Word: porcelain
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...actual production of the work enables him to position himself as an observer of his own pieces. While he oversees every detail of whatever he envisions—from the planting of a flower in “Puppy” to the placement of one of his porcelain sculptures in a kiln—Koons hardly ever gets his hands dirty.In response to a question about this separation from the physical production of his work, Koons came up with the story of a clay duck. In the hypothetical, he wishes to make a clay duck but finds that...
...hold a drink for a member as he takes a shot in the billiards room, the restaurant La Terraza del Casino in central Madrid reeked of stuffy formality. So it seemed like a daring choice to put the eclectic Spanish artist Jaime Hayon, known for reimagining Lladr's porcelain collectibles, in charge of the redesign. But chef Paco Roncero, who worked at the famed El Bulli, was a fan and wanted Hayon to match the restaurant's dcor with the creativity of his dishes, like razor clams with coconut foam. The result is an Alice in Wonderland fantasy...
David Reid, of the innovative ceramics studio KleinReid, agrees. "There is really a kind of primal response," he says. KleinReid's porcelain campfire set was originally envisioned as a centerpiece but is now often found in nonworking fireplaces. It evokes, he says, "a sense of memory." And who doesn't want a home filled with memories...
...Terence, a fastidious Princeton grad, likes the environment, it will probably be because it is very different from the one his father--and new boss--inherited. Founded a century ago to hawk Canton-made goods such as porcelain, silk and fireworks to the U.S., Li & Fung is the leader among middleman companies, fashioning the world into a smooth-running assembly line in which buttons produced in Sri Lanka and velvet milled in Italy are sewn into a vest at a Shenzhen factory and shipped on time to a store near you. Leading an army of 7,162 workers in nearly...
...Friday night, celebration of “the porcelain god” is something keg-tapping college students try hard to avoid. Not so at the Adams House Pool Theatre, where this weekend’s production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Urinetown” unabashedly paid homage to all things toilet-related...