Viewing Victor Castanera’s portfolio, you might imagine you’re looking at the work of two different people: some items reflect the precise thinking of a skilled technician; others, the gentle hand of an artist.
Kirsten Coelho
Rust spots bleeding into an otherwise pure white glaze might seem like a corruption of some sorts, as though the pot is spoiled. But in …
Ruth Duckworth
Luminous and perfectly aligned, this complex work appears startlingly simple. Ruth Duckworth was a prolific artist who moved from …
Ruth Gurvich
The papery quality of this porcelain tableware is no coincidence. Argentinian designer Ruth Gurvich constructs vases from paper, sometimes …
Meet the Maker: Sakiyama Takayuki
Look deep into the material structure of this clay vessel and you can feel the unforgiving hardness of the fired stoneware Shigaraki clay …
Meet the Maker: Tony Marsh
Some of these pots are almost more hole than pot. Tony Marsh’s perforated vessels drift through light and hover in a way quite unexpected for a …
Meet the Maker: Samy Rio
The young French designer is making a name for himself as a master of unlikely material combinations. Samy Rio might have only …
Ceramic Revolution
Like disciples of any new industry, speciality coffee converts are a resilient bunch. We’re prepared to endure growing pains a trends arise …
The Notion of Provenance
Where was it made? And who by? The rampant rise of globalisation has made these questions both more difficult to answer and more …
Anne Marie Laureys
Anne Marie Laureys likens the outer clay walls of her vessels to skin. She has a powerful sense of the physicality and the sensuality of clay, of …
Ken Mihara
When Ken Mihara c signed up to join a pottery club, he had no idea that this decision would change the course of his life. The ceramic …
