Ceramic artist Mary Rose Young creates glamorous, unique pottery
05.02.10
Mary Rose Young has an eye for aesthetics and a knack for originality. The English artist’s love for pottery took form in college. Since then, her body of work has grown into an empire of distinctly creative objects, all exquisitely executed and helplessly enchanting.
Her expertise with ceramics is fluently manifested in vibrant pieces, decorated in exuberant colors and appealing patterns. Through her works, Young creates a whimsical and cheerful world, one no different than a fairytale.
“I would like to say it reflects my personality, that there is a big party going on, and really, my pottery is a party. That’s kind of the way I would like life to be like. And I would like people to notice that it is dramatically going on,” Young said in an interview for The Forest of Dean’s official tourism Web site. “My idea is to make the whole world a more glamorous and fun place through making beautiful pots.”
Her pieces are indeed an ode to fun and glamour, and through them she transports viewers into a playful state of mind. Her work has attracted buyers from all over the world, including Russian president Vladimir Putin, the British Royal Family, and rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
Source: Monitor
Contemporary ceramics pioneer known for brightly coloured creations
06.02.10
John ffrench: JOHN FFRENCH, who has died aged 81, was the lastsurviving pioneer of contemporary ceramics in Ireland.
Ffrench’s career began in 1951 and spanned more than half a century. As a potter, he was known for his lively colours and unusual shapes. His work had a singularly happy quality and, on two occasions in the 1950s and 1960s, his exhibitions in Dublin sold out as soon as they opened.
In 2007, ffrench was chosen by the Crafts Council of Ireland as the subject of its first “life-time achievement exhibition”, a show so popular its run was extended by several weeks. In 2008, RTÉ television broadcast A Life in Colour, a documentary on his life and work.
Ffrench, who was half-Irish and half-Italian, was born in Dublin in 1928 to Jack and Sofia (née Brambilla) ffrench. He grew up in his ancestral home, Castle ffrench, Co Galway. Following art school in Dublin, he acquired pottery skills in Florence, where he lived from 1951 to 1955.
Source: Irish Times
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