Van Patten Ceramics

Gold was used profusely in the decoration of high end nippon ware and is an excellent sign of quality.

Van patten ceramics.

Kristen van patten ceramics. Jonathan splits time between portland oregon and brooklyn new york practicing art drumming painting and writing. 199 page hard cover fully illustrated. In her book titled van patten s abc s of collecting nippon porcelain joan van patten offers expert advice on recognizing more than 300 of the 359 stamps known to date.

At first patterns on reproductions looked more like german and english. 1994 collectors guide to made in japan ceramics identification and values by carole bess white. Jonathan van patten is a ceramicist whose pieces embody ambiguity exploration and discovery of a true self. 12 4k followers 389 following 477 posts see instagram photos and videos from jon van patten jvp wares.

Brooklyn based ceramicist jon van patten aka jvp wares hand crafts one of a kind ceramic vases that feature minimalist geometric patterns created using blue masking tape. There are now more than 50 known patterns applied to ceramics which have fake nippon marks. Hard lines maze their way around the curves of thrown forms where start and end cease to exist. Patterns and marksby joan van patten and mark chervenka.

Imitation nippon has been made since the late 1970s.