Friday, December 18, 2009

304


Artist: Alyssa Welch

APAD will not update all of next week. Happy Holidays to everyone!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

303


Artist: Momoko Otani / Source: K's table

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

302


Artist: Joelle Bellenot

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

301


Artist: Angela Burkhardt-Guallini / Source: Swiss Ceramics

Monday, December 14, 2009

300



Artist: Marney McDiarmid

Thanks to each and every one of you for submitting your ceramic work, and especially Mignon for creating and curating this space. It was a treat to look through your submissions.

For brevity’s sake, a few honorable mentions, including: Mick Marineau’s and Barb Jensen’s whimsically painted animals and natural objects; Judith Duff’s well-glazed, wood-fired square plate; the classic work of Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish; and the distinctive graphic style of Aaron Sober’s painted plates. I liked casbah3d’s earthy corn plates and Frog Ponds Rock’s handbuilt nerikomi platter in white, also.

For me, the one that stood out the most in this collection was Marney McDiarmid’s McBurney Park bowl. (I hope I got your name right). I like the approach of telling the story of a neighborhood using handbuilt, translucent porcelain – which managed to look contemporary and retro at the same time. Good integration between form, style and message. I like the use of archival materials, photographs, relief, decals, oxided imprints and even interviews to build dimension, both visually and narratively. The piece gave me some new inspirations about storytelling through clay. Enjoy your beautiful art piece by Yasha Butler!
-- Leili Towfigh

Friday, December 11, 2009

299



Artist: Anima Roos

Thursday, December 10, 2009

298



Artist: Erika Fankhauser Schürch / Source: Swiss Ceramics

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

297


Artist: Chris Saban / Source: The Plate Auction

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

296


Studio: Bottoni Porzellan

Monday, December 7, 2009

295


Artist: Gary D / Source: The Plate Auction

Friday, December 4, 2009

294 & a contest for plate #300


Update: Thank you for all your submissions! Have a great weekend, and do look for plate #300 on Monday, December 14th. Cheers!

It's that time of the year again! Plate #300 is due on Monday, December 14th, and we're looking for your ideas. This time we're asking everyone to post images to our newly formed Flickr group, located here. If you can't post to Flickr, you can leave your submission in the comments on this post. And for Flickr members who love clay, feel free to use our other group for all other photos, located here.

We have a new judge for the contest, the lovely Leili Towfigh. Leili is an artist and educational technologist who works with whatever strikes her fancy: clay, paint, film, pixel, pencil, ranunculus, rusted metal, wool, felt, linoleum, wood, etc. She writes a monthly column, Eye to I, about fine arts and inspiration for Soul Pancake, and muses about art and the creative process on Beyond the Picture.

The winner will get their plate posted on Monday, December 14th as post #300. And! That lucky person will also get one of the amazing porcelain plates pictured above from the studio of Yasha Butler. Once again, thank you so much for all of the nice notes you've left on the blog. Now, let's see those plates :)

Rules:
1. In addition to plates we'll accept submissions for bowls and platters
2. Work must not have been published on this site
3. Of course it's totally fine to plug your own work. And remember, this contest is not limited to potters -- anyone can send us an url to a favorite plate
4. Multiple submissions are fine
5. Submit your plate by any/all of these means:
-- Flickr: The 300post group
-- Comments on this post: we'll need an url to an image of the piece
6. And, icing on the cake (i.e. not a requirement), tell us how it was done! We're a curious bunch!
7. The contest will close at noon Pacific/3pm Eastern on Friday, Dec. 11th

(If you're curious about the last contest, you can see that here)

Thursday, December 3, 2009

293


Artist: Carole Epp / Source: Etsy

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

292


Artist: Emma Magenta / Source: Third Drawer Down

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

291


Artist: Ayumi Horie

On Friday we'll be posting a call, similar to this one, for plate #300. Please get your urls ready and don't be bashful about submitting your own work! We have an(other) amazing judge, and a beautiful plate to give away.

Monday, November 30, 2009

290


Artist: Nathalie Derouet

Friday, November 27, 2009

289


Artist: Mary Anne Davis / Source: Ferrin Gallery

Thursday, November 26, 2009

288


Source: Anthropologie

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

287


Source: Ashes & Milk

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

286


Artist: Mel Robson

Monday, November 23, 2009

285


Artist: Kim Westad / Source: Supermarket

Friday, November 20, 2009

284


Artist: Susan Dewsnap / Source: Strictly Functional Pottery National

Thursday, November 19, 2009

283


Artist: Sharon Farrelly / Source: Strictly Functional Pottery National

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

282


Artist: Frank Gaydos / Source: Strictly Functional Pottery National

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

281


Source: CB2

Monday, November 16, 2009

280


Artist: Jill Rosenwald / Source: Etsy