Ceramics and textiles

Stockholm-based ceramicist Caroline Harrius (previously) embroiders vases with floral patterns that explore the relationships between gender and craft and decoration and purpose. Distorting perceptions, the delicate pieces appear as though Harrius wrapped stitched fibers around a glazed vessel, or in a parallel manner, sculpted fabric to mimic a curved form. Harrius punctures the shiny, semi-functionalContinue reading "Melding Two Crafts, Caroline Harrius Embroiders Ceramic Vessels"

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Ceramic and textile

I have been working with clay since I was a small child. I also have been a weaver at times, so I decided to try weaving clay.

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In 1999, Karen Comerford, a textile designer and illustrator with a background in product development opened her shop, Comerford Collection in Bridgehampton, New York. Comerford Collection offers furniture, lighting, textiles, art, custom furniture.

Caroline Harrius merges two historically domestic crafts in her florally embroidered vases. The Stockholm-based artist shapes tall vessels and studs them with tiny holes just big enough for thread to pass through. Adorned with a readymade cross-stitch pattern or Harrius’s own floral motifs, the finished vases are semi-functional and visualize the intersections of gender andContinue reading "Readymade Cross-Stitch and Floral Motifs Are Embroidered Directly into Porcelain Vases"

When are ceramics considered textile art? When they've been embroidered, naturally!