Did you know that Alice in Wonderland is at the McNay Art Museum? Artist Kiki Smith captures the storybook heroine in a porcelain sculpture titled “Woman with Arm Raised.” Although restrictions ...
Heidi Phelps wants people to dream when they visit her home. The 67-year-old doll maker, who runs her studio, Heidi’s Puppenstube, from her basement, displays porcelain dolls throughout her house in ...
Everyone is cordially invited to view and discuss the Perry Foundation’s free exhibit of European Porcelains and Miniature Painting from 1 to 4 p.m. April 28 in Lake Tahoe Community College room B-103 ...
The man most often credited as the original creator of European porcelain was a German by the name of Johann Friedrich Böttger. He was an alchemist—he said that he knew how to turn lead into gold.
Couture week in Paris is incomparable. The City of Lights transforms into a larger-than-life stage where visionaries from the fashion world can bring their wildest imaginings to life. Muses fill the ...
Porcelain is associated with everyday objects – but at the heart of the white material is a dark story of obsession, power and purity. Edmund de Waal explains. European craftsmen first worked out how ...
Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo join the show. The acclaimed documentary "Porcelain War" has reached the Oscar shortlist. It follows the Kharkiv-based artists Slava Leontyev and Anya Stasenko, who ...
Dear Helaine and Joe: Can you tell me the approximate age and value of this small bowl? It is 3 inches tall and 5 inches across. It is attributed to Francis Gardner, who started a factory in Russia in ...