Rustic Black Ceramic Salad Bowl
Meet Laurie Goldstein. “I’m a potter who is in love with ceramics, with function, with beauty. I’m a mother to two great kids and a wife to a great guy called Guy…
I was born in New York City and when I was 8 years old we moved to Israel where I grew up and went to school. My childhood experiences include being “the new kid in class” many times, watching my parents adjust to a new country, playing and fighting with my sister, a lot of dance classes, books, an artistic and cultural education from my parents and finally, my love of making things, always.
After serving my 2 year compulsory army service and completing my bachelor’s degree in set and costume design at Tel Aviv University, I set off to New York City to do a lot of drawing and ended up in the Masters of Fine Arts program for theatre design at New York University. But then something happened that changed the course of events; I took a throwing class and fell in love with clay-completely.
Starry-eyed, I moved to a small town seven hours away from the city, in the snow belt of America, and spent the next two years passionately studying ceramics at Alfred University.
I then came back to Israel, set up my own studio, joined “8 Altogether,” a cooperative gallery in Jerusalem and have since participated in many exhibitions. I continue to make functional work and am committed to the ongoing quest of combining function, aesthetics and beauty.
As I work, I consider form, size, weight and color to suit the function I’m aiming for, all in relation to the human body and the domestic space. I also welcome chance and spontaneity and the freshness they bring with them.
My building technique with slabs reflects my attraction to architecture and architectural elements and sensibilities; in maintaining the softness and sensuality of clay, I rely on using patterning and sewing techniques from my past experience in costume design.
Making functional pots grants me the rare privilege of being part of peoples’ lives, through their daily rituals of eating and drinking, alone or in social settings.
It allows me the pleasurable and sensual work with clay while applying my artistic, aesthetic and engineering skills.
Ultimately, it lets me be a part, humbly, of the tradition of ceramics making.
GIVEAWAY
Black Ceramic Salad Bowl (Retail Value $59)
This giveaway includes one 9″ ceramic salad bowl. The bowl has a satin-matte black glaze that goes from satin-matte to a lovely gloss in places.
Be sure to visit Laurie Goldstein on Facebook, Etsy, Pinterest, and her beautiful Website!
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Beautiful!
I love your style. The pottery walls are thin and your glazes are so transparent. I also enjoy the organic forms that each of your pieces embodies. Nice work. I’d love to add a piece of your work to my kitchen ceramic collection. It’s those precious works of art that inspire me to keep on cooking!
Thanks so much for sharing your work with us. Now I”ll go look you up on Etsy.
Beautiful!
this would be a perfect addition to my new kitchen!
Great Giveaway, I would love to win this prize.
These are beautiful bowls.
I really need a new salad bowl and these look awesome!
What lovely work in the Etsy shop! I am so jealous of this incredible talent!
I admire people that can make works of art like these bowls.
Hello! Simple organic rustic beauty makes me smile. 🙂 Her work is absolutely stunning and what an intriguing life story. Thank-you!
and pure beauty. Thanks and have a great weekend. 🙂 🙂
Simple organic rustic beauty…is the whole life I would make for myself.
these bowls are soo beautiful!!
Simple organic rustic beauty
They look lovely, and would go well with my blue and white kitchen
it is simple rustic beauty. Really like these especially the color.
I would love to win these they are beautiful and unique.
I love your work! It’s so inspiring the way you threw yourself into creating functional art, completely following your passion!
I would love to eat salad out of those gorgeous, handcrafted bowls! 🙂
I love the black – it would really make the colors in the food POP!
Love the handmade look of these. They look very unique and “real”. All the pieces shown above definitely exude a intrigueing beauty and unique character
these are beautiful! Anything homemade is just so much more valuable because it is one of kind
These bowls are so beautiful! I love handmade pottery. Would be a wonderful addition to my collection!
this is great not anyone can make this congrats(:
Your craftsmanship is so gorgeous! Your salad bowl would be perfect to show off my garden fresh produce .
These bowls are beautiful! Thanks for the giveaway!
Simple organic rustic beauty would add old charm beauty to any kitchen. Thanks for the detail photos and review.
Love this stuff!
Thanks for the chance!!!
Simple organic rustic beauty.. Is anything made with love , is natural, and wirth made with your hands..
So simple, and so beautiful. A salad would be proud to be served in this bowl.
Beautiful! I love that its useful and a decorative piece! Thanks so much!
I’m a bit biased, but I love anything ceramic. These bowls/serveware are beautiful.
DREAMY! Love the bowls!
This would be awesome to have and to serve a great salad.
I wish I were that talented! So beautiful!!
These bowls are so unique and beautiful! Would love to win
This is really nice thanks for the chance to win
Just love handmade items, thanks for a chance, beautiful!!!
Another wonderful hand crafted product… Thank you for the opportunity.
I just love these bowls. So sophisticated.
Amazing Bowls!
These bowls are stunning beautiful.wow
I love anything that’s beautiful AND functional
Beautiful, simple, clean, functional design. Bowl love.