Don Moyer Ceramics

Remaking enhanced versions of the original four calamityware dinner plates using the classy in glaze technique this time.

Don moyer ceramics.

Traditional blue plate updated to suit modern appetite for calamity. Sometimes it is obvious that a drawing could be the basis for a good product. I draw at least a little everyday and post the pages from my sketchbooks on flickr. Posted by katie olsen.

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Featuring blue and white ornamentation inspired by chinese pottery the plates at first glance do not suggest anything out of the ordinary. Your cart due to covid 19 you may experience delays in shipping and delivery. Moyer expertly mimics several eastern motifs in his plates with one major addition. The oldest known ceramic figurine venus of dolní věstonice traces back to the czech republic in 29 000 25 000 b c during the upper paleolithic period and a 2012 study published in the journal science confirmed that the earliest known ceramic pots found in xianrendong cave in china s jiangxi.

Designed by don moyer the calamityware ceramic series incorporates unexpected characters illustrated among traditional willow pattern motifs. The artist has recently expanded the whimsical collection with the addition of mini porcelain plates to use as christmas tree decorations. Flying monkeys a ufo assault and giant gurgling sea monsters. The drawings i like best make me laugh.

I m a retired graphic designer who now has the freedom to squander my days on self inflicted projects. Don moyer cleverly and comically named calamityware don moyer s series of plates puts a modern spin on the ceramic craft. Don moyer is raising funds for calamityware series 1 revisited on kickstarter. Transfer printed in glaze on porcelain.

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Not so traditional dishes depicting hilariously catastrophic scenarios. Don moyer s calamityware dinner plates.