Jean-Valentin Morel (1794-1860) was born in Paris to Valentin Morel, a lapidary craftsman, and his mother came from a family of silversmiths. Morel learned the
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The Nogawa Shoten company (能川商店, “Shoten” means “shop”) was founded in 1825 in Kyoto. Nogawa acted as both a manufacturer and a seller of artistic
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Glen Martin Taylor is a former carpenter turned ceramic artist. Taylor combines the processes of destruction and creation in the creative act – he turns
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The Kyoto company Kin-un-ken opened around 1871 and produced high-quality cloisonné enamel art wares under the direction of Ozaki Kyubei. The company had a high
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Muller Frères is a French glass company founded in 1895 by the brothers of the Müller family, which became famous for its artistic products made
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Katie Larmour is a contemporary Irish designer. She studied Applied Arts at the Ulster University School of Art and Design in Belfast. She graduated in
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The Carlton Ware factory was founded around 1890 by James Frederick Wiltshaw, James Alcock Robinson and William Herbert Robinson in Stoke-on-Trent, a famous English pottery
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American artist Mary Gregory (1856-1909) was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to John and Hannah A. Gregory. Her mother was a schoolteacher. and Mary also
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French artist and outstanding master of artistic ceramics Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1844-1910) was born in Limoges. The distinctive feature of the products of his workshop was
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Johan Victor Aarne comes from the family of church deacon Johan Lindström from Timmerfors (Tampere). The reason why he decided to change his surname to
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