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Painted Ants Crawl Across Vintage Porcelain Dinnerware by Evelyn Bracklow
Trimmed with gold and minuscule insects, Evelyn Bracklow’s porcelain dinnerware is equal parts pristine opulence and repulsion. The German artist (previously) hand-paints vintage pieces with tiny black ants that congregate over an imaginary morsel left on a plate and crawl along the mouth of a pitcher, transforming the ceramic vessels into distasteful displays. Bracklow began adding the detailed creatures to found platters, teapots, and plates approximately 10 years ago and has made hundreds of the works since—shop the few pieces she has available on Etsy. "(Painting the ants)…
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New Vintage Porcelain Dishes Crawling with Hand-Painted Ants by Evelyn Bracklow
German artist Evelyn Bracklow of La Philie has created an entire new collection of ant-covered porcelain dishes and tableware since we first shared her work here early this year. Many of the new pieces are part of a unique partnership between the artist, Rijks Museum in the Netherlands, and Etsy. The pieces are hand-painted in Bracklow's studio, signed, numbered and fired to 160 degrees. As unsettling as having insects permanently invading your dinnerware is, I can't help but be enchanted by how perfectly crafted they are. You can see more of Bracklow's recent work here.
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Vintage Porcelain Dishes Covered in Hordes of Hand-Painted Ants
While the standard response to insects crawling across your food or dinner plate is usually nothing less than repulsion, that didn't stop German artist Evelyn Bracklow of La Philie from creating these one-of-a-kind vintage porcelain dishes covered in hordes of hand-painted ants. Bracklow says of the pieces: The idea for this work resulted from pure chance, when the sight of a carelessly placed plate—by then wandered by ants—fascinated me so much that I felt the urge to simply conserve this image. Fear, disgust, fascination and admiration: this very interplay of feelings constitutes the charm of the work. Furthermore, to me,…
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