Artist Li Xiaofeng Does Porcelain & Cotton Polos For Lacoste Holiday Collector's Series

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglt6CXTWqDuedqCaMNNeEyG6Ue5g-hJovZGK2t1p8OqP-aGd2yRDz972z2k9F7Q39UAPV05Q5V1nY0BT-9_E9N-3TFYQQayF-T9iuthUTNz6DlX7vLYAluMnlr9WqBRj3Qb73_-5wMsU4/s1600/Lacoste+Porcelain+Polo+here.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487135366784619234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglt6CXTWqDuedqCaMNNeEyG6Ue5g-hJovZGK2t1p8OqP-aGd2yRDz972z2k9F7Q39UAPV05Q5V1nY0BT-9_E9N-3TFYQQayF-T9iuthUTNz6DlX7vLYAluMnlr9WqBRj3Qb73_-5wMsU4/s400/Lacoste+Porcelain+Polo+here.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 506px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a detail of the porcelain shard LACOSTE shirt by artist Li Xiaofeng</span></span><br /><br />Since 2006, each year the <a href="http://www.lacoste.com/">Lacoste brand</a> commissions a designer, design team or artist to create a special Holiday Collector's Series of of <a href="http://www.lacoste.com/l1212/">their classic L.12.12 polo shirt</a>. Past designers included <a href="http://www.tomdixon.net/partners/lacoste">Tom Dixon</a> (2006), <a href="http://www.michael-young.com/">Michael Young</a> (2007), R.E.M frontman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe">Michael Stipe</a> (2008) and <a href="http://www.campanas.com.br/">The Campana brothers</a> in 2009.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhnw5HKJz9QO5hV8LgHrWlN1eDEqkB_tqckHpM_tygvmQAmW0_L2p6xUW6-EsM-cIirQO7qyN6WhHgNtykaE4VtY5RWtZcp6xFWWVBhZn-2mT2pMuQQOtfj8LJH_aWFmbJHOjL_WJhyphenhyphenQ/s1600/previousdesignershirts.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487155756139504818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhnw5HKJz9QO5hV8LgHrWlN1eDEqkB_tqckHpM_tygvmQAmW0_L2p6xUW6-EsM-cIirQO7qyN6WhHgNtykaE4VtY5RWtZcp6xFWWVBhZn-2mT2pMuQQOtfj8LJH_aWFmbJHOjL_WJhyphenhyphenQ/s400/previousdesignershirts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 522px;" /></a><br /><br />For 2010, <a href="http://www.hongart.net/?option=art&collectionid=6&single=true">Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng</a>, best known for his porcelain fragment sculptures, has created both an outstanding porcelain sculpture of a LACOSTE shirt as well as wearable Holiday Collector's editions of the L.12.12 Polo for men and women.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIyzjDiFP89U1eBvWXPlRJpsIYr7q5P86f_HAzl_Xiu1RJDU4Xa9etMIu2uLxSMT3pu367Lk4CwcqpzFokDN9l8BJKswsYf27NCy68vFUf2yRmsMIGxlj9rY-NGkd9FcPezRhPZI13BQ/s1600/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Collectors-Series-2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487134566341624834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIyzjDiFP89U1eBvWXPlRJpsIYr7q5P86f_HAzl_Xiu1RJDU4Xa9etMIu2uLxSMT3pu367Lk4CwcqpzFokDN9l8BJKswsYf27NCy68vFUf2yRmsMIGxlj9rY-NGkd9FcPezRhPZI13BQ/s400/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Collectors-Series-2010.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 468px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzXQe7uZtwNhKs4aKXJqzdz458Hj0JOaaSWOaW5jEUNoGCWM9zarAoT4cfhf_BbKMAWgKjdqgmoxqlWGPXJzRehBD9idhD_Kws3U9Xrv4WVmwYTWgR4oSgTLr07XTsSOlpbv1jztqdiE/s1600/Li-Xiofeng-for-Lacoste2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487497574081502562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzXQe7uZtwNhKs4aKXJqzdz458Hj0JOaaSWOaW5jEUNoGCWM9zarAoT4cfhf_BbKMAWgKjdqgmoxqlWGPXJzRehBD9idhD_Kws3U9Xrv4WVmwYTWgR4oSgTLr07XTsSOlpbv1jztqdiE/s400/Li-Xiofeng-for-Lacoste2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 508px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Porcelain Polo</span></span><br />The actual porcelain Lacoste Shirt is the most expensive Lacoste Polo to date. The art piece features porcelain shards printed with Chinese characters, symbols, red phoenix birds and variations of the Lacoste alligator and logotype as well as a wax seal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEafkGS23yaJRhcbCyzsU40CrrEH1fBR-A9QynS9WLZwBmUGqtUlw0kgA5ebm_wsVJuFCJ7paye7_GHuVSG1bLBbE2So-4UfTh3HvTgtRqMk8w-ZjPRM9Tg5zlw2BSOXnHOWgqDzhI4E/s1600/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-front1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487133173313723602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEafkGS23yaJRhcbCyzsU40CrrEH1fBR-A9QynS9WLZwBmUGqtUlw0kgA5ebm_wsVJuFCJ7paye7_GHuVSG1bLBbE2So-4UfTh3HvTgtRqMk8w-ZjPRM9Tg5zlw2BSOXnHOWgqDzhI4E/s400/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-front1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 386px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarlFmVuvCbiSU827r_Bh5TTEKJyP2PCAsu6lqkxq48-6CI7uNd1GuvLYCD3fY24Y8kZU1570moS9LMQXcdXBLl5WoQIOAcI2dGjn7GsQQwWTSQg6ByvYELSZ2pg6pNeYKPZuZiIVjZy4/s1600/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Porcelain-Polo-2010-side1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487132981639314338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarlFmVuvCbiSU827r_Bh5TTEKJyP2PCAsu6lqkxq48-6CI7uNd1GuvLYCD3fY24Y8kZU1570moS9LMQXcdXBLl5WoQIOAcI2dGjn7GsQQwWTSQg6ByvYELSZ2pg6pNeYKPZuZiIVjZy4/s400/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Porcelain-Polo-2010-side1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 269px; height: 401px;" /></a><br />the artist at work:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F95NvLbXLKgNNfUnkGR563QgCzNHV03ls9ShIbxzJIaoKc5AjSG2BqO_9NQC1XfCGh6eWCvB2xPFWS2H-IXKyIfVibYVr37Qf746jOTsQLBifp47rdG58Mj6TeOXSmUgieX8Is3_g_U/s1600/_Li-Xiaofeng-soldering-Lacoste.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487148250255941666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F95NvLbXLKgNNfUnkGR563QgCzNHV03ls9ShIbxzJIaoKc5AjSG2BqO_9NQC1XfCGh6eWCvB2xPFWS2H-IXKyIfVibYVr37Qf746jOTsQLBifp47rdG58Mj6TeOXSmUgieX8Is3_g_U/s400/_Li-Xiaofeng-soldering-Lacoste.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 371px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photos by Miko He</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Cotton Polo</span></span><br />Now, for the actual wearable cotton Lacoste 2010 Holiday Collector's Series L.12.12 polo shirts, which will be be produced in a limited number of 20,000.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUpihVQRq_TLz2_NYRpOewhp1LO8OyVQccwISpxLcEHI5PmlUOStPdg_4DNH6N1SXbHDAtWZwtBO_clHdeGQD6rhHG_T6pyGTz0YY2sZEPNYpSc1GQaqhZuKz7RNgCCftgAmgLJr3UkI/s1600/xiofeng+lacoste.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487134436727662834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUpihVQRq_TLz2_NYRpOewhp1LO8OyVQccwISpxLcEHI5PmlUOStPdg_4DNH6N1SXbHDAtWZwtBO_clHdeGQD6rhHG_T6pyGTz0YY2sZEPNYpSc1GQaqhZuKz7RNgCCftgAmgLJr3UkI/s400/xiofeng+lacoste.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Nn6DQuL8f6ayGhFZqtRI5yU8TC7_9RDmpiCCM28Nen4LzNJWq7JK1-dObvPuVUmklpTz-WW7pZt4T9qmwOSoun0FkMTeRV_d6yAuC47CJosvlJOmsK72487sn9Xt1UVxageE65AmV50/s1600/_Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-men's-polo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487142277589499746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Nn6DQuL8f6ayGhFZqtRI5yU8TC7_9RDmpiCCM28Nen4LzNJWq7JK1-dObvPuVUmklpTz-WW7pZt4T9qmwOSoun0FkMTeRV_d6yAuC47CJosvlJOmsK72487sn9Xt1UVxageE65AmV50/s400/_Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-men's-polo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 648px;" /></a><br /><br />The men's and women's wearable cotton polo shirts designed for the Holiday Collector's Series for 2010 by Li Xiaofeng features a textile pattern that emulates broken porcelain shards from the Kangxi Period (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsLV6Uu2E7JNucNBce0AhZRuRmJ8GcLVPzpTr1ArXc1zdBgzMfcd9OuG8_khjqclC_LngEd4PDdrQmUkT0X7ehYSYWRRtxbY-nSWX8M0wj3NqnslsL2oIjxv92Dcuy9FO2hEnwTdm3MQ/s1600/LI-Xiaofeng-LACOSTE-pattern.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487136521280536434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsLV6Uu2E7JNucNBce0AhZRuRmJ8GcLVPzpTr1ArXc1zdBgzMfcd9OuG8_khjqclC_LngEd4PDdrQmUkT0X7ehYSYWRRtxbY-nSWX8M0wj3NqnslsL2oIjxv92Dcuy9FO2hEnwTdm3MQ/s400/LI-Xiaofeng-LACOSTE-pattern.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 456px;" /></a><br /><br />This print represents happiness and exuberant youth according to Li Xiaofeng. Originally the reason for images of babies was to promote the births and good health of children in an era of high infant mortality. Li points out that joy continues exist even in a life that is always faced with difficulties, a life where we must continually reassemble the pieces after setbacks. Li photographed each of the shards and placed them in life-sized digital pattern of each part of the polo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NGwpfUgpliWMRn581n1sxDg6ECroG762t-vA7pifbiwtmh7fuWTrB7yDCDfpmH4JTxXVVxJU2A_AakmgHVhI81aF0tSpN9ff5pe8RILZOhVSi0XGz0kMbojN_SSxozMTn3nCO_mt00A/s1600/li+xiaofeng+lacoste+polo+emblem+detail+.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487136848917896274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NGwpfUgpliWMRn581n1sxDg6ECroG762t-vA7pifbiwtmh7fuWTrB7yDCDfpmH4JTxXVVxJU2A_AakmgHVhI81aF0tSpN9ff5pe8RILZOhVSi0XGz0kMbojN_SSxozMTn3nCO_mt00A/s400/li+xiaofeng+lacoste+polo+emblem+detail+.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 326px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6kbpejzKCIRbOUisSswuyDeDO6QS8XOGi_j-ER6GQbLAWtHgCnhGYXtlk1lKpMyHk9fn5k3-8OsxxgreG335BCjuHNM5wlRNwcEPtmPnUUipZn2gdoA6eZn275giZBwvnPz4ilPWSjI/s1600/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-holiday-collectors-series-Polo-shirts.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487136703932740674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6kbpejzKCIRbOUisSswuyDeDO6QS8XOGi_j-ER6GQbLAWtHgCnhGYXtlk1lKpMyHk9fn5k3-8OsxxgreG335BCjuHNM5wlRNwcEPtmPnUUipZn2gdoA6eZn275giZBwvnPz4ilPWSjI/s400/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-holiday-collectors-series-Polo-shirts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 286px;" /></a><br />above left: the Men's limited edition polo shirt and right; the Women's version<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lacoste.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487153102539596898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtQaOdoNjev3aQ51-lfJwxi6V_oJReqyJnl76RtpPP7DujcDGT6xQXnD7PpXkwRY-D3_TJRH5sYw2yx5W4Dk_qsYGPNkrNNZ_tydJmp4aNv_OOWne38NN8UmNqtOfT6NgTOzce4tJ6cE/s400/lacoste-logo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >special thanks</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > to photographer Miko He, </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.jingdaily.com/en/tag/li-xiaofeng/" style="font-style: italic;">Jing Daily </a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >and Nels Frye of </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.stylites.net/" style="font-style: italic;">Stylites</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > for images and information</span>

Artist Li Xiaofeng Does Porcelain & Cotton Polos For Lacoste Holiday Collector's Series

above: a detail of the porcelain shard LACOSTE shirt by artist Li Xiaofeng Since 2006, each year the Lacoste brand commissions a designer, ...

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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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