Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones on view May 1August 16, 2015.
Employed at the Wedgwood pottery company from 1909 to 1931, Daisy Makeig-Jones (18811945) melded her vivid imagination and technical ingenuity to develop decorative china called Fairyland Lusterware. Makeig-Joness fascination with fairy tales and myths from around the world inspired her intricate designs featuring fairies, imps, and goblins. With these motifsin jewel tones with gold-painted detailsshe embellished the interior and exterior surfaces of bowls, vases, cups, and boxes. Her Fairyland Lusterware also features iridescent glazes, produced through techniques that Makeig-Jones advanced.
Daisy Makeig-Jones was among the best-known ceramic designers in the early 20th century, a period when Wedgwood and other companies employed many women as designers and artisans. Makeig-Jones was born in Yorkshire, England, to a middle-class family that supported her artistic ambitions. Through family connections, Makeig-Jones introduced herself to Cecil Wedgwood, a partner in the Wedgwood firm, and she began an apprenticeship at the company in 1909. Beginning in 1914, Makeig-Jones worked as a lead designer with Wedgwood and began experimenting in both production and design.
With motifs inspired by contemporary illustrated fairy-tale books, Makeig-Joness Fairyland Lusterware became highly popular in the 1920s among fashionable collectors. Influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau style, Makeig-Joness ornamental wares stood apart from more streamlined works produced by Wedgwood and other firms during the same period. Featuring 38 objects from a private collection, Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones examines the artists place in the history of decorative arts as well as her identity as a modern woman and artist.
Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy-Makeig-Jones is organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts and is generously supported by the members of NMWA.
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