Bonnie Belt Ceramic Sculptures Art Prints "Free collectors club"

Nature inspired ceramic sculptures. Birds-herons, hummingbirds and more. Sculpted cypress trees, carved ocean wave vessels and functional dinnerware. All work one-of-a-kind individually made by Bonnie Belt.

My work explores the energy that surrounds and permeates all life. Humans are vitally connected to the natural environment and my work embodies that conjunction. Through the examination of Nature’s creatures I hope to find meaning to our existence.
I am inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 20th century, an artistic movement that had the ideals of creating harmony with Nature and creating a sense of peace away from jobs and factories. This ideal may be even more relevant today due to our immersion in technology. I also incorporate the curvilinear shapes and the romanticism of the Art Nouveau movement and see this influence in my bird and tree sculptures.

I'm using my background in Chinese Brush Painting to individually hand brush paint my slab and hand-formed on the potter's wheel dinnerware. My functional ceramic work uses the Chinese "four gentlemen", bamboo, plum blossom, grass orchid and chrysanthemum designs along with horses and other designs painted with oxides and sprayed with a clear glaze. The painting is waxed to resist the colored glaze and the entire piece is then dipped in a durable high-fired, food-safe, microwave and dishwasher safe glaze. The piece is fired in the kiln to 2151 degrees and left to cool. Some mugs and flat pieces have an applied 100% silicone, non-skid base.

In this Collection! 2 Herons Vase Anybody Home Pilated Woodpecker Vase Arching Branch Teapot with 2 Cups Art Gallery Artwork asian beach bird birds Blue Jar Blum Blossom Arching Branch Teapot Bonnie Belt Branch Branch Pitcher Bugs Butterfly Globe Vase butterflys CA California Carved Ceramic cherry blossom clay coastal contemporary craftsman Crouching Pheasant Vase Cups Cygnus Defending cypress Cypress Branch Cypress Cut Away Bowl Cypress Tree deco Discounts Dolphin Wave Rim Bowl dolphins Each an Original fairies Fine Art flowers Free Collectors Club Free Shipping Gallery4Collectors ginger jar Gold Interior Hand Thrown Handmade Heron Heron Bowl herons Home Decor hummingbird Hummingbird Branch Vase Hummingbird Iris Cutout Vase Japanese Lady Bug Lady Bug Flower Jar Lady Bug Leaf Jar Living Room Artwork luminary Made in the USA nature nautical new age non functional nouveau Ocean Ocean Cypress Root Jar Online Gallery Peacock Peacock Teapot Peacock Vase Pheasant plum blossom porcelain Pottery Pottery Artist Preying Heron Vase raku Sculpted sculptural Sculpture shells Smoke Fired Swan teal Teapot Teapots trees urn vase Wall Art water waterfowl wave Wave Cutout Vase Wave Top Vase waves western whimsical wildlife windswept Woodpecker

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