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Ceramic artist Whitney Smith is today’s featured ‘12 Days of Indie Holiday Shopping’ artist and I couldn’t be more pleased. I featured Whitney’s work back is April and I’ve seriously been coveting her work since then. |
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Inspired by nature, Art Nouveau & the Arts & Crafts Movement, Whitney creates simple & whimsical, yet sensual forms. Her work often incorporates flowers and her glazes remind me of pottery that my great-grandmother owned and which she collected back in the days of the Great Depression. I would be really hard pressed to come up with favorites from Whitney, but since I know you want to know, I’ve put together a little montage (below) of some of the pieces that I like from Whitney’s current work. Take a look at her work for yourself on her website and in her Etsy Shop and come up with your own favorites. Share those favorites and be entered in to a drawing to win a Bird Bowl from Whitney Smith (pictured below). To win: Leave a comment below with your favorite Whitney Smith designs. Multiple entries will be accepted, but you must leave a comment for each entry. This will increase your chances for winning! I will choose one random commenter to win the prize. This contest ends tomorrow morning, November 21st at 11am. THE ENTRY PERIOD FOR THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED! Stay tuned for the winner. Click here to enter the current ‘12 Days of Indie Holiday Shopping’ Contest. |
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129 Comments
they’re ALL SOOOOO PRETTY! LOVE THE DOGWOOD peices! esp the cake stand!
my favorite pomegranate peice is the purple one, to match my living room
the white nesting lotus bowls are goreous too
and the dogwood dessert plate- i would have to keep a constant supply of desserts to show off that thing! i’d gain weight if i owned that plate! haha
I have no problem whatsoever choosing my favourite! It’s the nesting lotus bowls … they were one of the first things I ever hearted on Etsy!
The Nesting Lotus Bowls are beautiful!
I also love the Bud Creamer in blue. Really pretty!
The Bird Cupcake stand is adorable! Such a cute idea!
I love the green apple cookie jar!
I also love the Large bird cake stand.As you can see, i’m having trouble choosing. Whitney’s pottery is really beautiful!
I love the red cake stand with the white dogwood blossoms! The white on red is so yummy
I like everything a lot, but LOVE the bird cake stand.
Medium Moss Pomegranate. It’s lovely.
pomegranate in red is wonderful too.
Mini sprouts would look wonderful on a windowsill.
I have loved Whitney Smith’s work for a long time. I could look at the shapes – especially the sprouts – and the colors (poppies) for hours. There’s something very calming and cheerful about them.
I just Love her lotus flower nesting bowls! I could use those all over the house for keys, and fruit, and maybe a few dog treats! they match most any decor. Not too “pretty” but very beautiful.
Love her Medium Dogwood Flower Cake Stand.
The green Nesting Lotus Bowls are so beautiful! Would be amazing to have in the kitchen
I really love the way she’s brought natural inspirations into pieces with simple and elegant line and form. Short the bird bowls (I have a Bird Thing), I love the nesting Lotus Bowls. Why shouldn’t the practical be beautiful?
The poppy bowl is just so beautiful
OMG I loooove the bird cupcake stand. That is so adorable!
The blue Bud Creamer is gorgeous too. My Grandmother would adore it
Her cake plates are so beauitful I found another one I like 11″ (w/ 6 flowers). in milk white
Dogwood Cake Stands are super cute. Whitney is right about the gray being a soothing color.
The poppy plate I love!
Gee I could keep at this forever. Whitney’s work is just amazing! My last fave thing I am going to put down is the dogwood teacup and saucer. Of course another thing I’d love to get for my Grandmother.
I love the idea of a cupcake stand, and the Bird cupcake stand is beautiful!
I love the Lotus nesting bowls!
I love the bird cake stand, how cute would it look with a homemade cake on it?
This Large Cherry Blossom Plate would look wonderful in my new kitchen:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14803502
I love the Datura Flower Vase
Love, love, love the dogwood cake plate!
Love the bird dessert plate. So simple and elegant. A pal to share dessert with but you don’t really have to share! ;o)
I LOVE the dogwood cake stand! Might have to buy that myself…
Oooh, and the nesting Lotus bowls…
Large Red Poppy Bowl is my favorite.
I like the red medium dogwood cake plate, too!
Oh my. I would HAVE to say that the butterfly and flower cake stand is a gorgeous piece which I cannot ever afford, but if I did would be surely used at least once a week!
The bird cupcake stand…will the prettiness ever end?
2nd choice is the Red Poppy plate which would HAVE to be used so frequently because of the gorgeous color!
The cupcake stand (blue) with the cherry blossom bell jar would probably house many a muffin/breakfast treat in my home–and cause a lot of pounds to be added to my waistline!
The nesting lotus bowls are beautiful too–reminds me of Anthropologie, but better!
Also LOVE the 8 nesting lotus bowls. So delicate! Thanks.
very lovely stuff-the fav that caught my eye was the robin egg dogwood lidded vessel-beautiful and romantic
I thought I left a comment but I can’t find it…!
I love everything and anything with the dogwood blooms- and that red plate above it just super gorgeous.
I Love These Bowls.
I’ve had my eye on the cake stand for some time. But, the cupcake stand is pretty darn cute too.
at her etsy shop, the red dogwood desert plate is simply beautiful as well
The red poppy bowl is so beautiful, and one of my favorite flowers.
The green apple cookie jar is pretty cute too with the little bird on top!
I love the Butterfly and Flower Bell Jar with Cake Stand!
Everything is really cute including the nesting lotus bowls.
I love the poppy bowlin red!
AND the poppy plate in red!
And the dogwood flower lidded vessels.
eight nesting lotus bowls is one of my many favorites-incredible shop!
I love the milky white bird bowl-great design!!
The poppy bowl is gorgeous-the color is intense, and the design is incredible!
I want the pomegranate in every size and color. I can’t get enough of this shop!!
I love the dogwood cake stand
The dogwood flower lidded vessels are adorable!
I’ve never seen this pottery before and I am completely struck by it. My grandmother has been gone for 20 years, but she was born in 1900 and was a botanist and an ornithologist. Arts & crafts/art nouveau was her period, and that is one of my favorite times aesthetically. Whitney Smith’s work is incredible. My grandmother had two dogwood trees she loved, so the dogwood cake stand and dessert plates are amazing.
I also have to add that the green glaze color of the sprout vases ( http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16311635 ) is exactly like these 1920s green bunny pots that my grandmother used to give me in the spring, planted with bulbs.
i love that flower covered cake stand!
It is all beautiful. I love the green mini sprout vase, as well as the dogwood cake stand.
All of these are so lovely. I think I’m most in love with the cupcake stand and I love the idea of buying myself a cupcake as a special treat and sitting down and presenting it to myself.
Wow, her stuff is soooo gorgeous, I really love her work. I especially love:
eight nesting lotus bowls
eight carved bowls nest inside each other. smallest bowl is 2″; largest is 9″.
food and dishwasher safe
colors:fern green (shown), foam white, eggshell (semi-matte)
other colors available, please inquire
Price: $325
Gorgeous. thanks.
The dogwood flower lidded vessel is something I can see fitting into any room, any decor. Love it!
I can see the split pods sitting on a mantle shelf or a bathroom shelf. So beautiful!!
I really want the cake stands! What great pieces to use for holidays and every day celebrations!
Wow – her stuff is fantastic! I like her bird cake plates.
I absolutely adore her cupcake stands…
Her dessert and scallop plates are great too. I love the colors she used for them, I find them very striking.
The Datura Flower Vase is so unique.
The Five Nesting Lotus Bowls are just gorgeous.
I don’t think I can make a cale pretty enough to put into the Butterfly and Flower Bell Jar with Cake Stand.
The Dogwood Flower Dessert Plate would be the talk of the party.
Creamer and Sugar Set are beautiful.
I am coveting the lovely green lotus nesting bowl set on the Etsy site.
Anna S.
I also wouldn’t mind having the green pomegranate vase that was on the Etsy site. It was so lovely and smooth and simple.
I adore pottery and I collect it. Her “Elegant Mug in Bright Blue” is lovely. Thanks, Cindi
The “MilweedPod Jar” is one of my favorite pieces. She is very talented at hand thrown potter. Cindi
I would love to give my sister the “Berry Bowl w/Black Rim-Small!” She also love pottery like me. Thanks, Cindi
The “Cream Cups-Set of Four” would be an excellent addition to my collection of pottery mugs! Cindi
The “Bird Cupcake Stand” is adorable. I would love to give one of these to my niece. Thanks…..Cindi
The “Nesting Lotus Bowls” in the ice-smooth glossy white are gorgeous. What a lovely display they would make when serving company dinner. Thanks, Cindi
The vintage look of many of the pottery pieces are my main attraction to all of her pieces. The “Large Bird in Green” is marvelous. Cindi
My older sister collects tea cups and saucers. The teacup and saucer would make her very happy! Cindi
The “Creamer and Sugar Set” in the vintage style green glaze would look great with the tea cup and saucer. Wonderful pottery site! Cindi
I love the matte green glaze and shape of the moss green pomegranate.
The bird bowl is perfect – I have a large bowl roughly similar (tho not as elegant) which I use as a water bowl for wild birds. This one I could admire indoors.
Hmmm, maybe I love the beautiful purple pomegranate more than the green…
My favorite piece is the bird bowl itself – so lovely!
The creamer and sugar set in fern green remind me of another time.
They are incredible.
The cream bird bowl, wow. Also the dogwood vessels.
Just beautiful.
keeping fingers crossed….
I love all of it. The green apple cookie jar is so sweet! thanks for the chance.
I love the “Datura Flower Vase” in the
matte green glaze. Simply elegant. Thanks, Cindi
I have a good friend that collects butterfly items. She would love the
“Butterfly and Flower” Bell Jar with
Cake Stand. Cindi
The grey “Small Dogwood Cake Stand” is a beautiful grey color. I love the size of this cake stand. Thanks, Cindi
On my wish list, I am putting a set of the “Dogwood Flower Dessert Plates” in the pink color with the creamy dogwood flowers. Cindi
The “Large Bird Cake Stand” would be pretty with the “Large Bird Bowl” in the green shade. Cindi
One of my favorite items from her shop is the set of “5 Nesting Seed Bowls” in chocolate brown. I like the carved decorative notch in each bowl. Please enter my name in this delightful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
Several of Whitney’s pieces catches my eye – the first one would be “sprout” in chocolate brown. Even in the eggshell color would satisfy me.
I love the brilliant color of the poppy red pomegranate. It would brighten any room up and I could see it in mine.
The split pods as shown in her gallery, can’t have just one, would have to have them set up as she has them. In either chocolate brown or I can imagine glossy black!
I have been wanting the cupcake stand ever since I saw it in her shop a few weeks ago. Lovely.
The datura vase in fern green filled with flowers would look elegant on any table or mattel for that matter.
The bird bowl in milk white is unique and I could see a flower floating in the bowl or even a floating candle to accent the birds on the lip of the bowl.
The eight nestling lotus bowls is another unique item. I would never find myself using them and taking away from the beauty of the piece. Whitney truly uses her ideas to create wonderful pieces of work.
Gasp! A cupcake stand?!? Now, how freakin’ clever is that!?! Love the bird cupcake stand!
And, the nesting lotus bowls… another must-have!
It’s a good thing you’re giving away a bird bowl because I think it is my most favorite of all. That would make a lovely Christmas present for my mother!
Okay. Last one… I promise. I just can’t get enough of Whitney’s pottery, though! The bird cake stand is adorable!
The dogwood flower lidded vessels are gorgeous –thanks for a great giveaway!
I love the datura vase. That is beautiful work!
The cake plates with flowers are just darling!
I like the creamer and sugar set!
I like the red poppy platter.
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Love the five nesting lotus bowls—beautiful and functional. What more can you ask for?
I also like the medium green pomegranate. What a beautiful shape! tinawittmer(at)yahoo(dot)com
The poppy bowl is so pretty.
I really like the dogwood flower dessert plate in red, too. Beautiful! tinawittmer(at)yahoo(dot)com
Cute is the best word for the bird bowl.
One of my favorites is the Butterfly and Flower Bell Jar with Cake Stand!
One last thing – I love the bud creamer. Oh my. What a nice shape. Just begging to be held. tinawittmer(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love the Scallop Cupcake Stand with Bell Jar. What a perfect thing to display my mini bundt cakes!
I also love the Large Red Poppy Bowl. That is just beautiful!
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