Avatar

covet&ginger

@covetandginger / covetandginger.tumblr.com

Avatar

Sarah Veak ceramics out of Kansas City, Missouri.

This woman is such an inspiration. Her shapes are so unique and her lines, delicate and tidy. I’m fearful of using color in my own palette-- Sarah uses it eloquently and tactfully. 

Her pots are reminiscent of mid-century vessels, but feel very contemporary. They’re rustic, reflective, calming, and I always look forward to seeing her new works. 

Shop online, or follow her on Instagram.  

Avatar

New work from Spring, 2017

I’m trying to introduce color into my work. It’s incredibly difficult for me. In the past, I have relied heavily on neutral glazes to highlight the natural beauty and texture of unglazed clay. While this has been a staple feature of my work, I’m recognizing the appeal of an extended color palette so as to better accentuate shape, form, and clay itself. I always want to give the raw clay body a platform for appreciation. They can differ so much, and I think it’s important to see and recognize the skeletal system to which glaze fuses. It’s beautiful. I have a hard time covering it up. I’ve always felt I can’t properly provide the foundation for color, because I have always been too distracted by the honesty of clay. Everything else feels like overkill. But slowly, I will get there, and acknowledge color in my work, albeit in a calm and restricted sense, as I do feel it can be a helpful guide into appreciating the softness of porcelain, or the hardiness of stoneware.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how my work belies the core of me-- I am loud. I am outgoing. I am energetic. My work is everything else. It’s everything I need it to be. Calm. Soft. I never want it to be overt or obnoxious. 

It’s my hope that my pieces are quiet forms for your morning deliberation. 

Avatar

Can we talk for a moment here about Lolo Kokochaka’s work? Unreal. It’s so vibrant and playful, and I’m so envious of how seamlessly she meshes color with shape. It’s something I struggle with a lot in my own work, and it is such an inspiration to see someone work so seemingly effortlessly between the two. She creates really nice, simple forms, enhanced by color scheme. Lolo appears to work predominantly by hand-building out of Copenhagen, Denmark.

At this time, she does not have her own website, but work can be purchased directly through Etsy

You are using an unsupported browser and things might not work as intended. Please make sure you're using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.