Van Patten Ceramics

Jonathan splits time between portland oregon and brooklyn new york practicing art drumming painting and writing.

Van patten ceramics.

Gold was used profusely in the decoration of high end nippon ware and is an excellent sign of quality. However the gold has transpired to be delicate and poor in. Patterns and marksby joan van patten and mark chervenka. Kristen van patten ceramics.

At first patterns on reproductions looked more like german and english. Hard lines maze their way around the curves of thrown forms where start and end cease to exist. Jonathan van patten is a ceramicist whose pieces embody ambiguity exploration and discovery of a true self. 1994 collectors guide to made in japan ceramics identification and values by carole bess white.

In her book titled van patten s abc s of collecting nippon porcelain joan van patten offers expert advice on recognizing more than 300 of the 359 stamps known to date. Imitation nippon has been made since the late 1970s. Brooklyn based ceramicist jon van patten aka jvp wares hand crafts one of a kind ceramic vases that feature minimalist geometric patterns created using blue masking tape. There are now more than 50 known patterns applied to ceramics which have fake nippon marks.

199 page hard cover fully illustrated.