Belger Holiday Book 2016

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BELGER HOLIDAY

BOOK 2016

THE

BELGER HOLIDAY

BOOK 2016

With over 30 local and national artists, the Belger Holiday Book features a wide range of affordable ceramic works including functional ware, jewelry, and sculpture by artists we love. This curated holiday gift guide spotlights work from several up and coming artists plus features all new work by your favorite artists, including: Stephen Bowers, Brian Giniewski, Rain Harris, Brett Kern, Lauren Mabry, Julie Moon, Jose Sierra, Akio Takamori and more. Give the timeless gift of art this holiday season with gems from the first annual Belger Holiday Book. See it online or view the work in person at the Belger Crane Yard Studios located at 2011 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108.

How to order: Scroll over image of desired work and click the shopping cart icon to add to your cart.

Sold work will not have a purchase option.

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Brian Giniewski a. Powder/Ash, $38; BGI25 b. Still, $36; BGI26 c. Powder/Denim, $49; BGI14 d. Still, $30; BGI27 e. Still, $42; BGI28

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Nicole Aquillano Home Mug & Saucer Set, $125; NA26 4

Brice Dyer Layered Vase, $275; BDY65 5

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Brice Dyer Layered Mugs, $45; BDY50 & BDY51

Paul Donnelly Tumblers, $45; PD83 & PD84

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Rain Harris As seen on page 37

Brooks Oliver Envelope Vase, $225; BO06

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Stephen Bowers a. Camouflage Plate, $3200; SBO03 b. Camouflage Plate, $3200; SBO02 c. Camouflage Plate: Crimson Rosella, $3200; SBO01

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Akio Takamori a. Child, $1200; AT31 b. Monkey, $1200; AT33 c. Page, $1200; AT32

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Brett Kern $115; BK61 $250; BK57 $600; BK56 $115; BK60

Alex Watson Terracotta Vase, $70; AW05

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Renee LoPresti Red-Orange and Yellow-Orange Mugs, $60; RLP02 & RLP03 14

Renee LoPresti Red-Orange Teapot, $175; RLP01 15

Perry John Haas Serving Dish, $350; PHA01 16

Jose Sierra Untitled, $720; JSI61 Untitled, $520; JSI65 Untitled, $660; JSI66

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Hiromi Iyoda Mushroom, $50; HIR11

Samantha Bachman Strawberry Meow Meow, $195; SBA01 Pup Cup, $85; SBA05

Kelly Lynn Daniels Espresso Mug, $29; KLD09

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Meredith Host Dot Dot Biscuit Salt & Pepper Shakers, $65; MH45

Nicole Aquillano Oval Trinket Dishes, $32 SKU: NA13 & NA12

Tommy Frank Snout Sippers, $24 SKU: TF40, TF41, TF42

Eric Van Eimeren Bright Banded Mugs, $42 SKU: EVE01 & EVE02

Gayle Martin Red Star Ornaments, $35 SKU: GM10 & GM11

House of DeBoer Garfield, $30; HOD13 Brice Dyer Layered Shots, $32 SKU: BDY59, BDY62, BDY61

Renee LoPresti Red-Orange Salt Cellar, $55; RLP06

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Kelly Lynn Daniels a. Blue Stein, $59; KLD06 b. Red and Blue Mug, $39; KLD01 c. Red and Blue Stein, $59; KLD07

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Meredith Host Floral Print Bud Vase, $50; MH48 22

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Emily Connell The Holy Bible, $700; EMC01 Photograph by E.G. Schempf

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Holiday Questionnaire

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Where and how will you celebrate the holidays this year?

I have a long tradition of hosting a Friendsgiving for those too far away from family on Thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to doing that again this year with my KC family. For Christmas I will be with my family and most likely home in South Carolina.

Are there any family traditions you partake in?

I love decorating the Christmas tree while my mom and I listen to the classics. The two of us always make and decorate sugar cookies around the holidays.

What ceramic tool would you love to find in your stocking this year?

My dad put a few ceramic brushes in my stocking years ago and I've used them to near death. Maybe I'll find more this year...

What is your holiday wish for others?

To relax, slow down, and enjoy the holiday cheer.

Emily Connell

Do you have a favorite dish to make during the holidays?

Any kind of baked sweets are my specialty, specifically cheesecake. Stuffing takes the cake though for savory!

If the sky were the limit, whose artwork would you love to receive this holiday season?

My answer is most definitely a figurative sculpture from Cristina Cordova. I love her work!

Where and how will you celebrate the holidays this year?

I'm feeling a California visit to see family for the holidays. Then again, I could rock a KC experience!

Are there any family traditions you partake in?

My mom and I have always loved to make and decorate sugar cookies so I'm thinking of having a cookie decorating party.

What ceramic tool would you love to find in your stocking this year?

If my stocking was really big, I would find a soda kiln!!!

What is your holiday wish for others?

My holiday wish for others is that they feel like they belong and that they are loved.

Kelly Lynn Daniels

Do you have a favorite dish to make during the holidays?

Banana bread has been my holiday baking tradition with my mom since I can remember so that would be the favorite dish.

If the sky were the limit, whose artwork would you love to receive this holiday season?

I am mesmerized by the monumentality and serenity of Richard Serra's steel sculptures. So yeah, just plunk one of those babies down in my yard.

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Where and how will you celebrate the holidays this year?

I’ll be spending Thanksgiving home in LA with my family. Christmas is still to be determined. My family always prepares traditional American food along with traditional Mexican food for the holidays.

So I usually get to eat and enjoy a lot of foods.

Are there any family traditions you partake in?

Sometimes I will help my dad make tamales and Bizcochos with my mom for Christmas.

What ceramic tool would you love to find in your stocking this year?

A kemper loop tool probably, I break through them constantly from carving so much.

What is your holiday wish for others?

That everyone has somewhere to go to share a good meal and conversation with others.

Do you have a favorite dish to make during the holidays?

I enjoy making fruit pies for thanksgiving, they’re so simple to make & yummy but also fun to be creative with.

Christina Erives

If the sky were the limit, whose artwork would you love to receive this holiday season?

A Cy Twombly or Giorgio Morandi painting.

Where and how will you celebrate the holidays this year?

I'm going to Colorado this Christmas where I can spend some time with people whom I can call family.

Are there any family traditions you partake in?

Japanese tradition of christmas is to buy “Christmas Cake”. Now I believe that it was the cake industry's strategy to sell cake, but for sure it was working for any Japanese family. The cake has chocolate and sugar Santa Clauses and christmas trees, sometimes even reindeer.

What ceramic tool would you love to find in your stocking this year?

I cannot live without serrated tear drop rib tools. I normally buy 3 at time, but somehow manage to lose them in my space. Also it gets worn out quickly and I cannot have enough of them. If you are sculptor, this is a must-have tool for sure.

Hiromi Iyoda

What is your holiday wish for others?

I wish everybody could get to spend some time with loved ones. I wish I were smart enough to discover the cure for those eternal diseases/virus.

Do you have a favorite dish to make during the holidays?

Beef stew and home made brownies!

If the sky were the limit, whose artwork would you love to receive this holiday season?

Akio Takamori's sculpture and Kirk Mangus and Ron Meyer's frog cup!!

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Where and how will you celebrate the holidays this year?

My family gathering location is still not yet decided, it will be between Houston, Phoenix, and San Jose.

Are there any family traditions you partake in?

Every year, each of our family members do a 15 minute presentation about what we've done this year, the struggles, the lessons, and insights into our respective careers + dating gossip. This is the high-light of the holiday What ceramic tool would you love to find in your stocking this year?

Shimpo Banding Wheel.

Wen Dan Lin

What is your holiday wish for others?

Remember what is important and be at ease.

Do you have a favorite dish to make during the holidays?

No, but i make the dishes themselves.

If the sky were the limit, whose artwork would you love to receive this holiday season?

Chris Gustin

Where and how will you celebrate the holidays this year?

It's always iffy for me, as my family is spread out. Sometimes I visit my parents, but this year I'm either going to visit my brother in LA or kick it on my own at home!

Are there any family traditions you partake in?

My parents enjoyed the holidays, but we only had a few hard-and-fast traditions. One was making cinnamon hard candy, but as my brother and I got older that tradition has waned. Another was driving around on Christmas Eve and looking at the lights on houses in the fancy neighborhoods.

If I have someone to go with, I still do this around the holidays. It's always so fun.

What ceramic tool would you love to find in your stocking this year?

One of those expensive carbide loop trimming tools! And always, new paintbrushes and masonite bats!

What is your holiday wish for others?

I'd like to see everyone be able to let go, even briefly, of life stresses and just enjoy time with friends and/or family.

Sarah Jewell Olsen

Do you have a favorite dish to make during the holidays?

I make killer roasted mashed cauliflower with tons of garlic. And garlic bread. I love garlic.

If the sky were the limit, whose artwork would you love to receive this holiday season?

I would LOVE a Victor Babu platter.

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Lauren Mabry a. Cylinder, $1200; LMA24 b. Cylinder, $1200; LMA25 c. Cylinder, $1200; LMA26

Brooks Oliver O Vase, $210; BO05 Rocking Vase, $310; BO08 31

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Tyler a. Medium Coil Pot, $70; b. Small Coil Pot, $50; c. Large Coil Pot, $110;

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Hiromi Iyoda Mushrooms, $50; HIR 33

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Bonilyn Parker a. Medium Blue Planter, $60; BPAR05 b. Small Yellow Planter, $40; BPAR01 c. Large Pink Planter, $80; BPAR06 d. Small Purple Planter, $40; BPAR02 e. Medium Green Planter, $60; BPAR04 34

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Christina Erives a. Medium Cactus, $65; CER12 b. Small Cactus, $50; CER20 c. Small Cactus, $50; CER21 d. Small Cactus, $50; CER15 e. Small Cactus, $50; CER22 35

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Tommy Frank Pink and White Snout Sippers, $24 38

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Chandra DeBuse a. Floral Bowl, $64; CD30 b. Squirrel Mug, $70; CD28 c. Floral Tumbler, $60; CD25 d. Floral Tumbler, $60; CD26 e. Floral Yunomi, $58; CD29

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Sarah Jewell Olsen a. Teal Jar, $80; SJO17 b. Teal Sipper, $25; SJO19 c. Green Mug, $38; SJO20 d. Teal Tumbler, $25; SJO18

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Julie Moon a. Tiger Brooch, $55; JMO26 b. Large Facet Pendant, $80; JMO44 c. Boomerang Pendant, $105; JMO02 d. Half Moon Studs, $40; JMO68 e. Square Bib Pendant, $100; JMO05 Sarah Jewell Olsen f. Blue & Yellow Dangles, $35; SJO40 g. Blue & Gray Dangles, $35; SJO41 h. Blue Dangles, $35; SJO42

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House of DeBoer a. Feather Earrings, $60; CDB07 b. Turquoise Feather Earrings, $65; CDB25 c. Schoon Collection #7, $120 HOD08 d. Schoon Collection #1, $140; HOD07 e. Schoon Collection #15, $120; HOD11 f. Schoon Collection #16, $130; HOD12

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Cydney Ross a. Triangle Pendant, $40; CRO51 b. Hi-Relief Pendant, $70; CRO52 c. Tie Bar and Cufflink Set, $115; CRO53 d. Burnished Metallic Studs, $45; CRO54 e. Texture Slice Pendant, $95; CRO55 f. Burnished Metallic Studs, $45; CRO56

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Emily Connell Pocket Bible I, $300; EMC02 44

Wen Dan Lin Untitled, $1200; WDL01 45

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Alex Watson Grey Bowl, $52; AW04 Grey Tumbler, $35; AW02 47

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Perry Haas a. Footed Mug, $75; PHA02 b. Footed Mug, $75; PHA03 c. Footed Mug, $75; PHA05 d. Footed Mug, $75; PHA04 48

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Christina Erives Large Cactus; $85; CER04 Small Cacti as seen on page 35 49

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Samantha Bachman Kitty Cup, $85; SBA08 Blueberry Meow Meow, $195; SBA02 Pup Cup, $85; SBA06

Paul Donnelly Tea Bowls, $42 SKU: PD87 & PD88 Small Bowls, $55 SKU: PD89 & PD90 Brooks Oliver Stem Vase, $220 SKU: BO07 51

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Brian Giniewski as seen on page 3

Renee LoPresti Yellow-Orange Bowl, $55; RLP05 Red-Orange Bowl, $55; RLP04

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Brett Kern Red Carnotaurus, $115; BK59 Green Stegosaurus, $150; BK58

Nicole Aquillano Trinket Dish, $42; NA21

Ilona Romule, Black Running Horse, 2012

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Ilona Romule Black Figure with Running Horse, $2100; IR53

Cydney Ross Hi-Relief Pendant (as seen on page 43) DOTDOTDASH Necklace, $100; CRO58

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House of DeBoer Wedgewood Thrown Planter, $50; HOD02 Orange and Lavender Cylinder, $25; HOD04 Marble Cylinder, $35; HOD05

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Lauren Smith a. Strappy Vase, $215; LSMI06 b. Turquoiselicious, $50; LSMI02 c. Crystal Crazy, $50; LSMI03 d. Juicy Blue, $50; LSMI01 e. Amber Drops of Gold, $50; LSMI04

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Eric Van Eimeren Diamond Plate Mug, $45; EVE09 Striped Ball Mug, $49; EVE11

Eric Van Eimeren Lidded Jar, $150; EVE05 61

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Meredith Host Floral Bud Vase, $80; MH46 Dot Dot Floral Bud Vase, $45; MH47

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Jose Sierra a. Untitled, $720; JSI72 b. Untitled, $420; JSI70 c. Untitled, $520; JSI64 d. Untitled, $660; JSI66

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Jana Evans Red Grid Tumbler, $55; JEV98 Purple Grid Tumbler, $55; JEV97 Blue Grid Tumbler, $55; JEV95

Jana Evans Stripe and Circle Jar, $155; JEV54 Small Circle Jar, $65; JEV67 Small Woven Jar, $65; JEV66

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Happy Holidays

Samantha Bachman Kitty Cup, $85; SBA07

Samantha Bachman, Kitty Cup, 2016