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Ceramics of Diem Chau

February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Ceramics

Diem Chau embroiders on porcelain plates and cups…how?… I can not tell you because I could not find much about her technique…
Born in ‘Saigon’ Diem Chau is a Vietnam native, but she and her family came to America as refugees in 1986. She graduated at Cornish College of the Arts and since then has won [...]

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Extraordinarily ceramics

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Ceramics

Pure by chance I came across this extraordinarily ceramist, Pamela Sunday.
What luck, because what a nice surprise she is!
Her ceramics are inspired by the microscopic shapes found in nature. She is known for her meticulous craftsmanship and for testing the limits of her chosen materials both in surface and form.The ceramist is a former art [...]

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Favorites at Meesterlijk

October 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Ceramics, Fashion, Uncategorized

Last Sunday at ‘Meesterlijk’ we walked the whole afternoon through art, design and craft. I saw a lot of beautiful things. In this post a few of my favorites.
Ieva Laurine is a member of a designer’s collective called ‘Design drive’. She is from Riga, Latvia. She made this hammock…and these are her words…
The hammock is [...]

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Beautiful ceramics at Keramisto

September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Ceramics, Life

Last Sunday we went to the Mokerheide near Nijmegen, to enjoy all the wonderful ceramics at Keramisto. The weather was nice and we walked along the stands for hours… This international fair is held in a parc and afterwards we always relax at a small lake, our minds full of the beautiful things we have [...]

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Ceramic

September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Ceramics, Handmade

Frank Schillo is a young German ceramist. He makes sturdy pieces and I think his work has beautiful shapes. Too bad his website is only in German.
He will be at Keramisto, the big International Potters Fair in September.

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Once upon a time…

August 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Ceramics, Once upon a time..., Uncategorized

Once upon a time we lived in a tiny village on the red soil of Georgia in The United States of America. For reasons I never really new, lots of artists and crafts people lived all around us in that area. Was it the cheap housing… the beautiful countryside? Anyway… near our house was this [...]

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Toepfermarkt

August 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Art, Ceramics, Handmade, Life, Uncategorized

How was your weekend? On saturday our studio is open and we have been quite busy… But Sunday is our day of and we went to the Toepfermarkt. This is an international ceramic fair, which takes place on the first weekend of August in the city centre of Oldenburg, Germany. Due to a careful selection [...]

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Handmade

July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Ceramics, Handmade, Uncategorized

Today I like to share with you the beautiful work of Kristen Swanson a ceramist from Virginia. Most of her work is black and white and hand-trown porcelain clay. I like it a lot don’t you? You can see more of her work in her Etsy shop…

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International…

May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Ceramics, Design, Fashion, Food, Handmade, Jewelry, Life, Photography

An other step on our international road. We joined Etsy!

A site and artistic community with hundreds of shops from people all over the world who sell handmade products. Those products range from ugly homemade art, to gorgeous fashion, lovely handmade shoes or modern ceramics.
Please see for your self at www.TheJewelryStory.etsy.com

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