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Unique Ceramic Designs in 5 Modern Homes

From sculpture to lighting, these homes find contemporary applications for one of mankind's oldest materials.

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Above the dining room’s Hodgson & Barker Antiques table—found on eBay—are ceramic pendant lights from Hand & Eye Studio. The architect acquired the wood chairs secondhand.
Above the dining room’s Hodgson & Barker Antiques table—found on eBay—are ceramic pendant lights from Hand & Eye Studio. The architect acquired the wood chairs secondhand.
Tall Stacks In reworking the landscape, Neely added 1950s ceramic sculptures by Malcolm Leland, who calls them “modern totem poles.”
Tall Stacks In reworking the landscape, Neely added 1950s ceramic sculptures by Malcolm Leland, who calls them “modern totem poles.”
MAKE built the recycled messmate cabinets in the kitchen and paired them with stone Italiana countertops. Company architect Bruce Rowe also designed the backsplash tiles and pendant lights through his side business, Anchor Ceramics. “We like the handmade quality [of the tiles] and love that they also match the lights Bruce made for the project,” Bright says. Appliances are by Siemens and fixtures by Duravit.
MAKE built the recycled messmate cabinets in the kitchen and paired them with stone Italiana countertops. Company architect Bruce Rowe also designed the backsplash tiles and pendant lights through his side business, Anchor Ceramics. “We like the handmade quality [of the tiles] and love that they also match the lights Bruce made for the project,” Bright says. Appliances are by Siemens and fixtures by Duravit.
Architect George Bradley and his husband, Eddie Baba, renovated a 1941 house in San Francisco. Tiles from Heath Ceramics surround the Ortal Clear 130LS fireplace. The white ceramic logs are by Klein Reid (but of course can be replaced with real firewood!), and the firewood storage continues the same dark horizontal band that contrasts with the light-colored fireplace cladding.
Architect George Bradley and his husband, Eddie Baba, renovated a 1941 house in San Francisco. Tiles from Heath Ceramics surround the Ortal Clear 130LS fireplace. The white ceramic logs are by Klein Reid (but of course can be replaced with real firewood!), and the firewood storage continues the same dark horizontal band that contrasts with the light-colored fireplace cladding.