Earthenware Figurative Sculptures

"Clay is a fantastic material that allows me to create whatever surface I want to help enhance my narratives. It is so versatile and both the additive and subtractive qualities make ...

Grayson Perry (British, b. 1960) Home Worker & Key Worker Staffordshire Figures, 2021 Medium: The complete set of four white earthenware ceramic figures painted in colours and gl...

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...

Majolica depicting a Boxer breed dog of Tuscan manufacture, executed around 1960s. It measures 28x52x78 cm and is airbrushed, coated, modeled and finished by hand. Majolica is a ty...

About the Artist: Carolyn L. Barlock was born in Denver, Colorado on October 5th, 1947 to a native Coloradan family that dates back more than a hundred years to Central City’s rush ...

About the Artist: Carolyn L. Barlock was born in Denver, Colorado on October 5th, 1947 to a native Coloradan family that dates back more than a hundred years to Central City’s rush ...

Guardian dogs (Koma-Inu in Japanese) Guardians of temples or shrines placed on each side of entrance, believed to ward off Evil Spirits. They are Protecting you from Bad Spirits! Th...

Pablo Picasso ceramic Visage de femme (Woman's Face), 1953 is a vibrantly colored pitcher decorated with contrasting saturated greens against chestnut ...

The main theme of Kitade’s artwork is focused on questioning. The sources of the ideas are picked up from his own life experiences, starting from personal experiences and expanding ...

Feel like biting into an apple, life, the forbidden fruit? I chose to play with green glazes for this invitation. This sculpture is an imaginary nose.

Inspired by the nose of Pablo Picasso and the Cubist deconstruction and reconstruction that marked definitively the painting of the twentieth century. This association of wood and ce...

This actor actually broke his nose during the filming of "Gangs of New York" with Leonardo DiCaprio in 2002. Despite this injury, the actor has never wanted to operate on this nasal ...

Original red earthenware clay rectangular plaque Edition of 100 Incised edition and with the 'Madoura Plein Feu' and 'Empreinte Original de Picasso' pottery stamps on the reverse (G...

faience boxer covered with cotton crochet in orange and white

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...