ceramics Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:42:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Flowers and Plants Grow Out of Ceramics in the Works of Kaori Kurihara https://mobispirit.com/flowers-and-plants-grow-out-of-ceramics-in-the-works-of-kaori-kurihara/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:31:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=26317 Kaori Kurihara is a Japanese artist who creates unique ceramic pieces that are bound to capture attention thanks to their unusual shapes and astonishing amount of detail. Each of Kurihara’s works consists of a base with intriguing patterns and twists, resembling a fruit found in nature but featuring elements of creative freedom. From them, beautiful […]

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Kaori Kurihara is a Japanese artist who creates unique ceramic pieces that are bound to capture attention thanks to their unusual shapes and astonishing amount of detail.

Each of Kurihara’s works consists of a base with intriguing patterns and twists, resembling a fruit found in nature but featuring elements of creative freedom. From them, beautiful flowers and other parts emerge, adding another layer of complexity to each piece.

On her website, Kurihara says that plants and their growth provide her with an endless source of inspiration. Sometimes, she even grows plants in her studio, observing each stage to get a better insight into the process.

“I take inspiration from the plant world with particular attention to forms and their geometric repetition, “Kurihara says about her works. “Every element of nature seems to repeat itself, but in fact, there is an infinite variety of it. I have the deep desire to make concrete the fruits represented in my mind and to be able to contemplate them through my own eyes.”

Kurihara, who is currently working out of her studio in Paris, France, frequently shares her new ceramic pieces on social media. Scroll down to check out more of them.

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Frances Priest Designs Beautiful Contemporary Ceramics https://mobispirit.com/frances-priest-designs-beautiful-contemporary-ceramics/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:52:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=24337 Edinburgh-based artist Frances Priest mixes different patterns to create beautiful contemporary ceramic vases, bowls, and other designs. She first started by sketching vases and bowls on paper before turning them into real-life pieces. She works using scalpels and aluminum stamps, similar to what she does on paper. “I can distinctly remember spending hours as a […]

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Edinburgh-based artist Frances Priest mixes different patterns to create beautiful contemporary ceramic vases, bowls, and other designs. She first started by sketching vases and bowls on paper before turning them into real-life pieces. She works using scalpels and aluminum stamps, similar to what she does on paper.

“I can distinctly remember spending hours as a child tracing the designs with my fingers, leafing from page to page and absorbing the visual languages on display,” she told Cavaliero of Finn.

If you’re into colors and patterns, you’re going to love her work! Priest was always into design, even as a child. Her work is inspired by various eras and not limited to a certain style. See it below.

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Trevor Baird’s Beautiful Ceramic Works https://mobispirit.com/trevor-bairds-beautiful-ceramic-works/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:43:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=24314 Montreal-based artist Trevor Baird shows that anything can be art. He transforms our idea of ceramic vases as something historical, vintage, and floral and puts fun contemporary designs on them. Baird is also a comic book artist, which clearly shows from his style. “Ceramics has always been a material that records action very easily,” the […]

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Montreal-based artist Trevor Baird shows that anything can be art. He transforms our idea of ceramic vases as something historical, vintage, and floral and puts fun contemporary designs on them. Baird is also a comic book artist, which clearly shows from his style.

“Ceramics has always been a material that records action very easily,” the artist told WePresent, “basically turning intimate gestures into stone.” His vases and other ceramic items are decorated with parts of comics that form unusual patterns. Each composition looks accidental and purposeful at the same time, like a weird sketchbook that captures the artist’s authentic style.

Scroll down to see some of Baird’s previous works and make sure to follow him on social media for more.

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Michele Quan Makes Unique Ceramic Objetcs https://mobispirit.com/michele-quan-makes-unique-ceramic-objetcs/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:38:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=23549 Michele Quan’s ceramic objects are much more than a simple bowl or mug. Their forms, geometric, leaning towards minimalism, have a grounding quality to them. They’re pretty, but also, strangely, spiritual. “I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what […]

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Michele Quan’s ceramic objects are much more than a simple bowl or mug. Their forms, geometric, leaning towards minimalism, have a grounding quality to them. They’re pretty, but also, strangely, spiritual.

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‘Tis a pile of rocks 👀 #mquanstudio

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“I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what they wish to see or have or be or connect with,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “Just bringing them back into the present and connecting them to the beauty of the world; that’s a moment where everyone feels really good. It’s like touching ground before you go off into the craziness.”

Part of her ceramic objects’ appeal is that they’re all handmade, either hand-built or thrown on the wheel, after which they are hand-painted, adding a personal touch to them. Other than ceramics, Quan also works with other organic materials that include hand-dyed cotton, hemp rope, and reclaimed wood.

“When making things I have to see it in my head first,” she explains, talking about the creative process that goes behind the scenes. “I have to be able to see the process linearly,” stresses Quan. “Once I figure out how to make something the first time I’ll make a template so that I don’t have to re-think it every time. If you have to think too hard it’s more exhausting.”

Take a look at some of her original designs in the gallery below.

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Minimalist Ceramics With Human Faces by Fan Yanting https://mobispirit.com/minimalist-ceramics-with-human-faces-by-fan-yanting/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:11:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=22198 Taiwanese artist Fan Yanting creates quite unusual and very interesting minimalist ceramics, mostly vessels and dinnerware, with human faces on them. The artist hand-sculpts different sets of eyes, mouths, and noses to express the full palette of human emotions, but he can never decide which emotion he’ll try to capture beforehand. As Yanting said in […]

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Taiwanese artist Fan Yanting creates quite unusual and very interesting minimalist ceramics, mostly vessels and dinnerware, with human faces on them. The artist hand-sculpts different sets of eyes, mouths, and noses to express the full palette of human emotions, but he can never decide which emotion he’ll try to capture beforehand.

As Yanting said in an interview with Neocha, he starts sculpting human faces with an empty mind and no specific character designs in mind. The passion for creating these whimsical ceramics comes from his interest in human relationships and the way people read other people’s facial expressions.

“Maybe a face will remind someone of an old friend, a family member, or the coffee shop owner down the street. By leading viewers to experience everyday items that have different faces, I hope to explore this phenomenon in my work,” the artist said.

Check out these miniature ceramics in the photos below.

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The Wonderfully Wonky Illustrations and Ceramics of Rosi https://mobispirit.com/the-wonderfully-wonky-illustrations-and-ceramics-of-rosi/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:24:49 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=19010 Bristol-based illustrator and ceramicist, known simply as Rosi, tackles our ideas about beauty in a light-hearted way that doesn’t come off as preachy. Focusing mainly on the female body, in all its messiness, her illustrations allow for a conversation about the perception of womanhood in the age of Instagram and Facetune. “I cover a lot […]

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Bristol-based illustrator and ceramicist, known simply as Rosi, tackles our ideas about beauty in a light-hearted way that doesn’t come off as preachy. Focusing mainly on the female body, in all its messiness, her illustrations allow for a conversation about the perception of womanhood in the age of Instagram and Facetune.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx6wHYjhel8/

“I cover a lot of topics and themes but generally they’re all centered around women and women’s health,” she explained in an interview with Inky Goodness. “As someone who has struggled with body image and the female body I want to share my experiences and shine a new light on certain topics such as body hair and body image.”

Since graduating from Oxford Brookes University, having studied Fine Art, Rosi has managed to make a name for herself as both illustrator and graphic designer. “I would love to work solely for myself and be a full-time illustrator and ceramicist,” she says. “I also hope to have a small studio where I can teach a few workshops.”

In the meantime, her Instagram following has grown to a respectable size of over 6k, pushing the conversation about body image forward.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5xN4uQh8pW/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4NOd12hycy/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B36ltJ5Bigb/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHwMaWHJbc/

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Judi Tavill’s Ceramic Vessels Are Inspired by the Ocean Blue https://mobispirit.com/judi-tavills-ceramic-vessels-are-inspired-by-the-ocean-blue/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:00:43 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18425 Judi Tavill’s ceramic art is directly inspired by nature in all its complexity. More than simple sculptures, her art replicates a living organism, or perhaps, a coral reef. “Sea creatures and weather formations, fabric folds and textile richness or historic ceramic techniques all come together to inspire the form and texture of the work,” writes Tavill on […]

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Judi Tavill’s ceramic art is directly inspired by nature in all its complexity. More than simple sculptures, her art replicates a living organism, or perhaps, a coral reef. “Sea creatures and weather formations, fabric folds and textile richness or historic ceramic techniques all come together to inspire the form and texture of the work,” writes Tavill on her website.

But it took Tavill sometime before she decided on her artistic voice, having first pursued a career in fashion. It was only in 2003 that she came across clay, and a love story ensued. Working from her studio based on the New Jersey shore, her process includes wheel throwing and hand-building, altering and distorting forms before deeply carving, hand texturing and surface detailing her creations.

Firing the clay twice allows for the addition of delicate glazing work and the melting of crushed glass for additional surface interest. According to her, this process is long and involved, requiring both planning and improvisation. 

But it’s a process that is worthwhile, judging by the finished result.

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Jon Almeda Makes the Case for Miniature Ceramic Art https://mobispirit.com/jon-almeda-makes-the-case-for-miniature-ceramic-art/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:13:42 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18418 Jon Almeda makes beautiful ceramic art, but with a twist: his vases are incredibly small. “Size does matter,” reads Almeda’s Instagram bio. And scrolling through his Instagram page – his message is clearly heard. But when it comes to his inspiration, the Hawaii-based ceramic artist admits it’s varied. “There are so many different things that […]

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Jon Almeda makes beautiful ceramic art, but with a twist: his vases are incredibly small. “Size does matter,” reads Almeda’s Instagram bio. And scrolling through his Instagram page – his message is clearly heard.

But when it comes to his inspiration, the Hawaii-based ceramic artist admits it’s varied. “There are so many different things that I am interested in, music, photography, just all different arts,” he told The Potters Cast. “There would be too many to list just one. I pull inspiration from all different places.”

View this post on Instagram

It only took me a month to balance this pot 😜

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After 17 years of creating miniatures, the self-taught artist has truly honed his craft. But he admits that when he first discovered ceramic art he assigned to the notion that “the bigger the better.” It was only after coming across a book called Creating Ceramic Miniatures that he saw things differently.

Working on small-scaled objects was much harder then he imagined, requiring him to test different clay bodies, make his own tools, and trying out new techniques. Here are some of our favorite creations by him:

View this post on Instagram

Mini marshmallows

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Celebrate Your Creative Spirit With This Ceramics Brand https://mobispirit.com/celebrate-your-creative-spirit-with-this-ceramics-brand/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18163 Spanish sisters Julieta and Rocio Alvarez joined forces to create a ceramics brand that celebrates originality and fashion. Committed to a pastel color palette, the two sisters use natural materials and artisanal techniques, with a goal to create a community of people who love handmade products. A worthy goal, if nothing else. Their brand, named […]

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Spanish sisters Julieta and Rocio Alvarez joined forces to create a ceramics brand that celebrates originality and fashion. Committed to a pastel color palette, the two sisters use natural materials and artisanal techniques, with a goal to create a community of people who love handmade products. A worthy goal, if nothing else.

Their brand, named after Julieta Alvarez, sells unique jewelry pieces and home decoration across five continents in cities like Paris, Tokyo, New York, Sidney, London, and Helsinki, with their products shown at galleries, stores, and international museums.

With a background in fashion and graphic design, Julieta Alvarez fell in love with ceramics after taking a ceramics course. “I needed a change and I decided to take a course imparted by Resu Labrador, an artisan that had a workshop near home,” she shared in an interview Cup of Couple. “I used to go there full of ideas, and she taught me different techniques to achieve my objectives. Since then, I haven’t stopped!”

“I’m in love with ceramic because is a material that allows almost everything,” she went on to explain. “You can experiment with it, try new things, learn, make jewelry, sculptures or just disconnect from the world and lose track of time.”

Check out some of the sisters’ original designs in the gallery below:

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Public Holiday Pottery by Carly Buteux https://mobispirit.com/public-holiday-pottery-by-carly-buteux/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:01:18 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=15937 Carly Buteux is the talented artist who runs the brand Public Holiday, under which she creates gorgeous cups and other clay items. She describes her products as “objects made by hand for slow living + fun times” on her Instagram page. According to Buteux, beauty can be found in imperfections. Each of her items is […]

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Carly Buteux is the talented artist who runs the brand Public Holiday, under which she creates gorgeous cups and other clay items. She describes her products as “objects made by hand for slow living + fun times” on her Instagram page.

According to Buteux, beauty can be found in imperfections. Each of her items is hand formed on the wheel, after which she paints and decorates it. She’s proud of the unique personality each individual item shows. 

She lives and works in Sydney. Her Instagram page is followed by 130,000 people who are just as enthusiastic about beautiful pottery as she is. Once you start browsing her page, it will be hard to stop. The next step is visiting her online shop that you can find on her website and pick up a cup for yourself or someone you love!

See her work below and, if you want more, check out her Instagram.

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> ceramics Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:42:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Flowers and Plants Grow Out of Ceramics in the Works of Kaori Kurihara https://mobispirit.com/flowers-and-plants-grow-out-of-ceramics-in-the-works-of-kaori-kurihara/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:31:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=26317 Kaori Kurihara is a Japanese artist who creates unique ceramic pieces that are bound to capture attention thanks to their unusual shapes and astonishing amount of detail. Each of Kurihara’s works consists of a base with intriguing patterns and twists, resembling a fruit found in nature but featuring elements of creative freedom. From them, beautiful […]

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Kaori Kurihara is a Japanese artist who creates unique ceramic pieces that are bound to capture attention thanks to their unusual shapes and astonishing amount of detail.

Each of Kurihara’s works consists of a base with intriguing patterns and twists, resembling a fruit found in nature but featuring elements of creative freedom. From them, beautiful flowers and other parts emerge, adding another layer of complexity to each piece.

On her website, Kurihara says that plants and their growth provide her with an endless source of inspiration. Sometimes, she even grows plants in her studio, observing each stage to get a better insight into the process.

“I take inspiration from the plant world with particular attention to forms and their geometric repetition, “Kurihara says about her works. “Every element of nature seems to repeat itself, but in fact, there is an infinite variety of it. I have the deep desire to make concrete the fruits represented in my mind and to be able to contemplate them through my own eyes.”

Kurihara, who is currently working out of her studio in Paris, France, frequently shares her new ceramic pieces on social media. Scroll down to check out more of them.

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Frances Priest Designs Beautiful Contemporary Ceramics https://mobispirit.com/frances-priest-designs-beautiful-contemporary-ceramics/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:52:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=24337 Edinburgh-based artist Frances Priest mixes different patterns to create beautiful contemporary ceramic vases, bowls, and other designs. She first started by sketching vases and bowls on paper before turning them into real-life pieces. She works using scalpels and aluminum stamps, similar to what she does on paper. “I can distinctly remember spending hours as a […]

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Edinburgh-based artist Frances Priest mixes different patterns to create beautiful contemporary ceramic vases, bowls, and other designs. She first started by sketching vases and bowls on paper before turning them into real-life pieces. She works using scalpels and aluminum stamps, similar to what she does on paper.

“I can distinctly remember spending hours as a child tracing the designs with my fingers, leafing from page to page and absorbing the visual languages on display,” she told Cavaliero of Finn.

If you’re into colors and patterns, you’re going to love her work! Priest was always into design, even as a child. Her work is inspired by various eras and not limited to a certain style. See it below.

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Trevor Baird’s Beautiful Ceramic Works https://mobispirit.com/trevor-bairds-beautiful-ceramic-works/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:43:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=24314 Montreal-based artist Trevor Baird shows that anything can be art. He transforms our idea of ceramic vases as something historical, vintage, and floral and puts fun contemporary designs on them. Baird is also a comic book artist, which clearly shows from his style. “Ceramics has always been a material that records action very easily,” the […]

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Montreal-based artist Trevor Baird shows that anything can be art. He transforms our idea of ceramic vases as something historical, vintage, and floral and puts fun contemporary designs on them. Baird is also a comic book artist, which clearly shows from his style.

“Ceramics has always been a material that records action very easily,” the artist told WePresent, “basically turning intimate gestures into stone.” His vases and other ceramic items are decorated with parts of comics that form unusual patterns. Each composition looks accidental and purposeful at the same time, like a weird sketchbook that captures the artist’s authentic style.

Scroll down to see some of Baird’s previous works and make sure to follow him on social media for more.

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Michele Quan Makes Unique Ceramic Objetcs https://mobispirit.com/michele-quan-makes-unique-ceramic-objetcs/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:38:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=23549 Michele Quan’s ceramic objects are much more than a simple bowl or mug. Their forms, geometric, leaning towards minimalism, have a grounding quality to them. They’re pretty, but also, strangely, spiritual. “I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what […]

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Michele Quan’s ceramic objects are much more than a simple bowl or mug. Their forms, geometric, leaning towards minimalism, have a grounding quality to them. They’re pretty, but also, strangely, spiritual.

View this post on Instagram

‘Tis a pile of rocks 👀 #mquanstudio

A post shared by MQuan Studio (@mquanstudio) on

“I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what they wish to see or have or be or connect with,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “Just bringing them back into the present and connecting them to the beauty of the world; that’s a moment where everyone feels really good. It’s like touching ground before you go off into the craziness.”

Part of her ceramic objects’ appeal is that they’re all handmade, either hand-built or thrown on the wheel, after which they are hand-painted, adding a personal touch to them. Other than ceramics, Quan also works with other organic materials that include hand-dyed cotton, hemp rope, and reclaimed wood.

“When making things I have to see it in my head first,” she explains, talking about the creative process that goes behind the scenes. “I have to be able to see the process linearly,” stresses Quan. “Once I figure out how to make something the first time I’ll make a template so that I don’t have to re-think it every time. If you have to think too hard it’s more exhausting.”

Take a look at some of her original designs in the gallery below.

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Minimalist Ceramics With Human Faces by Fan Yanting https://mobispirit.com/minimalist-ceramics-with-human-faces-by-fan-yanting/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:11:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=22198 Taiwanese artist Fan Yanting creates quite unusual and very interesting minimalist ceramics, mostly vessels and dinnerware, with human faces on them. The artist hand-sculpts different sets of eyes, mouths, and noses to express the full palette of human emotions, but he can never decide which emotion he’ll try to capture beforehand. As Yanting said in […]

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Taiwanese artist Fan Yanting creates quite unusual and very interesting minimalist ceramics, mostly vessels and dinnerware, with human faces on them. The artist hand-sculpts different sets of eyes, mouths, and noses to express the full palette of human emotions, but he can never decide which emotion he’ll try to capture beforehand.

As Yanting said in an interview with Neocha, he starts sculpting human faces with an empty mind and no specific character designs in mind. The passion for creating these whimsical ceramics comes from his interest in human relationships and the way people read other people’s facial expressions.

“Maybe a face will remind someone of an old friend, a family member, or the coffee shop owner down the street. By leading viewers to experience everyday items that have different faces, I hope to explore this phenomenon in my work,” the artist said.

Check out these miniature ceramics in the photos below.

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The Wonderfully Wonky Illustrations and Ceramics of Rosi https://mobispirit.com/the-wonderfully-wonky-illustrations-and-ceramics-of-rosi/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:24:49 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=19010 Bristol-based illustrator and ceramicist, known simply as Rosi, tackles our ideas about beauty in a light-hearted way that doesn’t come off as preachy. Focusing mainly on the female body, in all its messiness, her illustrations allow for a conversation about the perception of womanhood in the age of Instagram and Facetune. “I cover a lot […]

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Bristol-based illustrator and ceramicist, known simply as Rosi, tackles our ideas about beauty in a light-hearted way that doesn’t come off as preachy. Focusing mainly on the female body, in all its messiness, her illustrations allow for a conversation about the perception of womanhood in the age of Instagram and Facetune.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx6wHYjhel8/

“I cover a lot of topics and themes but generally they’re all centered around women and women’s health,” she explained in an interview with Inky Goodness. “As someone who has struggled with body image and the female body I want to share my experiences and shine a new light on certain topics such as body hair and body image.”

Since graduating from Oxford Brookes University, having studied Fine Art, Rosi has managed to make a name for herself as both illustrator and graphic designer. “I would love to work solely for myself and be a full-time illustrator and ceramicist,” she says. “I also hope to have a small studio where I can teach a few workshops.”

In the meantime, her Instagram following has grown to a respectable size of over 6k, pushing the conversation about body image forward.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5xN4uQh8pW/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4NOd12hycy/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B36ltJ5Bigb/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHwMaWHJbc/

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Judi Tavill’s Ceramic Vessels Are Inspired by the Ocean Blue https://mobispirit.com/judi-tavills-ceramic-vessels-are-inspired-by-the-ocean-blue/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:00:43 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18425 Judi Tavill’s ceramic art is directly inspired by nature in all its complexity. More than simple sculptures, her art replicates a living organism, or perhaps, a coral reef. “Sea creatures and weather formations, fabric folds and textile richness or historic ceramic techniques all come together to inspire the form and texture of the work,” writes Tavill on […]

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Judi Tavill’s ceramic art is directly inspired by nature in all its complexity. More than simple sculptures, her art replicates a living organism, or perhaps, a coral reef. “Sea creatures and weather formations, fabric folds and textile richness or historic ceramic techniques all come together to inspire the form and texture of the work,” writes Tavill on her website.

But it took Tavill sometime before she decided on her artistic voice, having first pursued a career in fashion. It was only in 2003 that she came across clay, and a love story ensued. Working from her studio based on the New Jersey shore, her process includes wheel throwing and hand-building, altering and distorting forms before deeply carving, hand texturing and surface detailing her creations.

Firing the clay twice allows for the addition of delicate glazing work and the melting of crushed glass for additional surface interest. According to her, this process is long and involved, requiring both planning and improvisation. 

But it’s a process that is worthwhile, judging by the finished result.

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Jon Almeda Makes the Case for Miniature Ceramic Art https://mobispirit.com/jon-almeda-makes-the-case-for-miniature-ceramic-art/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:13:42 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18418 Jon Almeda makes beautiful ceramic art, but with a twist: his vases are incredibly small. “Size does matter,” reads Almeda’s Instagram bio. And scrolling through his Instagram page – his message is clearly heard. But when it comes to his inspiration, the Hawaii-based ceramic artist admits it’s varied. “There are so many different things that […]

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Jon Almeda makes beautiful ceramic art, but with a twist: his vases are incredibly small. “Size does matter,” reads Almeda’s Instagram bio. And scrolling through his Instagram page – his message is clearly heard.

But when it comes to his inspiration, the Hawaii-based ceramic artist admits it’s varied. “There are so many different things that I am interested in, music, photography, just all different arts,” he told The Potters Cast. “There would be too many to list just one. I pull inspiration from all different places.”

View this post on Instagram

It only took me a month to balance this pot 😜

A post shared by JON ALMEDA (@almedapottery) on

After 17 years of creating miniatures, the self-taught artist has truly honed his craft. But he admits that when he first discovered ceramic art he assigned to the notion that “the bigger the better.” It was only after coming across a book called Creating Ceramic Miniatures that he saw things differently.

Working on small-scaled objects was much harder then he imagined, requiring him to test different clay bodies, make his own tools, and trying out new techniques. Here are some of our favorite creations by him:

View this post on Instagram

Mini marshmallows

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Celebrate Your Creative Spirit With This Ceramics Brand https://mobispirit.com/celebrate-your-creative-spirit-with-this-ceramics-brand/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18163 Spanish sisters Julieta and Rocio Alvarez joined forces to create a ceramics brand that celebrates originality and fashion. Committed to a pastel color palette, the two sisters use natural materials and artisanal techniques, with a goal to create a community of people who love handmade products. A worthy goal, if nothing else. Their brand, named […]

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Spanish sisters Julieta and Rocio Alvarez joined forces to create a ceramics brand that celebrates originality and fashion. Committed to a pastel color palette, the two sisters use natural materials and artisanal techniques, with a goal to create a community of people who love handmade products. A worthy goal, if nothing else.

Their brand, named after Julieta Alvarez, sells unique jewelry pieces and home decoration across five continents in cities like Paris, Tokyo, New York, Sidney, London, and Helsinki, with their products shown at galleries, stores, and international museums.

With a background in fashion and graphic design, Julieta Alvarez fell in love with ceramics after taking a ceramics course. “I needed a change and I decided to take a course imparted by Resu Labrador, an artisan that had a workshop near home,” she shared in an interview Cup of Couple. “I used to go there full of ideas, and she taught me different techniques to achieve my objectives. Since then, I haven’t stopped!”

“I’m in love with ceramic because is a material that allows almost everything,” she went on to explain. “You can experiment with it, try new things, learn, make jewelry, sculptures or just disconnect from the world and lose track of time.”

Check out some of the sisters’ original designs in the gallery below:

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Public Holiday Pottery by Carly Buteux https://mobispirit.com/public-holiday-pottery-by-carly-buteux/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:01:18 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=15937 Carly Buteux is the talented artist who runs the brand Public Holiday, under which she creates gorgeous cups and other clay items. She describes her products as “objects made by hand for slow living + fun times” on her Instagram page. According to Buteux, beauty can be found in imperfections. Each of her items is […]

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Carly Buteux is the talented artist who runs the brand Public Holiday, under which she creates gorgeous cups and other clay items. She describes her products as “objects made by hand for slow living + fun times” on her Instagram page.

According to Buteux, beauty can be found in imperfections. Each of her items is hand formed on the wheel, after which she paints and decorates it. She’s proud of the unique personality each individual item shows. 

She lives and works in Sydney. Her Instagram page is followed by 130,000 people who are just as enthusiastic about beautiful pottery as she is. Once you start browsing her page, it will be hard to stop. The next step is visiting her online shop that you can find on her website and pick up a cup for yourself or someone you love!

See her work below and, if you want more, check out her Instagram.

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