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My wife and I went away for our anniversary on our return trip we stopped in Roseville Ohio. I found the Art Deco Roseville Futura Pottery particularly inspiring. To Me, they seem to have captured the ideal Deco style back in the day.

 

What would be your favorite ceramic Art Deco works from the past or present?

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JW art pottery uses a technique that I've never heard of until today. I assumed most of the items in the Art Nouveau and Deco style would be cast. The endless possibility's in pottery never ceases to amaze me. Filtering through those ideas and finding what defines ones self is a procedure in itself. I am currently trying everything to see where I fit in.

 

"I'm a big fan of nearly anything Art Deco.  However, I really can't get into a lot of the Deco pottery.  I'm not sure why..."

 

I would guess you already have a good idea of who you are and where you may wish to go... That is a good thing!

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I'm a big fan of nearly anything Art Deco.  However, I really can't get into a lot of the Deco pottery.  I'm not sure why...

 

Ditto. Art Deco architecture is amazing, but I really don't like a lot of the pots. I think they tend to look too manufactured, without any sign of the maker.

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I'm a big fan of nearly anything Art Deco.

 

I worked a building built in the 30s with lots of Art Deco! I spent many happy hours strolling around between training appointments just absorbing! Then they "refurbished" and went "2007 modern":-(

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That's terrible Chilly!  That's like going into an art museum and "updating" some of the work there.

Yes, the outside was still the same, stone and old and art deco, the interior was glass and glass and glass. 

 

Google "Unilever House" to see images.

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You're right Chilly, the outside is beautiful. The inside looks like every recent, updated building. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate modern architecture, but it doesn't have to be used everywhere. If it is, the world might have a glass shortage and metal shortage...

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Not  much for me to say re: Art Deco and ceramics, but I will probably make somebody out there drool by sharing that I had the great visual pleasure of working in the Chrysler Building in the 60's, including the treat of hanging out on the terrace with the big gargoyles :) ..every aspect of the place was magnificent, except for the inner offices set up for mundane businesses. 

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I work across the street from this studio, and am fortunate to take classes from Nikki Ross, the decorator of these pots. I admire their voyages into art nouveau more than their deco work, but always learn something from studying both their construction and design aesthetic.

 

www.doorpottery.com

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I am an admirer of art deco pottery but not a collector.  I have toured the Frankoma pottery twice, once in the late seventies and then again in the late 80's after if was rebuilt after a major fire.  I visited the Van Briggle pottery in the 90's, it was closed for the day but Cynthia Van Briggle let my husband and I in to look around since I was a potter.  I really liked her work but she didn't have any to sell at that time.    Denice

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drmyrtle, thank you for introducing me to doorpottery.   the pieces must be cast but they are beautiful with those dripping glazes.  i love that the info says they are not watertight. so, no surprise when they leak all over your original mission furniture!

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The #113 Frankoma pottery Fan Dancer is a good example of how timeless a good design can be.

The Fan Dancer would fit right in with Frankart.

Frank must have been a popular name.

 

I would like to add thanks for the introduction to these potters and pottery's.  It seems almost impossible to sift through all of the potters and makers throughout different time periods.

 

They say Art Deco was a french invention, were there any popular French artists?

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