Anish Kapoor chooses Nicholas Hlobo : Rolex Protege Arts Initiative

 <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9FYWpa7tkNpgZ2V1sBkPc63eNcjtEPCLILpdAUWB4MvbZDi5UiJaQq5sy4jlGTwhD6NkTLGmPLYwBy6yd-zH3vwUYPckSZnT10BMu5e4P1PEeDegxWthUTJAIIB_WOjijmf_cyhj/s1600/imtyibilizi1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9FYWpa7tkNpgZ2V1sBkPc63eNcjtEPCLILpdAUWB4MvbZDi5UiJaQq5sy4jlGTwhD6NkTLGmPLYwBy6yd-zH3vwUYPckSZnT10BMu5e4P1PEeDegxWthUTJAIIB_WOjijmf_cyhj/s320/imtyibilizi1a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unongayindoda (Installation including Imtyibilizi xa yomile)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxmS4OB6nY8EXZ0mKzIMunjSGqb5uY8f395ZuOf3eFfDwP0yPHSWLsaly_EBd6bo7kBNkMP2B0lEs9IoetZZNzygrM8Fz8R3kJANeuSu4iNoRxWTfNuZ6WRZRBOF6LoQyZklZszof/s1600/imtyibilizi2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxmS4OB6nY8EXZ0mKzIMunjSGqb5uY8f395ZuOf3eFfDwP0yPHSWLsaly_EBd6bo7kBNkMP2B0lEs9IoetZZNzygrM8Fz8R3kJANeuSu4iNoRxWTfNuZ6WRZRBOF6LoQyZklZszof/s200/imtyibilizi2a.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Detail of craftmanship</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One normally associates Rolex sponsorship with Tennis, Yachting and Golf. However they are mightily involved in the arts. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.rolexmentorprotege.com/en/index.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">The Rolex Mentor & Protege Arts Initiative</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></a></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is firmly behind the value and significance of the arts; especially appreciated during the present economic meltdown. Funding of the arts has always suffered greatly during times of economic uncertainty and cut drastically during a recession. However the times they are a changing, proving that investing in the arts, might bring better returns in the long term than most other long term investments. We are in a recession, however auctioneers specialising in the visual arts are experiencing record prices for sought after works of art. I believe Rolex has always understood the true value of the luxury market; each Rolex being numbered and timeless in value (immortal - passed on to the next generation). Our understanding of Luxury has dramatically changed - There is a new concept for luxury. "It's less about worth and more about values; less about exclusivity and more about experience - it's about buying less, but better"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Cited in Elle Decoration England; November 2009;19)</span>. Luxury lies not in how much stuff we have but in its fine craftsmanship and how highly we value the product.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht2ty_1XGuzcn2gXRSKlvcAoS5_W35w3N-ejw6AgjZ7jGdgXhc_jYAeHp12Rjq0dzMYPpVfntpnM6qGx5TmvM9X3NMg9IvMOcUnqClTREyM1KEstWBAcrxYK85-IrJGL64HHl54R0/s1600/nicholas-hlobo-med-thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht2ty_1XGuzcn2gXRSKlvcAoS5_W35w3N-ejw6AgjZ7jGdgXhc_jYAeHp12Rjq0dzMYPpVfntpnM6qGx5TmvM9X3NMg9IvMOcUnqClTREyM1KEstWBAcrxYK85-IrJGL64HHl54R0/s200/nicholas-hlobo-med-thumb.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.michaelstevenson.com/contemporary/exhibitions/hlobo/hlobo.htm">Nicholas Hlobo's</a> work is highly valued and it is therefore not surprising that Anish Kapoor chose him as his Protege. As mentioned at the press launch, held at Linger Longer Restaurant today, Hlobo is already an established and accomplished local South African artist, winner of numerous major awards, including the Young Standard bank Artist Award. He also had a solo exhibition at the Tate Modern, to mention just a few achievements (full C.V. at <a href="http://www.michaelstevenson.com/contemporary/artists/hlobo.htm">Michael Stevenson Gallery</a>). This is a mentorship with a difference; Great Artists guiding rising talents to reach their true individual creative potential (excellence) on the world stage in a very difficult profession. In its fifth cycle, the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative is ultimately about sharing and handing down knowledge from one generation to the next in preserving and promoting excellence in the world's artistic cultural heritage. No doubt that Kapoor and Hlobo will share many issues surrounding their cultural roots; both raised in developing countries, India and South Africa respectively.</span><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDQOVGcwYyrp23Iul9vZ4JdAhpddjSTl24gqlw6fUZ-yEkS-bdGECFCM2WmJqfNflT9qBuY1aG0Mq9aj2v0k6U0PG7GgV8Dbdkglys7iC9bjCVa9kXrqAtgSXV75ljCg86k1KADBN/s1600/hlobo+install.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDQOVGcwYyrp23Iul9vZ4JdAhpddjSTl24gqlw6fUZ-yEkS-bdGECFCM2WmJqfNflT9qBuY1aG0Mq9aj2v0k6U0PG7GgV8Dbdkglys7iC9bjCVa9kXrqAtgSXV75ljCg86k1KADBN/s400/hlobo+install.jpg" width="247" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First US Installation for Hlobo in Savannah</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nicholas is one of the students to graduate while I was Dean of the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture at the then Technikon Witwatersrand. His work celebrates being a South African and focusses on critical issues round ethnic identity, gender identity and colonial heritage. "Through my works I attempt to create conversations that explore certain issues within my culture as a South African. The conversations become a way of questioning people's perceptions around issues of masculinity, gender, race and ethnicity'. (cited in the media release - Rolex Final Nov.1 2010). Well done Nicholas Hlobo and bravo to Rolex.</span>

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Homage to Lee Alexander McQueen.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuRLejVoHmFIiqoe_Th5sOAhlQAxyt-TK3ZBb4wwb9CbCOzfqAZDSH7RCaMGMtfY7B-etUySqLv3rekuRiaQoHmt2B5LvqFVU_5avLy0QZh_gPk4qhp_6jBkiz_qx9yFJlZgCUkFV/s1600/Alexander+McQuuen+Cited+in+L'OFFICIEL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuRLejVoHmFIiqoe_Th5sOAhlQAxyt-TK3ZBb4wwb9CbCOzfqAZDSH7RCaMGMtfY7B-etUySqLv3rekuRiaQoHmt2B5LvqFVU_5avLy0QZh_gPk4qhp_6jBkiz_qx9yFJlZgCUkFV/s400/Alexander+McQuuen+Cited+in+L'OFFICIEL.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inez van Lamsweerde/Art+ commerce / H&K<br />As cited in L'Officiel  Hors-Serie McQueen.</td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the most influential designers in my creative development has been <a href="http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/">Lee Alexander McQueen</a> (follow link to his website). He passed away recently and I therefore thought it necessary to pay homage to this provocative genius - a truly remarkable fashion designer. This quote by the artist in 2002 provides the necessary connection between our creative  thinking.</span><br /><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">"I use things that people want to hide in their heads. War, religion, sex: things we all think about but don't bring to the forefront. But I do and I force them to watch it" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">text and image cited in Fashion Now, edited by Terry Jones and Avril Mair (2002:324).</span></span></span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ude7b6dZlszvTGbA5GJ2xqf_SP3YP8lZKXxZ1PBj38Mck5OlVZhCxx8-0iBZX8XCIGaeaZa0CkwTh27FG4tZaN7KJ9olMj9-aXEfFSuT26AiY0Y2fOe_5CJfyQ-2VZtV-WtcBX79/s1600/ESHU+Fall-+Winter+2000+-+2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ude7b6dZlszvTGbA5GJ2xqf_SP3YP8lZKXxZ1PBj38Mck5OlVZhCxx8-0iBZX8XCIGaeaZa0CkwTh27FG4tZaN7KJ9olMj9-aXEfFSuT26AiY0Y2fOe_5CJfyQ-2VZtV-WtcBX79/s400/ESHU+Fall-+Winter+2000+-+2001.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ESHU Fall-Winter 2000 2001</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaERDNPNmmOdiEWH_1l5A-OkgYlBjkmNU8LtBd56QE-FZ9If7xeC5mpj89g6FuMueczGmhtyaSRW6Su7tayGlfBUvkG4oRwV09mYZjjNfn7v6KGy5BoR9R7udH2-eqQeRxhB_VJkT/s1600/Alexander+McQueen+Portrait+by+Corinne+DayFashion+Now+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaERDNPNmmOdiEWH_1l5A-OkgYlBjkmNU8LtBd56QE-FZ9If7xeC5mpj89g6FuMueczGmhtyaSRW6Su7tayGlfBUvkG4oRwV09mYZjjNfn7v6KGy5BoR9R7udH2-eqQeRxhB_VJkT/s200/Alexander+McQueen+Portrait+by+Corinne+DayFashion+Now+.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Portrait by Corinne Day <br />cited in FASHION NOW (page 32)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was born in London on March 17 in 1969. He left school at 16 and followed an apprenticeship as a tailor specializing in men's suits under Anderson & Sheppard and then Gieves & Hawkes. He completed his classical training at costumiers' Angles and Berman. He followed up his training working for Japanese Designer Koji Tatsuno and then assisted Romeo Gigli as a stylist. He finally graduated with a master in fashion design - his show was very spectacular; an enormous success ( the entire collection was purchased by Isabella Blow). It was this show, with the theme "Highland Rape" that inspired me greatly. Some of the hair styling was shaped like barbered wire, whilst the dresses were slit in rape-victim like fashion. The complimentary makeup was bloodied and bruised; at the time an integrated provocative approach to expressive couture. Visuals of this show is incredibly difficult to come by. The overall gestalt of the fashion statement is best described in the following quote by Matthew Callahan in his article titled "The ghosts that haunt us" follow link below.</span></div></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Disheveled hair, fake battle wounds, battered makeup effects, and ripped kilts all reflected the psychological processing and haunting of McQueen’s own ancestral past. Highland Rape furthermore acted as a way for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">McQueen to mimic and therefore expose structural inequality through a form of aesthetic resistance". <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Extract from an artcile written by Matthew Callahan, As cited at <b><a href="http://www.zimbio.com/Alexander+McQueen/articles/6/FASHION+article+entry">Zimbio</a>.</b></span></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofe1KmYgMMYo-6WTZxN2CRcDrd5lHKD1yac2z2PHwh8dmFwBKrh85zqmRGdkf_8R3ei4dEDNik-0PKVy2Rm39lwAkS276NLO-VzK1BIoM2Hd1KDOE71jYF4sQ0GUtGaN7BTSxHebY/s1600/SCANNERS+Fall+-+Winter+03+-+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofe1KmYgMMYo-6WTZxN2CRcDrd5lHKD1yac2z2PHwh8dmFwBKrh85zqmRGdkf_8R3ei4dEDNik-0PKVy2Rm39lwAkS276NLO-VzK1BIoM2Hd1KDOE71jYF4sQ0GUtGaN7BTSxHebY/s400/SCANNERS+Fall+-+Winter+03+-+04.jpg" width="292" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Scanners Fall-Winter 2003-2004</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">What follows is a series of tributes and testimonies of fellow designers, celebrities and models as quoted in a special issue </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><a href="http://officiel.com.ua/en.php">L'Officiel</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">[De La Couture ET De La Mode De PARIS] </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">titled Alexander McQueen 1969-2010. The quotes and testimonies are interspersed with my selection of images as cited in the above mentioned special issue. Obviously I have chosen images that best expresses his sculptural fashion statements. </span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Cmczid1u69fjXVNpspLBKwSNjOSBuvFGs7gAPTTiflqTXBxSmp3SE5IIibNn_TE2xbcAfGeqFsCrNdFaIlTPcBlB_1v5fcb7Cqbbf-SxafCJzOtT8xibAkM90YK7T5phrO_4-7C3/s1600/alexander-mcqueen-f-w-09-courtesy-of-coutorture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Cmczid1u69fjXVNpspLBKwSNjOSBuvFGs7gAPTTiflqTXBxSmp3SE5IIibNn_TE2xbcAfGeqFsCrNdFaIlTPcBlB_1v5fcb7Cqbbf-SxafCJzOtT8xibAkM90YK7T5phrO_4-7C3/s400/alexander-mcqueen-f-w-09-courtesy-of-coutorture.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"I admired him tremendously. He was a revolutionary. He will not be forgotten and it is an immense loss.(...) Daring, original, stimulating he understood how to be a fabulous ambassador for fashion" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">John Galliano.</span></span></blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToBvftEJa_LVXkpWZHSIayK5FGb5fvbpqpAONJL2BQfH6WfrvxIgZ__YsbHojHYxkHxt6rZBKsNu97tgf3dtbxk-1ZEiI2JLRII_tC-A7Ezr24I7vf2mVsoBtr_ntnLyncvEXHf_U/s1600/VOSS+Spring+Summer+2001+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToBvftEJa_LVXkpWZHSIayK5FGb5fvbpqpAONJL2BQfH6WfrvxIgZ__YsbHojHYxkHxt6rZBKsNu97tgf3dtbxk-1ZEiI2JLRII_tC-A7Ezr24I7vf2mVsoBtr_ntnLyncvEXHf_U/s400/VOSS+Spring+Summer+2001+(1).jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Voss Spring-Summer 2001</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote>'VISIONARY, HE WAS ALMOST A MEDIUM. UNCONSCIOUSLY PERHAPS, HE KNEW HOW TO FORSEE THE PRESENT CRISIS WITH HIS SHOW THAT WAS A TRIBUTE TO THE FILM THEY SHOOT HORSES , DON'T THEY? BY SYDNEY PLLACK. HE WAS A MAN MADE FOR STAGING WHO USED HIS DREAMS AND HIS NIGHTMARES. A FREE SPIRIT. AND AT THE SMAE TIME HIS SUITS ARE INCOMPARABLY PERFECT" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">VANNESA BELLUGEON.</span></blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH58I-HJJF9R2bUN3zoJvzwNHbe740R_QRA7FowJub1kfC7UbHF6pCgqF-QHJBvcbgCAEGNZrZPMMwFGssEoTis7SIMEeGkaxXwU_E5T_kwJCqVCWVoN06XPrzpAS_m2OSB5RrXDb/s1600/It's+only+a+Game+Spring+-+Summer++05+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH58I-HJJF9R2bUN3zoJvzwNHbe740R_QRA7FowJub1kfC7UbHF6pCgqF-QHJBvcbgCAEGNZrZPMMwFGssEoTis7SIMEeGkaxXwU_E5T_kwJCqVCWVoN06XPrzpAS_m2OSB5RrXDb/s400/It's+only+a+Game+Spring+-+Summer++05+(1).jpg" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Its Only a Game Spring-Summer 200%.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I am still in shock over his tragic loss. I am devastated. Lee McQueen was my dear friend" Kate Moss.</span></blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJWD_OdEkITqgv5VblXEP_EReV7qRXt_nP_iMEq3BIYR5Q29MW-QFHfd05sCCXvpg9pF2mnhtijQaKj3wmGr1bPNXcUXQv7KLibLDgA5WYALimy0uuT42S0NkPWNBhwiT_i7BduWy/s1600/It's+only+a+Game+Spring+-+Summer++05+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJWD_OdEkITqgv5VblXEP_EReV7qRXt_nP_iMEq3BIYR5Q29MW-QFHfd05sCCXvpg9pF2mnhtijQaKj3wmGr1bPNXcUXQv7KLibLDgA5WYALimy0uuT42S0NkPWNBhwiT_i7BduWy/s400/It's+only+a+Game+Spring+-+Summer++05+(2).jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It's only a game Spring-Summer 2005</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"He was one of the greatest fashion designers of his generation . Both a visionary and avant-garde. his creations were inspired by tradition and hyper modernity so that they were outside time." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Francois Henri Pinault.</span></span></blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IcOoaTKUecyNW7us0GIwyIlwSmaHNkW7UJ4Zjm8h16e7u_wWH321xfwip7xlrSfAYBw2FdH7HbDQ6M4vBGrbjn33CayEOERIZ7NOZBPVokwln4Sohc-zYI_yLaCeSjzx-Ek7lQUQ/s1600/SARABANDE+Spring+-+Summer+07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IcOoaTKUecyNW7us0GIwyIlwSmaHNkW7UJ4Zjm8h16e7u_wWH321xfwip7xlrSfAYBw2FdH7HbDQ6M4vBGrbjn33CayEOERIZ7NOZBPVokwln4Sohc-zYI_yLaCeSjzx-Ek7lQUQ/s400/SARABANDE+Spring+-+Summer+07.jpg" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sarabande Spring-Summer 2007</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We are deeply touched by the sudden death of Alexander McQueen, a designer that we have always admired for his creative genius and uncompromising inspiration. He has left an incomparable void in the world of fashion." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dolce and Gabbana</span>.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyv1g246mC8WKADEqHQKBfQC00dmODDY9ioplaMDQ-Gd7l9Tk48diGc0IEBpG4YSPOlYdiaL8VBcr_M_hrr78yx9RJU8FbV2Gv_JU6OUaXkVqr2ZYwElNF6kuhXpCbE8yihgqWKjxo/s1600/La+Dame+Bleue+08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyv1g246mC8WKADEqHQKBfQC00dmODDY9ioplaMDQ-Gd7l9Tk48diGc0IEBpG4YSPOlYdiaL8VBcr_M_hrr78yx9RJU8FbV2Gv_JU6OUaXkVqr2ZYwElNF6kuhXpCbE8yihgqWKjxo/s400/La+Dame+Bleue+08.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I AM INCREDIBLY SORRY." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">VIVIENNE WESTWOOD</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKv1vJ7tHY89PkawvmeiO-dLG5Q4lRa8_G-mHJRfGtDxYk5hPa3w0YasNehGbyLsfzWf4iXs0CXtaS2NF-rWjvmdxjPVUm7uiqTz5b-wRTDJSTVSj4ltnT14Rxq65El61Q1koBDfK/s1600/The+Horn+of+Plenty+Fall+-winter+09+-+10+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKv1vJ7tHY89PkawvmeiO-dLG5Q4lRa8_G-mHJRfGtDxYk5hPa3w0YasNehGbyLsfzWf4iXs0CXtaS2NF-rWjvmdxjPVUm7uiqTz5b-wRTDJSTVSj4ltnT14Rxq65El61Q1koBDfK/s400/The+Horn+of+Plenty+Fall+-winter+09+-+10+(1).jpg" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Horn of Plenty Fall-Winter 2009 - 2010</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote>"This death makes me very sad. (....) He had talent and was an artist. It makes me very sad." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Piere Berge</span>. </blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSdmPPgoRhv938cpBhlAEb9oHNiVyKwCVAsjOFhPWh8KBWFMiQnR9LjDcxeyGK-lTt1WqAMX-KhHWUksy8zbHkH1g_1tyHVcqmP8SWfyh9lTUmMul7_ofXmx25ANoZS1bSShJN8yY/s1600/The+Horn+of+Plenty+Fall+-winter+09+-+10+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSdmPPgoRhv938cpBhlAEb9oHNiVyKwCVAsjOFhPWh8KBWFMiQnR9LjDcxeyGK-lTt1WqAMX-KhHWUksy8zbHkH1g_1tyHVcqmP8SWfyh9lTUmMul7_ofXmx25ANoZS1bSShJN8yY/s400/The+Horn+of+Plenty+Fall+-winter+09+-+10+(2).jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The Horn of Plenty Fall-Winter 2009 - 2010</span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'<i>HE WAS VERY TALENTED AMD A VERY CREATIVE DESIGNER</i>" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">PAUL SMITH.</span></span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDjjjQruWB5LGnLa0ivZAhV4SxufmMtK7LPPKuR6dxR776-SybSpuPEguyWvvKslSryg3Hdk1QMUTRqdbDUAzCS7wz_BAj6ykutHhAPX94AQjTvZnW2BCHs8SaBLP82wZqwGt4LyB/s1600/The+Horn+of+Plenty+Fall+-winter+09+-+10+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDjjjQruWB5LGnLa0ivZAhV4SxufmMtK7LPPKuR6dxR776-SybSpuPEguyWvvKslSryg3Hdk1QMUTRqdbDUAzCS7wz_BAj6ykutHhAPX94AQjTvZnW2BCHs8SaBLP82wZqwGt4LyB/s400/The+Horn+of+Plenty+Fall+-winter+09+-+10+(3).jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The Horn of Plenty Fall-Winter 2009 - 2010</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>"HE WAS A UNCOMPROMISING CREATOR. A PROVOCATIVE GENIUS! IN ADDITION TO BEINNG A FABULOUS DIRECTOR. HE WAS TRULY A GREAT COUTURIER." </b>MARIE -JOSE JALOU. </span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Nt6aFY4FvS-NyJEmfwfezjoToarjvYstVFLgx5cOq3B5KjDhf82dbO0i93Vm8kXKiRzPmrGjtNb00oDSxajvxH9JTQ24Ru8wP9USpEnWize1tFib5M8fCC8KX0sIITRyYSQI7d8A/s1600/Plato's+Atlantis+Spring+-+Summer+2010+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Nt6aFY4FvS-NyJEmfwfezjoToarjvYstVFLgx5cOq3B5KjDhf82dbO0i93Vm8kXKiRzPmrGjtNb00oDSxajvxH9JTQ24Ru8wP9USpEnWize1tFib5M8fCC8KX0sIITRyYSQI7d8A/s400/Plato's+Atlantis+Spring+-+Summer+2010+(1).jpg" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Plato's Atlantis Spring -Summer 2010.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZhqEKVXQ37F-NyW5K4-l_cbNhKvBOF_pBCxASiEdXHx_t1DIiwaMn8zmq4PLv8gFVnJC_Vm-3zUVWzjmjOdTwx5demiqsrCRustBs5GHOFFZ8pOYxEz_68TG4aOXABQDMk1lM-oI/s1600/Plato's+Atlantis+Spring+-+Summer+2010+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZhqEKVXQ37F-NyW5K4-l_cbNhKvBOF_pBCxASiEdXHx_t1DIiwaMn8zmq4PLv8gFVnJC_Vm-3zUVWzjmjOdTwx5demiqsrCRustBs5GHOFFZ8pOYxEz_68TG4aOXABQDMk1lM-oI/s400/Plato's+Atlantis+Spring+-+Summer+2010+(2).jpg" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Plato's Atlantis Spring -Summer 2010.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hyPGVoIjrvbdw-ewK_ZprUZ1HaL3MmH23BtL9y8AApMXn09ZHYK4LLw1JI9IK4ZsVNOsbL5YgD9awTFQJgP_cFCaXPDPXzHMNkBPCAtP7NIdywtcT3RJ3yomWQoXdj3v8vMaKHDS/s1600/Plato's+Atlantis+Spring+-+Summer+2010+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hyPGVoIjrvbdw-ewK_ZprUZ1HaL3MmH23BtL9y8AApMXn09ZHYK4LLw1JI9IK4ZsVNOsbL5YgD9awTFQJgP_cFCaXPDPXzHMNkBPCAtP7NIdywtcT3RJ3yomWQoXdj3v8vMaKHDS/s400/Plato's+Atlantis+Spring+-+Summer+2010+(3).jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Plato's Atlantis Spring -Summer 2010.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><blockquote> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"McQueen was a master of fashion, a creative genius and an inspiration. Today, the fashion industry has lost someone of true value. An icon for all times. He made everything he touched beautiful and will be despairingly regretted. My heart is really with his family and his friends during this sad moment." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Victoria Beckham.</span></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacwL-9iVYsIMgDOVGId0efLTDd0AhNxh9dzZYwJVkexeI1qPLHdvf-yxgyI3piyDGyU4RAM79KZ_oXyRgKsF3QSD4CJM9wchgeadBcuNu57SFEphHHTainlMHlD0kdqHwjQbt6Jms/s1600/McQueensberry+Rule+Fall+-+winter+09+-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacwL-9iVYsIMgDOVGId0efLTDd0AhNxh9dzZYwJVkexeI1qPLHdvf-yxgyI3piyDGyU4RAM79KZ_oXyRgKsF3QSD4CJM9wchgeadBcuNu57SFEphHHTainlMHlD0kdqHwjQbt6Jms/s400/McQueensberry+Rule+Fall+-+winter+09+-10.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The McQueensberry Rule, Fall-Winter 09 - 10</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

Homage to Lee Alexander McQueen.

Inez van Lamsweerde/Art+ commerce / H&K As cited in L'Officiel  Hors-Serie McQueen. One of the most influential designers in my crea...

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Shapiro Cartoon; an artist's response.

<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN3HdlD6zq1awCHeV0TVbZ5xQ2I69BwqRk28eEIKSiofnISF5dqUrn0cripT5mv-hswCUTR5q0TqfSqLyECE7HeR3YwolJ717tTm6CowpxzDfYHiEQjAQP-kbTiLX-qPo3DFAruBC/s1600/Apocalypse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN3HdlD6zq1awCHeV0TVbZ5xQ2I69BwqRk28eEIKSiofnISF5dqUrn0cripT5mv-hswCUTR5q0TqfSqLyECE7HeR3YwolJ717tTm6CowpxzDfYHiEQjAQP-kbTiLX-qPo3DFAruBC/s400/Apocalypse.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Anon., pub. William Peake, text by John Vicars. The pope seated on the seven -headed beast of Rome 1643. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Carey F 2000. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The Apocalypse. </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">London. The British Museum Press.</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">)</span></span></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The pope is represented as the Whore  of Babylon or 'Rome's Whore' uttering Babylonish blasphemies', riding the seven-headed Beast of Rome. Though the Pope is the ostensible subject it would have been read, in this early stage of the Civil War, as an attack on the court and Church of England. This high-quality print shows knowledge of earlier German and Netherlandish prints, and may have been made by a Dutch or Flemish engraver.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">   </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Our democracy</b> as endorsed by our liberal and inclusive constitution, came about through the endeavours and sacrifices of many of its citizens, not just because of international sanctions, lengthy prison sentences and the murders of political activists (martyrdom), but for the purpose of this blog entry, all the creative endeavours of artists, photographers, musicians, playwrights, graffiti artists, authors and last but not least, the role of cartoonists and satirists such as Peter Dirk Uys .</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">There are few places on this continent and in the rest of the world, that every citizen, irrespective of his or her sexual orientation and or cultural belief, can live side by side (as neighbours) on equal terms. Religion has for many years in this country prescribed to all its citizens, their moral obligation, as part of the education and legal system, irrespective of the citizen's religious affiliation and or cultural and personal spiritual belief (Christian education). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Change does not occur by virtue of  complacency</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">. Individuals with the courage and creative tools in every discipline, continue to play their part, ensuring a thriving and developing democracy. Each and every citizen can however rest assured, for now, that they are protected by the constitution. Any effort by religious fanatics and or fundamentalists trying to enforce their particular moral and cultural beliefs on others, in any form whatsoever, will be considered a violation of basic human rights.  We have fought hard and long for our democracy – long shall it live.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Not just one cartoon, but thousands upon thousands of cartoons, paintings, songs, plays, documentaries, photographs and sculptures including murals and graffiti contributed to the  </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">struggle</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">; the freedom we enjoy today</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">  This blog entry is therefore a reaction to the issues raised in the following news paper articles, written in response to Shapiro’s cartoon. Below are extracts of the articles, followed by further comments by the artist .</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7QPWUVQoMlBh0PEwEpY6DON6CaDGkLyz6syocUzLnfevjKaThZDwcBHLoaHPdTsyrPxf1t7HJVdoTZ_O1RjXJXB3IaQW0IKqp_4h1srkEGvo-oR_h3ql0Ntfx6v9g0Q8DdZtizFE/s1600/apocalpse+three.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7QPWUVQoMlBh0PEwEpY6DON6CaDGkLyz6syocUzLnfevjKaThZDwcBHLoaHPdTsyrPxf1t7HJVdoTZ_O1RjXJXB3IaQW0IKqp_4h1srkEGvo-oR_h3ql0Ntfx6v9g0Q8DdZtizFE/s400/apocalpse+three.JPG" width="285" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Matthias Gerung (c. 1500-70) </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pope and Turk as demons drag their followers into Hell</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">c. 1</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">545-8. Woodcut, 234 x 164mm.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Insulting other people’s religion only causes hurt</span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Article written by KC Bening as cited in the Star Tuesday May 25  2010.</span></span></span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Mail and Guardian and Zapiro have crossed the line of decency this time with the publication of a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad, something which is deeply hurtful and offensive to Muslims. Relgion is the embodiment of many people’s very being which all decent folk should respect, and being a world-class satirist doesn’t give Zapiro carte blanche to desecrate a religious order with what that grouping considers blasphemy.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no such thing as absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has their boundaries which we learn on our parent’s knees. As small children we learn to respect other people’s cultural and religious sensibilities and to be respectful of society’s mores concerning such things as profane language.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No political, religious or social order should be able to skulk under veil of privileged protection when their actions contravene common or international law, violates the SA constitution, or impinges on the safety of other citizens. Anything else, such as the insensitive insulting of other people’s religions, when they have not broken any laws, should be considered in the same vein as hate speech. It achieves nothing, except to inflame and cause more hurt in our already volatile society.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Cartoon was in good taste.</span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Article by </span></span><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">S Manjra</span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> cited in the Star Tuesday May 25  2010.</span></span></span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unlike the Danish cartoons, Zapiro’s was in good taste and without the degree of irreverence that Zapiro has shown other communities.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today our world is defined by images, and it is difficult imagining anyone using Zapiro’s image as an object of worship. It is simply a representation meant to make a larger point – one which seems to have been largely lost in the current furore. But there is no arguing against those who lack an appreciation for various art forms and whose interpretations of texts is based on literalism and Manichean dichotomies.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With religious fanatics stoking the flames and with willing masses at their disposal it will just be a matter of time and a sad day indeed when the predictable death threat will be made against him. We should rally behind and defend this national asset. Zapiro, you owe no one an apology, and power to your pen. </span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Protest in a constructive manner</span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">,</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Article written by Abdullah Saeed, as cited in the Star in the Star Tuesday May 25  2010.</span></span></span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Freedom must be used with respect and it must be curtailed at a certain point before it becomes unacceptable. I think cartoons that ridicule and insult some of the most exalted personalities that have graced this earth demean the importance of our right to press freedom or freedom of speech.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anything – be it an article or a film, book, caricature or statement – that hurts someone else’s religion or cultural beliefs and sentiments should not be allowed. The hallmark of civilisation is to have mutual respect and courtesy for our diverse cultures and religions.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">You are so right Saeed, in an ideal world – we need to relay your message to those leaders of countries (political and spiritual) where gays are imprisoned and or killed for expressing their love for one another. So much for your views on mutual respect and courtesy for our own diverse cultures and religions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The freedom I enjoy, as a gay citizen of South Africa, bears testimony to those who not only published cartoons but stood in the firing line and paid with their own lives to expose and communicate the truth (Ken Oosterbroek – journalist photographer killed) - lest we forget.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It is the responsibility of all creative cultural practitioners, representing our diverse cultural and religious beliefs and groupings, to continue to play their part, and collectively help shape our changing society’s views on issues on all levels. Cartoons, music, books and documentaries, every creative discipline and object, is a vehicle through which, we as artists, can express our views in a constructive and creative manner/ endeavour on a diverse range of relevant topics and causes (cultural palaver). Tolerance is required on all levels, and the freedom to be heard, if we are to continue to enjoy an all inclusive democracy such as ours. The more complex the issue, the more diverse the expressed views, the greater the dialog required to find a solution or an acceptable practice - hence the fact that we refer matters to the constitutional court. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">God forbid that we are to remain silent and afraid to speak out, in case we cause hurt  or pain. Blood, sweat and tears were shed by many to help create this young democracy. Its all part of the process to define what is best practice and in the interest of all SA citizens and not just a small often conservative minority. Let us continue to build it together, every step of the way, in an open and transparent manner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The new media transcends barriers, fences, borders and governments and religious leaders’ attempt to stem the present tide of cultural transformation and reform; the promotion of democracy and basic human rights on all levels on a global scale – thank god for that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Shapiro Cartoon; an artist's response.

Anon., pub. William Peake, text by John Vicars. The pope seated on the seven -headed beast of Rome 1643. (Carey F 2000. The Apocalypse. Lond...

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Happy Easter - no place like hell.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdnfzecJ2vqUcDSOUPau7PMc585kFK5W9dyZ8rhPJMy3K0KpnUgjl3eBNdGgGva4qPHqEj9f4iq9uQaMbz-wbYF0KVTiG8wZHIfDTpsNboNXt8rIR9CVTXSLBQuFJdnjyYHgbLkVo/s1600/Manuscript+depicting+hell.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456589278525508002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdnfzecJ2vqUcDSOUPau7PMc585kFK5W9dyZ8rhPJMy3K0KpnUgjl3eBNdGgGva4qPHqEj9f4iq9uQaMbz-wbYF0KVTiG8wZHIfDTpsNboNXt8rIR9CVTXSLBQuFJdnjyYHgbLkVo/s400/Manuscript+depicting+hell.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 271px;" /></a><br /><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Early manuscript depicting hell.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Ever heard or seen the words on a placard </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">turn or burn</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">, and your stomach turned. Then you should find the following story enlightening.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">No Place like Hell – an Alternative Easter message.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">A man had two sons; he raised them with the intent that they should love and adore him, and to follow his example all the days of their lives. In lieu of their admiration, affection and unconditional love, they would inherit his estate, in all its comfort and glory.</span></span></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The one son adored his father, loved him with all his heart, mind and soul and did his father proud (the apple of his eye). The other son however was more adventurous, seeking to follow his own desires, which in many ways termed him a rebel – he perceived his father to be too demanding, too protective and over zealous. He did not hate his father, but chose not to reciprocate his father’s love in quite the same way, as his brother.did. The father felt rejected, enraged, he demanded the son’s unconditional love and expressed his anger in emphatic fashion and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">laid down</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> the gauntlet. The ultimatum was to surrender to his love and expressed will, or he would face the consequences.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> Life continued as usual, and after many, many years of begging and relentless demands for his rebellious son’s love, he finally intervened and poured out his vengeance on his ungrateful son. He locked him up in the basement of his mansion, and started his relentless persecution and torture.</span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> It would remain that way for the rest of their lives. The father reflected on what he had done and said “behold, it was very good – suitable, pleasant – and he approved it completely”. The one son pleased him, served and loved him and deserved his just reward, the father’s entire estate in all its glory. The second son, well he had met his fate – he will stay where he is, to be tormented forever, because he chose not to love his father. He was given every opportunity to express his love and affection, but he chose not to – he got what he deserved. Although the son respected his father, he visited him and they often had dinner together, he never honoured his father’s demands of total commitment; all of his time, love and affection. This was not forthcoming and the basement is therefore his destiny, there he will be tortured; forever a reminder of his selfish endeavour; choosing to love himself more than he loved his father. This is an act of defiance, punishable with eternal torment. </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I am the God of love and I demand love in return – failure to love me with all your heart, mind and soul is not only ungrateful, but also selfish and you therefore you are doomed to hell – the place of grinding and gnashing of teeth.</span></o:p></span><br /><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjAj_ESWmrakQeNS5-zPO5WinYsX1oMS4PHnlQZ_bcjOHYbWdGGE_i8JitMHggfaMm4SU63nwAgA9ubrFMaei5Mm77yppdX5wCMpBK8ec-T-biS3NeYHsqr57cAHecnLL1UJ39bBB/s1600/hell+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456579269053744402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjAj_ESWmrakQeNS5-zPO5WinYsX1oMS4PHnlQZ_bcjOHYbWdGGE_i8JitMHggfaMm4SU63nwAgA9ubrFMaei5Mm77yppdX5wCMpBK8ec-T-biS3NeYHsqr57cAHecnLL1UJ39bBB/s200/hell+2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 130px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 102px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>Surely Not!</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Surely the God of love that sent his son into the world to die on the cross, to save mankind once and for all, could not possibly have had so much hate in his heart, for those who chose not to love him and adore him, that he created a place like hell and condemn them to be tortured in it. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Happy Easter</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">!</span></span><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><a href="http://www.landoverbaptist.org/sermons/cantwait.html">I cant wait to see people burn in hell!</a><br /></b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">It is very upsetting to have someone laugh in your face when you are trying to explain to them that if they don't return Christ's love and accept Him as their personal saviour that they are going to be tortured and have all of the flesh burnt off their body every day for all of eternity in a literal lake of fire.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Words taken from the website of the Landover Baptist church - </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">follow link above</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456578517399950786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylihyWZfvPkRFaSooVFabJrEeoKnNlzkURPOzavcAM7FDYNKoY5FWwIs4cuw25t7r8u9-JGlpxwURn6JhQUmjX0y6J5mRQfaMYYZNSc8a7DK4z4564D2DlgWYZYp7r3m-XTYQ9Pfx/s400/Welcome+to+jesus+land.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 325px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-JesusLand-Formerly-United-America/dp/0446697583/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270461703&sr=8-1"></a></span></b></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-JesusLand-Formerly-United-America/dp/0446697583/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270461703&sr=8-1">Welcome to JesusLand!</a></span></span></b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-JesusLand-Formerly-United-America/dp/0446697583/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270461703&sr=8-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Formerly the </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">United States of America</span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">): Shocking Tales of Depravity, Sex, and Sin Uncovered by God's </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Favourite</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Church</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">, Landover Baptist (Paperback)</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Sites that promote the concept of Hell.</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.av1611.org/hell.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The Truth about Hell</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> - Terry Watkins</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Is there an actual place called </span><a href="http://www.christiananswers.net/q-grace/hell.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">'Hell'</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">? - Christiananswers.net</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">'</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_019DECdUq0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Is there a hell'</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">? - YouTube (videos)</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/hell.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Is there Really a Hell?</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> - Rick Rood, Probe Ministries.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Sites that refute Hell.</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.realtruth.org/wtc_028_090911.html">Is there an ever burning hell </a>- a Video (visual images of famous paintings), The Real Truth - David C Pack.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2006/03/There-Is-No-Hell.aspx">There is no Hell</a>! - Universalists believe that God is too good to damn them. - Rev. Forrest Church. beliefnet.com.</span></span></span></div></div></div>

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Pope washes feet of "Gay" Irish Priests (letter to Irish Faithful).

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Designer unknown. Must have been a naive Christian designer. Sex is a sin - bad thoughts are taboo. The sexual connotation is in the eye of the beholder.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;">Pope Benedict XVI's letter to the Catholic faithful; makes a plea to all closeted gay Catholic Priests to come clean (face up to justice), to declare their status as an act of repentance, healing and renewal.?!</span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;">Catholic Church repents of Concessive Concealment - is it enough? </span></b></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The churches concealment - code of silence ensured the abuse continued. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The practical effect of this code of silence has been to allow the priestly abusers to become serial rapists, as they have been shipped off from one assignment to another. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-11/the-vatican-sex-conspiracy/Judith%20H.%20Dobrzynski?obref=obinsite">Daily Beast, Blogs and stories, James Carroll</a></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;">It is ironic that the gays are refused communion in the Catholic Church (homosexual activity is sinful), whilst the child abusing, paedophiles, again in the spotlight Catholic Priests, suppose to be celibate, have received and administered communion for years. They did so whilst abusing little boys and girls. The Catholic Church continue to conceal their sexual acts and deny their priest's sexual orientation. They are not permitted to be sexually active, I suppose they therefore can’t be gay. It has been convenient for them all these years, to be celibate in the first place, to conceal their status as closeted homosexuals and lesbians (nuns). No they are not homosexuals, nor should they be treated as paedophiles (criminals). They are untouchable, Gods chosen people, supported by Gods love within Gods sanctuary. What is their sexual orientation, Pope Benedict, are they not homosexuals to?. Do they not desire sex with their own kind, is it not true that their sexual fantasies goes much further, it also includes the seduction of little boys (a very serious crime)?. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>They should come clean, accept the fact that they to are homosexuals, come out of the closet, declare themselves gay, be listed as child offenders, and support the gays rights to Holy Communion and their rightful place in society – as an act to redeem themselves. It is time that the Catholic Church admits that their priests are sexual beings, that they are sexually active and that the policy on celibacy should be scrapped – maybe then they wont abuse little boys and girls, suppose to be protected by god’s people in god’s house. This is an abomination Pope Benedict. Instead these Priests, yes they are criminals (paedophiles), are protected by the Catholic Church, and permitted full rights within the Catholic Church, a position god loving homosexuals are denied. Yes the Catholic Church has provided them sanctuary, whilst their gay god loving Christian brothers are denied communion and support. By the way, gays are not paedophiles Pope Benedict. We love sex with our own kind, but we are not paedophiles. One wonders whether the Irish Paedophile Priests had confessed to these acts, before receiving communion, and administered the body and blood of Christ to their congregations. If so, then the Pope and his clergy should please explain why they were permitted to administer and continue to receive communion, whilst god loving and fearing gays are constantly refused to partake.</o:p></span></div></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLfOaNow_a3ePbG5BjVd0G69mKo4ThcGCRxiSrPfu8i-mRTYsCB_vIok5AA7xd3Evi-6TXjVB3J8gjQkcMJxPV_rvujbqbrjYCVG1Rr-OAtGV0tnwTKhfrE7xvhIsoz6c84ZQtK0D/s1600-h/Gays+refused+Communion.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450675537411346146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLfOaNow_a3ePbG5BjVd0G69mKo4ThcGCRxiSrPfu8i-mRTYsCB_vIok5AA7xd3Evi-6TXjVB3J8gjQkcMJxPV_rvujbqbrjYCVG1Rr-OAtGV0tnwTKhfrE7xvhIsoz6c84ZQtK0D/s400/Gays+refused+Communion.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 241px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Act of defiance</b>; protest over the Catholic church policy of refusing communion to homosexuals. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Star, Monday, 11 March 2010.</span></span></div></div>

Pope washes feet of "Gay" Irish Priests (letter to Irish Faithful).

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class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Table of contents </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">- websites for;</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Mavericks</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Designers</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Designer Makers and studio Ceramists. </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Ceramic Artists and Expressive Ceramists</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Ceramic Crafts People (Expressive Crafts) </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Galleries and Museums</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Centre's of Excellence and finally </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Ceramic Organisations.</span></li></ul></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Introduction. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">This blog entry is </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">my choice of the best of Ceramic Websites</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">, showcasing a wide spectrum of Ceramists, whose work I appreciate and deem to be cutting edge at this very important and critical juncture in the history of one of the oldest craft forms. The list includes expressive ceramics, ceramic design and those who focus on the craft of ceramics, one-of-a-kind ceramic statements. I trust this will not only be beneficial from a website point of view, but also shed light on the best of contemporary Ceramic work. Work that challenges and ask questions about the value ceramics offer in the wider context of material culture. Its relevance and importance in this regard.</span></span></span></span></span></div><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The past month or two I have been investigating websites to determine the parameters for designing a suitable website for myself. Being a ceramic sculptor, academic and aspiring designer I had to make sure it embraced all these career focus areas. However it would need to be useful, usable and desirable, to use Richard Buchanan’s definition for defining good design – in the simplest of terms. Simple yet effective is what a website should be. Even though I am an academic and have designed a number of products, the main purpose of the website should be to promote my expressive Ceramics – capturing all the work sequentially since my fist successful one person exhibition at the </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Michaelis</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> School of Fine Art ( Masters Graduate Exhibition). </span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Here follows the best of websites visited.</span></span></span></span></span></div></b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408413723915925282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYZHqo0VIC9UBaM1XiTqQmioYR33ztdxUo_U8mBdvu2RXVF4INc8dEzkcDAdWMsx79b6XLslAelSsaxRCfNK49FBTcozhDT6WK87tbpAqXH7zyoGDliqzFOHMLW6WRT0OVhyphenhyphen_YIOK/s400/cecula.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 279px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /><br /><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Marek</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cecula's</span> Website.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Maverick - a Ceramist; a cut above the rest.</span></span></b></div><div><b><a href="http://www.marekcecula.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Marek</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cecula</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Michelangelo</span> of Ceramics. His website is embraces the entire spectrum of ceramics - Ceramic Artist, Designer and Educator. His website is therefore a fine example for those ceramists working across the broad field of the discipline and whose work is of a serious and conceptual nature. His website is very simple and easy to use.</span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Designers, Designer Makers and Studio Ceramists.</span></span></b><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Contemporary Designers </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> are making one-of- a-kind ceramic statements that challenges our perception of Ceramic Craft and Design. </span></span><a href="http://www.marcelwanders.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Marcel Wanders</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> (his website is a feast) and </span></span><a href="http://www.jongeriuslab.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Hella</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Jongerius</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> (inspirational Website) (also visit the </span></span><a href="http://www.gestalten.com/fragiles/Designers/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Fragiles</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> website) have led the way, leaving a dramatic impact on the ceramic sector, the impact of which is felt globally; both on the aesthetic and market share of ceramics, especially the craft and studio ceramic sector. Here follows a number of websites showcasing the best of developments in this highly competitive field of ceramics. I have also included studio Ceramists in this particular ceramic sector. The new Book Breaking the Mould - new Approaches to Ceramics, documents a comprehensive list of the represented artists websites in the back of the book.</span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://kleinreid.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">KleinReid</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">James Klein and David Reid consider themselves Designer makers, their products a fusion of great design and fine craftsmanship. In their own words, borrowed from their website, “Their influential atelier is renowned for its elegant forms, dense, translucent porcelain, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">artisanal</span> glazes, and fine ‘from scratch</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">’ craftsmanship".</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408406233963436034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGfxxyvFc1IbZYS4c-gutpR-4oH7mX7PNTsbGPwEBiRmVDdrL6eM6Y6-rFTvCWgOkPe2tR-_Utb0nlbfZT02JgAI5C0UnVSbMWdsD7WnRPCUIuQ0pGtSZW9q1lIB1pTc1APohp3aN/s400/julian+stair.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 316px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Julian Stair's Website.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.julianstair.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Julian Stair</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">f</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">o</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">r its simplicity – comprehensively and clarity in terms of artist intent. Flash gives this site its added value when the mouse hovers over the thumbnail images they enlarge. The site also does justice to the work, in terms of style, design and layout. The choice of categories/ menus works extremely well – especially the section on current, archival projects.</span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408405263032793394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSREAqMKvNh9pmo4PYGT8kR3hbwUD30jWB4GhaC8dGRWEjWqzBVc7gcPf-tA0dcfZxEhsrZRNs2FMmwI90n2eRIFfRGHrYXYaJ_hFbkFQjuGZBBBlLjHQLlkPSG3msI1LPLg0-cFwM/s400/qubos.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 290px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maxim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Velcovsky's</span> Website.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="http://www.qubus.cz/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Maxim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Velcovsky</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">a contemporary Czech Industrial designer of note, also famous for his contribution to ceramics, his products manifest a quirky manipulation of consumerism - a creative force conceptualised and realised behind the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">“iron curtain</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">”.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">His work</span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">makes mockery of the barriers that</span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">exist between high art, design and craft, and is a fine example of ceramic ornament challenging the notion of function and non function.</span></span></span></span></div></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ceramic Artists (Expressive Ceramists)</span></span></b><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Here is my choice of Ceramic Artists, Ceramic Sculptors and ceramists working in the expressive function of the medium (exclusively in clay). This is largest selection due to the fact that I consider my work to fall within this category of ceramists. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">What follows is a selection of websites showcasing the diverse range of design styles and approaches to the creative tools available and choice of colours including the use of images and categories for archiving relevant material.</span></span></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408399076877245362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbu1iv4FE9GIy_M2A_-yN6mh4ofdfOks3pf1Fl3_F-swsDFLXAOcLEtXlrhOvkj9G-wivGI2URyVO3PW4gCZlnOFDfxpudUZcKihttMIuO1pvRKRdgEzv_lFcUqJnB2zgMWilgvSQ/s400/slee.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 259px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Richard Slee's Website.</span></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.richardslee.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Richard Slee</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A </span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">very simple site, probably all one needs. Quirky like his work, this site provides the bare essentials, and works extremely well. The site is beautifully designed, mainly deep edged images of the work, very crisp, set against a light grey metallic background. It offsets the brightly colour glazed ceramic pieces marvellously. By clicking on his name (in black) his resume and galleries are displayed.</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.friederikezeit.de/plastiken.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Friderike Zeit</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">very stunning website design and layout - it compliments the work very well.</span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.galeriebesson.co.uk/casanovas.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Claudi Casanovas</span></span></a></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.art-aigina.org/en/theo.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Chorafas Theodora</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.cumbrianblues.com/about.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Paul Scott </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> although under construction - the information provided about the artists work, history links with industry, etc is very comprehensive and informative from every conceivable clients perspective.</span></span></span></div><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1065490057">Ting-Ju Shao</a></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://web.me.com/shao36/SHAO_TING-JU/%E9%82%B5%E5%A9%B7%E5%A6%82%E7%B6%B2%E7%AB%99.html"> Ting-Ju Shao</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408395432479162162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwlv04AFzsd_4Jh3o0PMR-AVEzC-hAjjjS3sbl_tv6qoW_3xO_uweymlXh2b22D4qPwzvqayODyknHHFjd_R2SNnelb2Tsv0EkBmiYa7p-Scj_W4h4JgUjXw13QVSuQbxaUMEtH60/s400/barford.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 257px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Barnaby Barford's Website.</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><a href="http://www.barnabybarford.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Barnaby Barford.</span></span></a></b></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">This is a highly professional ceramic website, showcasing the extent of the artists creative endeavours. The site is highly sophisticated and it is a product that reflects the extent of the tools and services available to you should you have access to resources to utilize the technology to maximum impact.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408393656835026002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNwXhC85rVo5-E7v-3yVQ3tk5vQR1epPw3l38f-TSSXSZXjRKiIyY6flFSBTP1oqFTogdU7Ka65bQ6MJwRFSBTdrH6ISmTJIUryT72w0NZrURRQoXHmHglAiRmilIcyF1GV7kySj5/s400/king.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 248px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Susan King"s Website.</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.suzanne-king.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Suzanne King.</span></span></a></b></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">One of the cleanest, simplest of sites, very effective and showcasing the work to best effect.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Very understated, yet sophisticated with phenomenal images of her work. This one of my favourite sites.</span></span></span></div><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br /><div><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408386999250831970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqEBWR5wE5tvW1ge94Mqf-zFkNtr4L_d-YIMU6pUtyQfEtnBQI7j5pGFC-re9SbK1cUK8-_M2vCzYwcS0rtYqsb_0EKO32ZpVgShvnt8yExI9gEpuP6yDGixzVbencsDSKUNk4V60/s400/eastman.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 250px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ken Eastman's Website</span>.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ceramic Crafts People (Expressive Ceramics - Crafts). </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Here is a selection of Ceramic Crafts People whose work and websites are at the cutting edge of their field. Without a doubt Ken Eastman's site is the most successful. The site is very simple, stylish and highly informative. The choice of background colour showcases the work magnificently, the images (excellent lighting - natural, not too much special effects and photo shopped) The work is photo-documented as close to the real thing as possible. The categories for archival material on the website and layering is very simple and effective.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.keneastman.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Ken Eastman ceramics</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. Arguably the most effective ceramics site.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-ZA"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.rytkola.fi/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">RytkÖlÄ, Johanna</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. Thie site uses a more complex approach to showcase work, but remains simple and effective. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.sashawardell.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Sasha Wardel</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">l. Very stylish and simple site - the listing of exhibitions is both informative and insightful. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.anekatrinevonbulow.dk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Anne-Katrine BÜlow</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. Website with a black background that is suitable to the work at hand.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.tgceramics.co.uk/personal+statement/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Tanya Gomez</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. This site, the artists link to nature, is well illustrated and documented (text requires editing) and will be of interest to those ceramists whose artists statement and products (including surfaces) have strong visual references and representation - inspirational images used in the website to great affect.</span></span></span></div><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408354728834775954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb1d34bvJbbTXfGpIsNtngUFgM6BxT1Vn3PlcleD7DsBPY8TuYPlOtaXRS3xh8fBoSBpfLjM9qq4VSaSLO9m4rOTZU7g4MUmO7DwP2IhFrnd3tcM87YWpVXM4c8WdB40EsIef4fzE/s400/puls.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 253px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Bodil Manz </b></span>portal at Pulz Contemporary Ceramics.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Galleries and Museums.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">More than often Ceramists do not have their own specific official website. They are represented by their gallery, an agent and or appear on an organisational website only. They are therefore incorporated on the list of artists residing at the gallery (agent or organisation) and appear on the gallery and organisational website. This could be that they focus on their work (dedicated) and not the marketing and communication aspect of their business - this responsibility resides with the agent and or gallery owner. Bodil Manz is one such example - above is her portal at the Pulz Gallery.</span></span></div><div><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.pulsceramics.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Puls contemporary ceramics</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> Denmark.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Puls is the only gallery in </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Brussels</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> exclusively dedicated to ceramics. The gallery stages around eight exhibitions annually, showing the best of international contemporary ceramics, with a special focus on </span></span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Denmark</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. The gallery is divided into two spaces, whereby the main space will typically show works of established artists. The second space is where young, promising talents are given a platform, people who will put their stamp on the next generation of ceramics. in both spaces, Puls contemporary ceramics is committed to pressing its finger firmly against the thumping pulse of the 21st century.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsWhLg2-OIRdUxqeD23DVsu119PW6FIZMJiLRTXySJFEjG5hZ59DwsFrSbv7m_Adjzo6YsrMIcXFtEnzyVH1UiwgTj7FQfJXT0ZWDKUgwsDxy9_HHFZUGKMgYOusea5JPTNYTZzmK/s400/besson.jpg" /><a href="http://www.galeriebesson.co.uk/lee.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gallery Besson</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> London England</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.galeriebesson.co.uk/lee.html">Gallery Besson</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. London England.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gallery Besson has a world-wide reputation for exhibiting ceramics and has been in existence since 1988 in the heart of </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">London</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'s </span></span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">West End</span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The gallery runs mainly one-person shows of contemporary ceramic artists from all over the world. We also carry a permanent stock of ceramics - including a significant collection of works by 20th Century ceramic artists Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. Current, past and future exhibitions are listed on our Exhibitions page, which is updated regularly. In addition to these gallery exhibitions, our website now features an online showcase of works from our Cupboard. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our Artists page features artists by whom we are likely to have pieces available in our permanent stock. The website also now presents information about the Fairs that we attend in </span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York</span></span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chicago</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Palm Beach</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Information about other gallery projects can be found on our Newspage</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ceramic Crafts people represented on their website include the following artists of note. Jennifer Lee, Bodil Manz, John Maltby, Claudi Casanovas and of course the work of Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. The various ceramists are divided into the following two groupings, classical and contemporary. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.galeriebesson.co.uk/lee.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jennifer Lee.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Each ceramic artist is given significant space and presents a detailed historical overview of their careers. The layout is simple but effective and professional.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.galeriembrand.ch/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Galerie Marianne</span></a></b></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.galeriembrand.ch/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></a></b></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.galeriembrand.ch/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Brand</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> This site is simple and stylish with excellent images. I found the entry page informative and effective. The gallery is truly representative of all forms of ceramics - the owner progressive in her thinking. Artists include a diverse range of contemporary ceramists including Arnold Annen, Tony Franks and Lynda Draper.</span></span></span></div></span></b><b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408350898175894770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwY1HVc0yeQDhGsFRwdQBoNMOtPwWjh4u-5k9oHgxSBVILsRCDZB7MowdekQZyzdIhWtrR-a1ZaXjR3VyKgpgMo4NHxtpzJxM5eq8xTLyw2OEtbL8FEnzhbWk1n8dr0-5HzQhfHR_I/s400/Foundation+KERAMION.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 246px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></b></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.keramion.de/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Foundation KERAMION</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span> Centre of Modern + Historical Ceramics Frechen.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The </span></span></b><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Frechen</span></span></b></st1:placename><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></b><st1:placename st="on"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Historical</span></span></b></st1:placename><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></b><st1:placetype st="on"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Museum</span></span></b></st1:placetype></st1:place><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> for Ceramics.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Frechen</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Historical</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Museum</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> for Ceramics was founded in 1985 and shows the centuries-old unique pottery tradition of Frechen. Mention should be made of the world-famous Bellamine jugs. In 2002 the Cremer Collection and the Historical Ceramic Museum of Frechen were merged into Foundation KERAMION. Since this time they have been trading under the name of Centre of Modern + Historical Ceramics Frechen in the characteristic building on Bonnstraße. The director of the museum is Gudrun Schmidt-Esters.</span></span></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408336559832371730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGy5LKhi3RHxEi4-aYlA1NoC9Or-SJLGGbA9Amor_3Iufi4aC_LTA8LnVK6ERZJP8Vq1rmpybPbIBU-Aj5A_WkA4k0dGz47CA8DxXmeDUVju84V-V_Wtq1VT5pPs-vOCCQsRTgKdVc/s400/Wocef+Ceramic+Centre+Korea.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><st1:placename st="on"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Icheon</b></span></span></span></st1:placename><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>World</b></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ceramic</b></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Center Korea</b></span>. for more information access link below.</span></span></st1:placetype></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Centres of Excellence</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The following sites focus on centres of excellence; claiming supremacy in terms of global status as the leaders in the ceramic sector on all levels</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. These centres have their origin out of the foresight R&D programme embraced by countries (late eighties) to determine their leading economic industry sectors (Agriculture, Manufacture, Health and or Tourism). Countries as a result of the study boosted the infrastructure of the sector (in this case the Ceramic Sector) with resources on all levels, including education, labour and assets to ensure they became the world leaders in the field. A major Ceramic Competition, Museum, Conference and Educational Centre promoting ceramics on all levels within the heart of the Ceramic's Industry, Community and or Cultural Hub was developed and is being maintained. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The following sites provide insight and access into the worlds major Ceramic Centres of Excellence</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><st1:place st="on"><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.cpm-gifu.jp/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Mino</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> Japan.</span></span></b></span></st1:place></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Museum</span></span></b></st1:placetype><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> of </span></span></b><st1:placename st="on"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Modern Ceramic Art</span></span></b></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">, </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Gifu</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">, located within the Ceramics Park Mino industrial and cultural complex, a facility that highlights ceramic items of which </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Gifu</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> is justifiably proud. The museum building, designed by Arata Isozaki, harmonizes with its natural surroundings and gives visitors a feeling of being close to nature. Focused on the theme of modern ceramic arts, the museum collects modern and contemporary ceramic works from within </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Japan</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> and around the world. The museum's goal is to hold a variety of exhibitions in future. In order to promote a new culture of ceramics, the museum also plans to collect and exhibit utilitarian ceramics, an area overlooked by most other museums, as well as industrial ceramics from the realm of modern design. Have a look at the ceramic time line. </span></span><b><a href="http://www.cpm-gifu.jp/oribe/english/engtop.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Oribe Square</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. In the Ceramics Park Mino, the other area apart from the museum is called </span></span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Oribe Square</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. Here, a multitude of delights and possibilities are on offer: commercial fair facilities enabling exchanges of creative ideas between professionals, as well as a restaurant and tea rooms, a pottery practice studio, educational amusement facilities, and last not least a promenade and viewing platform.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Sanbao Valley had for countless centuries been the source of Chinastone for the studios of Jingdezhen and was dotted with numerous old water-powered hammer mills for crushing the stone. A group of farm houses and an adobe building were chosen as the site for the future art center. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Tours of China began in 1995 through the offices of Alfred University. Later the tours were organized by China Ceramic Cultural Exchange, created to facilitate educational and cultural exchanges between China and the western ceramic world.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><a href="http://www.ceramic-plaza.com/jingdezhen-sanbao-ceramic-art.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> at Jingdezhen China.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen was officially inaugurated in June of 2000. The institute has since been very busy hosting Porcelain Symposiums, organizing customized and personalized tours and visits throughout China to areas of interest to artists and artisans, establishing university level ceramic instruction, summer school ceramic courses, celebrating the 1000 years of porcelain in Jingdezhen in 2004, participating in in the NCECA student scholarship program, offering residencies and fellowship programs to the international artists and artisans, as well as organizing many other international artistic and cultural activities in China.</span></span></span></b></div></span><br /><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.wocef.com/main/index.asp%20http://www.wocef.com/eng_2009/biennale/02.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">World Ceramics Exposition Foundation Korea</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. </span></span></b><st1:placename st="on"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Icheon</span></span></span></st1:placename><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">World</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Ceramic</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Center</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">, </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Gwangju</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Joseon</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Royal</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Kiln</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Museum</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">, and Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery, museums that house ceramic art exclusively.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> image above</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-ZA"></span></span></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation (WOCEF) was founded for the purpose of pioneering new fronts for ceramic art in the 21st century, as well as providing a basis for the Icheon, Gwangju and Yeoju regions to grow and develop into the centers of the international ceramic community. An important means of such growth would be the World Ceramic Biennale Korea (CEBIKO) that is to be held in </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Gyeonggi</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Province</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> on a regular basis.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation is also involved in activities and enterprises such as the organization of exhibitions, education, research, marketing and assistance to local ceramic industries for the promotion of world ceramic culture, art and industry.</span></span></o:p></span></div></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.stokeceramicsfestival.co.uk/stories/959-welcome"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">British Ceramics Biennial</span></span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> Stoke on Trent, England</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">From national awards to international artists from business support to contemporary design – and from </span></span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Stoke-on-Trent</span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">, the centre of the British ceramics industry, to the world’s creative community: this is the British Ceramics Biennial.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.ceramics.tpc.gov.tw/Index.ycm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Tapei County Yinko Ceramics Museum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Taiwan</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408315429435031266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAKH8DfavO2WlMGyATpU0Us8Fh5xBso9ukK4aILNHiDx4dvwcXLAozcmOp-LyxY5S6iJJqK1PIzuLLp5WD_ksgxzp_tFMZqoWQ6-wQI3yBObBHqHPes98P7mzdTDZ_bApta5NFxiJ/s400/shirley+iac.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 367px;" /> <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">John Shirley, South African Member of the <b>International Academy of Ceramics</b>. Each <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">individual member has a page with direct access to their website, blog and or a link, be it a gallery or shop. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Access to the personal sites are conveniently provided in the maroon block below the artist's name.</span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ceramic Organisations.</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">There are numerous ceramic specific organisations, operating internationally, on various continents and regionally in various countries (either by state, province and or pertaining to the type of work) each with their own aim and objectives; furthering the cause of ceramics on all levels. For your convenience I have incorporated a few organisations whose services to ceramic sector is highly commendable and beneficial to both its members and the consumer respectively. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Their websites are well designed, maintained and very informative from a research and development perspective</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The site provides direct access to websites, blogs and links to a wide range of ceramic interests internationally. It is interesting to note that not many members have websites and or make use of the facility to provide direct access to their personal sites and or links to promote their work</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><a href="http://www.aic-iac.org/english/members.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">International Academy of Ceramics</span></span></a></b></div><div><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">International Academy of Ceramics is the principal organisation representing the interests of ceramists worldwide. Its membership consists primarily of individual makers, supported by writers and critics, Museum and gallery curators, and private collectors. Correspondent membership is available to professional associations, ceramics work centres and educational institutions, which considerably extends the networking capacity of the Academy. Current membership consists of nearly 440 makers, a further 75 individual members, and about 25 correspondent groups, representing a total of 55 nations from all continents.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div></b><b><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The aims of the Academy are to present international contemporary ceramics at the highest level, to encourage cultural cooperation through ceramics around the world, and to facilitate communication between ceramists and museum </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">curators, private galleries and collectors, art schools and other professional Institutions.</span></span></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.swissceramics.ch/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Swiss Ceramics.</span></span></a></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We strive for the best possible conditions for the creation and the propagation of Swiss ceramist's work. Our support is not only through presenting prizes and financial contributions, but also through giving advice, mediating contacts, and providing logistical help. We promote exchange and discuss cultural and professional issues amongst our members across language barriers and we network with ceramists both inside and outside of </span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Switzerland</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. We maintain connections to various ceramic organisations in Europe, the </span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">USA</span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, and </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Asia</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and are members of the AIC (Academie International de la Céramique) and the WCC-Europe (World Craft Council Europe). We encourage the debate of ceramics in theory and practice. Our goal is a lively dialogue both among and with our members based on personal contacts.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.swissceramics.ch/member/annenarnold/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Arnold</span></a></span></st1:city></st1:place><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.swissceramics.ch/member/annenarnold/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Annen</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.swissceramics.ch/member/bardephilippe/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Philippe Barde</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> sites are worth seeing. Arnold Annen and Marek Cecula are both ceramic mavericks whose work I appreciate and whose contribution to ceramics (as ceramists) are a cut above the rest. </span></span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span lang="EN-ZA"><b><a href="http://www.icshu.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">International Ceramics Studio</span></a></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The International Ceramics Studio(ICS) is a ceramic art centre located eighty kilometres south of the Hungarian capital, </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Budapest</span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. The ICS was created in Kecskemét on the initiative of Hungarian artists who had felt culturally and ideologically isolated. It was the wish for freedom and the desire to work alongside international artists that led to the founding of the centre.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The mission of the studio is to promote the formal, aesthetic and technical development of ceramics and to help foster creative skills. The studio is open to all challenges of ceramic research, design and experiment. With this in mind the ICS offers modern facilities and kilns, ample studio space and technical support. </span></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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