#ceramic jars

Archaeologists in Colombia have found eight ceramic jars, with metallic figurines and emeralds inside, within a temple and its adjacent graves.

The ancient Muisca (also called the Chibcha) crafted the jars called "ofrendatarios" about 600 years ago. The Muisca, a people whose civilization flourished in the region at the time, were famous for their metal-crafting skills, and their work may have inspired the legend of El Dorado — a legendary city made of gold.

An old kitchen dresser with ventilation holes in the doors so the food stored inside would benefit from circulating air. Originally these holes would have been covered with fine mesh to keep out mice and other pests. The ceramic jars along the top are old chemist’s jars and the balance is of the type used in shops at the turn of the century.

FEATURED ARTIST: Jennie Jieun Lee

Jennie Jieun Lee’s practice mimics, articulates, and navigates emotional and psychological spaces through the creation of expressive, richly textured ceramics activated by abstract paintings with hints of representational imagery. She creates an array of objects, including wheel-thrown, hand-altered vessels, masks, and slip cast busts with morphing, multipart features that are covered with texture, gesture, and a spirited approach to glazing. Lee’s exuberant ceramics and lively deformations challenge the stale notion of a strict fine art/craft dichotomy, which has considered ceramics as inferior in past era.

Jennie Jieun Lee (b. 1973, Seoul, Korea) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. In 2016 she was awarded the Pollock Krasner Grant and received the Artadia Grant in 2015. Lee is also a member of the Stanley Love Performance Group. Recent exhibitions include Marlborough Chelsea: View Room, New York; Martos Gallery, New York; 11R, New York; and Cooper Cole, Toronto. Lee is currently preparing for a group show at Regina Rex, New York on September 11 and a solo show at The Pit, Los Angeles in March 2017. On September 9 she will also launch special edition Cameo Jars for The Posters, which will also be sold at the New Museum store.

Jennie Jieun Lee, Oh Goh Poh Go, 2014. Glazed porcelain. 21 x 27 in. Courtesy of Martos Gallery.

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I’ve had this idea for a very long time but I just kept getting the proportions and the glazes wrong. After many failed prototypes I finally have two that I’m happy with. From here, I can start making variations with different clays and glazes. The clay that worked best for me is a standard white stoneware (159) chamotte free, fired to cone 6 at 1200c. They were originally meant to be spice jars but I currently use them for storing salt, sugar, nuts and even paper clips. The two pics below are the two that worked, four jars below are the prototypes.

And below are my sketches and very early prototypes that were unfortunately too small in the end