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Ernest Chaplet (1835 – 1909) French ceramicist and studio potter

On: May 13, 2021

Tagged: ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, ceramics - french, French, french ceramics, French design, French designers

Ernest Chaplet (1835 – 1909) was a French ceramicist, an early studio potter’ who mastered slip decoration, rediscovered stoneware, and conducted copper-red studies. From 1882 to 1885, he was the director of Charles Haviland’s workshop to study decorative processes, where he collaborated with artists such as Paul Gauguin. He eventually moved to Choisy-le-Roi, where he focused on porcelain glaze studies.Read More →

Tias Eckhoff (1926 – 2016) Norwegian designer, metalworker, glass designer, and ceramicist

On: May 12, 2021

Tagged: furniture, furniture design, furniture designer, furniture maker, nordic, Nordic Design, norway, norwegian design, norwegian designer, silversmith, silversmith - norway

Tias Eckhoff (1926 – 2016) was a well-known industrial designer in Norway. His production was constrained, but many of his products have endured as timeless design classics. In addition to the design of RBM Ana, RBM Bella, and Low-back Bella, he was also responsible for the famous Maya cutlery and Glohane tableware, to name a few of the solid works that are well-established in Norwegian design history.Read More →

Paul Follot (1877 – 1941) French decorative artist and sculptor

On: May 11, 2021

Tagged: French, french artist, french decor, French design, French designers, french furniture, french style, Whats NEW

His early graphic design reflected a fascination with mediaeval and Pre-Raphaelite art. He joined Julius Meier-shop Graefe’s La Maison Moderne in Paris in 1901. He met Maurice Dufréne and designed bronzes, jewellery, and fabrics.Read More →

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Charles John Noke (1858 – 1941) British ceramicist

On: May 6, 2021

Tagged: british, british design, british designers, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, ceramics - british, cermamics, potter, pottery

He modelled vases (including Columbis and Diana) and figures from 1893 to 1898. (including Holbein and Rembrandt vases). With Cuthbert Bailey and John Slater, he experimented with the reproduction of Sung, Ming, and early Ch’ing dynasty blood-red rouge flambé and sang-de-boeuf glazes from the late 1890s to the early 1900sRead More →

Grethe Meyer (1918 – 2008) Danish architect, ceramicist, and designer of furniture and glassware

On: May 4, 2021

Tagged: danish, danish ceramics, Danish Design, danish designers, Whats NEW

She worked on the editorial staff of The Building Manual from 1944 to 1955. She was a crucial figure in Borge Mogensen’s research on the standardisation of consumer product sizes, and she collaborated with him frequently. They created the Boligens Byggeskabe (BB) and resund cabinet-storage systems in 1957.Read More →

Marblehead Pottery (1904 – 1936) an American Pottery

On: May 3, 2021

Tagged: american ceramics, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, cermamics, potter, potters, pottery, Whats NEW

Herbert J. Hall founded the Marblehead Pottery in 1904 as one of several “handcraft shops” that offered occupational therapy to “nervously worn outpatients.” The shops specialised in hand-weaving, woodcarving, and metalwork, with pottery being the most popular.Read More →

Clay: Contemporary Ceramic Artisans (hardcover)

On: May 1, 2021

Tagged: american ceramics, Art is a Way, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, Whats NEW

The feeling of a ceramicist’s studio is captured, along with a new appreciation for the beautiful, practical, and approachable works created by a new generation of artists.Read More →

Susie Cooper (1902 – 1995) British ceramicist and designer

On: April 27, 2021

Tagged: britain, british, british design, british designers, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, ceramics - british

Breakfast in an American middle-class home in the 1940s was often served on dishes designed by English designer Susie Cooper (1902-1995).Read More →

William Bower Dalton (1868 – 1965) British watercolourist and potter

On: April 24, 2021

Tagged: british, british design, british designers, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, cermamics, potter, potters, pottery

He was the principal of Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts from 1899 to 1919. He was the curator of the South London Art Gallery during and after this time. Dalton was just 31 years old when he arrived at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in 1899. He’d done well to land the position in such a competitive environment – there were 71 other candidates.Read More →

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Taxile Maxmilien Doat (1851 – 1938) – French ceramicist.

On: April 7, 2021

Tagged: ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, French, french artist, French design, French designers, potter, potters, pottery

Taxile Maxmilien Doat (1851 – 1938) was a French ceramicist. He was born in Albi, and he was active in University City, Missouri.Read More →

Sergei Vasilevich Chekhonin (1878 – 1936) Russian graphic artist and ceramicist

On: April 7, 2021

Tagged: ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, russian, russian art, russian design, russian designer

Sergei Vasil’evich Chekhonin (1878 – 1936) was a Russian graphic artist and ceramicist. He was professionally active in St. Petersburg and Paris.Read More →

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Bernard Howell Leach British Potter

On: April 4, 2021

Tagged: british, british design, british designers, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, H, potter

Born in Hong Kong, Bernhard Howell Leach was a British ceramicist. He had his headquarters in St Ives, Cornwall and Devon. At the Slade School of Fine Art, London, he studied painting. He went to Japan to teach art at the age of 21.Read More →

Jean Luce – french ceramicist and glassware designer

On: April 4, 2021

Tagged: ceramicists, French, French design, French designers, glass, glassware

French designer. He worked primarily in ceramics, but also designed for glass and gold. His ceramics, in an Art Deco style, were manufactured in Limoges Read More →

Stig Lindberg (1916 – 1982) – Swedish ceramic, glass, textile, industrial designer, and painter and illustrator.

On: March 31, 2021

Tagged: ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, potter, pottery, sweden, Sweden design, swedish, swedish design, Swedish designer, textile - swedish

Stig Lindberg (1916 – 1982) was a Swedish ceramic, glass, textile, industrial designer, and painter and illustrator. During his long career with the Gustavsberg pottery factory, Lindberg produced whimsical studio ceramics and graceful tableware lines, making him one of Sweden’s most important postwar designers. Read More →

Christian Joachim Danish Ceramicist restrained neo-classical forms

On: March 28, 2021

Tagged: ceramicists, ceramics, danish ceramics, Danish Design, danish designers, Denmark, designer, designers, Nordic Design

Christian Joachim was a Danish Ceramicist (1870-1943). Between 1889 he studied at the Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen.

Between 1897 and 1900, Joachim made ceramics with George Jensen in a workshop outside Copenhagen. Between 1901 to 1933 worked for the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, where Arno Malinowski sometimes decorated his restrained neoclassical forms. Read More →

Shoji Hamada Japanese Potter

On: March 26, 2021

Tagged: ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, cermamics, japan, japanese, japanese design, Japanese designer, potter, pottery

Shoji Hamada, along with Bernard Leach, was one of the key figures in the development of studio pottery in the 20th century. His influence both in England and the US as well as in his native Japan cannot be underestimated. Read More →

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Frederick Hurten Rhead (1880 – 1942) British Ceramicist

On: March 16, 2021

Tagged: american, american design, american designers, british designers, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, potter, potters, pottery

Frederick Hurten Rhead was an English-born American potter and ceramic artist. He was born into a family of potters and designers. He received his English pottery training before moving to the United States in 1902. Read More →

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Yūsuke Aida (1931-2015) – Japanese ceramics designer and industrial designer

On: March 10, 2021

Tagged: ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, cermamics, japan, japanese, japanese design, Japanese designer

Yūsuke Aida (1931-2015) – Japanese ceramics designer and industrial designer. He studied town planning at Chiba University and ceramics under Ken Miyanohara. Read More →

New Wave Clay: Ceramic Design, Art and Architecture

On: March 9, 2021

Tagged: book, bookshop, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, cermamics, design - book

Throughout the twentieth century, ceramics were widely divided into two sectors. Studio pottery, which was a reaction to the mass-produced wares of the industrial revolution, and fine art by contemporary artists, who just used clay in their practise but rejected many of their traditional codes of practice. The unprecedented increase in ceramic popularity over the last five years has helped create a new type of potter: a ceramic designer: a part-craftsman, a part-designer, a bridge between ceramic craft, collectable design and fine art.Read More →

The Ceramics Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques

On: March 9, 2021

Tagged: book, bookshop, ceramic, ceramic design, ceramicist, ceramicists, ceramics, design - book

The Ceramics Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques By Louisa Taylor Ceramists have been practising their art and craft for thousands of years, and never more prolific than they are today. The Ceramics Bible is the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume. This is the new, definitive guide forRead More →