Ceramics Are in Fashion
Jonathan Anderson and Kris Van Assche are among the designers inspired by contemporary creations.
A dress from the JW Anderson fall 2021 collection and presentation, which explored volume and shape, and a ceramic piece by Shawanda Corbett.Credit.Juergen Teller, via JW Anderson
By Jessica Bumpus
The fashion designer Jonathan Anderson has always valued the relationship between ceramic forms and fashion.
In December, he curated an exhibition of ceramics and porcelain by Akiko Hirai, titled “Setting a Hare in the China Shop,” at the JW Anderson shop in London and, in February, collaborated with the ceramic artists Magdalene Odundo and Shawanda Corbett for the label’s fall 2021 collection and presentation.
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Pioneering Women, Oxford Ceramics Gallery online review - domestic pleasures
A survey of female potters explores ancient ubiquity and the allure of pure form
by Marina VaizeyWednesday, 03 March 2021
Pots by Danish potter Bodil ManzImage: Michael Harvey
Pioneering is an attractive adjective in this context, alerting the spectator to what has been, over the past half century, an extraordinary body of contemporary ceramics produced by women.
Pioneering is an attractive adjective in this context, alerting the spectator to what has been, over the past half century, an extraordinary body of contemporary ceramics produced by women. Underlying the notion of a gender-defined exhibition is a question: are there feminine characteristics to be looked for in an art form, if so what are th
The ceramics show celebrating Soho’s drinking culture
The ceramics show celebrating Soho’s drinking culture
Sake wear, by Akiko Hirai
When Jonthan Anderson moved to London in the Noughties, he ate out in Soho every night, mesmerised by its bustling streets, densely populated with late night bars, sex shops, coffee stop offs, and elegant eateries. When the designer opened his eponymous brand’s first boutique in March, just days before the UK went into its first lockdown, he settled on a two storey former corner shop on Soho’s Brewer Street, which beckons fashion fans into its interior with an illuminated neon sign. ‘For me, I’m more excited about this area than Bond Street,’ he says.