Robin Best’s presentation at Harvard Ceramics, July 2013
Emily Zilber discussing Giselle Hicks “And then it was Still II” in New Blue and White at the Museum of Fine Art Boston
Robin Best, “The British East India Company – Trade and War”, 2012, cast translucent white porcelain, on-glaze painting, silver foil, 12 x 41.25 x 4.25″
Robin Best, “The British East India Company – Trade and War”, 2012, reverse, cast translucent white porcelain, on-glaze painting, silver foil, 12 x 41.25 x 4.25″
Robin Best, “The British East India Company – Trade and War”, 2012, cast translucent white porcelain, on-glaze painting, silver foil, 12 x 41.25 x 4.25″
Giselle Hicks, “And Then It Was Still II” 2012, detail, vitreous china porcelain,wood, 48 x 60 x 24″
Claire Curneen, “Blue” (detail), 2013, porcelain, cobalt, gold luste, 24 x 21 x 6″
Stephen Bowers, “Walk the Plank” 2013, handmade surfboard (shaped by Peter Walker from paulownia timber), painted decoration, fiber-glass, resin, 7’7” x 22″
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s) – Spode Works Closed, Italian Blue, 03/10/09/09l,” 2013, in-glaze decal, gold lustre on small Spode casserole, (marked Made in Portugal) salvaged from the kiln area in the closed Spode factory 07/09, 3.5 x 9 x 11.25″. Rhode Island School of Design Collection.
Front Design, “Blow Away Vase” 2008, Royal Delft porcelain, 11 x 12 x 9″
Robin Best is a visiting artist for the month at Project Art in Cummington, MA and one of the artists whose work was featured in New Blue and White at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Upon arrival from Jingdezhen via London, she visited Boston, spoke at Harvard Ceramics and met curator, Emily Zilber for one last tour of the exhibition with artists, collectors and writers. While the show at the museum closed on July 14, selected works from the exhibition are being shown this summer at Project Art by Ferrin Contemporary.
Link to MORE about Robin Best and works in New Blue and White at Project Art Summer 2013