movie day: Hitomi Hisono reinterprets Wedgewood classics with Japanese aesthetics.

by | Jan 1, 2020 | movie day

 

Hitomi Hosono explains how she combined British and Japanese aesthetics to create a collection of ceramics for Wedgwood in this video Dezeen filmed at their factory in Stoke-On-Trent. Hosono, a ceramicist from Japan known for intricate porcelain pots featuring botanical forms, designed the collection in collaboration with Wedgwood, after being invited to take part in the brand’s artist in residence program. The collection is comprised of vases, bowls and ornamental boxes in an unglazed matte finish typical of Wedgwood’s signature Jasperwar – a kind of stoneware developed by the brand’s founder Josiah Wedgwood in the 18th century. Jasperware products typically employ relief decorations of human figures and natural forms known as sprigs, which are cast in clay molds and added to the pots. “Sprigs are like thin leaves made of clay,” explains Hosono in the interview. “I chose jasper sprigs from Wedgwood’s archive and applied them in a new way on the pots, with a Japanese aesthetic.”

Read more on Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/?p=1231065

upcoming workshop: Clay Pots and Color Spots Workshop-with Mark Errol @ Morean Center for Clay

by | Aug 14, 2019 | workshops

October 11 & 12, 2019
9am-4pm

Clay Pots and Color Spots is an intensive hands-on workshop focusing on the development of forms as well as learning how to produce layers and layers of decorative information. This class will create a tool box of inexpensive, readily available and low-tech methods of surface design meant to draw your audience in and reward them with bountiful color, shape and designs.

Students will need to bring:

Studio tools
X-acto knife
Soft yellow round sponge
Brushes

Member $170/Non-Member $200

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To register by phone, please call the Morean Center for Clay at 727.821.7162 ext 2311

More info HERE.