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]]>Calaca is a ceramic artist and teacher from Ukraine currently based in Paris, who discovered ceramics during a school trip to a summer art camp. She was enamored with the idea of playing with clay all day, and something truly magical happened when she decided to give it a shot.
Over a decade has passed since, and ceramics are now a part of her everyday life. She specializes in making anthropomorphic sculptures that look straight out of this world, but they’re rooted in our reality.
“They started their life as flat images on the printed pages, but then they came to life as real and alive as I imagined them… As for me, I even talk to my handmade fellows. We agree on the number of their fingers, the color of their eyes, come up with their past, and discuss their future,” she writes on her official website.
Calaca kicks off her creative process by making a quick sketch before modeling with clay, mixing glazes, painting, firing, and glazing the sculpture to get the finished product. She finds inspiration everywhere from anatomy books and Victorian fashion catalogs to the natural history museums.
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]]>Schroeder discovered pottery during her high school years, when he attended beginner-friendly wheel classes at her local YMCA. She picked a photography major during her time in college but struggled spending time in the darkroom after working with clay for hours. She decided to switch her focus to ceramics, and this was where she found her true calling, later displaying her work in galleries all around Cedar Rapids.
After years of experimenting with different subjects, Schroeder is best known for her wildlife series, which celebrates many unique creatures and the beauty of their environments.
“My work has always been inspired by the natural world, particularly the immense biodiversity our planet supports and the unique and beautiful qualities each species adds to their habitat and to our world as a whole,” she writes on her official website.
Schroeder finds inspiration everywhere from coral reefs and ocean tides to desert landscapes and the heart of the forest. She wants her work to make a difference in the world and help protect our planet’s future, so she’s donating a portion of each sale to the World Wildlife Fund.
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]]>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.
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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]]>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.
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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]]>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.
Thank you for the pic @neenarees I finally got it together to get vinyl donate for the show instead of pink tape 
#mquanstudio @shoppeobject“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.”
Advice to myself
#spiralmania
Mountains & Valleys. Life can be beautiful & difficult. Reminding myself to ‘Keep it simple, Stupid’ in the most loving way 
Photo from the mountain Boulder CO store @cedarandhyde #mquanstudio
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]]>She currently has 46k Instagram followers so hop on board if you want her work to be a part of your daily feed.
When neither of you can decide where to eat 
Marsh spoke to It’s Nice That about how she found inspiration for her work when she was visiting Japan in 2016. “From the typography found everywhere, to the personification of most objects, the Japanese have a unique take on design, which I find hugely inspiring.”
Scroll down to see some of her work and head over to her shop if you’re interested in buying her creations.
Ceramic Fortune Cookie 
Love Edition 
Behind the scenes and through the process of my latest Gachapon collection for @fredaldous 
My latest Gachapon collection (except Good Boys Magazine cos I forgot him for the family photo..) 
Leeds 14-24th 
たこ日本酒カップ / Tako sake cup 
Yayvm x @fredaldous Gachapon collection in the Fred Aldous shops this December! 
Yayvm x @fredaldous Gachapon collection in the Fred Aldous shops this December! 
New ceramics are live! 
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]]>“I empty my mind when I’m sculpting the human faces. I might plan the pottery shape and maybe where I’d like to position the face, but I don’t start with specific character designs in mind,” Yanting told Neocha.
Through the expressions on his ceramics, the artist gives his audience a chance to draw their own conclusions about the emotions behind them. He’s fascinated by the fact that certain sculptures remind people of someone they know and associate with certain emotions based on that, so one piece can be seen in a different way by different people.
Check out his work below.
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]]>Brown first got into ceramics as a hobby, only to realize this relaxing activity suits her. She started making all sorts of pots for her plants but wanted to distinguish them from works that other ceramic artists do. So she figured she could inscribe some witty and sassy statements onto them. This is how Pun Pots were born.
Soon enough, Brown’s pun-filled pots, like “Looking Sharp” cactus pot, became a hit and the high demand inspired her to continue with this cool project. Check out some of them below.
Also love the toasty brown blushing on the left side of the pot that happened in the kiln. That’s the best thing about this particular clay (which comes from just outside of Perth, so nice and local 
) You never know how it’s going to blush in the kiln 
I went to an artists market and picked up a few unique ceramic cups this morning 
I’ll pop them in my stories 
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend – remember the giveaway is closing on Sunday morning and you can enter as many times as you like 
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]]>Toronto-Based Miranda is a former interior designer who has been focusing more and more on ceramics in the past few years. Her interest in ceramics comes from her days as a design student who also minored in ceramics. One day, in her ceramics class, she received an assignment – to use the throwing wheel to create a lidded object. She happily accepted the assignment and started looking for inspiration.
Miranda has a special love for ancient cultures and for animals, so she instinctively wen to look for ideas in Ancient Egyptian art. In her art history books, she learned about Egyptian Canopic jar – jars there were used to preserve the deceased’s internal organs in the mummification process, and were buried with him. The jars were usually shaped like Egyptian gods with animal heads. Miranda decided to create her own take on the ancient tradition and design her own line of Canopic jars, shaped like animals.
Miranda shares her Canopic jars on her IG account. What started out as a small classroom assignment has turned out into a whole line of products, with dozens of tiny, adorable jars, Check out her work below.
Most of them have gone to new homes for Christmas! If you missed my last show, you can still get your Canopic jars before Christmas on my website (finally 
) And if you are in Toronto, make sure you check my stockists all over downtown, I will be making an inventory drop on the 21st! Since they are one of a kind, each stockist (including my website) carry different jars! Make sure you call ahead to my stockists before making a trip 
Here is a #shelfie of the recent jars that came out of the kiln! They will sit here nicely until I get them all on the web 
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Photo by @mrbenfranklin1“Marzia is a creative soul that was never quite able to focus on one thing. After 25 years, she realized there was no need to pick just one thing she liked, and so she created Maì, a place where her passions can meet, and the results get out into the world,” the company’s website reads.
The shop is unfortunately closed right now, but we encourage you to follow Maì on social media to learn when they open again and enjoy wonderful ceramics in the meantime.
if you don't make it tomorrow, there will be another restock before the holidays. 
I will of course keep making pots too, but feels great to get someone helping with production so you guys won’t have to wait as long for restocks! 
Alice pieces will be sold for slightly less and will be marked as such on the website. Very excited to have more units to sell on each restock, from now on! 
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