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Category: Ceramics and Pottery
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‘Go See My Work at the Cartier Store’
Peter Lane’s ceramic murals and sculptures help create the atmosphere at hotels, flagships and private homes around the world.
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These Vessels Are Meant to Deceive
Plus: artistic interpretations of the Calvin Klein archive, a San Antonio hideaway — and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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Please Don’t Eat This Fruit
Once a mainstay of European banquets, trompe l’oeil ceramics that imitate food continue to make dinner fun.
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Gael García Bernal and Perla Valtierra on Making Work That Lasts
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the actor and the ceramist.
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The Make-Do Joys of Terrazzo
Modern artisans are transforming the centuries-old cheap but elegant method of reusing offcuts.
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Why Artists Can’t Quit Cigarettes
A symbol of dirty habits and corporate greed — and an enduring icon of old-school glamour — smoking is making an unlikely comeback in sculpture, design and even food.
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The Latest Fad in the Hamptons: Pottery Wheels
Hamptonites can’t get enough of pottery wheels in their backyards. One ceramist is bringing the messy, yet soothing, hobby into the homes of the moneyed elite.
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With Ceramics and Wallpaper, an Engraver Straddles Centuries
Andrew Raftery’s ceramics and wallpaper energize the laborious art of engraving to explore contemporary life.
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For Luck in Love, Couples Are Breaking Plates (On Purpose)
In Germany, smashing porcelain plates is a time-honored wedding custom that is said to bring good fortune and harmony to newlyweds.
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Doyle Layne’s Dazzling ‘Weed Pots’ at Kordansky Gallery
The ceramist Doyle Lane created a universe of colors and shapes with his ‘weed pots,’ 100 of which form his first solo show in New York, at David Kordansky.
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Can Old-World Horezu Pottery Survive Modern Tastes?
A style of pottery made for centuries in a small Romanian town has recently become a hot commodity.