Ceramics2017

This is a picture of the china set my mom has at home. We only use this china on Christmas Day, its beautiful with the poinsettia design (my moms favorite). After dinner my mom is very cautious with all of the china and it gets placed back in boxes until the next Christmas.

This week I chose to blog about this particular piece.  It appears it was created using the wheel method and the artist cut different variations to create the design.  This may be my favorite piece I have seen yet.  I think the intrinsic design is unbelievable.  I like how this work of art has a rustic feel to it.  It almost appears as it was created with deer antlers.  I feel that it appears different than the pieces we are normally see and that is what draws my attention to it.

This is a picture of my grandmothers china.  It is simple and elegant, I love this set.  She was given this before her and my grandfather got married in 1960.  

This is a close up of a cabinet that my parents have in the living room. Amongst some other items, the majority of what is inside is fine china. To be honest, I do not remember a single time that was used for eating, but it does stand on display. Unfortunately I was not able  to obtain the full history on it from my parents, but I know that it has been in there unused for many years. We used plain white plates for thanksgiving. 

This is the set of china that my mom has in our living room. I cannot recall if or when we ever used these to eat. All of the china is kept in the display cabinet shown above along with pictures and some of my old ceramics work. There is even a light in the cabinet but unfortunately it does not work.

This is my mom's china. She has multiple different patterns, but this one seemed the most unique to me. I am not a big fan of fine china, but this is pretty.

This cup, saucer, and plate are three pieces that are a part of my mother's large collection of china that was passed down to her from her grandmother. Her grandmother collected an individual set for my mother and her four sisters, making a total of five different, complete sets of china.  We keep some of the pieces as a display in a large china cabinet, while the rest is stored in the bottom of the china cabinet.  We never use any of the pieces for anything more than display.  Each piece is white with gold detailing as well as a textured, raised design.  Variations of the same pinkish flowers also appear on each piece.

The China in my house is Mikasa brand. It is from macy's and been in the family since my parents got married in 1988. It was a wedding gift from my mother's Father. It is a white and on the rims has a gold accent. The design is a gorgeous flower.

We have this china set in our dining room that rarely gets used, but it's mostly for decoration. This tea set is elegant and my parents received it from my grandparents when they got married. I never realized the detail and beauty of these pieces. It really is lovely artwork.

  This is my moms fine china, it's nothing special but I like the details around the plate and the simplicity of it. It adds a sense of class to it Becuase it's not over whelming but very simple and elegant.

My parents don't have any china. For special events we use these plates. We use them on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Easter. They were a gift from my Grandmother to my mother. I think they were made in Germany.

I did not get to see my grandmother this thanksgiving like I usually do every year. My grandmother is one of the people who raised me aside from my parents and god parents. I lived with her for a couple of years and she has a similar china set to this one that I found on google, I will always remember this set as a child. She had about 3 or 4 of these wine glasses with gold designs on it and we were not allowed to drink out of them or touch them unless if was special occasion. I also remember that when they are being washed we had to be very carefully because if we scrubbed the gold too much it would scrap off. Until this day my grandmother still has these glasses in her cabinet and the remain shiny and untouched. They are every delicate and mean a lot to her because she has had them for many many years.

This miniature sized tea set is meaningful to me since it came from Hangzou, China. I studied abroad this past January in Shanghai, China. Since my mom loves Chinese porcelain, I gave her this little tea set. You see a group of Chinese ladies gathering around, admiring the beauty of nature. This tea set is small, yet beautiful. I thought it was a great gift for her, bringing a piece of China back home.

My grandmother's fine china was passed down to my mothers oldest sibling, so although we do not have any fancy plates, my family does have these wine glasses and cups. These were given to my parents as a gift on their wedding day. We only use them for major holiday get togethers, such as Christmas or Easter. It is hard to tell from the image, but if you look closely, the base of each class has a large amount of texture and indentation to the base of the glasses. I would someday like to get some fine china for myself to begin passing down in my family.

This is my parents china set that they received when they got married. This china set has now been in our family for 29 years. My mother had not picked a china set to put on her wedding registry as a gift. This ended up working out perfectly because there was already a china set that had been picked out years in advance for this day. My great grandmother on my fathers side is who gifted them their set. When my father was born his grandmother had picked out and bought a china set that should would be given to him and his wife on their wedding day. This set was picked out 25 years before the wedding day. My great grandmother did this for both my dad and his brother. 

This china was my great-grandmothers on my moms side. When she passed away it got passed down to my mom that will eventually be passed down to me. We have the whole set displayed in the china cabinet for display only.The brand is unknown, however they are Japanese china. I love the colors and the floral detail in each piece. This whole set matches beautifully even with the crystal glassware.

These are two photos from my china cabinet. As you can see, we keep them displayed in a large china chest in my dining room. My parents purchased this dining set over 25 years ago when they first got married. We do not use these to eat or drink and they are only for display. The vase above is Lenox and I love the elegant flower design across the side.

We don't have china but I particularly like this set I found browsing the internet.  I think it is extremely appropriate for this time of year.  I enjoy the holiday feel it brings and the intrinsic deal used to create it.

This is my moms Mikasa fine china that she recently bought. I'm actually happy that she bought these because they have a unique design meanwhile most of her Mikasa sets are mainly simple. I also love the color scheme that this set has.

The Terracotta Army is an archeological find that is composed of about 8,000 terracotta statues. Each statue was individually made and different from every other statue. The statues were ornately painted with many colors, as seen above. There may have also been replicas of the rivers and streams made of mercury that flowed through mountains of bronze, which is supported by the finding of high levels of mercury in the area. It was made by about 700,000 workers.