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Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong

Just picked up 8 of these. They look black most of the time, but in this light you can see they’re actually dark navy. I thought they would be too large to hold comfortably without a handle but am really enjoying drinking out of them: they cool hot tea down nicely and keep it warmContinue reading “Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong”

Saturday Ceramics: SF Asian Museum of Art Visit

I always visit “my” ceramics at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, but what’s so interesting to me is that on every visit, new pieces strike my fancy. Here are my favorites from my most recent visit a couple of weeks ago, along with a cool map I never noticed that locates the GreatContinue reading “Saturday Ceramics: SF Asian Museum of Art Visit”

Ceramics Saturdays: Aga Khan Museum

I knew next to nothing about Islamic ceramics when I walked into the Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Art in Toronto last month. I knew they had beautiful faïence wares, often intricately decorated, but that was about it. The collection at Aga Khan blew my mind–in particular the Bellerive Room, which showcases Prince Sadruddin’s personalContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Aga Khan Museum”

Ceramics Saturdays: The Crocker Collection

You guys. I had no idea that for 15 years I’ve been living 2 hours from one of the biggest international ceramics collections, and the biggest collection of works from California kilns, in the U.S. True, I should have known, and the Internet would have happily informed me. But it was SO MUCH FUN toContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: The Crocker Collection”

Ceramics Saturdays: Jōmon Ware (and other treasures from the Tokyo National Museum)

Anytime I visit a museum in Japan I’m struck by how much of what we call “modern” art and design in Europe and the U.S. looks like very old Japanese traditions. It’s not just a coincidence of forms, either: when Japan re-opened to Western trade during the Meiji, Japanese arts and crafts flooded the EuropeanContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Jōmon Ware (and other treasures from the Tokyo National Museum)”

Ceramics Saturdays: Oil-spot glazes

Hey, it’s photographing things on the dining-room table day! Actually, no joke, I have the perfect table for this–it’s a Hans Wegner table I lucked into (though the cross-bars at each end bark my shins with regularity, which is like, who designs a table with bars at shin-height? Hans Wegner is who…) and it’s reaaaaaaallyContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Oil-spot glazes”

Ceramics Saturdays: Ippodo Gallery NYC

I was in New York last weekend for a concert, but it was also Asia Week while we were in town–an annual Asian art fair that always features a couple big auctions, great shows at galleries and museums, etc. I’ve always wanted to go, so even though we were busy with the concert and eatingContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Ippodo Gallery NYC”

Ceramics Saturdays: Swedish Ceramics

While I was in Stockholm, we took a bus out to Gustavsberg to visit the old porcelain factory and museum. Gustavsberg has been around since the early 1800s, when it mostly produced knock-offs of popular Chinese ceramics. But then it shifted into Scandinavian designs, and in the 20th century it fostered a stable of giftedContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Swedish Ceramics”