Eva Zeisel, Ceramic Artist and Designer, Dies at 105

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Eva Zeisel, Ceramic Artist and Designer, Dies at 105

Postby scowsa » Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:56 pm

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Eva Zeisel at the Museum of Modern Art in 1997, with a piece from a porcelain table service introduced in 1946; behind her is a chair she designed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/arts/design/eva-zeisel-ceramic-artist-and-designer-dies-at-105.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=eva&st=cse
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Postby scowsa » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:08 am

Tributes to Zeisel's work are popping up on various design blogs and one shows this Earthenware inkwell from her time designing for Schramberg Majolica Factory in Germany, showing Bauhaus influence

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