I told her kilns are close to a thousand dollars and a pottery wheel can be $900,” said Hafner. “It’s an expensive art form. Annie told me, ‘but Mom, you figure everything out. You taught yourself how ...
Two Copenhagen porcelain manufacturers – Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grøndahl – caused quite a stir between 1890 and 1930 with their revolutionary underglaze painting techniques.
Platter. Yuan period, mid-14th century. China, Jiangxi Province. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware). H. 3 in. x Diam. 18 3/8 in. (7.6 x 46.7 cm). Asia Society, New York: ...
Coloured enamels also predominate over underglaze blue decoration but demand quickly grew for underglaze blue decorated wares painted in imitation of Chinese originals, especially when a new and more ...
At first the decoration was only in underglaze blue and consisted, like so many other early English factories, of Chinese-inspired painted landscapes or simple floral motifs. Although underglaze blue ...
A gas kiln heats the pots to temperature. The potter glazes the outside of the pot with a glaze made of natural materials such as silica, iron, cobalt and other natural materials from the earth. It ...
A museum housing one of the world’s most significant private collections of Chinese export porcelain is due to open on 22 February in Sintra, a picturesque region close to Lisbon. The ...
Inspired by their heritage, artists Hannah Bhatt and Venice Foo created enchanting sculptures for their 'The Guardians Of The ...
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Since 2017 Susan Laney’s eponymous gallery has hosted a wide variety of thoughtfully diverse shows highlighting work by emerging and established regional and international contemporary artists ...