Posthumous honor for ‘mad’ potter
byArts and Crafts Movement ceramicist George Ohr created works that were playfully practical as well as defiantly dysfunctional. Small wonder he’s just having a big moment now.
Arts and Crafts Movement ceramicist George Ohr created works that were playfully practical as well as defiantly dysfunctional. Small wonder he’s just having a big moment now.
With striking, boldly colored animal and zodiac designs, among other pieces, his jewelry has never gone out of fashion.
Lalique is one of the most familiar names in glass and I’m almost sure to find an example or two on a client visit. But René Lalique’s glass was the focus of the second of his two highly successful careers. He was first known for his outstanding Art Nouveau jewelry designs.
Piero Fornasetti’s boundless imagination and energy was applied to an immense array of furniture and decorative arts, leaving a legacy of thousands of individual designs.
Lino Tagliapietra is Dale Chihuly’s idea of a glassblower.
While the value of much traditional “brown furniture” has seen a precipitous decline over the last few years, that’s not the case for American craft furniture and the works of George Nakashima in particular.