Jon Puzzuoli

Porcelain Embracing Bowl

2023

This glazed porcelain vessel features a bright turquoise form which fades to a white crystalline drip, and cascades over a faded blue base. The wide neck and lip are charcoal grey. Jon Puzzuoli...

This small abstract vessel by Connecticut-based ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with glazed ceramic and 18k gold luster. The bottom, matte white base of the vessel is exposed under...

This glazed porcelain vase sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli features a burnt umber and white body and a wide neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the base of...

This glazed porcelain vase sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli features a white body with a textured lower half and a neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the b...

Vase blue flower. 2017. Stone mass, h 17,5 cm, diam. 21.5 cm

Decorative plate "Interaction" porcelain h 5 cm; w 35 cm; d 21 cm Elegant white decorative plate from porcelain

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars...

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...