Tag: Clay

Ceramic Artist Toshiko Takaezu Gets a Posthumous Reappraisal

There was no excuse that Toshiko Takaezu, a formidable ceramist, deemed acceptable when students missed her class at Princeton University’s Program in Visual Arts. Not even if a student was training for a place on the United States women’s field hockey team for the Olympic Games. Martha Russo was a sophomore in 1982 who was […]

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Why ‘Love is Blind’s’ Clay and AD Has Social Media Asking ‘How Didn’t She See That Coming?’

There’s not a reality show that Black folks dig as a collective more than “Love is Blind.” So, there’s no surprise we had our tendrils dug in on Season 6’s only Black couple: Clayton Gravesande and Amber Desiree “AD” Smith. J.B. Smoove On The Final Season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ & How To Get On […]

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London Sculptor Can Capture Your Dog, Cat or Even Cow

Under a set of railway arches in the Haggerston neighborhood of East London, a pack of clay dogs was ready to be brought to life. A Boston terrier and a cockapoo were among the pack, the work of the ceramist Alice Johnson, who makes bespoke sculptures of people’s beloved animals through her business, Pottery Pets. […]

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