Humor in Clay

The Use of Humor in Ceramics

What constitutes humor?

Root components

Being reflective of or imitative of reality

Surprise/misdirection, contradiction/paradox, ambiguity.

Exaggeration"the easiest way to make things laughable is to exaggerate to the point of absurdity their salient traits”.

Methods

FarceHyperboleMetaphorPunReframingTiming

From Wikipedia

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson

Viola Frey

Viola Frey

Viola Frey

Viola Frey

Viola Frey

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

David Gilhooly

David Gilhooly

David Gilhooly

David Gilhooly

David Gilhooly

Peter Vandenberger

Peter Vandenberger

Peter Vandenberger

Peter Vandenberger

Peter Vandenberger

Nathan Prouty

Nathan Prouty

Nathan Prouty

Nathan Prouty

Nathan Prouty

Nathan Prouty

Adrian Saxe

Adrian Saxe

Adrian Saxe

Adrian Saxe

Adrian Saxe

Kathy Butterly

Kathy Butterly

Kathy Butterly

Kathy Butterly

Kathy Butterly

Kathy Butterly

Charles Kraft

Charles Kraft

Charles Kraft

Victor Spinski

Victor Spinski

Kathy King

Kathy King

Kathy King

Kathy King

Kathy King

Beccy Ridsdel

Beccy Ridsdel

Beccy Ridsdel

Beccy Ridsdel

Beccy Ridsdel

Michael Lucero

Michael Lucero

Michael Lucero

Michael Lucero

Michael Lucero

Michael Lucero

Andy Nasisse

Andy Nasisse

Andy Nasisse

Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella

Jill Archibald

Jill Archibald

Jill Archibald

Jill Archibald

Livia Marin

Livia Marin

Livia Marin

Livia Marin

Livia Marin