Matt Smith

Matt Smith, Sconce Parrot with Plate Looking Right, White Earthenware

2020

White Earthenware 58 x 30 x 15 cm 22 7/8 x 11 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. ----------- "Working as a hybrid artist and curator, the core of my practice is unpicking the work of establishment orga...

White Earthenware 49 x 30 x 15 cm 19 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 5 7/8 in ----------- "Working as a hybrid artist and curator, the core of my practice is unpicking the work of establishment organ...

Cast and handbuilt porcelain, gold lustre

UK-born Matt Smith is well known for his site-specific work in museums, galleries and historic houses. Using clay, textiles and their associated references, he explores how cultural ...

Cast and handbuilt porcelain, gold lustre

White Earthernware

This Elongated Teardrop Round Lace Black Vessel is a unique medium size contemporary modern ceramic object by Californian artist Lynne Meade. It is wheel thrown, hand pierced and has...

This Teardrop Oval Lace White Vessel is a unique medium size contemporary modern ceramic object by Californian artist Lynne Meade. It is wheel thrown, hand pierced and has a smooth w...

Title : meditation bowl inspired by a conch shell Materials : white earthenware, terra sigillata, oxides, glaze liner Date : 2016 Dimensions : 5 x 5 x 6 inches Description : Pinched for with pinkish beige terra sig outside and purple glaze on the inside with pooling due to multiple firings, layered glazes Alice Ballard - Artist Statement My art is a reflection of my relationship with natural forms. These forms come to me on walks, while I work in my garden, or appear as gifts from friends who share my fascination with the beauty inherent in Nature’s abundant variety of forms. It is often the metamorphosis of nature’s forms, as they change from season to season, that attracts me. I am endlessly drawn to that universal world in which differing life forms share similar qualities. I spend countless hours contemplating a particular form in order to feel its energy. It becomes a Zen-like connection not unlike a meditation. As an artist, I hope that those who choose to connect with my work can share some of the harmony and tranquility I feel through the creative process. Perhaps, at the very least, the viewer will give those small, often unnoticed forms in Nature a second glance. Alice R. Ballard. (born June 16, 1945, Florence, South Carolina) is an American ceramicist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Much of her work is characterized by the organic earthenware forms of closed containers...

Title : Meditation bowl inspired by a conch shell Materials : white earthenware, terra sigillata, oxides, liner glaze Date : 2017 Dimensions : 5 x 8 x 9 inches Description : Pinched form inspired by a conch shell. Greenish liner glaze with darker pool of color due to multiple layered firings. Outside whitish with soft muted colors Alice Ballard - Artist Statement My art is a reflection of my relationship with natural forms. These forms come to me on walks, while I work in my garden, or appear as gifts from friends who share my fascination with the beauty inherent in Nature’s abundant variety of forms. It is often the metamorphosis of nature’s forms, as they change from season to season, that attracts me. I am endlessly drawn to that universal world in which differing life forms share similar qualities. I spend countless hours contemplating a particular form in order to feel its energy. It becomes a Zen-like connection not unlike a meditation. As an artist, I hope that those who choose to connect with my work can share some of the harmony and tranquility I feel through the creative process. Perhaps, at the very least, the viewer will give those small, often unnoticed forms in Nature a second glance. Alice R. Ballard. (born June 16, 1945, Florence, South Carolina) is an American ceramicist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Much of her work is characterized by the organic earthenware forms of closed containers...

Hand Built & Painted Plate Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, China Paint, Gold Luster, Flock, Decals Fired: Electric Kiln, Cone 6 Decorative purpose only - Not for use, not dishwasher saf...

Title : Covered Jar Materials : Terracotta, white gold luster Date : 2016 Dimensions : 18.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches Description : wheel thrown and altered terracotta, cone 04 oxidation, glazes and luster COA provided Mariko Brown Harkin about her work: "My fascination with pottery comes from my desire to make art and to produce something that is not only functional but visually appealing. Porcelain allows me stretch and shape the clay in any way I choose and offers a blank canvas for my floral imagery and luscious, rich glazes to blend. The forms I create are tight and precise with a sense of restricted volume. I use bands around the form to constrict specific areas of each piece, while at the same time creating space for the volume and fullness to escape. The bands create registers to frame my drawings and paintings of floral imagery. The way I combine surface and form is inspired by Ming Dynasty porcelain...