If you are looking for a real conversation piece for your table- I find illustrated ceramics are a great story for the table.

Anything can be illustrated and applied to a ceramic item.  Just look- I found a hole hodgepodge of interesting, odd, unique, and artistic illustrators who applied their skill and craft to ceramics.  Below you will find everything from women bathing and the British seaside to a bob haircut, a spirograph, a wreath and spiders and skulls.

I can hear the conversation now:

Me: “Can I pour you some tea?”
Friend: “It seems that I have women bathing in my tea cup!”
Me: “Oh yes, that’s true. You do have women bathing in your tea cup now that I’ve added water to the cup.”
Friend: “Interesting……..”

01 Esther Horchner “Take a Bath”

02 Esther Coombs “Seaside Cake Stand”

03 Katy Leigh “Bob Girl Plate”

04 Nina van der Goor “Spirograph Plate”

05 Rachel Basigner/ohNOrachio “Illustrated NomNom Plate”

06 Yasmin Sandytia “Clerkenwell Blue”

To have a similar conversation at your table- find your closest illustrator friend and introduce them to your closest ceramist friend- or maybe if you are lucky- they are the same person, and browse through their cool creations.

Do you have any illustrated ceramic pieces at home?  Any interesting stories attached to the piece?