rae dunn – Rae Dunn - Fine Handmade Pottery

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

the good old days.

here in vermont, there are antique stores galore (i always stock up on beautiful treasures). i love the simplicity of how life used to be before technology, mass production, and planned obsolescence. products were so much more lovely, simple, and charming, like this handspun linen and enamel spoon which i now own and cherish.

antiques, rae dunn

Saturday, August 06, 2011

feeling blue.

i found this robin’s egg on my run today.

now i completely understand the color ROBIN’S EGG BLUE.

so pretty.

rae dunn, robin's egg blue

Thursday, August 04, 2011

the simple pleasures.

eating a fresh lobster sandwich on a beach in cape cod.

it doesn’t get much better than this.

cape cod, lobster sandwich, rae dunn

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

sea rocks du jour.

there is so much inspiration and beauty to be found out in nature. i can spend hours just sitting on the beach looking at nature’s treasures . . .

these colors and shapes were very appealing to me.

beach rocks, cape cod, rae dunn, sea rocks

Monday, August 01, 2011

sunset over wilma.

did you know that provincetown is one of the few places on the east coast where you can actually watch the sun set over an ocean ? very beautiful and magical.

provincetown sunset, rae dunn, sunset

Friday, July 22, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

vallauris, france

this is picasso’s man with a sheep that stands in the main square in vallauris. i would pass by it many times a day. it is so powerful, you can’t walk by and not notice it.

“in the context of the symbol of sacrifice, picasso’s sculpture of the man with the sheep, of 1942-1943, assumes a unique position in his life work. it was created during those anguished years of the second world war of which churchill wrote that “everyone realized how near were death and ruin.” after the war picasso donated a bronze cast of this sculpture to the town of vallauris as a memorial to the resistance fighters.” (art journal vol.32. no. 3. spring 1962)

france, man with a sheep, rae dunn, vallauris

Friday, July 15, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

(click on image for a closer peek)

june 2011

golfe-juan, france

golfe-juan is a cute seaside town right on the mediterranean and 2 miles from vallauris, the town where i was living. i ran to golfe-juan every morning and swam in the mediterranean sea. it was the perfect way to start the day. one night while i was waiting for my dinner companion in front of tétou, i quickly sketched this view of the golfe-juan hills.

france, golfe-juan, rae dunn

Friday, July 08, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

vallauris, france

this is the church in the square where i lived in vallauris. cute little church and such a beautiful color. i miss looking at this church out of my window EVERY day.

a.i.r. vallauris, clay in france, rae dunn, watercolor

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

made in france.

you can take the girl out of her production studio,

but you can’t take the production studio out of the girl.

click here to see most of what i made in france (from start to finish in 3 weeks). i also made a series of 20 cups, 2 of which broke and the rest sold + a bunch of clunkers that were not photo-worthy. it is so shocking how much you can accomplish when you have nothing else to worry about and you are doing what you truly love to do. i HIGHLY recommend a residency at A.I.R. VALLAURIS. it was a life changing experience.

photo gallery here.

a.i.r. vallauris, rae dunn

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

THIS weekend . . .

i am BACK from france and will be doing the renegade craft fair in san francisco THIS weekend. if you say to me “no, you don’t look jet lagged at ALL,” you will get 10% off your entire purchase.

saturday + sunday

fort mason festival pavilion

11-7

(booth 134)

craft show, rae dunn, renegade show

Sunday, July 03, 2011

the hanging laundry in vallauris, france always caught my eye. the clothes against the beautiful colours of the buildings are like intimate art installations . . .

see more of them here.

france, laundry, rae dunn

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

NICE, france.

yesterday we went to nice. i was completely and utterly blown away with how beautiful it is there. i. never. knew. the downtown area is just a typical big city, but the old town is magnificent . . . it’s like you are stepping into an old colouring book. tiny narrow winding streets, colours that are un-fathomable, beautiful facades, doors, . . . it was simply magical. just look . . .

france, nice, rae dunn