What Do I Want On My Plate?

I went to an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum featuring just a series of plates done by Judy Chicago and a bunch of her colleges; The Dinner Party. What it is is a series of 39 plate settings each designed specifically for a great woman in history. But each is in its own way shaped like a vagina. Of course it's done by a bunch of feminist artists.

Plates are so over looked now a days. The days where you kept your best china for guests are gone. Now plates are plates; used for eating not to be aesthetically pleasing. Sadly this means that ceramic companies are losing money. So what do you do? You revamp!

I found an article on the New York Times talking about a company based in Britain that has started changing its style. Instead of the usual patterns found on ceramics the company has changed their ways and began using some outrages designs!"Anatomica" created by Lisa Turner uses old school anatomy drawings as inspiration for her new line; While Monica Tsang from Hong Kong wants bugs on her plates. Either way it's an innovative new way to get younger consumers interested in an old art.