Ceramic Art Treasure: Netty Vandennuvel 

 I researched more of Netty Vandennuvel work for inspiration for my ceramic finale. Netty have such organic forms within her pieces. Using coil technique to create her pieces reflects Botany or the lymphatic system in human bodies. I love how she takes into account the placement for her work. The mounting on the wall without using a shelf but hanging them in a way that shows they are self-reliant; effortless. Event the seize of them or wonderful. I enjoy the large coil piece on the floor. The piece looks for fragile yet its stands alone with power and elegant. Vandennuvel's work sparks an excitement inside of me. I desire to create an installation that has such beauty and organic forms such as Vandennuvel's work possesses. 

Netty Vandennuvel is a Ceramic Art Treasure! 

For more information on Vandennuvel: http://www.nettyvandenheuvel.nl/index1.htm

Ceramic Art Treasures: Nathan Craven

Nathan Craven is an ceramic installation artists. His work is very detailed and large. These cookie cutter like pieces of clay bring together an architectural structure that is powerful and elegant. I am a installation artist of ready-mades, and I am so inspirited by Craven's work. From his personal website his artists statement, "Most of my work is based on ceramics as building materials, specifically the brick, which has a long history of use as a unit of construction. The building of walls and floors, their placement, and the materials they are made from create varying spaces and determine our interactions within an architectural volume. Constructing porous walls and floors with my own versions of "bricks" I aim to define and clarify space in ways that draw attention to these otherwise unnoticed elements as well as to the spaces in which we dwell." 

Nathan Craven is a great and valuable ceramicists in the art world, his work is inspirational to other artists, ceramicists, installationist and architectures. 

He is a Ceramic Art Treasure! 

More information on Nathan Craven: http://www.nathancraven.com/site/Home.html 

Ceramic Art Treasure: Lucinda Brown

Lucinda Brown is an very interesting ceramist. She is infatuated by figures or portraitures in sculptural form. She explores the meaning behind facial expressions and the observation of one's face. "My inspiration is from the heart, the feeling of serenity I try to hold onto throughout my day finds, its expression my art." Each portrait is made exclusively. She crafts then with many hours and sometimes days refining a likeness. These faces are molded in clay then cast in plaster. She only uses the cast once, which makes the piece very costly. "The head and shoulder portraits are a labour of love and I jump for joy literally when another one is completed, delighting in incredible gift. 

Lucinda passion to make individual pieces of artwork with such emotions makes her a Ceramic Art Treasure! 

Here is more information of Lucinda: 

http://www.lucindabrownsgallery.com/