I have to tell you guys, it’s been a hard month here at musing…I really don’t want to winge, but I have really been struggling…struggling with not going to each and every online shop for each artist of the day and buying up a ton of pieces!!! It’s maybe a good thing that it’s December and holiday budgets are at the forefront of my mind, because otherwise I’d likely be broke – yet with a much larger ceramics collection…today’s artist again I’m sitting on my hands trying not to go and buy a piece…

Here’s the bio from Arthur:
“I was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Braintree. I first discovered my love for clay while enrolled in my AP Portfolio class during senior year of high school. I received my BFA from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine, where I started out with taking hand building freshman year and went on to throwing sophomore year. I am currently making work at Mudflat Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts. I use bisque molds with an emphasis on European Ceramics as my primary means of making.”

“The desire for creating my work comes from an inherent need to combine images of wall paper motifs with images of birds. I am drawn to that which is ornate, collectible and highly decorated in life. I love extravagance and things that are over the top bordering on almost too much. I see these as a modern day’s coming-out party where joyful expressions of ones self can be found.”

Check out more of Arthur’s gorgeous work (feel free to pick me up a piece while you’re there):
www.arthurhalvorsen.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop/arthurhalvorsen