Global by Design: Chinese Ceramics – The Met, New York
Global by Design: Chinese Ceramics from the R. Albuquerque Collection features Chinese ceramics from a Brazilian private collection with a focus on blue & white
Blue and White
Robin Gibson Gallery – Karen Choy and her Ceramic Heritage
Ceramic artist Karen Choy’s celebration of cultural heritage is now on show at the Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, where her appealing sculpted animals enchant
Chinese Ceramics, Pt 1 – Knowledge Comes from Seeing Much
Chinese ceramics became known to the wider world from the Tang Dynasty (618- 907) onward; the word ‘China’ eventually becoming the generic name for porcelain
The China Trade Begins – Precious Cargoes from Cathay
The first stirring of what we now know as the China Trade began when Europe was still emerging from the medieval period, and today it is still evolving
Stephen Bowers – Australian Bravura Original Ceramic Artist
South Australian ceramic artist Stephen Bowers (1953-) draws on both historical and cultural influences to imagine his sophisticated transforming earthenwares
Ming Magic
A description of the manufacture of porcelain in 1713 by French Jesuit priest Father D’Entrecolles, a resident in Peking, relates the firing of blue and white porcelain ‘A beautiful blue colour appears on the porcelain after having been lost for some time. When the colour is first painted on, it…