Danny Kaplan
Danny Kaplan (born 1984 in New York) is a New York-based artist, ceramist, and furniture designer.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Kaplan was born in New York in 1984. He grew up in Aix-en-Provence, France.[1]
The artist graduated from the New School with a BFA in Creative Writing, Art History, and Fine Arts.[5] After school, Kaplan began work as a prop stylist in New York and then eventually moved towards ceramics.
Work
[edit]In 2015, Kaplan registered for the La Mano Pottery studio in Manhattan. Once completed, he started making ceramic-lamps and tableware.[6]
In 2017, Kaplan and illustrator and ceramicist, Bruno Grizzo,[7] began a line of hand hewn table lamps.[2]
The artist Vince Patti of Lesser Miracle collaborated with Kaplan's Studio in 2024 to launch the Delf Collection, which features a bed frame that has Patti's woodworking of a "hinged-screen floating wood headboard" and Kaplan's "geometric jewel-tone tile detailing."[8][9] The five-piece collection was inspired by the timber-frame buildings of East Asia, Vallauris tiles and ceramics, 20th-century Art Deco and Bauhaus, Tobia Scarpa, and Frank Lloyd Wright. To emphasize Kaplan's handmade tiles, Patti shaped pathways and sections in white oak to accommodate the inlay details. He refers to the collection as “ceramic pieces encased in wood.”[10]
The artist typically works with soft clay.[11] Design elements include aspects such as smooth orbs and bowls, horns, half moons, and convex, often made by a layer of porcelain slip. Then, it is fired with a matte bone white glaze or a smooth coal black glaze. His style alludes to early primitive art to midcentury abstraction as well as earnest handicraft. His work nods to the minimal style of the 1930s French designer Jean-Michel Frank, Roger Capron,[12] German Modernist ceramist Hans Coper, and ancient Greek and Mayan potters.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Newell-Hanson, Alice (2021-02-10). "Subtle Ceramics, Modeled After the Simplest of Forms". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ a b "Danny Kaplan and Bruno Grizzo Illuminate Art". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Lee, Jinnie (2023-06-12). "Danny Kaplan Has a Deep Appreciation for Patiently-Made Objects". Dwell. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Waddoups, Ryan (2021-05-24). "Designer of the Day: Danny Kaplan". SURFACE. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Features, Gilda Bruno published in (2024-08-22). "New York Ceramicist Danny Kaplan is Pushing the Craft in New, and Unexpected, Directions". livingetc.com. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Pau, Kelly (2024-05-16). "AN Interior's guide to NYCxDesign 2024". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Martin, Hannah (2023-03-29). "Designers Can't Get Enough of This Age-Old Decoration That "Defies Perfection"". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ Beall, Kelly (2024-06-03). "Danny Kaplan Studio + Lesser Miracle Release the Delf Collection". Design Milk. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Akkam, Alia (2024-06-26). "7 Design Collabs We're Loving Right Now—From Yinka Ilori, Gachot, and More". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Schalkx, Chris (2024-05-30). "One Designer's Take on the Perfect Silver Chain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Willingham, Marion (2024-08-08). "Not just a vase – the rise of ceramic furniture". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ News, Pei-Ru Keh published in (2023-10-01). "Brooklyn furniture studio Stillmade unveils its first collaborative design series". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
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