engineering’. The comparatively non-plastic nature of porcelain dictates my having to join sections together, but a form must ‘flow’ and construction methods should not be obvious.
Over the years I have fired every sort of kiln and dallied with glazes, spending untold hours testing and rejecting, but since I now work in a small space I find simple black and white glazes and slips are less distracting and best enhance my forms.
I am not influenced by any particular thing – rather, I am interested in everything; always looking for quality and workmanship. I love all aspects of the design world from architecture to textiles. Museums, galleries and exhibitions are my addiction, with photography and the natural world a constant inspiration.
My travels to China and my ongoing study of Chinese ceramics have also been an enduring theme and I have been lucky enough to handle and photograph some of the world’s great collections”
Foley has a global following and is represented in private and public collections world wide.
Public Collections and Acquisitions
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin • Limerick City Art Gallery • Ulster Museum, N. Ireland • Crafts Council of Ireland • Centre of Ceramic Art, York Museums Trust • Southampton City Art Gallery • Leeds Museums & Galleries • US Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith • President Hillery of Ireland • President Mary Robinson...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Going Round in Circles I, a Grey, Blue & Orange Glass Artwork by Sarah Wiberley
Located in London, GB
'Going Round in Circles I' is a unique glass sculptural vessel by the British artist, Sarah Wiberley.
By bringing contemporary style to the traditions of glassblowing used in the ...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Going Round in Circles II, Grey, Green & Orange Glass Artwork by Sarah Wiberley
Located in London, GB
'Going Round in Circles II' is a unique glass sculptural vessel by the British artist, Sarah Wiberley.
By bringing contemporary style to the traditions of glassblowing used in the m...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Pale Blue Flower with Foliate Rim, a Celadon Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Fole
Located in London, GB
‘Pale Blue Flower with Foliate Rim’ is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley.
Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where she produces ex...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Green Seed Pod, Unique Celadon Hand Thrown Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Green Seed Pod’ is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley.
Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where she produces exquisite ceramic scu...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Collectable vintage Fratelli Toso Murano Murrine Millefiori, Art Glass Vase
Located in Paris, France
Red rubis vintage Fratelli Toso Murano Murrine Millefiori. Murrine is an ancestral technique in Murano glass. Each piece of Murano glass is handmade...
Category
Early 20th Century European Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Art Glass
Black Classic Vase III, a unique black / ebony porcelain vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Black Classic Vase III' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley, which has been released from her own personal arc...
Category
Early 2000s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Acanthus Veronese in Orange, a Spiky Textured Glass Jar by James Lethbridge
Located in London, GB
'Acanthus Veronese in Orange' is a unique sculptural glass jar by British glass artist James Lethbridge. Blown glass with the outer layer covered in flame worked...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Vase with Foliate Rim II, Unique White Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Vase with Foliate Rim II' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley.
Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where she produces exquisite ceramic sculpture. Although in essence they are often functional pieces in form, it is their appearance that makes each unique work so much more. From dramatic structures to gentle sweeping curves, Foley's inherent understanding of porcelain is more than evident and testament to her patience with this most difficult of materials.
Having worked with porcelain for over 5 decades, it is Foley’s dedication that gives her such sensitivity towards her medium. This combined with her expert glazing and acknowledgement of this material’s vast history, results in very fresh and modern works that equally pay homage to what has gone before. Flower forms, poppy heads, bracts and petals translate into foliate rims and sinuous necks, carved and pleated or swept into a spiral. A contemporary marriage of craft, history and nature.
In her own words:
“As a professional potter I have been producing thrown porcelains for over fifty years and so logic would dictate that I have ‘seen it all, done it all’ by now, but on the contrary I still continue to be challenged and interested. The technical frustrations and the uncertainty of results all seem worthwhile when one opens a successful kiln firing. The heart leaps!
I have never been afraid to push my materials to the limit, to accept failures and to follow trails, but I am always excited when basic techniques and familiar methods result in something new. My primary interest is in ‘form’ and in finding solutions for what I call ‘damp engineering’. The comparatively non-plastic nature of porcelain dictates my having to join sections together, but a form must ‘flow’ and construction methods should not be obvious.
Over the years I have fired every sort of kiln and dallied with glazes, spending untold hours testing and rejecting, but since I now work in a small space I find simple black and white glazes and slips are less distracting and best enhance my forms.
I am not influenced by any particular thing – rather, I am interested in everything; always looking for quality and workmanship. I love all aspects of the design world from architecture to textiles. Museums, galleries and exhibitions are my addiction, with photography and the natural world a constant inspiration.
My travels to China and my ongoing study of Chinese ceramics have also been an enduring theme and I have been lucky enough to handle and photograph some of the world’s great collections”
Foley has a global following and is represented in private and public collections world wide.
Public Collections and Acquisitions
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin • Limerick City Art Gallery • Ulster Museum, N. Ireland • Crafts Council of Ireland • Centre of Ceramic Art, York Museums Trust • Southampton City Art Gallery • Leeds Museums & Galleries • US Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith • President Hillery of Ireland • President Mary Robinson...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
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