#ceramics

#ceramics

Developed with Campomarzio70, a Rome-based supplier for artistic perfumery, the Iris Ceramica Group Fragrance represents the brand's extension into scent, translating physical material into sensory perception. The fragrance centers around the iris flower, whose aromas unfold through shifting notes that echo the processes of transformation, layering, and time.

“We come from a history of being enslaved and being colonised, and this installation is a visual representation of Puerto Rican overcoming,” Lugo said during an opening event on 20 May. “Without my mother and father, I wouldn't have gotten to this point.”

Incorporating nearly two tons of porcelain fragments, a monumental pair of vessels spills out into a pool of lustrous green. Shards of broken cups and saucers, pots, and other voluptuous forms blanket the gallery of the Green-House at Green-Wood for a new installation by Jean Shin.

Such was the case when John MacLaren started making porcelain light fixtures. MacLaren had been making custom furnishings for 20 years when his gaze drifted upwards: While visiting the home of a friend in Sagaponack, his pal noted that he'd n ever seen contemporary flush-mount light fixtures as beautiful as the antique ones in his historic home. MacLaren wondered if he might be able to make some.

Redolent of African basketry, hairstyles, headwear, and pottery, Donté K. Hayes ' abstract ceramic sculptures may be interpreted as poetic vessels, even though they lack traditional openings. While we easily associate clay pots and round woven forms with ideas related to storage, protection, and even spiritual significance, they also nod to the human head as a holder-a kind of receptacle for culture, language, personal expression, and dreams.

For the past few years, Simon Johns has been experimenting with a concept called Future Fossils. His pieces appear at once as relics ravaged by time and as sculptures made for this moment. The works, which the Quebec-based artist-designer says "loosely reference the sedimentary striations in million-year-old stone," have included bookshelves, tables and seating crafted in gypsum cement and slip-cast stoneware.

The most memorable exhibitions this year made a mess, rejecting pristine gallery walls in favor of fish skin, plastic bags, and lived-in spaces like a mall corridor and a home garage. Artists viewed art itself as inhabitable-Ginny Sims turned walls into spaces for dimensional scenes, and Lydia Rosenberg's experimental lamps gave Society a chaotic, yet domestic feel. Many of these art projects served as community builders, too, building subtle connections through gestures

David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, is perhaps America's finest ceramicist and one of the earliest known African American poets, but until now, you could argue that he was not truly an artist. Born into slavery around 1801 in South Carolina, Drake created monumental stoneware jars combining structural mastery with artistic beauty. Today, they are celebrated as among the most important achievements in American ceramics.

Open to all levels, Earthworks runs a range of ceramics classes, including taster sessions where complete beginners can practice the basics of wheel throwing to six-week courses for people to build up their practice. The classes are all kept small, ensuring you get plenty of one-on-one guidance from the teachers, and the curriculum is designed to help you explore your interests and develop at your own pace.

The Victorian Stone project by Iris Ceramica (part of Iris Ceramica Group) continues its evolution, focusing on the expressive power of three-dimensional wall surfaces. This extension introduces a line of white-body coverings, reinforcing the ceramic project's ability to bring a sense of nature, peace, and solidity to contemporary spaces. Designed to be a chameleonic project that balances matter and light, the latest additions create a refined and cozy environment, offering boundless design possibilities.

Her mother had a habit, in Siesbye's childhood, of giving away her daughter's toys to other children; as an adult, Siesbye started to treat herself to gifts. On that trip, she came home one afternoon to find that the leopard was gone: her mother had gifted it to the young daughter of family friends. Later, visiting these friends, Siesbye told the little girl that she would like the toy back when the child was done playing with it.

"My new favorite serving dish," one Anthropologie shopper wrote. "Beautiful plate. Perfect size for latkes."

But a humble ceramic plate or porcelain pasta bowl can definitively elevate your culinary experience, and the best dinnerware brands know this very well. Beautifully crafted pieces can quickly become heirlooms-like your grandmother's wedding china that your mom only pulls out for holidays-but, let's be honest, not all of us have the money to be precious about what we serve our morning toast on.

Jonathan Adler has always treated glamour like oxygennecessary, intoxicating, and freely available to anyone bold enough to breathe deeply. His work doesn't sit politely on a coffee table; it shimmies. It sparkles with a bit of naughtiness, intelligence, and a delicious refusal to take the world too seriously. Clay in his hands becomes personality, attitude, a wink disguised as form.

We planned a sauna facility in Kasama City, known since the Edo period as a center for Kasama ware and ceramics. The site is surrounded by a complex mix of environments: scattered ceramics schools, art museums, and golf facilities, yet also densely lined with residential homes. As a facility intended for use without clothing, the site could be read as being in a four-sided siege situation, enclosed by buildings and open fields.

My mom sewed my high school uniforms with little touches of traditional Chinese style, and my aunt made me tote bags and backpacks out of Sanrio fabric - I still have them in my closet,

Though matcha cups aren't a requirement to make delicious tea, they certainly bring some beauty to the ritual. In case you haven't noticed, we're currently in the midst of a matcha craze, and if you're lucky enough to get your hands on the good green powder, having the right tools to properly prepare it can be the difference between tolerating your caffeine intake versus truly enjoying it.

The relationship between Adebunmi Gbadebo and her material, clay, is one of supplication-on the part of Gbadebo. The churched among us consider a potter something of an autocrat; they find masochistic affinity with the idea of clay as the humble, dumb stuff of life of which they are made. But clay will give its protest. In certain environmental situations, clay will choose catastrophe.

These stools from designer Dom Johnson are made simply yet thoughtfully, construction minimal yet meticulously considered. A relatively humble material, MDF, rendered in a satisfying thickness adds weight to the trio, each in varying heights and leg designs. Existing beautifully as separate pieces or together, each is finished with an unobtrusive oil that elevates and protects.