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Tag: tableware

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: 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

Tag: tableware

Design Foraging: Studio Joo

Design Foraging: Shannon Garson