Cup with Fish, Knife, Horsehair (2013 ) </br>Photography (Photo: EG Schempf)4 imagesPlatter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel (2013 ) </br>Photography (Photo: EG Schempf)4 imagesCup with Fish, Fruit (2013 ) </br>Photography (Photo: EG Schempf)4 images

Momento Mori

(2013) An investigation into the visual context of a compilation of my porcelain pieces with objects symbolic for excess, waste, and decay. They are evocative of death and the transience and futility of earthly achievements and pleasures. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where…

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Table Setting (2012)<br>Porcelain, Glaze, Vintage Asian Decals, Gold Luster, Pins (Photo: E.G. Schempf)4 imagesTable Setting (2012)<br>Porcelain, Glaze, Vintage Asian Decals, Gold Luster, Pins (Photo: E.G. Schempf)4 imagesTable Setting (2012)<br>Porcelain, Glaze, Vintage Asian Decals, Gold Luster, Pins (Photo: E.G. Schempf)4 images

A Table for a Queen

Table Settings for Marie Antoinette (2012) My objective was to develop a bowl form on the pottery wheel and design a plate and another item that goes with it. The plates and bowls are thrown and altered. The spoon is slipcast and its original form comes from a sock darner. Inspiration for the “pillow” bowl…

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Location: The Drug Store – 3948 Main St, Kansas City, MO – thedrugstorekc.com SOUTH SHUTTLE ROUTE: Wednesday, March 16, 10:00am -5:00pm György’s Life Changing Hungarian Adventure: Special Artists Use a Special Material at ICS: Jennifer Astwood, Undine Brod, Sandra Ginter, Roberto Lugo, Kate Maury, Helen Otterson, Melanie Sherman, Joseph Wullner, Lisa York and more. Makers:…

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Melanie Sherman Ceramic Artist in Kansas City, MO

Travel Report – Regina Brown Fellowship Award The Regina Brown Undergraduate Fellowship made it possible for me to travel to the German cities of Dresden and Meissen, where I visited the Zwinger Palace, the Historic Green Vault, the Meissen Porcelain Factory, and the Albrechtsburg Castle. I wanted to visit these places to study Meissen’s world-renowned…

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Image 17: Eva Zeisel (Industrial Designer) 1906-2011 Budapest, Hungary – New City, NY

Topics in Ceramics: History of Ceramics II Professor: Michele Fricke “While design is widespread, it has never been popular: it speaks only to an elite. Correspondingly, design is not concerned with the popular idea of beauty. In fact, it looks down on popular taste. My own definition of beauty includes popular taste… Beauty is not…

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Topics in Ceramics: History of Ceramics I Professor: Michele Fricke Ceramics production in France was rare prior to the 17th century. Although a thriving pottery community was established in Italy, and Italian potters came to France to visit and work, the French were not particularly interested in producing ceramic wares in their own country. [1]…

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