{"id":5210,"date":"2019-06-11T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T09:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytrendtales.com\/?p=5210"},"modified":"2019-06-10T11:28:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:28:20","slug":"elegant-ceramic-figures-by-claire-partington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytrendtales.com\/elegant-ceramic-figures-by-claire-partington\/","title":{"rendered":"Elegant Ceramic Figures by Claire Partington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claire Partington\u2019s aesthetic inspiration\nis drawn mainly from European applied art and design styles from the 17th\ncentury onwards. \n\n\n\n

\u201cUnderpinning this is the long European\ntradition of appropriation and reinterpretation or misinterpretation of\n\u201cexotic\u201d styles that can be seen in National Collections across Europe. I like\nthe idea of getting it slightly wrong and the bluffing and \u201ccobbling together\u201d\nof styles that has resulted in some fantastic historical objects,\u201d she wrote on\nher website.\n\n\n\n

Even though her work has its own, very specific,\naesthetic, it still has a familiar feel to it due to the historical and literary\nreferences. Her figurative vessels are all delicately hand-crafted using\ntraditional ceramic techniques. \n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are coil built, then the shape is\nrefined before adding surface decorations of sprigged (press molded) ephemera\nand modern computer generated enamel decoration over the glaze.\u201d\n\n\n\n

Her latest exhibition called Taking Tea, which is on view in the Porcelain Room at the Seattle Art Museum until December 6, 2020, features Baroque painting and European porcelain factories, as well as a panel mounted with fragments from 17th and 18th-century shipwrecks. \n\n\n\n

You can also check out her Instagram page for more updates.\n\n\n\n

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Callisto and Arcas, 2019. Will be @winstonwachter from 8th June. Transformation tale from Greek mythology, from nymph to bear to star! Both mother and son eventually become the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. #mythology #callistoandarcas #callisto #arcas #greatbear #ursamajor #ursaminor #boy #bear #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #figurativesculpture #figurativeceramics #clairepartington #winstonwachter #winstonwachterseattle \ud83d\udcf8 @tim_bowditch_photo

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