porcelain

Brown bear bowl : Grumpy Bear by MaidOfClay @ Etsy.

Felicia Nilson had sent me a very nice message through the contact page just after my post 100 great artists @ etsy you might want to visit…. She wanted to bring to my attention as she wrote it three other artists I might enjoy. And although two of these artists were quite interesting, I was actually much more attracted by Felicia’s “MaidOfClay” creatures and even fell deeply for a couple of them !

At the time, the Grumpy Bear above had not yet been sold and it was the first item I really noticed in her shop. I just love this bear ! It reminds me of that rabbit with an “attitude” I have written about here and there I realize I might particularly be fond of creatures with an “attitude” even though there’s also this extremely cute bear that only sold recently that I have been watching regularly ever so often ! Here it is :

Happy Bear.

How cute is that ? Can you resist that face ? And notice the “little white toenails” ? Aren’t they just great ?

Now here’s what Felicia writes about these hand sculpted ceramic bears :

The thing I love most about the bear bowls (…)
is the little white toenails - don’t ask me why :-)

Well, those bears with their little white toenails are terrific all right but I think some of MaidOfClay’s other sculptures are quite amazing too like this Goth Kitty Girl :

Goth Kitty Girl - Miniature hand sculpted porcelain bust.

Felicia Nilson deals with many different styles and some are not exactly to my taste but you should know that she has a lot of “cat related” stuff and - once again - I like the sculptures best. She is a member of the Etsy Mud Team.

Porcelain Teabowl by Fred Parker Pottery @ Etsy.

There is always a great sensuality in a perfect bowl. It has to do with the roundness no doubt. This here is a perfect bowl to me.

In his Shop Announcement, Fred Parker professes his love for detail :

Detail is important to me. Because of this you will generally see equal attention given all parts of an item — bottoms should be as exciting and interesting as the rest of a pot.

And they definitely are !

Teabowl base.

This is no doubt a shop to follow, for there are already some very interesting objects like those black stoneware teabowls (here and here for instance) even though they are not exactly my thing. And you can see a lot more on Fred Parker’s website Baitpond Pottery.

Ceramic pendant by Birdseye Clay Studio @ Etsy.

Birdseye Clay Studio is a fairly new shop @ Etsy and I have just stumbled upon this rectangular porcelain pendant with “lunar texture” which she writes is one of her favorites. I must say it is definitely a favorite of mine too. I just love the texture ! Plus it is really so not expensive - it’s not the first time I’ve noticed new shops have this tendency to price their items on the low side…

Orb by Heather Knight Ceramics @ Etsy.

Heather Knight ceramics are sculptures. The way she experiments with texture is amazing and I especially love her botanical tiles. (She has several ones : turf, noni, magnolia, durian, lichen…)

Set of four micro tiles.

Micro tile, durian.

Ceramic pears.

Heather Knight Ceramics @ Element Clay Studio : Etsy + DaWanda + her blog.

Michael Traister takes her photos.