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‘Pots to Give and to Hold’: Why We Love Eating from Handmade Ceramics

November 4, 2020October 8, 2020 by Jay
Pots to give and to hold Lisa Hammond Pouring Bowl jpg webp 'Pots to Give and to Hold': Why We Love Eating from Handmade Ceramics Dishes

Even the most ascetic, least material of monks has need of three things: robes, in which to clothe himself; a temple, in which to shelter himself; and a bowl, with which to feed himself.

Categories Read Tags Bowls, Dishes, Domestic Ware, food, functional ware, kitchen, mugs, Plates, Platters, Salad Bowls, serving dishes, tableware

Critic’s Choice | Anne Mette Hjortshøj

June 15, 2024October 2, 2020 by Jay
anne mette hjortshoj critic choice jpg webp Critic's Choice | Anne Mette Hjortshøj Dishes

WLC’s very own Max Waterhouse looks at Anne Mette Hjortshøj’s tea bowls and oval dishes. He talks about her life and access to materials on the Danish island of Bornholm. We see some footage from an interview taken with Anne Mette for the documentary ‘Paying Honest Attention’.

Categories Video Tags Anne Mette Hjortshøj, Bowls, Dishes, teabowl

Profile | Randy Johnston: An Expansive Vision

October 12, 2020July 5, 2018 by Abu Morshed Julash
Randy Johnston American Ceramics featured image jpg webp Profile | Randy Johnston: An Expansive Vision Dishes

American potter Randy Johnston’s expansive vision is constantly bringing together past and present, the conceptual and the formal, in the service of his art.

Categories Read Tags American Potters, Anagama Kiln, Ceramics Profile, Dishes, For Display, Noborigama, Plates, Randy Johnston, Sculptural, Teapots, Vases, Wood Fired, Wood Firing, Yunomi

Featured Ceramics | Slipware Press-Mould Dishes by Doug Fitch

October 12, 2020February 17, 2018 by Abu Morshed Julash
Doug Fitch Slipware Dishes featured image jpg webp Featured Ceramics | Slipware Press-Mould Dishes by Doug Fitch Dishes

In these dishes, produced with Michael Cardew’s old press moulds, Doug Fitch distills an intimate bond with the local landscape with a modern touch.

Categories Read Tags British Potters, Decoration, Dishes, Domestic Ware, Doug Fitch, Featured Ceramics, Michael Cardew, Platters, Press Moulded, Slipware

Featured Ceramics | Large Square Platters by Jean-Nicolas Gérard

October 12, 2020January 19, 2018 by Abu Morshed Julash
Jean Nicolas Gerard Square Platters featured image jpg webp Featured Ceramics | Large Square Platters by Jean-Nicolas Gérard Dishes

These huge square dishes, with rumpled, up-turned edges, become vineyards or lavender fields in miniature: sgraffito scars mimic row upon row of grape vines.

Categories Read Tags Decoration, Dishes, Earthenware, Featured Ceramics, For Display, French Potters, Jean-Nicolas Gérard, Plates, Provence, Slipware, Terre Vernissée, Valensole

Making | Talking Pots: Nic Collins on his Pottery Forms

October 13, 2020May 22, 2017 by Abu Morshed Julash
Nic Collins Pottery Forms Small Bottle Vases featured image jpg webp Making | Talking Pots: Nic Collins on his Pottery Forms Dishes

Nic Collins is one of the best wood-firing potters in Britain. Here he talks about some of his favourite forms and the methods behind them.

Categories Read Tags Bowls, British Potters, Dishes, Jugs, Making Ceramics, Nic Collins, Vases, Wood Fired

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