Yixing: Gulotta and Xia
Allie Farlowe
June 4, 2019
Yixing is a city, a type of clay, and a style of pottery.[i] The city of Yixing is located on the Yangtze River Delta in
Author: Allie Farlowe
Trompe l’oeil: Levine, Shaw, Leon
Allie Farlowe
May 30, 2019
Trompe l’oeil: A French term that means to “deceive the eye.” Artists utilize this illusionistic technique to mislead the senses and effectively “blur the boundaries
Pop Art: Lichtenstein, Haring, Volkov
Allie Farlowe
March 15, 2019
“Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn’t look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.”[i] – Roy Lichtenstein Pop
Bernard Leach Ceramic Teapot
Allie Farlowe
February 4, 2019
“A potter is one of the few people left who uses his natural faculties of heart, head, and hand in balance…”[i] — Bernard Leach, 1961 Bernard
Richard Marquis Teapot Goblet
Allie Farlowe
December 12, 2018
“While Dale Chihuly is the tide that raised all boats, Marquis is the craft intelligence that made the vessels seaworthy.”[i] – Regina Hackett, Seattle Post, 2001
David Sengel Thorn Teapot
Allie Farlowe
October 31, 2018
“Just realizing that I am making work that other people respond to is very motivational.”[i] -David Sengel David Sengel is an expert in manipulating and
Zaha Hadid “Tea & Coffee Piazza”
Allie Farlowe
September 24, 2018
“As a woman, I’m expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don’t design nice buildings
Karl Wirsum Sculpture
Allie Farlowe
August 23, 2018
Karl Wirsum’s sculpture, paintings, and drawings are imaginative, colorful, humorous, and at times, disturbing and “cheerfully grotesque.”[i] Utilizing a range of materials and techniques, he
Grete Marks Silver-plated Teapot
Allie Farlowe
June 27, 2018
“I am what time, circumstance, and history have made me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.” –James A.
Harry Bertoia Silver Teapot
Allie Farlowe
May 28, 2018
“I am rather silent, resolute, and industrious. I respect and admire persons of probity and morality, moderation and temperance. I can use any tool or
Albert Paley Silver Teapot
Allie Farlowe
April 23, 2018
“…In creating a work of art, besides my personal experience, my concern is how it emotionally and intellectually engages the viewer…”[i] – Albert Paley Albert
Gerhard Marcks Sintrax Coffee Machine
Allie Farlowe
March 20, 2018
This Schott & Genossen coffee machine was designed by the sculptor, printmaker, and Bauhaus master, Gerhard Marcks.[i] Schott & Genossen, which always “had a great
Wilhelm Wagenfeld Glass Teapot
Allie Farlowe
February 6, 2018
“Objects must do us good and make us take notice and think about them.”[i] – Wilhem Wagenfeld, 1948 Wilhelm Wagenfeld is one of the most
Ron Meyers Face Teapot
Allie Farlowe
December 13, 2017
I remember being captivated by Ron Meyers’ cups, platters, and covered jars as a child. The imagery that danced across the surface of his forms
Gary Noffke Silver Teapot
Allie Farlowe
November 10, 2017
Gary Lee Noffke (American, b. 1948) is a complex person who cannot be pigeonholed. He is often described as a metalsmith’s metalsmith, a pacesetter, and
Lurelle Guild Silver Tea Set
Allie Farlowe
October 30, 2017
Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild accomplished more in one lifetime than most would attempt in seven.[i] Guild was an avid collector of antiques, a successful illustrator,