Category: ceramics

Design Foraging: Studio Joo

My favorite aesthetic is work that feels both organic and modern. Maybe it’s my competing loves of cities and the woods. The work of Brooklyn artist Elaine Tian in her Studio Joo ceramics embodies that juxtaposition in the most elegant way.

Light washes of color remind me of wispy landscapes seen through squinted eyes, her translucent glazes making each piece seem as polished as a river rock. The shapes and palettes feel organic in nature, but there is a restraint and simplicity to the forms that create a collection that is thoroughly modern. I’ll take one of each, please!

To see more work from Studio Joo, please visit the website. Pieces can be purchased through the Studio Joo Big Cartel site.

All images via Studio Joo on Big Cartel.

May 14, 2014
Design Foraging: Diana Fayt

I have such a weakness for ceramics. Some people are glass lovers and I agree, handblown glass is gorgeous, but I’ve always loved the beautiful imperfection of ceramics. I think it started when I was young, eating chocolate ice cream from my grandmother’s Frankoma pottery bowls. The swirling of the spoon made such a distinct sound and the bowls usually had slight imperfections that just added to their charm. Mr. F and I didn’t register for china when we got married, mostly because we knew we would be traveling for a while and didn’t see the point. If I had registered, delicate china wouldn’t have been my choice. Artsy pottery dishes would have been the way to go for me. The work by ceramic artist Diana Fayt surely would have been ( and still is! ) on my short list.

The delicate graphics of her hand drawn “etchings in clay” and the gorgeous array of glaze colors make Diana’s ceramics almost too beautiful to use. Oh but use them, I would! How much better would my morning muesli taste out of one of these bowls? Or just arrange a few leafy branches in one of those vases and let the pottery be the star. Her work would fit just perfectly in our artsy dream home in the woods.

To see more of Diana Fayt‘s work, please visit her website. Some work is available for purchase on her website, or check out the galleries & stockists listed.

All images via the artist’s website.

January 16, 2014
Design Foraging: Sara Paloma

They’re creamy and they’re dreamy. And I want to make them mine, each and every one! I’m talking about the ceramic work of California artist Sara Paloma. Whether it’s the color of the glaze, the texture or the shapes that are just so, there is something about these pieces that grabs my heart.

Just so subtle and supple.. like a wisp of cloud. Her work is definitely going on my “coveting” list! Read more about Sara Paloma on her website and see more work available for purchase in her Etsy shop. And she’s having a sale!!

PS– You may have noticed that I’ve stopped doing Design Foraging on Fridays. There were just too many artists I wanted to share, so I decided to do five artist features each week instead of four! Design Foraging will now be an occasional posting, at least once a month, probably more. 😉

All images via Sara Paloma’s Etsy shop.

October 16, 2013
Design Foraging: Shannon Garson

The advent of the Fall season always makes my nesting instincts come out! While we’re living our vagabond life, I’ll have to settle for baking, buying autumnal flowers and trying out new seasonal recipes instead of what I’d really like to do– paint, hang artwork, rearrange furniture and seasonalize ( new word! ) my home. So dear Artsies, today I’m vicariously living through any Aussie readers who may have the opportunity to buy the lovely porcelain work of Shannon Garson. Her palette and texture reminds me of bare tree branches and the crunch of fallen leaves underfoot.

You can check out more work by Shannon Garson on her website. I’ll be over here, drooling and wishing I could somehow make a few of these mine. Happy weekend!

All images are via the artist’s website.

September 6, 2013
Design Foraging: Plant!

Spring is officially here! As much as I adore winter, there is something about spring that brings out the joy and hopefulness in us, don’t you think? Like when I owned my little house in Florida, how excited I would get every spring to go to the local nursery and buy pretty flowers and mulch and transform my little yard, keeping my fingers crossed I could somehow keep everything alive! ( Hint: I usually didn’t. ). Even while we’re vagabonding it and renting, I long to transform each space in the spring. This year, I’ll have to just gaze longingly at all the wonderfully artsy gardening products popping up all over. Here are a few of my favorites found in my design foraging this week–

Ceramic Cylinder Birdhouse at Terrain

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Chevron Herb Markers from Sesame and Sparrow

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Heritage Garden Hose at Terrain

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Hudson Valley Seeds at West Elm

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Sunny Side Watering Can at Terrain

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Any plans to do some diggin’ in the dirt this weekend? Mr. F and I are heading over to San Diego for some much needed time with friends. I’m hoping we’ll see some glimpses of spring while we’re there!

All images linked above.

March 22, 2013
Friday Design Finds: Not So Boring Vases

Perhaps some pretty flowers arrived at your house yesterday? Maybe not ones of the Christy Kinard variety ( but if so, LUCKY!! ), but the sweetly scented kind. Pray tell, what did you do with your floral treasure? Please don’t say you just left them in the boring, cheap-o, mass manufactured vase they came in! A beautiful token of love deserves a special vessel. An artsy vessel. Here are a few I would happily grace with blooms!

Green, Yellow, and Red Ceramic Pot by Esther Griffith

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Home vase by Winsome Gallery**

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Vase by Meredith Host

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Processed Paper Vessel by Pia Wustenberg

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Hope you the lovey doveyness keeps coming your way! I’m off to Palm Springs today for the Palm Springs Art Fair, looking forward to spending the day discovering more artsy to share with you!

**this vase is extra special because it is emblazened with lyrics from mine & Mr. Forager’s song. It’s not super mushy, but it fits us perfectly!

All images sources linked above.

February 15, 2013