Square Serving Plate

Silvia Granatelli designs functional pottery to create certain moods while they are being used. She focuses on the aspect of hospitality, while exploring the relationship between serving and being served food. Her belief, is that available food in an area has a strong dictation over culture and traditions. Granatelli focuses her work on this thought, and wishes to emphasize the notion of these traditions through her pottery.

Cup Forms

Cups By Paula Lopez-Otero

    

Mug by Jan Stackhouse

I want to make a set of four cups specifically meant for dipping delicious cookies into ice-cold milk! These cups will have a hand crafted feel, but I am still on the search for a perfect mold to make them. I am inspired by these two artists, and the forms they achieved in their pieces. I want the cups I am making to be more about the act of using them rather than them being visually striking. I think Jan Stackhouse and Paula Lopez-Otero achieve this notion.

Cookie Jars!

I am exploring various basic forms of cookie jars for my final project. A few trends I have noticed is  most forms have an opening wide enough to get a fist full of cookies out of! I think this is an important functional feature I need to incorporate in my own jar. They have receded foots with a base that meets the table. This is where I would like to deviate from the traditional jars. Adding a decorative foot will tie the jar into the other pieces in my final project set and hopefully will not distract from the form of the jar.

Steven Roberts

Steven Roberts is a ceramic artist who chooses to focus on utilitarian pottery. This piece entitled Pink Bowl made in 2008, is soda fired and made in porcelain. I think the choice of glaze emphasizes the subtle textures giving it a more sculptural aspect. However, it still maintains the overall appearance of being functional.