Guests to the sell-out Vermeer exhibition on the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam may discover themselves wandering by means of the Delftware gallery, searching for pleasant tulipières. Whereas these tulip-holding ceramic vessels are magnificent, reaching to round 4-feet tall, they aren’t covetable precisely, and the identical might be stated for extra up to date choices at museum outlets. A tulipière when it’s empty can resemble a human coronary heart with arteries, and it’s not at all times improved with flowers. Thankfully, the ceramicist Kay Schuckhart in upstate New York has the reply.
A former designer of books and artwork director for fondly remembered journals like Spy, Kay prefers to work with clay today. Her ceramics enterprise goes by the identify of Furbelow and Bibelot, roughly translated into much less romantic language as “pleats and trinkets.”
Pictures by Kay Schuckhart.
Kay has been doing ceramics for seven years and is extra of a graphic designer than a tulip maniac, which explains her curiosity in type over historic pastiche. Nevertheless, with a long-held curiosity in archeology and design historical past, her artwork references are en level for a good-looking tulipière form: “I’m aiming for grotto-fabulous.”
Kay’s first journey into 3-D modeling was within the type of papier-mâché, utilizing customized water slide decals to include floor imagery. “I used to be utilizing a number of seashell photos, which ultimately translated into shell-encrusted tulipières.”
A vessel that can be utilized throughout any season. Furbelow and Bibelot might be exhibiting at Flower Present: Have fun Spring! at Lyndhurst mansion, NY, and on the annual Topiaries & Tulipières occasion at Hillside, Claverack, NY, on September 10, 2023.
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