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From today"s NY Times;-

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Dishes That Channel the English Countryside

Left, a white pitcher with a blue handle and water-color illustrations of grass, sky and flowers. Right, two plates, the smaller of which has a pair of swans painted on its center.600x400
The artist Laura Chautin’s new ceramic tableware collection features her delicate nature drawings. Masami Hosono

The New York-based artist Laura Chautin grew up in London and has fond memories of childhood trips to the English countryside. The heaths and ponds of the country’s rural areas often show up in her delicate landscape paintings, while blossoms and vines adorn the plates, vases and other tabletop staples she’s sold in limited runs since 2019. Now she’s expanding her offerings with a new venture, Goods by Laura Chautin, which she says will eventually include all the elements to set “the perfect table,” including linens, tablecloths and seat cushions. The initial Goods collection consists of new ceramic pieces handmade by artisans in Porto de Mós, a town in central Portugal, and painted with Chautin’s beloved English flora and fauna. A candlestick holder is accented by rings of foliage and sky, while a pair of egg cups come with pink or blue accents. A dinner plate features a flowery marsh; a dessert plate, a pair of swans. The collection is available online at Moda Operandi, and at a late September New York pop-up at Vacancy Project, a hair salon in the East Village owned by Chautin’s partner, Masami Hosono. From $50,

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My first thought was Grayson Perry. Possibly not my taste, but it does have a happy lightness about it.

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A Londoner who’s moved to NYC and is making up-market ceramics (pots) about her memories of visiting the English countryside with her parents - FFS!

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I thought possibly Meghan Markle with her cutesy wootseness.

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I’m sure she also has some memories of the English countryside, but at least she’s (not yet) trying to flog cod-bucolic pots to silly NY urbanites

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I’m a Clarice Cliff man myself.

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They wouldn’t stand many turns in the dishwasher and who is going to spend time washing by hand when they are busy! Ugly is what they are, much prefer my MIL ancient fox hunting scene stuff which I don’t really like and keep in a cupboard.

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She must be doing something right to create so many strong feelings. If her work wasn’t significant it would just be ignored.

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And then making them in Portugal where it is cheaper.

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I looked at the photos but had no particular feelings!! I don’t like them, but that’s largely because I was taught about good china by my MiL and dislike even the feel of earthenware.

But if silly NYT readers like them, why not? I think, for most people (obviously not PLU :wink: ), the associations something physical have are important, whether that’s one’s car, newspaper, clothes, knives, phones, crockery, guitars, or use of the Oxford comma.

I’m much more offended by the weird capitalisation in the header. Why “That” but “the”?

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Does that make you a Cliffhanger? :slight_smile:

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Only the plates, the vase I sit on the bahu :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Good miaou Jane :slight_smile:

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:joy:What a load of crap! I’m sure her first thoughts were ‘How can I make some dosh’. :rofl::rofl:

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She’s about as cute as a rectal prolapse.

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… as a ‘bunch of grapes’?

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Wow, such vitriol? It’s just a ‘pretty’ bit of pottery for consumers. Cath Kidson in china.

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