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From banana peels to Prada mules: Denise Porter-Howland’s sculptural ceramics

From banana peels to Prada mules: Denise Porter-Howland’s sculptural ceramics

Denise Porter-Howland, aka Eleventeen Ceramics, pays homage to the abandoned and revered through her clay designs. Denise Porter-Howland’s world is wicked and wonderful, the underbelly of any good fairytale. From her home studio in Grey Lynn, Auckland she crafts surreal apple cores, ears and ashtrays. Highbrow fashion pieces, such as a ceramic Prada shoe that […]
How Messini Palace’s whakapapa informs her cast art

How Messini Palace’s whakapapa informs her cast art

Cast artist Messini Palace is going against the mould, creating a contemporary twist on time-old traditions Messini Palace is at her Auckland studio seven days a week, her self-proclaimed “happy place.” It’s there she creates the most dazzling, transfixing cast art with resin and ceramics. “The possibilities seem endless, and I am obsessed with form […]