Rush’s ceramic creations, ranging from jugs to teapots and mugs, are known for their imperfect shapes and being adorned with representations of a human face. Each piece comes with slightly different facial features and expressions, some smiling, others frowning, and some having a surprise look. This touch makes them uniquely stand out among the crowd.

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For some of the pieces, Rush teamed up with his twin brother Stuart, who is also an artist. The two frequently collaborate together, having similar motivations and ideas they want to present with their work, only in a different medium. 

“We touch upon their reality of anxiety, depression, and temporality with an occasional touch of humor,” the Rush brothers describe their works. “In result showing expressive and touching artworks which develops an instant connection with the viewer.”

Rush frequently updates his social media with new collections and ceramic pieces. You can check out more of them by continuing to scroll.

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What makes Iwamura’s art so unique is the fact that he’s constantly experimenting with different techniques, unusual colors, and shapes of his figures. The most distinctive feature of his art is the texture of his pieces that are usually covered in lines.

“My inspiration comes from artifacts such as Japanese Jomon pots, African Masks, Aztec ceramics, metal works, Chinese bronze, etc,” the artist told Juxtapoz magazine.

“I found many different works with lines in different time zones and cultural zones, so I found interest in using the lines from those objects. Also, the process of making line patterns is a kind of meditation. After finishing to fill the surface, line allows me to have some levels of distance between my works and my intention of creating.”

Take a look at Iwamura’s unique ceramic artwork on his Instagram page.

The post Japanese Artist Creates Unique Ceramic Art appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Born and raised in Israel, Peled earned her MA at the Royal College of Art (UK). In recent years, her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Sotheby’s, Saatchi Gallery (London), and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City); and has also been featured in top tier publications like Vogue, O Magazine, and Elle.

Talking about her creative process with CFile, Peled explained that she produces the ceramic shards herself using a slab roller. “I make sheets of clay, fire them, and smash them into pieces with a hammer,” she added. “I love playing with the idea of the texture and the form can look airy, delicate, light and fluffy and to give a sense of flutter, as if my breath would break it. Yet, the hard and sharp shards can be seen as round and moving, and give a sense of softness.”

According to Peled, her creative process is crucial to her sculptural ideas. Those, “are consistent with the Kabbalah concepts of Shevirah (breaking) and Tikkun (mending) that can also be considered as renewal. I make, then break, then make again. Chaos, destruction, and decay are intense and necessary creative process for me to create each of my sculptures.”

Take a look at some of her organized chaos:

The post Zemer Peled’s Sculptures Are Compiled of Ceramic Shards appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Hosono’s works are influenced by a combination of European and Japanese traditions, which are combined with the artist’s contemporary approach. She says she finds the inspiration for her work by walking through London and inspecting the city’s gardens.

“It is my intention to transfer the leaf’s beauty and detail into my ceramic work, using it as my own language to weave new stories for objects,” Hosono said about her work.

Check out some of her beautiful blossoming vases below.

The post Beautiful Blossoming Vases by Hitomi Hosono appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“Sea creatures and weather formations, fabric folds and textile richness or historic ceramic techniques all come together to inspire the form and texture of the work,” reads her website.

Working from her studio based on the oceanic shore of New Jersey, her process includes wheel throwing and hand-building, altering and distorting forms before deeply carving, hand texturing and surface detailing her one-of-a-kind vessels.

Firing the clay twice allows for the addition of delicate glazing work and the melting of glass frit (crushed glass) for additional surface interest. According to her, this process is long and involved, requiring both planning and improvisation. 

But it took her time and effort to find her artistic voice. After leaving her career in fashion to pursue her art interests in 2002 and delving into various mediums, she finally came across clay in 2003.  She now exhibits her vessels around the United States, on top of more than 20k followers on Instagram.

The post Judi Tavill’s Ceramic Pottery Reminds of Corals appeared first on PlayJunkie.

A self-taught artist, for many years Almeda assigned to the notion that “the bigger the better.” But after coming across a book called Creating Ceramic Miniatures he dramatically changed his approach. He soon discovered that working small was much harder then he imagined, requiring him to test different clay bodies, make his own tools, and trying out new techniques.

Now, after 17 years of creating miniatures, Almeda has amassed more than 250k fans on Instagram. Pushing himself to improve all the time, he’s trying out new techniques with each of his creations. Scrolling through his Instagram page, you can’t but be impressed. No matter the scale, his ceramics are perfect, his glazes – varied and rich, with each piece truly a one of kind.

Talking about his inspiration with The Potters Cast, he says: “there are so many different things that I am interested in, music, photography, just all different arts. There would be too many to list just one. I pull inspiration from all different places.”

Follow his Instagram page for more:

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Valeria Monis

Tel-Aviv-based ceramic artist, Valeria Monis, draws her inspiration from an unconventional source: Russian prison tattoos. Each of her ceramic pieces is designed, crafted, and illustrated by hand, incorporating personal stories borrowed from Soviet police prison files. Combined with the traditional blue porcelain tea set, the end result is rather striking.

Erica Lynn Hood

Ceramic artist, Erica Lynn Hood, takes her inspiration directly from nature, incorporating flora and fauna into her designs. Her ceramic sets feature illustrations of birds, insects, and flowers. Each illustration is painted with black underglaze on top of a piece of tissue paper and then transferred onto the clay surface. “Nature is such an important part of my life and my artwork, so I have been slowly building up a body of work that illustrates all the amazing animals that I love,” she told the Boston Voyager.

Lindsey Hampton

Lindsey Hampton’s ceramics are a pastel dream. Crowned by The New York Times as one of the people who is redefining the art of ceramics, her mugs and bowls are what that one hipster friend of yours would like to get for Christmas.

The post Upgrade Your Tea Set With These Ceramic Artists appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Her inspiration for her creations varies from Flemish and Renaissance paintings and medieval illuminated manuscripts to Safavid period carpets, Japanese woodblock prints, Greek black-figure, and red-figure pottery.

“I used to make paintings that were really specific to place and time,” she told Art of Choice, explaining that now she’s working with more universal and basic themes that aren’t so much addressed for a specific audience. “I am very sentimental, but I want my work to be open and have more entry points and interpretations,” she adds. “That’s more what I am doing now in both my paintings and sculptures.”

Talking about how she balances between the two mediums she says: “For me, I get a bit stir crazy so bouncing between the two mediums helps break up my time. Typically I will work in one medium for a period of months and then switch, with that amount of time you can sort of get somewhere with something, and also get to the point where you are yearning for the other thing and start to build anticipation for the shift.”

“And then on the viewing end, I think paintings and sculptures operate really differently so it really opens things up for me,” she explains. “I can do things with a sculpture that may be really specifically about painting, but all the specificity of a 3-dimension object really alters the content (like its relationship to the viewer, body, the material of the clay itself, etc.) which is really exciting for me.”

Check out some of her fascinating work in the gallery below.

The post Jasmine Little Bounces Between Sculpting and Painting appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“I’m in love with ceramic because is a material that allows almost everything,” admitted Julieta Alvarez in an interview with Cup of Couple. “You can experiment with it, try new things, learn, make jewelry, sculptures or just disconnect from the world and lose track of time.”

Coming from a fashion and graphic design background, it all started when Alvarez decided to mix things up by taking a ceramic course. “I needed a change and I decided to take a course imparted by Resu Labrador, an artisan that had a workshop near home,” she explained. “I used to go there full of ideas, and she taught me different techniques to achieve my objectives. Since then, I haven’t stopped!”

Inspired by nature, the sisters’ pieces are currently available in five continents at cities like Paris, Tokyo, New York, Sidney, London, and Helsinki. Their pieces have also been shown at galleries, stores, and international museums. Take a look at some of our favorites in the gallery below:

The post This Brand Will Inspire You to Wear Your Ceramics appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Rush’s ceramic creations, ranging from jugs to teapots and mugs, are known for their imperfect shapes and being adorned with representations of a human face. Each piece comes with slightly different facial features and expressions, some smiling, others frowning, and some having a surprise look. This touch makes them uniquely stand out among the crowd.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Adam Rush (@rushsculpture)

For some of the pieces, Rush teamed up with his twin brother Stuart, who is also an artist. The two frequently collaborate together, having similar motivations and ideas they want to present with their work, only in a different medium. 

“We touch upon their reality of anxiety, depression, and temporality with an occasional touch of humor,” the Rush brothers describe their works. “In result showing expressive and touching artworks which develops an instant connection with the viewer.”

Rush frequently updates his social media with new collections and ceramic pieces. You can check out more of them by continuing to scroll.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Adam Rush (@rushsculpture)

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Adam Rush (@rushsculpture)

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A post shared by Adam Rush (@rushsculpture)

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The post Adam Rush’s Ceramic Creations Have Unique Personalities appeared first on PlayJunkie.

What makes Iwamura’s art so unique is the fact that he’s constantly experimenting with different techniques, unusual colors, and shapes of his figures. The most distinctive feature of his art is the texture of his pieces that are usually covered in lines.

“My inspiration comes from artifacts such as Japanese Jomon pots, African Masks, Aztec ceramics, metal works, Chinese bronze, etc,” the artist told Juxtapoz magazine.

“I found many different works with lines in different time zones and cultural zones, so I found interest in using the lines from those objects. Also, the process of making line patterns is a kind of meditation. After finishing to fill the surface, line allows me to have some levels of distance between my works and my intention of creating.”

Take a look at Iwamura’s unique ceramic artwork on his Instagram page.

The post Japanese Artist Creates Unique Ceramic Art appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Born and raised in Israel, Peled earned her MA at the Royal College of Art (UK). In recent years, her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Sotheby’s, Saatchi Gallery (London), and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City); and has also been featured in top tier publications like Vogue, O Magazine, and Elle.

Talking about her creative process with CFile, Peled explained that she produces the ceramic shards herself using a slab roller. “I make sheets of clay, fire them, and smash them into pieces with a hammer,” she added. “I love playing with the idea of the texture and the form can look airy, delicate, light and fluffy and to give a sense of flutter, as if my breath would break it. Yet, the hard and sharp shards can be seen as round and moving, and give a sense of softness.”

According to Peled, her creative process is crucial to her sculptural ideas. Those, “are consistent with the Kabbalah concepts of Shevirah (breaking) and Tikkun (mending) that can also be considered as renewal. I make, then break, then make again. Chaos, destruction, and decay are intense and necessary creative process for me to create each of my sculptures.”

Take a look at some of her organized chaos:

The post Zemer Peled’s Sculptures Are Compiled of Ceramic Shards appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Hosono’s works are influenced by a combination of European and Japanese traditions, which are combined with the artist’s contemporary approach. She says she finds the inspiration for her work by walking through London and inspecting the city’s gardens.

“It is my intention to transfer the leaf’s beauty and detail into my ceramic work, using it as my own language to weave new stories for objects,” Hosono said about her work.

Check out some of her beautiful blossoming vases below.

The post Beautiful Blossoming Vases by Hitomi Hosono appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“Sea creatures and weather formations, fabric folds and textile richness or historic ceramic techniques all come together to inspire the form and texture of the work,” reads her website.

Working from her studio based on the oceanic shore of New Jersey, her process includes wheel throwing and hand-building, altering and distorting forms before deeply carving, hand texturing and surface detailing her one-of-a-kind vessels.

Firing the clay twice allows for the addition of delicate glazing work and the melting of glass frit (crushed glass) for additional surface interest. According to her, this process is long and involved, requiring both planning and improvisation. 

But it took her time and effort to find her artistic voice. After leaving her career in fashion to pursue her art interests in 2002 and delving into various mediums, she finally came across clay in 2003.  She now exhibits her vessels around the United States, on top of more than 20k followers on Instagram.

The post Judi Tavill’s Ceramic Pottery Reminds of Corals appeared first on PlayJunkie.

A self-taught artist, for many years Almeda assigned to the notion that “the bigger the better.” But after coming across a book called Creating Ceramic Miniatures he dramatically changed his approach. He soon discovered that working small was much harder then he imagined, requiring him to test different clay bodies, make his own tools, and trying out new techniques.

Now, after 17 years of creating miniatures, Almeda has amassed more than 250k fans on Instagram. Pushing himself to improve all the time, he’s trying out new techniques with each of his creations. Scrolling through his Instagram page, you can’t but be impressed. No matter the scale, his ceramics are perfect, his glazes – varied and rich, with each piece truly a one of kind.

Talking about his inspiration with The Potters Cast, he says: “there are so many different things that I am interested in, music, photography, just all different arts. There would be too many to list just one. I pull inspiration from all different places.”

Follow his Instagram page for more:

The post This Miniature Ceramic Art is Mind-Boggling appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Valeria Monis

Tel-Aviv-based ceramic artist, Valeria Monis, draws her inspiration from an unconventional source: Russian prison tattoos. Each of her ceramic pieces is designed, crafted, and illustrated by hand, incorporating personal stories borrowed from Soviet police prison files. Combined with the traditional blue porcelain tea set, the end result is rather striking.

Erica Lynn Hood

Ceramic artist, Erica Lynn Hood, takes her inspiration directly from nature, incorporating flora and fauna into her designs. Her ceramic sets feature illustrations of birds, insects, and flowers. Each illustration is painted with black underglaze on top of a piece of tissue paper and then transferred onto the clay surface. “Nature is such an important part of my life and my artwork, so I have been slowly building up a body of work that illustrates all the amazing animals that I love,” she told the Boston Voyager.

Lindsey Hampton

Lindsey Hampton’s ceramics are a pastel dream. Crowned by The New York Times as one of the people who is redefining the art of ceramics, her mugs and bowls are what that one hipster friend of yours would like to get for Christmas.

The post Upgrade Your Tea Set With These Ceramic Artists appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Her inspiration for her creations varies from Flemish and Renaissance paintings and medieval illuminated manuscripts to Safavid period carpets, Japanese woodblock prints, Greek black-figure, and red-figure pottery.

“I used to make paintings that were really specific to place and time,” she told Art of Choice, explaining that now she’s working with more universal and basic themes that aren’t so much addressed for a specific audience. “I am very sentimental, but I want my work to be open and have more entry points and interpretations,” she adds. “That’s more what I am doing now in both my paintings and sculptures.”

Talking about how she balances between the two mediums she says: “For me, I get a bit stir crazy so bouncing between the two mediums helps break up my time. Typically I will work in one medium for a period of months and then switch, with that amount of time you can sort of get somewhere with something, and also get to the point where you are yearning for the other thing and start to build anticipation for the shift.”

“And then on the viewing end, I think paintings and sculptures operate really differently so it really opens things up for me,” she explains. “I can do things with a sculpture that may be really specifically about painting, but all the specificity of a 3-dimension object really alters the content (like its relationship to the viewer, body, the material of the clay itself, etc.) which is really exciting for me.”

Check out some of her fascinating work in the gallery below.

The post Jasmine Little Bounces Between Sculpting and Painting appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“I’m in love with ceramic because is a material that allows almost everything,” admitted Julieta Alvarez in an interview with Cup of Couple. “You can experiment with it, try new things, learn, make jewelry, sculptures or just disconnect from the world and lose track of time.”

Coming from a fashion and graphic design background, it all started when Alvarez decided to mix things up by taking a ceramic course. “I needed a change and I decided to take a course imparted by Resu Labrador, an artisan that had a workshop near home,” she explained. “I used to go there full of ideas, and she taught me different techniques to achieve my objectives. Since then, I haven’t stopped!”

Inspired by nature, the sisters’ pieces are currently available in five continents at cities like Paris, Tokyo, New York, Sidney, London, and Helsinki. Their pieces have also been shown at galleries, stores, and international museums. Take a look at some of our favorites in the gallery below:

The post This Brand Will Inspire You to Wear Your Ceramics appeared first on PlayJunkie.