North Carolina-based artist Eric Serritella created a collection of teapots that look like weathered parts of a tree, for his series, 'Trompe L'oeil teapots'.
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"The purity of nature and the Asian art aesthetic have always inspired me and I find clay the ideal medium for reflecting both."
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"Through my ceramic trompe l’oeil sculptures I challenge the viewer with both the nature of the material and the messages within. Whether wheel-thrown or hand-built, these forms are completely hand carved and transformed to mimic weathered logs and birch trees-the angels of the forest."
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"I strive to show how nature maintains its splendors through tenacity and triumph of existence despite the disregard we humans show her. I appreciate how ceramic mirrors the environment’s fragility and durability-easily damaged if disrespected and yet invincible in its inherent beauty."
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"Each piece I create is a relationship-the story of shared discovery. The clay and I make the journey together through the tension of disagreement and the harmony of accord. The final form-the result of our conversation-has a life all its own."
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"I strive for the life in each creation to foster awareness and influence viewer behavior toward the environment. My hope is that at least some will acquire a new appreciation and way of seeing and thus choose to walk with softer steps."
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Check his website: http://ericserritella.com/
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"The purity of nature and the Asian art aesthetic have always inspired me and I find clay the ideal medium for reflecting both."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY7GYJwHPhQYv_Y3KgJ6HfuN0MvfLcNzcccmAFwIGcZFctlgxPuPK_gNlWAp9e7d9Pa_mMc42SEXylw9j493FCHis3ZBJvl9FZFEWYmIDKtStb_rvgPS-0Cvxp_1G2mpXJRpLhv9XUkjH/s1600/02.jpg)
"Through my ceramic trompe l’oeil sculptures I challenge the viewer with both the nature of the material and the messages within. Whether wheel-thrown or hand-built, these forms are completely hand carved and transformed to mimic weathered logs and birch trees-the angels of the forest."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8JHSvG7vAtYsGOaHrKRIoYpEcHoBE4qGdNx-NbqkleWmqd96h4kt5jOn7TgCnKgXRqaSsVl7_s9_aUi3OpN1hQq9GMpvI2YBvvkKM6ythKqq2Y9VV6_XyaqhIJhxFea-YqKUBEiRW46O/s1600/04.jpg)
"I strive to show how nature maintains its splendors through tenacity and triumph of existence despite the disregard we humans show her. I appreciate how ceramic mirrors the environment’s fragility and durability-easily damaged if disrespected and yet invincible in its inherent beauty."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4G55bTYC3zxhG8GiGgPhZ70zQbDXNtXB-fXaWzStuWFBgonkp2WzCgPphKfUrQEbUjyJOY-QbLMf2wHyPrlyDwI8WpiG93T3TjQR1Bkv9AZ6bycxYaR8XC9OacC1U3-JCkkLmfUwCa3q/s1600/05.jpg)
"Each piece I create is a relationship-the story of shared discovery. The clay and I make the journey together through the tension of disagreement and the harmony of accord. The final form-the result of our conversation-has a life all its own."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3ZLkF0JFCpfDaU2Ik0df4HVg-Y-ux6lT0LUZghyphenhyphenxTjffnBPIpS6CBa24s0PQ3aGsRgNCjT6mw_MCN0kAnJ6RuvldEQS7sZjoAanDoTd23AgZwMHktnB6wnvLku7eR245HIKjpGmyUCLi/s1600/03.jpg)
"I strive for the life in each creation to foster awareness and influence viewer behavior toward the environment. My hope is that at least some will acquire a new appreciation and way of seeing and thus choose to walk with softer steps."
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Check his website: http://ericserritella.com/
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