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I’m not sure I even need to explain at this point why I’m so into Terhi Tolvanen. Terhi makes jewelery, or did from 1999 – 2008, her work is extraordinarily natural and beautiful. These look like beautiful coral reefs — I wonder how big they are — I bet they look amazing on! Much of […]

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One of the best parts of the Museum of Art and Design is their floor of open studios where they teach classes and allow people to come watch various artists’ processes. One of the artists whose work was being displayed the day we went was that of Phyllis Kudder Sullivan who essentially weaves in ceramic. […]

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Another great find at the Museum of Art and Design was Tony Marsh — a ceramicist whose background and life story is as interesting as his work. Originally from New York, Tony has spent most of his life in California it seems. He went to UC Long Beach in the 70s and then went to […]

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While looking at potential Christmas gifts on Merchant No. 4 today I came across a design duo that I thought was making some really great things to share, Voon Wong and Benson Saw. What I saw were the above condiment plates that vary in size but are molecular in their structure. What I didn’t realize […]

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While at the Museum of Art and Design on Sunday, Charlotte and I also came up one the work of Ayala Serfaty. When we were exploring the floor of the museum that was highlighting various pieces of their collection her work was up on the wall as lighting and we were immediately drawn to its […]

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As I work more and more on my yurt project I’ve been researching additional installation artists who utilize pieces of nature in their pieces. I spent yesterday at the Museum of Art and Design with Charlotte looking at parts of their permanent collection they’re currently displaying, which is where I came across Gyongy Laky. Her […]

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Yesterday my brother forwarded me an article from Makezine as he often does and it was the incredible glasswork of Luke Jerram — Michael wins the prize for coolest forward of 9/9/09 as Luke’s pieces from his glass microbiology sculpture series are beyond beautiful. The above, smallpox, is hand blown and, according to Luke, these […]

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In keeping with my love of porcelain I wanted to share the tiles and other works of Heather Knight out of Asheville and her shop, Elemental Clay Studio. Her tile series, focusing on amazing textures, are 9×9 inches square and what’s awesome is that they can be displayed as one single piece or together in […]

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Another great find from my brother’s honeymoon is Nuala O’Donovan — her works were also in the Organic Geometry exhibit. She too works in porcelain but in a very different way — she creates organic, intricate sculptures in the material. These appear to be totally handbuilt and as porcelain dries so quickly I can only […]

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This Labor Day weekend is the first time I’ve seen my brother since his honeymoon to Ireland. From that trip he brought me an exhibit catalog entitled, “Organic Geometry: An Exploration or Form in Contemporary Irish Craft.” In it are highlighted about 40 artists that are a part of the Crafts Council of Ireland — […]