UK Artist Barnaby Barford's Sick & Twisted Ceramics

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LxG93uh2ZZQWTkMSGRJMoS6Ty11LWTq3CszjGua0Hpa8DW_RvYoUkYtPVt8VDvbVRYXM6f_jevMkrSdGTaO9TWSMGY2aYwphZb9-T8J2X2eaoS86g0EI5XfR9t7eLJQqRFvCzcNBSNW9/s1600-h/marylambpiece.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230407794862174434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LxG93uh2ZZQWTkMSGRJMoS6Ty11LWTq3CszjGua0Hpa8DW_RvYoUkYtPVt8VDvbVRYXM6f_jevMkrSdGTaO9TWSMGY2aYwphZb9-T8J2X2eaoS86g0EI5XfR9t7eLJQqRFvCzcNBSNW9/s400/marylambpiece.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 447px;" /></a><br />Above: Mary Had A Little Lamb<br /><br />Barnaby Barford is an artist whose produced works you've probably seen on blogs, in design magazines and in the hippest of stores. But as an artist, his ceramic work may not be as familiar to you.<br /><br />He creates unique narrative pieces using primarily found objects (both mass-manufactured and antique figurines) and turns them into sinister, sardonic and humorous sculptures. Well-known sentimental figurines from companies like Disney, for example, become characters in his twisted narratives, taking on an explicitly vulgar appearance that express some fundamental truths.<br /><br />Here are a few of his one-off pieces from the collection he calls Private Lives:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEDXmEp8OIWvSiA70aZzkNbD5pIiOpUhwN8vXgCLUkedyRsOfcNpesSOLRAg0xCxhJ5OyPzG_XOhpwHuPXmHKn5Kqpsdv7Ip_WlVHc7JXEGts3E1xTENEj90OpK4o5jy6VvdPmfwuauNI/s1600-h/sheneedsmorethanamakeover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227385973249653986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEDXmEp8OIWvSiA70aZzkNbD5pIiOpUhwN8vXgCLUkedyRsOfcNpesSOLRAg0xCxhJ5OyPzG_XOhpwHuPXmHKn5Kqpsdv7Ip_WlVHc7JXEGts3E1xTENEj90OpK4o5jy6VvdPmfwuauNI/s400/sheneedsmorethanamakeover.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 397px;" /></a><br />Above: She Needs More Than A Makeover<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTafqW5whmTlewYaaZw79IOti95RbnZy1Zljn2DwlwJ1poKbQoo6mTwRzBx8Zoo3YT9DZpBJ8BuxPiR-Q7-bS3OAgbJ7Lxc_xJIZI-EqncVdUHJbtCXO7OUXcWsCkwq-88T4MXUfTF8MN/s1600-h/imposter.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227385853770010722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTafqW5whmTlewYaaZw79IOti95RbnZy1Zljn2DwlwJ1poKbQoo6mTwRzBx8Zoo3YT9DZpBJ8BuxPiR-Q7-bS3OAgbJ7Lxc_xJIZI-EqncVdUHJbtCXO7OUXcWsCkwq-88T4MXUfTF8MN/s400/imposter.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 397px;" /></a><br />Above: Imposter!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy_9InoLwJdnkR4imG62aicWOlgAb1chMNuPhMTXndL1aiM7oMxPtKfzDCBB3wK8_lIb99S01mC_7brwFvwteZJovpwQcfUhrMY82CRHhmBRag59NOoR4lo_jpM_iBt_lTtkbCabK_KIG/s1600-h/dearlord.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227385584701087314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy_9InoLwJdnkR4imG62aicWOlgAb1chMNuPhMTXndL1aiM7oMxPtKfzDCBB3wK8_lIb99S01mC_7brwFvwteZJovpwQcfUhrMY82CRHhmBRag59NOoR4lo_jpM_iBt_lTtkbCabK_KIG/s400/dearlord.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 395px;" /></a><br />Above: Dear lord, for what we are about to receive make us truely (sic) thankful<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf3P9Tq9ISQQNdvtqp1CKWYL3JSAZv9YHcYklLhU0baCImCrm-ayggUU-Q5LiRvXXOXV00057hyphenhyphennceq26f1PBywh1T3gdi-uMChb-gD9iezVKztzn5f3-FqTo4imPWFep8EMLwJEoUqhs/s1600-h/French_kiss.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227385076667581906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf3P9Tq9ISQQNdvtqp1CKWYL3JSAZv9YHcYklLhU0baCImCrm-ayggUU-Q5LiRvXXOXV00057hyphenhyphennceq26f1PBywh1T3gdi-uMChb-gD9iezVKztzn5f3-FqTo4imPWFep8EMLwJEoUqhs/s400/French_kiss.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 424px;" /></a><br />Above: French Kiss<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Qayd1y5GHy5VmMXY5KhpNSh-H_CvNmr-0H98zbHetahFildd_cLLNcYvEunTkZxDHifCd8t2ZITe7urxRtTpswB9CvlOjTv5GuJaNvGag4HXoQMIjUThiTm80peqUMxqKByzk_D8ax0-/s1600-h/J'adore_le_coq_d'or.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227384924106539490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Qayd1y5GHy5VmMXY5KhpNSh-H_CvNmr-0H98zbHetahFildd_cLLNcYvEunTkZxDHifCd8t2ZITe7urxRtTpswB9CvlOjTv5GuJaNvGag4HXoQMIjUThiTm80peqUMxqKByzk_D8ax0-/s400/J'adore_le_coq_d'or.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 391px;" /></a><br />Above: J'adore Le Coq D'or<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1j74AZGLlhFRT6Qr47dq08xacCfJIIDtJq7mRs1GXb0eo08trl4EaD-BvVZWPPzSo3owK3bmO77VM9ix5105dp1IuPM9dxDlY-pETLMTtGV2wExAqMkU_Bc859JOe2JdBxX2VUEtvF9x/s1600-h/stickthatonyoutube.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227384751013915410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1j74AZGLlhFRT6Qr47dq08xacCfJIIDtJq7mRs1GXb0eo08trl4EaD-BvVZWPPzSo3owK3bmO77VM9ix5105dp1IuPM9dxDlY-pETLMTtGV2wExAqMkU_Bc859JOe2JdBxX2VUEtvF9x/s400/stickthatonyoutube.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 378px;" /></a><br />Above: Stick That On You Tube!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWe4_8ykLH1PmvjUNX-dS8xxSh_5RRQbYeTk9VTlaPnx33BFp1RwlVeo6ARr7iD55t4p9KVeVTDsC7TTdpbTwdNzOX9ox1RIuQK17cEyoirJjoYIj3LBX38GXjoxkkXdFP8xnbFDkgrBeO/s1600-h/That_wasn't_in_the_script.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227384631143040290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWe4_8ykLH1PmvjUNX-dS8xxSh_5RRQbYeTk9VTlaPnx33BFp1RwlVeo6ARr7iD55t4p9KVeVTDsC7TTdpbTwdNzOX9ox1RIuQK17cEyoirJjoYIj3LBX38GXjoxkkXdFP8xnbFDkgrBeO/s400/That_wasn't_in_the_script.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 377px;" /></a><br />Above: That Wasn't In The Script!<br /><br />About Barnaby Barford:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj99ZHlfTDTSXMO5c-Scm8vrVFuAwprMyCjvTHGHp16GeFLyKnsRo6vNEUR4jDD9VGPXLhKS78-JaKAO45CR2geOcrR_Hbuni2CkJJW90jy-sfzwDtSBWmWqgb7GfRBsXupjuq9hMs_-sZ/s1600-h/320x320,barford_web_1178121656.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293113924330891794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj99ZHlfTDTSXMO5c-Scm8vrVFuAwprMyCjvTHGHp16GeFLyKnsRo6vNEUR4jDD9VGPXLhKS78-JaKAO45CR2geOcrR_Hbuni2CkJJW90jy-sfzwDtSBWmWqgb7GfRBsXupjuq9hMs_-sZ/s400/320x320,barford_web_1178121656.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" /></a><br />Barnaby Barford (b. 1977) graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2002. He has been the subject of several solo exhibitions in the UK, and has shown in major exhibitions in the US and Japan. In 2004 he was named Young Designer of the Year by Wallpaper magazine.<br /><br />As well as creating his one-off pieces, Barford has made projection based installations, worked with prestigious companies including Nymphenburg and has designed products for <a href="http://www.thorstenvanelten.com/">Thorsten Van Elten.</a><br /><br />You may already be familiar with some of these:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXYmxg4DuAJE9H5KX3Yzu4xCFZQmvm7GRpam1QqMsBpCNpAbW8oyi4hb65d4HuRsz2R_DjjYYBsRNbTevaQK6XAk7IsbOUhasmRCE_ENyvltUkQihHNsq8FSjs0Av7JeCLp_AK2o7Cxjd/s1600-h/stampcups.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227388606745469074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXYmxg4DuAJE9H5KX3Yzu4xCFZQmvm7GRpam1QqMsBpCNpAbW8oyi4hb65d4HuRsz2R_DjjYYBsRNbTevaQK6XAk7IsbOUhasmRCE_ENyvltUkQihHNsq8FSjs0Av7JeCLp_AK2o7Cxjd/s400/stampcups.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 359px;" /></a><br />Above: Stamp Cups designed with Valeria Miglioli for Thorsten Van Elten.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77whcvqrKKzjRhFqpR6ykNYNEGuwEnucrfMyuDW-g2XdxgaqL34tZP4IjnH_rHDgdJxun-yjZt99lEIj5AVVCZMw8Krwnbp1VwQL9TU8IGjdq1gAj8vq6eF_K0Vl4hZ4_fQCT8cG3jeRY/s1600-h/solitairebattleshipashtray.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227389610865790418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77whcvqrKKzjRhFqpR6ykNYNEGuwEnucrfMyuDW-g2XdxgaqL34tZP4IjnH_rHDgdJxun-yjZt99lEIj5AVVCZMw8Krwnbp1VwQL9TU8IGjdq1gAj8vq6eF_K0Vl4hZ4_fQCT8cG3jeRY/s400/solitairebattleshipashtray.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 356px;" /></a><br />Above: Solitaire Olive Bowl, O's and X's Ashtray, Battleships Napkins designed with André Klauser for <a href="http://www.thorstenvanelten.com/">Thorsten Van Elten.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZm8V3J4-bUbXgN8LRCueeaUlE186Inw8caNHuNo5pqZlcFN9JiQgFhxQ6ln8bLUOcYh206eH0cRiZjZWPbvYIgqxSUULLexw0Ek7J3W7rIwzY684_5mkuiIRG4a_4w27w2OCyRLe_35V/s1600-h/global+servicepink.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227389736814994130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZm8V3J4-bUbXgN8LRCueeaUlE186Inw8caNHuNo5pqZlcFN9JiQgFhxQ6ln8bLUOcYh206eH0cRiZjZWPbvYIgqxSUULLexw0Ek7J3W7rIwzY684_5mkuiIRG4a_4w27w2OCyRLe_35V/s400/global+servicepink.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 326px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44lM8vo8gXYyAYF8NcOMI6lx33A8PChj3tiXFwpJhw9QGZjg0hyphenhyphenrdKI5SqAsP5TOksFMvUXxyGgg6BjOpCzsli3saJKzn7puaXrhMsffutlUjC3-Jc_bKnrcs7uLLKsFS_CMNYsxmh8AB/s1600-h/worldplatesforNymphenburg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227389476588318002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44lM8vo8gXYyAYF8NcOMI6lx33A8PChj3tiXFwpJhw9QGZjg0hyphenhyphenrdKI5SqAsP5TOksFMvUXxyGgg6BjOpCzsli3saJKzn7puaXrhMsffutlUjC3-Jc_bKnrcs7uLLKsFS_CMNYsxmh8AB/s400/worldplatesforNymphenburg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 317px;" /></a><br />Above: Limited edition set of Global Service (World Plates) in blue or pink, designed for Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, Münich.<br /><br />His most recent exhibit:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QFnWDjlEK4MZNV6n9XDEmxs_gzZuwZu90RjQun7s-H12ZIiB_cArr9jpcz8jCnp2zja91VXSCCXE3BO08GVjJ9CCEPo1Hwqa1ZUPmLRMzu1dQgSCQSHrap0MCZKWxMk1XBeWzzE7-s_Q/s1600-h/Picture+32.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227403768763301618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QFnWDjlEK4MZNV6n9XDEmxs_gzZuwZu90RjQun7s-H12ZIiB_cArr9jpcz8jCnp2zja91VXSCCXE3BO08GVjJ9CCEPo1Hwqa1ZUPmLRMzu1dQgSCQSHrap0MCZKWxMk1XBeWzzE7-s_Q/s400/Picture+32.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />From June 24 to October 15, 2008 the Fondation d’entreprise <a href="http://www.bernardaud.fr/">Bernardaud</a> is hosting an exhibition entitled Petits bouleversements au centre de la table (Minor revolutions at the center of the table).<br /><a href="http://www.barnabybarford.co.uk/"><br />His website</a><br />contact info:<br />Barnaby Barford<br />mob: +44 (0) 7870 643476<br />e-mail:<br /><a href="mailto:info@barnabybarford.co.uk">info@barnabybarford.co.uk</a><br /><a href="mailto:press@barnabybarford.co.uk">press@barnabybarford.co.uk</a>

UK Artist Barnaby Barford's Sick & Twisted Ceramics

Above: Mary Had A Little Lamb Barnaby Barford is an artist whose produced works you've probably seen on blogs, in design magazines and i...

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