Vintage dirty pictures on ceramic plates you say?

Sometime in 2010, the folks behind Dirty Dishes had the slightly silly idea of using cheeky vintage photos and putting them on dinner plates. After doing lots of research, talking to lots of people, and receiving loads of positive feedback, they wondered if this idea was so silly after all. And thus Dirty Dishes was born. Via: Lost At E Minor.

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Chocolate-covered strawberries are to be expected, but ceramicist Rebecca Wilson turns fruit into enticing mini sculptures of the female form in a body of work titled “Eat Me; Keep Me.”

“In exploring the parallels between ‘valuable’ and ‘everyday’ I have drawn a symmetry of opposites between porcelain and confectionary items; both are similarly self indulgent, inspire desire and are coveted, but both are fundamentally frivolous. I aim to remove the formality of the materials so they simply drip with the desire of momentary self-indulgence.”

Wilson’s Dirty Rotten Peaches are cast in stained porcelain, and details are delicately piped using an icing bag. The fruits transform  into voluptuous ladies bottoms sprouting delicate gold leaves and other unmentionable creamy things.

More images after the jump.

James Aaron’s ceramic designs are both decorative and functional, with his tableware pieces suggesting movement within stability, and his ceramic drawings boasting meticulous attention to detail. Aaron, whose work has appeared in San Francisco’s Modern Museum of Art store, began his career as a dancer, but finds similarities in the process of making pottery and the physical act of dance.

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Based in Brooklyn, Perch! design is a one woman, Amy Adams, operation specializing in smile inducing ceramics. The Early Bird Pendant Light is prime example. Designed for children’s rooms, the lamp emits a quite glow through open wings. Available in black,  orange or white.

More images of the Early Bird Pendant Light from Perch after the jump.

Currently on view at RH Gallery, Pure Clay shares the work of Young Sook Park and Lee Ufan.

Young Sook Park and Lee Ufan first met in 1979 at Park’s gallery in Insadong, Seoul. United by a shared aesthetic rooted in the belief that there is great complexity in simplicity, their initial collaboration produced a minimalist cobalt blue brushstroke that was applied to a series of dinnerware including plates, bowls, tea pots, tea cups and platters. Their collaboration led to terracotta reliefs and large painted plates among other objects. Pure Clay will show these collaborative works for the first time in New York alongside a selection of Young Sook Park and Lee Ufan’s work.

In the adjacent gallery, Contemporary Clay highlights recent ceramic sculpture by a range of artists – Kathy Butterly, Nicole Cherubini, Julia Chiang, Naoki Koide, Jeff Koons, Klara Kristalova, Erin McCutcheon, John O’Reilly, Joyce Robins, Arlene Shechet, Shinique Smith, Paul Swenbeck, Ai Weiwei – many with immediately recognizable names.

Both shows run to August 20, 2011.

RH Gallery
137 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013

Photography by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

“To coincide with Love Is What You Want, her retrospective at The Hayward Gallery, Tracey Emin has taken over the Concept Store in Selfridges London, creating a collection of limited–edition prints and homewares that feature her intimate and often confessional sketches and photographs.”

Several pieces are exclusive to the London department store, including the fine bone china tea pot shown above. View the remainder of the offerings after the jump.

Gonçalo Campos has collaborated with Maria Bruno Néo on a new collection of candle holders. Produced in porcelain, the candle holders are by using cotton fabric as the temporary structure. This fabric technique – Pano – holds the ceramic in place and also allows for the production of unique shapes. When the ceramic is dried, the candle sticks are fired and during this process the fabric is burned away. The resulting material is delicate porcelain with truly individual appeal – holding on to the texture of the fabric.

These candle holders can be purchased online at www.goncalocampos.com.

View completed candle holders after the jump.

Yes, you have seen this before. However, the popularity of the original set (limited to just 250) merits a second series, and this time each cup and saucer combo is indvidually numbered. Once again manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, Ron English’s tea set is not only great pop art but great ceramic as well.

Available here.

Swiss designer Tomas Kral is responsible for these lamps made of terracotta. With simple shape, the lamps highlight the richness of the material – which, incidentally, contrasts beautifully with Kral’s choice of black hardware. Learn more about the designer here.

View more of the lamps after the jump.

Heath House Numbers is a collaboration between Heath Ceramics and House Industries. This video finds Heath Ceramics Co-owner and Creative Director Cathy Bailey describing the project and explaining the handcrafted process at the Heath Ceramics factory in Sausalito, California.