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Cheryl Takata - "Cat" Woodfired Ceramic Jar
$145.00
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Note: This item is individually crafted by the artist, slight variations in color and size may occur. Please allow for a lead time of two weeks.
"Cat"
Woodfired Ceramic Jar.
Approximately 7.25" Height x 4" Diameter.
Cheryl Takata
Cheryl M. Takata is a ceramic artist from Perrysburg, Ohio. She refers to her functional pottery as "art bowls" because of the designs she applies to the surface of her pieces. She often employs sgraffito, a method where she carves a design through a layer of slip on porcelain or stoneware. Her designs are often inspired by her love of nature, patterns, and textures. Animals are often incorporated as graphic images or as sculptures. All of her functional pottery is food safe.
Takata retired as the university creative director at Bowling Green State University in 2007 after a 30-year career in the graphic arts. Also, known for being a printmaker, her linocut prints have been in numerous exhibits, including Arts Commission of Greater Toledo and Toledo Area Artists exhibitions, over the past 20-plus years. Since her retirement from BGSU, her interest shifted from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional clay medium. She now finds that the clay surface provides an ideal canvas for her graphic style and images.
She has studied under several local pottery instructors and has attended workshops by several nationally known potters. She opened her own pottery studio in 2011 and her work can now be found in several area galleries. Recently her work has been shown in several juried and invitational exhibitions including the 93rd Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art and the 2012 Cups of Fire: National Ceramic Cup Competition at the Clay Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Maneki Neko (Japanese, means Beckoning Cat)
Maneki Neko is a common Japanese figurine that is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. Since the Edo period (1603-1868) a cat is depicted with a paw upraised in the Japanese gesture of beckoning, drawing good fortune to individuals and businesses.
Maneki Neko usually have some sort of decoration around their neck. This can be a neckerchief or a scarf but the most common attire is a collar, bell, and bib.
The cats I create are made of stoneware and are wood-fired in a Manabigama kiln (Japanese, which means beautiful learning kiln).
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
"Cat"
Woodfired Ceramic Jar.
Approximately 7.25" Height x 4" Diameter.
Cheryl Takata
Cheryl M. Takata is a ceramic artist from Perrysburg, Ohio. She refers to her functional pottery as "art bowls" because of the designs she applies to the surface of her pieces. She often employs sgraffito, a method where she carves a design through a layer of slip on porcelain or stoneware. Her designs are often inspired by her love of nature, patterns, and textures. Animals are often incorporated as graphic images or as sculptures. All of her functional pottery is food safe.
Takata retired as the university creative director at Bowling Green State University in 2007 after a 30-year career in the graphic arts. Also, known for being a printmaker, her linocut prints have been in numerous exhibits, including Arts Commission of Greater Toledo and Toledo Area Artists exhibitions, over the past 20-plus years. Since her retirement from BGSU, her interest shifted from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional clay medium. She now finds that the clay surface provides an ideal canvas for her graphic style and images.
She has studied under several local pottery instructors and has attended workshops by several nationally known potters. She opened her own pottery studio in 2011 and her work can now be found in several area galleries. Recently her work has been shown in several juried and invitational exhibitions including the 93rd Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art and the 2012 Cups of Fire: National Ceramic Cup Competition at the Clay Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Maneki Neko (Japanese, means Beckoning Cat)
Maneki Neko is a common Japanese figurine that is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. Since the Edo period (1603-1868) a cat is depicted with a paw upraised in the Japanese gesture of beckoning, drawing good fortune to individuals and businesses.
Maneki Neko usually have some sort of decoration around their neck. This can be a neckerchief or a scarf but the most common attire is a collar, bell, and bib.
The cats I create are made of stoneware and are wood-fired in a Manabigama kiln (Japanese, which means beautiful learning kiln).
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
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