Tom Rippon, Cafetiere l’Amour, 1997, porcelain and lusters.

“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.” -- Mark van Doren

Tom Rippon
Cafetiere l’Amour, 1997, porcelain and lusters.

“Tom Rippon’s whimsical teapot tableaus are funny on their own, but they are also funny for the clever potshots (forgive the pun) they fire at fine art orthodoxy and its long-held condescension of ceramic art.”
--Artful Jesters (p. 110)