Laurent Craste has a serious problem with porcelain, and his knowledge of ceramics allows him to put a hurting on delicate pieces without letting them fall to pieces.

Warped and imaginative, he has come up with some great ways to bend porcelain to his will, and I wondered “how did he do that without cracking it?” many times as I checked out his site. Take a look for yourself, and see if you have any pity for porcelain.

Link  –via Beautiful Decay

These porcelain skulls are made by Japanese artist Katsuyo Aoki. Although skulls often bring up thoughts of terror, the intricacy makes the little works of art beautiful and majestic.

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Artist Isabelle Foirest designed a set of four porcelain dinner plates that contain inkblots inspired by the classic Rorschach test. After you eat, you can discuss psychological analysis with your dinner guests! They are dishwasher safe, which is good, because if you hand wash them, you’d never be absolutely sure they are clean. The four plates all have different inkblots. Link -via Dangerous Minds

Juliet Ames of The Broken Plate Pendant Company made this knuckleduster out of china:

I pity the fool who messes with me in a dark alley. *SMASH* Only drawback is that I bet they can only be used once.

Probably.

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Maxime Ansiau, an artist based in Amsterdam, has made four sets of conjoined porcelain plates showing very tall or very wide buildings. I have no idea how she does it, but I’m most curious.

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Beth Katleman, whose art has been described by The New York Times as "doll-sized rococo theaters of murder and domestic mayhem," has a new art installation called Folly.

Inspired by the florid designs of 18th century wall coverings, Katleman’s fifty sculptures make for an intriguing 3-dimensional porcelain "wallpaper":

Fifty white sculptural tableaus hover just off the turquoise wall, surrounded by an explosion of fruit and flowers.  Each tableau is a miniature landscape with water features, topiaries, architectural follies, figurines and toys from the flea market.  Dark humor infuses the narratives: an elf sits astride a giant smiling snail in the shadow of the Sacre-Coeur Basilica; a parade of bridesmaids ends badly with one attendant drowning in a pond; and a toothless boy cavorts with a kindly reindeer as a duckling
tumbles over a waterfall. 

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Seattle-based artist Charles Wing Krafft made this skateboard out of porcelain. It’s full-sized, so you could presumably ride it. Krafft has made other unusual subjects out of porcelain, such as guns and grenades.

Link and Gallery via Dude Craft | Photo: Viacomet

Artist Yvonne Lee Schultz makes porcelain replicas of James Bond’s Walther PPK handgun:

The fragile weapon, hand-painted in the style of classic tableware motifs, liesnext to your coffee and cake, asking to be picked up. Its coolness andcomfortable grip increase the qualms of the user, leaving him in a quandary between the pleasure of luxury and violence.

The pistols are available in a variety of patterns.

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The New Jersey design firm Lovegrove & Repucci has created this graffiti-covered dinnerware set in the tradition of the Netherland’s Delft-style porcelain. It’s called “New York Delft” and in the links, you can can find an Antiques Roadshow spoof featuring the collection.

Link via Make | YouTube Video | Image: Davies & Starr

Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng created these "porcelain clothings" out of pieces of bowls and dinner plates. What’s even more remarkable is that you can actually wear them!

He sews ancient fragments of porcelain onto leather undergarments to create full-length dresses and men’s jackets — complete with neckties. The ‘clothes’ open on the sides or back, just like any other garment and can be worn!

Link | Exhibition at Virginia Miller Galleries | More at Hong Art – via Popgloss, thanks Justine!