With his sculptures, Cailloux is creating a whole new world of unknown creatures that visit Earth. They belong to a Cailloux tribe and live on the stone planet MRCX. Most of these creatures resemble stones of various shapes and colors with minimalistic facial features.

The members of the Cailloux tribe are also characterized by having three legs. This is explained as their evolutionary trait that allows them to travel across MRCX with astonishing speed.

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You’ll often find that these creatures are full of irregularities, cosmetic flaws, and unusual features. According to Cailloux, this is done by purpose. He isn’t striving to make a perfect piece and instead embraces when it doesn’t turn out the way he planned.

“I try to make visible the humanity that is hidden in us by pressing on the irregularities and flaws of a handmade work. Mistakes are then, for me, a source of happiness,” Cailloux shared with Colossal in a recent interview.

All members of the Cailloux tribe who visit Earth are available for adoption, and there is a long line of art enthusiasts who want to give them a new home. But you can still meet them thanks to Cailloux’s Instagram page, where he regularly shares his newest creations.

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Her clay forms are all handmade — either hand built or thrown on the wheel, after which they are hand-painted. The work is then fired in a gas kiln to 2,350 degrees. Other materials used include hand-dyed cotton, hemp rope, and reclaimed wood. The finished products are meant to be showcased either in the home or the garden.

“When making things I have to see it in my head first,” she relayed in an interview with Matter of Hand. “Some people just go for it and it evolves, but for me it’s weird – I have to see it in my head or I don’t believe I can do it. I have to be able to see the process linearly. Once I figure out how to make something the first time I’ll make a template so that I don’t have to re-think it every time. If you have to think too hard it’s more exhausting.”

The pieces themselves become a canvas for her love of drawing, painting, text, and color; with inspiration found in the writings and teachings of Buddhism and its extensive visual language. “I’m not making work to challenge people,” explains Quan. “I just hope that at a moment in their life, customers could have pleasure from looking at or owning an object that I made. I feel like anything I say is going to sound corny, but I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what they wish to see or have or be or connect with. Just bringing them back into the present and connecting them to the beauty of the world; that’s a moment where everyone feels really good. It’s like touching ground before you go off into the craziness.”

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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:

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Taking inspiration from her “little goofball dog, Pony,” Kimmel ‘s ceramic creations are a joy to behold. “I try to be nice to myself when I’m working and mentally it’s allowed me to go to a lot of weird places,” admitted the California-based artist in an interview with the Urban Outfitters blog. “Also I take time to work in different mediums and try new things, then when I come back to ceramics I find that the new things have a way of influencing the way I work.”

Working from her studio in the Mojave Desert, she has amassed more than 30 thousand followers on Instagram, proving that her different approach to art-making is well noted.

“I took ceramics classes as a kid and have always been very sculpture-minded when it comes to making art,” she recalled. “In college I had the facility to start working with ceramics again and it was a dream come true! I love feeling connected with my younger self who loved clay.”

Check out some of her playful designs.

The post These Quirky Ceramic Vases Are Shaped Like Silly Dogs 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.

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.

But though these objects aren’t necessarily out of the ordinary, they carry a special meaning to Daneels. “I made a selection of objects that play an important role in my memories and my personal life story,” she explained in an interview with It’s Nice That. “By being the archaeologist of my own memories, I tried to bring the memories back to life in ceramic sculptures. The work brings up a memory-game of associations and stories.”

Daneels took to ceramics at a time she was studying for her master’s degree in illustration at KASK School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium. But her love for clay blossomed much earlier, explaining that “the passion for ceramics came from my grandmother, who makes porcelain dolls. I’ve seen her making them since I was born. I was always fascinated when I entered her workspace and saw all the porcelain heads, bodies and her huge collection of old fabrics.”

Check out her Instagram page for more fanciful artwork.

The post Louise Daneels’ Ceramic Art Imitates Life (Quite Literally) appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“I was living with a roommate who was doing ceramics in his garage and I had a bunch of concepts floating around in my head,” recalled the Texas-based artist. “He taught me the basics and I have been doing it for 8 years now. My style has evolved as I have learned more about my craft. I will have ideas for years and not know how to properly execute them. Then, someone within my community will give me some advice or I will learn a new technique and figure it out. Once I have a success like that, I will build off of it and apply that new technique to other pieces.”

The self-taught artist now sells his creations online and has gathered a small following on Instagram. “I love it when people are confused by my pieces at first glance,” he said on the Urban Outfitters blog. “Then once they figure it out, I hope they are delighted.”

We sure are delighted.

The post Self-Taught Ceramic Artist Creates ’90s-Inspired Sculptures appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“I feel that my consistent theme is making work that makes me feel happy,” she shared with the Urban Outfitters blog. “Even if it has to do with unsettling subjects like death, or mysteries of the ocean, I like it all to bring out positive feelings.”

Talking about her work routine she said: “I usually wake up around 10 am and work until midnight or later, in the studio or doing computer work. I watch a lot of movies, series, and trash tv while I work. I also listen to music and podcasts… It helps me stay focused/get in the zone.”

Check out some of her work in the gallery below.

The post Add a Touch of Humor to Your Home with Lorien Stern’s Ceramics appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“It’s easy to find art in the abject, that touches some dark discord,” she told Galerie, “but I think it’s possible to make work that is relevant and beautiful.”

Having studied fashion design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago she has built props for advertising campaigns in Manhattan before earning her MFA from Hunter College, where she was accepted into the painting program only to be captivated by clay. 

Her sculptures were since featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the Galerie Perrotin, Seoul and the Galerie Perrotin, New York.

Take a closer look.

The post These Surrealistic Sculptures Add Humor to Everyday Life appeared first on PlayJunkie.

With his sculptures, Cailloux is creating a whole new world of unknown creatures that visit Earth. They belong to a Cailloux tribe and live on the stone planet MRCX. Most of these creatures resemble stones of various shapes and colors with minimalistic facial features.

The members of the Cailloux tribe are also characterized by having three legs. This is explained as their evolutionary trait that allows them to travel across MRCX with astonishing speed.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Monsieur Cailloux (@monsieur_cailloux_)

You’ll often find that these creatures are full of irregularities, cosmetic flaws, and unusual features. According to Cailloux, this is done by purpose. He isn’t striving to make a perfect piece and instead embraces when it doesn’t turn out the way he planned.

“I try to make visible the humanity that is hidden in us by pressing on the irregularities and flaws of a handmade work. Mistakes are then, for me, a source of happiness,” Cailloux shared with Colossal in a recent interview.

All members of the Cailloux tribe who visit Earth are available for adoption, and there is a long line of art enthusiasts who want to give them a new home. But you can still meet them thanks to Cailloux’s Instagram page, where he regularly shares his newest creations.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Monsieur Cailloux (@monsieur_cailloux_)

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The post Artist Creates Ceramic Sculptures of Whimsical Creatures from Imaginary Planet appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Her clay forms are all handmade — either hand built or thrown on the wheel, after which they are hand-painted. The work is then fired in a gas kiln to 2,350 degrees. Other materials used include hand-dyed cotton, hemp rope, and reclaimed wood. The finished products are meant to be showcased either in the home or the garden.

“When making things I have to see it in my head first,” she relayed in an interview with Matter of Hand. “Some people just go for it and it evolves, but for me it’s weird – I have to see it in my head or I don’t believe I can do it. I have to be able to see the process linearly. Once I figure out how to make something the first time I’ll make a template so that I don’t have to re-think it every time. If you have to think too hard it’s more exhausting.”

The pieces themselves become a canvas for her love of drawing, painting, text, and color; with inspiration found in the writings and teachings of Buddhism and its extensive visual language. “I’m not making work to challenge people,” explains Quan. “I just hope that at a moment in their life, customers could have pleasure from looking at or owning an object that I made. I feel like anything I say is going to sound corny, but I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what they wish to see or have or be or connect with. Just bringing them back into the present and connecting them to the beauty of the world; that’s a moment where everyone feels really good. It’s like touching ground before you go off into the craziness.”

The post These Ceramic Objects Are Rooted In Visual Symbols 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.

Taking inspiration from her “little goofball dog, Pony,” Kimmel ‘s ceramic creations are a joy to behold. “I try to be nice to myself when I’m working and mentally it’s allowed me to go to a lot of weird places,” admitted the California-based artist in an interview with the Urban Outfitters blog. “Also I take time to work in different mediums and try new things, then when I come back to ceramics I find that the new things have a way of influencing the way I work.”

Working from her studio in the Mojave Desert, she has amassed more than 30 thousand followers on Instagram, proving that her different approach to art-making is well noted.

“I took ceramics classes as a kid and have always been very sculpture-minded when it comes to making art,” she recalled. “In college I had the facility to start working with ceramics again and it was a dream come true! I love feeling connected with my younger self who loved clay.”

Check out some of her playful designs.

The post These Quirky Ceramic Vases Are Shaped Like Silly Dogs 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.

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.

But though these objects aren’t necessarily out of the ordinary, they carry a special meaning to Daneels. “I made a selection of objects that play an important role in my memories and my personal life story,” she explained in an interview with It’s Nice That. “By being the archaeologist of my own memories, I tried to bring the memories back to life in ceramic sculptures. The work brings up a memory-game of associations and stories.”

Daneels took to ceramics at a time she was studying for her master’s degree in illustration at KASK School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium. But her love for clay blossomed much earlier, explaining that “the passion for ceramics came from my grandmother, who makes porcelain dolls. I’ve seen her making them since I was born. I was always fascinated when I entered her workspace and saw all the porcelain heads, bodies and her huge collection of old fabrics.”

Check out her Instagram page for more fanciful artwork.

The post Louise Daneels’ Ceramic Art Imitates Life (Quite Literally) appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“I was living with a roommate who was doing ceramics in his garage and I had a bunch of concepts floating around in my head,” recalled the Texas-based artist. “He taught me the basics and I have been doing it for 8 years now. My style has evolved as I have learned more about my craft. I will have ideas for years and not know how to properly execute them. Then, someone within my community will give me some advice or I will learn a new technique and figure it out. Once I have a success like that, I will build off of it and apply that new technique to other pieces.”

The self-taught artist now sells his creations online and has gathered a small following on Instagram. “I love it when people are confused by my pieces at first glance,” he said on the Urban Outfitters blog. “Then once they figure it out, I hope they are delighted.”

We sure are delighted.

The post Self-Taught Ceramic Artist Creates ’90s-Inspired Sculptures appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“I feel that my consistent theme is making work that makes me feel happy,” she shared with the Urban Outfitters blog. “Even if it has to do with unsettling subjects like death, or mysteries of the ocean, I like it all to bring out positive feelings.”

Talking about her work routine she said: “I usually wake up around 10 am and work until midnight or later, in the studio or doing computer work. I watch a lot of movies, series, and trash tv while I work. I also listen to music and podcasts… It helps me stay focused/get in the zone.”

Check out some of her work in the gallery below.

The post Add a Touch of Humor to Your Home with Lorien Stern’s Ceramics appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“It’s easy to find art in the abject, that touches some dark discord,” she told Galerie, “but I think it’s possible to make work that is relevant and beautiful.”

Having studied fashion design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago she has built props for advertising campaigns in Manhattan before earning her MFA from Hunter College, where she was accepted into the painting program only to be captivated by clay. 

Her sculptures were since featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the Galerie Perrotin, Seoul and the Galerie Perrotin, New York.

Take a closer look.

The post These Surrealistic Sculptures Add Humor to Everyday Life appeared first on PlayJunkie.