Wooden Tableware and Sundries at Manufact Jam
Wooden utensils have been featured quite a lot lately on the blog, it's been great to see the different creatives who're making these pieces of art, in fact I don't think they're respected as much as they should be. To make items like I'm showcasing today is incredibly hard. I've been challenging my
Woodenware by Masahiro Endo
Some beautiful wooden objects by Japanese woodworker and designer Masahiro Endo, he's been on my watch list for quite a while and I've had his personal website bookmarked for a later date. Today seems like a good day to have a browse through the portfolio and talk about some interesting elements reg
Lacquerware by Toshio Fukuda
Here are some beautiful objects made by Toshio Fukuda, a lacquerware artist out of Japan. It looks like he's got an amazing eye for simplistic form in general, as with most Japanese creatives, and has been able to create some astonishing shapes that are both functional and very natural looking. This
Cups, Pots and Bowls by Ryoma Matsubara
Some beautiful cups, pots and bowls that I found whilst browsing a favourite around here, kurasukoto.com in Japan. They've always got an interesting selection of ceramics, textiles and cutlery, so as you can imagine I'm constantly looking that way for inspiration and they rarely disappoint, this tim
M.Saito Wood Works
Stumbling across the M.Saito Wood Works website really made my morning, I've been thinking about the different ways of manipulating wood for a little while now and carving small objects seems like a good way to get used to the material. Originally I was just cutting and sawing bases for some wire sc
Yoshiyuki Kato’s Woodworks
It's not always always an easy job finding new and interesting creatives to talk about, a lot of the time you stumble across the same individuals that are doing great things. One place I've always been fascinated by is Japan and Japanese culture, mainly their way of life and also their simplicity in
Handmade Resin Objects by Dinosaur Designs
This morning I've been admiring these handmade resin objects by Dinosaur Designs based out of Australia. This looks like an interesting material to be working with and I've not seen it really used before, well not to this extreme anyway. I'm intrigued by the unusual texture, it seems pliable but ac
Ann Linnemann, Ceramic Designer, Artist and Potter
If you're anything like me every so often you'll come across a designer or artist who seems to create work that's near enough perfect. It doesn't happen all that often but when it does every photo you view just seems to hit home, and when I bring it across here to showcase it's impossible to pick u
Ceramic Objects by Tara Shackell
Today I'm going to highlight some incredible ceramic work by Tara Shackwell, a ceramic artist living and working in Melbourne. I've come across her work several times before and I thought it was about time I showcased it on the site, it's one of those things where it seems like fate. Tara mainly mak
Atmosphere & Philosophy, When Objects Work
Today I thought you might appreciate this brilliant selection of imagery from the When Objects Work website. This company was founded by Beatrice de Lafontaine in 2001 after a career in the bespoke interior decoration business. The Belgian company produces and distributes exclusive objects designed
Inside the Billy Lloyd Ceramics Studio
Some of you may have seen that we're going to be changing quite a few things here on the site over the next coming weeks. It's fun seeing the development of the site that I started when I was a youngster, even to this day I still can't believe the changes that have been made and it's satisfying to k
Akiko’s Pottery
Finding beautiful objects isn't always an easy task, usually the best stuff is hiding away somewhere unusual, but I have to admit it's nice when things just seem to fall into your lap. Luckily last night I came across this fantastic web store named Totokaelo, they're actually a shop that I've seen a
