Louis Reilly

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2019

“Untitled” 2018-2019 Porcelain, Paper Clay Cone 6 Size: 27 in. x 27.5 in. Danielle Weigandt explores the construct of events in time and their role in our lives. Time cannot be seen...

Louis Reilly Title : Vase Materials : soda fired stoneware Date : 2019 Dimensions : 14x6x6inches Kansas City ceramicist, Louis Reilly addresses issues of history and culture. Thoug...

A rare opportunity to own handmade plates used in the #1 restaurant of the world- NOMA (Denmark). These have been imported from Copenhagen Denmark and are in Chicago USA. Set of 4 plates made by the Aage and Kasper Würtz, who are an internationally sought-after father and son team of studio ceramists. While their location is Horsens, Denmark, a provincial town on the Jutland mainland, they are becoming known far and wide for their hand-thrown, hand-glazed designs — most notably the crockery they produce for a growing number of New Nordic and other contemporary gourmet restaurants around the world — from Geranium, Noma and Amass in Copenhagen to Törst and Luksus in Brooklyn. Produced under the K.H. Würtz trademark, Würtz ceramics — typically made of stoneware, occasionally of porcelain — possess a leading-edge 21st century aesthetic, yet each piece is created completely by hand, using mostly ancient wheel-turning and glazing methods. Würtz tableware, in particular, exhibits certain signature characteristics, such as an assured inner-outer ratio, a subtle concavity even in the flattest dinner plates, unexpected rims, moody colorations, random flecked and mottled surface effects, and a robust heft that makes each piece a delight to hold in the hand. All in all, the Würtz style is simultaneously contemporary in design and archaic in the crafting. It’s been described as timeless but is also future-oriented in the way it supersedes both heavily floral traditional fine china dinner sets...

Albrecht was half way through his MFA program (ceramics) at the University of Iowa when he was deployed to Iraq (03-04 medic/security work). His work explores the collision of war m...