Artist Keeley Haftner focuses on recycling by pulverizing works discarded by other artists to create material for new ceramics. She completes the circle by breathing “artist breath” into the finished works. Above: From the series Carbon Copies (Frances Whitehead), 2021. Unwanted ceramic sculpture by Whitehead, waste clay, artist’s […]
From the Archives: Republished because this series of works is a long-time favourite. See what you think. Kenneth Baskin’s inspired mechanical objects are artifacts, derived from the advent of the industrial revolution. The works may look like metal, but are almost entirely ceramic. Baskin says our industrial roots […]
Artist Daumante Stirbyte began creating delicate ceramic beetles after she arrived in Canada in 2017, moved into an older house and noticed “a few strange bugs getting inside.” “Naturally, I googled them to find out what they are!” Stirbyte says. “Turns out they were brown marmorated stink bugs. […]
Istanbul-based artist Aylin Bilgiç has a facility for ceramic people, along with her more traditional works. She is a Fine Arts graduate of Marmara University in Ceramics and Glass.
Ceramic sculptor Jason Walker explores how technology influences and molds our perceptions of nature, the latest circuit in his long-standing interest in the natural world.
Since I last posted about the exquisite porcelain works of Zemer Peled (here) she has created the series In Eden, 2018 (above). Her work is formed of thousands of shards of handcrafted porcelain, constructed into sculptures and installations.
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