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Photography by Deirdre Lewis, Styling by Natasha Royt, Art direction by Michael Kelly, Hair by Nai'vasha at The Wall Group, Make-up by William Scott, Nails by Aki Hirayama, Set design by Jesse Kaufmann, Production by Ellie Robertson, Block Productions

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Bel Powley for W Magazine, Vol. II 2019

Wearing: Vetements dress, Dior fishnet jumpsuit, Lee M. Hale earrings, Foundrae necklace, 4 Moncler Simone Rocha gloves, Falke socks, and vintage boots

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Hair by Jawara

Makeup by Maki Ryoke

Styling by Anatolli

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Ph: Nadine Ijewere Model: Ayobami Okekunle, Elibeidy Dani Martinez, Huan Zhou & Yoonmi Sun Style: Coquito Cassibba Hair: Junya Nakashima MUA: Grace Ahn Manicure: Honey Set Design: Jesse Kaufmann

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From the Strategist: The Best Gifts for Beer Lovers, According to Brewers and Beer Writers

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Beer glasses, bottle openers, coolers, and more for your favorite beer drinker, from the Strategist

Finding the best gift for the beer lover in your life can be tricky, especially if you’re not a beer person. And though it might be tempting to give them one of those “funny” beer gifts, like a helmet with the two straws, you can do better than that. There are plenty of clever gift ideas for beer lovers that they’ll use and appreciate, and to make it easy for you to pick a beer gift they might actually want, we consulted a group of experts that included brewers and brewmasters, certified ciceroni, and beer writers to find the best gifts for beer lovers that have more staying power than a six-pack.

Gifts for beer drinkers

Yeti Hopper M30

Yeti coolers, which we’ve deemed the best coolers on the market, are beloved by pretty much anyone who uses them for their virtual indestructibility and the fact that they keep food and drinks (and ice!) cold for literal hours on end. Which is why we were not surprised when Jesse Ferguson, the founder and brewmaster at Interboro Spirits and Ales, told us this Yeti cooler would make an impressive gift for a beer lover who needs to keep their brews ice cold. “This is great for the traveling beer geek,” he says. “Fill it with cans and bottles and check it on your way home from your trip visiting new breweries.” The rugged soft-side cooler has a wide-mouth opening with ultrastrong magnets to keep it closed, as well as top handles, a shoulder strap, leak-proof liner, and a shell that’s resistant to mildew, punctures, and UV rays. It can hold up to 20 cans of beer or 28 pounds of ice.

BrüMate Hopsulator BOTT’L Stainless Steel Insulated Bottle Cooler

Strategist writer Dominique Pariso first turned us on to Brümate’s stainless-steel coozies when she wrote that they kept her slender White Claw ice cold, even on a hot summer day. Luckily for the beer drinker in your life, BrüMate’s Hopsulator coozie comes in a standard size that’ll keep their favorite 12-ounce bottles of IPA ice cold, too.

Yeti Rambler 16 Oz. Colster Tall Can Insulator

Since glass isn’t allowed on many beaches or in some state parks, your favorite beer lover is probably hauling cans all summer long. Mary Izett, co-owner of Fifth Hammer Brewing Company in Queens, New York, loves the Yeti Colster — a can insulator — for summertime imbibing. “They’re lightweight, durable, and keep your beer at the appropriate temperature on the hottest of days,” Izett says.

Spiegelau IPA Glass

“If you want to get some fancy glasses, Spiegelau has some really nice stuff specifically designed for specific styles,” David Zuskov, the brewer and lab manager at Almanac Beer Co. in Alameda, California, explains. “The IPA glass really makes a difference. I drank the same beer out of their glass and a pint glass, and you can taste so much more flavor from theirs.”

Spiegelau 4-Piece Craft Beer Tasting Kit

If you’re not sure what style of beer they enjoy the most, but still want to upgrade their glassware from novelty pint glasses, give them a Spiegelau four-piece tasting set, which comes with the IPA glass, a glass for stouts, and one for American wheat beer.

Proper Pour Beer Bottle Cap Holder Shadow Box

Bruntmor CAPMAGS Magnetic Beer Opener & Magnetic Cap Catcher

“One year for Christmas, my mom gave me one of those ‘Save Water, Drink Beer’ shadow boxes that you fill with your used bottle caps. She also gave me a wall-mounted bottle opener built from a melted Toasted Lager bottle. It was the perfect combo,” says Dan Jansen, director of supply at Anheuser-Busch’s Brewers Collective. “The challenge became filling the shadowbox by the next Christmas, and I definitely rose to it.” While these aren’t the same shadow box and bottle opener Jansen has, they’re just as compelling to get your beer-loving buddy to get busy (responsibly) filling up that box.

FS Objects Hand 2 Bottle Opener

Speaking of bottle openers, according to Julia Herz, the publisher of CraftBeer.com and craft-beer program director at the Brewers Association, you can’t go wrong with giving a beer lover a solid bottle opener. “A kick-ass bottle opener needs to feel sturdy and work well. It’s a catalyst for each glee-filled moment you open a beer. It needs to be special enough for it to gain more and more meaning and purpose with each use.” We think this one from FS Objects, which is handmade from solid brass, definitely has that “special enough” quality she’s talking about.

Hay Bottle Opener

For a still stylish but less expensive option, try this durable, zinc-alloy bottle opener from Hay (one of the Strategist’s go-to home-goods brands).

iggy Camouflage-Jacquard Webbing Belt

Or, for the beer drinker who prefers to wear his gear, this belt with a built-in bottle opener behind its buckle is sure to delight. It came recommended by our Resident Cool Guy Chris Black, who says the belt has that “I played a side stage at Lollapalooza in 1993” energy.

Pint-Sized Brewing Kit

You’ve heard of the one-gallon brewing kit, but if you’re pressed for space, Brooklyn-based beer supply shop Bitter & Esters sells a pint-size home-brewing kit. It includes a quart Mason jar, green fermentation lid, 16-ounce swing-top bottle, and everything else you need to make a literal pint of beer. “This is a clever, compact, and fun way to get a taste of home brewing before committing to a larger setup,” says Izett, plus it would also make a great gag gift for any amateur home-brewing expert you know.

A di Alessi Anna G. Corkscrew

The lambic beer drinker in your life, though, will need a corkscrew to get to the good stuff. (Bottles of lambic are corked, not capped, and we talk more about this unique type of Belgian beer below.) For them, consider this cheerful one from iconic Italian design company Alessi that Black also recommends. Her name is Anna G. and she was designed by Alessandro Mendini in 1994.

Kaufmann Mercantile Handmade Ceramic Growler With Loop

Herz says the best gifts she has ever received are “two swing-top milk jugs housed in a wooden box with a leather handle. They can be used as baby beer growlers and filled up at my local brewery.” This handmade ceramic growler is similar to the one she uses.

Hydro Flask 64oz Growler

We also love this vacuum-insulated growler from Hydro Flask. It would make a perfect companion to the Yeti cooler on your beer-loving friend’s next camping trip.

GrowlerWerks Copper uKeg Carbonated Growler, 64 oz

If you really want to wow your cold-one swigging loved one, try this snazzy stainless-steel growler that doubles as a tap and also features a pressure gauge and a carbonation cap that “automatically regulates pressure to optimally carbonate beer,” according to the product description.

CraftHouse101 750mL Lambic Basket

The best gift that Jim Raras Jr., the executive vice-president of Mikkeller NYC, ever received is a lambic basket. Lambic is a specific style of beer from Belgium, considered special because it’s fermented with native yeast in the bottle. (That’s also known as bottle-conditioned beer.) But the yeast means that it’s a finicky type of beer to serve, and you want pour it and store it at a tilt so that you don’t get sediment in your glass while drinking. That’s where the lambic basket comes in, and it’s a great gift for Belgian-beer nerds. “The one I received was from a wonderful friend, for my birthday; he got it from brasserie Cantillon — that was very special to me. A properly clear pour of a bottle-conditioned beer is such a delight and really showcases the beer; this helps a ton if you’re not pouring the entire bottle at once.” This handmade one is made from dyed seagrass and rattan.

Kouboo Wine Bottle Basket and Decanter in Rattan-Nito, Brown

This all-rattan lambic basket is also handsome, though slightly less expensive. It can also be used for wine, which is great for a split household.

Beer Across America Monthly Beer Club Subscription

Probably the best gift you could give someone who loves beer is, well, beer. To that end, Nikki McCutcheon, the beverage director at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge at the Moxy Times Square hotel, recommends gifting a subscription to a “beer of the month” club from Beer Across America, which, according to her, “offers a customizable monthly subscription of beer samples from all over the country your beer lover is sure to enjoy.” Each month, for however long you choose, Beer Across America delivers four varieties of award-winning beer from two independent craft breweries that have been curated by a panel of experts. If your beer enthusiast can’t hit the road discovering new brews on their own, this subscription is their best bet.

Gifts for beer makers

Maestro Homebrew Beer Equipment Kit with Auto Siphon

“If the person is a novice home brewer, you can get them a basic setup kit,” says Zuskov, the brewer and lab manager at Almanac. He likes the home-brew starter kit from MoreBeer, an East Bay-based company, but this one from Amazon has all of the same equipment.

Glass Carboy (3 Gallon)

“If the person is more advanced, maybe upgrade one of their pieces of equipment,” advises Zuskov. “If they’re using a plastic bucket to ferment, maybe buy them a glass carboy.” And whether you’re buying home-brew equipment for a new or experienced brewer, consider also getting them grain, malt, and hops. “You could always buy the ingredients for the brew and then that way you could go and brew the beer with them.”

Kegco 24” Wide Triple Tap Stainless Steel Kegerator

For the serious beer lover or home brewer, Mulligan recommends a Kegerator — that is, a fridge for a keg. While definitely pricey, “a Kegerator is a great way to spruce up a home-bar setup for your beer collector,” she says. She likes this 24-inch model from Kegco that can accommodate a full-size keg (even commercial ones from the likes of Coors and Miller); a half or quarter-size barrel; or three narrower home-brew kegs. It also comes with three taps and caster wheels for easy mobility, and can be converted into a regular refrigerator by adding the two included shelves. “If your beer lover is also a home-brewing geek, choose hookups for a Corny (Cornelius) keg,” adds Mulligan. Andrew McNally, the founder and brewmaster at Common Bond Brewers — Montgomery, Alabama’s only production brewery — agrees that “a kegerator makes a great gift,” adding, “You get to serve draft like the pros in the comfort of your very own (wo)man cave.”

Gifts for beer geeks

The Oxford Companion to Beer

“In terms of giving a beer-related gift, I would have to say that the Oxford Companion to Beer is a great option,” says Zach Mack, beer writer and owner of Alphabet City Beer Co. and Governors Island Beer Co. “It’s perfect for someone who already knows a little bit about beer and wants to learn more, but doesn’t want to dive into the insanely overcrowded realm of beer books. It’s a very concise and tightly written encyclopedic record for beer that’s remarkably approachable given its depth. And even if they don’t end up using it every time they crack a beer, it looks nice on a bookshelf or coffee table.”

The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer With Real Food

The author of the Oxford Companion, Garrett Oliver, is the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery and the 2014 winner of the James Beard Award for Excellent Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional. His first book, The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer With Real Food, is also a good read for someone who knows they like drinking beer, but doesn’t know much about the history or even different styles of brewing.

Tasting Beer, 2nd Edition: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink

“I can’t recommend Randy Mosher’s Tasting Beer enough for anyone who wants to develop and refine their palate and develop a better understanding of the sensory components of the beer they’re drinking,” says Izett. “Honestly, if you drink beer, you need this book.”

The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks: From Novice to Expert in Twelve Tasting Classes

“It’s impossible for me to overlook how instrumental Josh Bernstein’s The Complete Beer Course was in motivating me to dig deeper into the infinite world of beer,” says Blake Tomnitz, co-founder and CEO of Five Boroughs Brewing Co. “Not to mention, it helped solidify my desire to work in the beer industry. For someone who loves beer, it hits all the right notes.”

“The New World Guide to Beer” by Michael Jackson

“Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion: The World’s Great Beer Styles, Gastronomy, and Traditions” by Michael Jackson

These books by the late English beer critic and author Michael Jackson (a.k.a. the Beer Hunter) — who is credited for kickstarting the North American microbrewery movement in the 1970s — are deep cuts for those who know. Mulligan told us they are some of her favorite beer gifts to give. “Both books are approachable for first-timers and don’t talk down to the amateur consumer,” she says. If your recipient prefers to crack open a beer instead of a book, Mulligan adds that these are just as good for displaying on a coffee table as they are for reading. While they’re out of print, you can still buy used copies Amazon at relatively low prices.

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Beer glasses, bottle openers, coolers, and more for your favorite beer drinker, from the Strategist

Finding the best gift for the beer lover in your life can be tricky, especially if you’re not a beer person. And though it might be tempting to give them one of those “funny” beer gifts, like a helmet with the two straws, you can do better than that. There are plenty of clever gift ideas for beer lovers that they’ll use and appreciate, and to make it easy for you to pick a beer gift they might actually want, we consulted a group of experts that included brewers and brewmasters, certified ciceroni, and beer writers to find the best gifts for beer lovers that have more staying power than a six-pack.

Gifts for beer drinkers

Yeti Hopper M30

Yeti coolers, which we’ve deemed the best coolers on the market, are beloved by pretty much anyone who uses them for their virtual indestructibility and the fact that they keep food and drinks (and ice!) cold for literal hours on end. Which is why we were not surprised when Jesse Ferguson, the founder and brewmaster at Interboro Spirits and Ales, told us this Yeti cooler would make an impressive gift for a beer lover who needs to keep their brews ice cold. “This is great for the traveling beer geek,” he says. “Fill it with cans and bottles and check it on your way home from your trip visiting new breweries.” The rugged soft-side cooler has a wide-mouth opening with ultrastrong magnets to keep it closed, as well as top handles, a shoulder strap, leak-proof liner, and a shell that’s resistant to mildew, punctures, and UV rays. It can hold up to 20 cans of beer or 28 pounds of ice.

BrüMate Hopsulator BOTT’L Stainless Steel Insulated Bottle Cooler

Strategist writer Dominique Pariso first turned us on to Brümate’s stainless-steel coozies when she wrote that they kept her slender White Claw ice cold, even on a hot summer day. Luckily for the beer drinker in your life, BrüMate’s Hopsulator coozie comes in a standard size that’ll keep their favorite 12-ounce bottles of IPA ice cold, too.

Yeti Rambler 16 Oz. Colster Tall Can Insulator

Since glass isn’t allowed on many beaches or in some state parks, your favorite beer lover is probably hauling cans all summer long. Mary Izett, co-owner of Fifth Hammer Brewing Company in Queens, New York, loves the Yeti Colster — a can insulator — for summertime imbibing. “They’re lightweight, durable, and keep your beer at the appropriate temperature on the hottest of days,” Izett says.

Spiegelau IPA Glass

“If you want to get some fancy glasses, Spiegelau has some really nice stuff specifically designed for specific styles,” David Zuskov, the brewer and lab manager at Almanac Beer Co. in Alameda, California, explains. “The IPA glass really makes a difference. I drank the same beer out of their glass and a pint glass, and you can taste so much more flavor from theirs.”

Spiegelau 4-Piece Craft Beer Tasting Kit

If you’re not sure what style of beer they enjoy the most, but still want to upgrade their glassware from novelty pint glasses, give them a Spiegelau four-piece tasting set, which comes with the IPA glass, a glass for stouts, and one for American wheat beer.

Proper Pour Beer Bottle Cap Holder Shadow Box

Bruntmor CAPMAGS Magnetic Beer Opener & Magnetic Cap Catcher

“One year for Christmas, my mom gave me one of those ‘Save Water, Drink Beer’ shadow boxes that you fill with your used bottle caps. She also gave me a wall-mounted bottle opener built from a melted Toasted Lager bottle. It was the perfect combo,” says Dan Jansen, director of supply at Anheuser-Busch’s Brewers Collective. “The challenge became filling the shadowbox by the next Christmas, and I definitely rose to it.” While these aren’t the same shadow box and bottle opener Jansen has, they’re just as compelling to get your beer-loving buddy to get busy (responsibly) filling up that box.

FS Objects Hand 2 Bottle Opener

Speaking of bottle openers, according to Julia Herz, the publisher of CraftBeer.com and craft-beer program director at the Brewers Association, you can’t go wrong with giving a beer lover a solid bottle opener. “A kick-ass bottle opener needs to feel sturdy and work well. It’s a catalyst for each glee-filled moment you open a beer. It needs to be special enough for it to gain more and more meaning and purpose with each use.” We think this one from FS Objects, which is handmade from solid brass, definitely has that “special enough” quality she’s talking about.

Hay Bottle Opener

For a still stylish but less expensive option, try this durable, zinc-alloy bottle opener from Hay (one of the Strategist’s go-to home-goods brands).

iggy Camouflage-Jacquard Webbing Belt

Or, for the beer drinker who prefers to wear his gear, this belt with a built-in bottle opener behind its buckle is sure to delight. It came recommended by our Resident Cool Guy Chris Black, who says the belt has that “I played a side stage at Lollapalooza in 1993” energy.

Pint-Sized Brewing Kit

You’ve heard of the one-gallon brewing kit, but if you’re pressed for space, Brooklyn-based beer supply shop Bitter & Esters sells a pint-size home-brewing kit. It includes a quart Mason jar, green fermentation lid, 16-ounce swing-top bottle, and everything else you need to make a literal pint of beer. “This is a clever, compact, and fun way to get a taste of home brewing before committing to a larger setup,” says Izett, plus it would also make a great gag gift for any amateur home-brewing expert you know.

A di Alessi Anna G. Corkscrew

The lambic beer drinker in your life, though, will need a corkscrew to get to the good stuff. (Bottles of lambic are corked, not capped, and we talk more about this unique type of Belgian beer below.) For them, consider this cheerful one from iconic Italian design company Alessi that Black also recommends. Her name is Anna G. and she was designed by Alessandro Mendini in 1994.

Kaufmann Mercantile Handmade Ceramic Growler With Loop

Herz says the best gifts she has ever received are “two swing-top milk jugs housed in a wooden box with a leather handle. They can be used as baby beer growlers and filled up at my local brewery.” This handmade ceramic growler is similar to the one she uses.

Hydro Flask 64oz Growler

We also love this vacuum-insulated growler from Hydro Flask. It would make a perfect companion to the Yeti cooler on your beer-loving friend’s next camping trip.

GrowlerWerks Copper uKeg Carbonated Growler, 64 oz

If you really want to wow your cold-one swigging loved one, try this snazzy stainless-steel growler that doubles as a tap and also features a pressure gauge and a carbonation cap that “automatically regulates pressure to optimally carbonate beer,” according to the product description.

CraftHouse101 750mL Lambic Basket

The best gift that Jim Raras Jr., the executive vice-president of Mikkeller NYC, ever received is a lambic basket. Lambic is a specific style of beer from Belgium, considered special because it’s fermented with native yeast in the bottle. (That’s also known as bottle-conditioned beer.) But the yeast means that it’s a finicky type of beer to serve, and you want pour it and store it at a tilt so that you don’t get sediment in your glass while drinking. That’s where the lambic basket comes in, and it’s a great gift for Belgian-beer nerds. “The one I received was from a wonderful friend, for my birthday; he got it from brasserie Cantillon — that was very special to me. A properly clear pour of a bottle-conditioned beer is such a delight and really showcases the beer; this helps a ton if you’re not pouring the entire bottle at once.” This handmade one is made from dyed seagrass and rattan.

Kouboo Wine Bottle Basket and Decanter in Rattan-Nito, Brown

This all-rattan lambic basket is also handsome, though slightly less expensive. It can also be used for wine, which is great for a split household.

Beer Across America Monthly Beer Club Subscription

Probably the best gift you could give someone who loves beer is, well, beer. To that end, Nikki McCutcheon, the beverage director at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge at the Moxy Times Square hotel, recommends gifting a subscription to a “beer of the month” club from Beer Across America, which, according to her, “offers a customizable monthly subscription of beer samples from all over the country your beer lover is sure to enjoy.” Each month, for however long you choose, Beer Across America delivers four varieties of award-winning beer from two independent craft breweries that have been curated by a panel of experts. If your beer enthusiast can’t hit the road discovering new brews on their own, this subscription is their best bet.

Gifts for beer makers

Maestro Homebrew Beer Equipment Kit with Auto Siphon

“If the person is a novice home brewer, you can get them a basic setup kit,” says Zuskov, the brewer and lab manager at Almanac. He likes the home-brew starter kit from MoreBeer, an East Bay-based company, but this one from Amazon has all of the same equipment.

Glass Carboy (3 Gallon)

“If the person is more advanced, maybe upgrade one of their pieces of equipment,” advises Zuskov. “If they’re using a plastic bucket to ferment, maybe buy them a glass carboy.” And whether you’re buying home-brew equipment for a new or experienced brewer, consider also getting them grain, malt, and hops. “You could always buy the ingredients for the brew and then that way you could go and brew the beer with them.”

Kegco 24” Wide Triple Tap Stainless Steel Kegerator

For the serious beer lover or home brewer, Mulligan recommends a Kegerator — that is, a fridge for a keg. While definitely pricey, “a Kegerator is a great way to spruce up a home-bar setup for your beer collector,” she says. She likes this 24-inch model from Kegco that can accommodate a full-size keg (even commercial ones from the likes of Coors and Miller); a half or quarter-size barrel; or three narrower home-brew kegs. It also comes with three taps and caster wheels for easy mobility, and can be converted into a regular refrigerator by adding the two included shelves. “If your beer lover is also a home-brewing geek, choose hookups for a Corny (Cornelius) keg,” adds Mulligan. Andrew McNally, the founder and brewmaster at Common Bond Brewers — Montgomery, Alabama’s only production brewery — agrees that “a kegerator makes a great gift,” adding, “You get to serve draft like the pros in the comfort of your very own (wo)man cave.”

Gifts for beer geeks

The Oxford Companion to Beer

“In terms of giving a beer-related gift, I would have to say that the Oxford Companion to Beer is a great option,” says Zach Mack, beer writer and owner of Alphabet City Beer Co. and Governors Island Beer Co. “It’s perfect for someone who already knows a little bit about beer and wants to learn more, but doesn’t want to dive into the insanely overcrowded realm of beer books. It’s a very concise and tightly written encyclopedic record for beer that’s remarkably approachable given its depth. And even if they don’t end up using it every time they crack a beer, it looks nice on a bookshelf or coffee table.”

The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer With Real Food

The author of the Oxford Companion, Garrett Oliver, is the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery and the 2014 winner of the James Beard Award for Excellent Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional. His first book, The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer With Real Food, is also a good read for someone who knows they like drinking beer, but doesn’t know much about the history or even different styles of brewing.

Tasting Beer, 2nd Edition: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink

“I can’t recommend Randy Mosher’s Tasting Beer enough for anyone who wants to develop and refine their palate and develop a better understanding of the sensory components of the beer they’re drinking,” says Izett. “Honestly, if you drink beer, you need this book.”

The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks: From Novice to Expert in Twelve Tasting Classes

“It’s impossible for me to overlook how instrumental Josh Bernstein’s The Complete Beer Course was in motivating me to dig deeper into the infinite world of beer,” says Blake Tomnitz, co-founder and CEO of Five Boroughs Brewing Co. “Not to mention, it helped solidify my desire to work in the beer industry. For someone who loves beer, it hits all the right notes.”

“The New World Guide to Beer” by Michael Jackson

“Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion: The World’s Great Beer Styles, Gastronomy, and Traditions” by Michael Jackson

These books by the late English beer critic and author Michael Jackson (a.k.a. the Beer Hunter) — who is credited for kickstarting the North American microbrewery movement in the 1970s — are deep cuts for those who know. Mulligan told us they are some of her favorite beer gifts to give. “Both books are approachable for first-timers and don’t talk down to the amateur consumer,” she says. If your recipient prefers to crack open a beer instead of a book, Mulligan adds that these are just as good for displaying on a coffee table as they are for reading. While they’re out of print, you can still buy used copies Amazon at relatively low prices.

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Set Designer Jesse Kaufmann works with photographer Steven Klein, editor Patti Wilson, guest editor Lady Gaga and Daphne Guinness on the story “Lee, Issie, Daphne, Gaga, and Me” for V Magazine #99, Spring Preview 2016.

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“Mystic Blue” (Vogue Korea, April 2012),

Ye Young Kim - Fashion Editor/Stylist Benoit Moeyaert - Hair Stylist Jesse Kaufmann - Set Designer Tracylee - Manicurist Daphne Groeneveld - Model

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Ajak Deng & Maria Borges by Steven Klein for V Magazine | Styled by Arianne Phillips | Hair by Shon | Makeup by Kabuki | Manicure by Honey | Set Design by Jesse Kaufmann & Stefan Beckman

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Photography by Renell Medrano, Styling by Elissa Santisi, Art direction by Phil Buckingham, Fashion assistant: Jordyn Payne, Hannah Krall, Hair by Evanie Frausto, Make-up by Marcelo Gutierrez using Pat McGrath Labs, Nails by Yuko Tsuchihashi, Set design by Jesse Kaufmann, Production by Rachael Evans, China Ruby Hill, Model: Paloma Elsesser.

Bodysuit, skirt, and pumps, all Saint Laurent; single hoop earring, Eéra; rings (right and left hand), both Repossi.

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Bel Powley for W Magazine, Vol. II 2019

Wearing: Dior dress and fishnet jumpsuit, Lee M. Hale earrings, Foundrae necklace, Tiffany & Co. bracelet, Falke socks, and vintage boots

Directing: Marielle Heller Photography: Collier Schorr Styling: Elin Svahn Hair: Bob Recine Makeup: Diane Kendal Manicure: Natalie Pavloski Set design: Jesse Kaufmann

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FRANK REPS Set Designer Jesse Kaufmann works with photographer Steven Klein, editor Karl Templer, and body sculptor Joelle Lombardi on the story “A Position of Strength” for Interview Magazine, March 2017

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Diane Chiu, Bo Wen, Hyunjoo Hwang, Ena Chen, Wang Han - More or Less Magazine Issue #3 2020 By Lucci Mia

Diane Chiu, Bo Wen, Hyunjoo Hwang, Ena Chen, Wang Han – More or Less Magazine Issue #3 2020 By Lucci Mia

Parting Ways   —   More or Less Magazine Issue #3 2020   —   www.moreorlessmag.com Photography: Lucci Mia Model: Diane Chiu, Bo Wen, Hyunjoo Hwang, Ena Chen, Wang Han Styling: Anatolli Smith

Hair: Jawara Make-Up: Maki Ryoke Set Design: Jesse Kaufmann

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Photo: Tom Kelley Archive/Getty Images Beer glasses, bottle openers, coolers, and more for your favorite beer drinker, from the Strategist Finding the best gift for the beer lover in your life can be tricky, especially if you’re not a beer person. And though it might be tempting to give them one of those “funny” beer gifts, like a helmet with the two straws, you can do better than that. There are plenty of clever gift ideas for beer lovers that they’ll use and appreciate, and to make it easy for you to pick a beer gift they might actually want, we consulted a group of experts that included brewers and brewmasters, certified ciceroni, and beer writers to find the best gifts for beer lovers that have more staying power than a six-pack. Gifts for beer drinkers Yeti Hopper M30 Yeti coolers, which we’ve deemed the best coolers on the market, are beloved by pretty much anyone who uses them for their virtual indestructibility and the fact that they keep food and drinks (and ice!) cold for literal hours on end. Which is why we were not surprised when Jesse Ferguson, the founder and brewmaster at Interboro Spirits and Ales, told us this Yeti cooler would make an impressive gift for a beer lover who needs to keep their brews ice cold. “This is great for the traveling beer geek,” he says. “Fill it with cans and bottles and check it on your way home from your trip visiting new breweries.” The rugged soft-side cooler has a wide-mouth opening with ultrastrong magnets to keep it closed, as well as top handles, a shoulder strap, leak-proof liner, and a shell that’s resistant to mildew, punctures, and UV rays. It can hold up to 20 cans of beer or 28 pounds of ice. BrüMate Hopsulator BOTT’L Stainless Steel Insulated Bottle Cooler Strategist writer Dominique Pariso first turned us on to Brümate’s stainless-steel coozies when she wrote that they kept her slender White Claw ice cold, even on a hot summer day. Luckily for the beer drinker in your life, BrüMate’s Hopsulator coozie comes in a standard size that’ll keep their favorite 12-ounce bottles of IPA ice cold, too. Yeti Rambler 16 Oz. Colster Tall Can Insulator Since glass isn’t allowed on many beaches or in some state parks, your favorite beer lover is probably hauling cans all summer long. Mary Izett, co-owner of Fifth Hammer Brewing Company in Queens, New York, loves the Yeti Colster — a can insulator — for summertime imbibing. “They’re lightweight, durable, and keep your beer at the appropriate temperature on the hottest of days,” Izett says. Spiegelau IPA Glass “If you want to get some fancy glasses, Spiegelau has some really nice stuff specifically designed for specific styles,” David Zuskov, the brewer and lab manager at Almanac Beer Co. in Alameda, California, explains. “The IPA glass really makes a difference. I drank the same beer out of their glass and a pint glass, and you can taste so much more flavor from theirs.” Spiegelau 4-Piece Craft Beer Tasting Kit If you’re not sure what style of beer they enjoy the most, but still want to upgrade their glassware from novelty pint glasses, give them a Spiegelau four-piece tasting set, which comes with the IPA glass, a glass for stouts, and one for American wheat beer. Proper Pour Beer Bottle Cap Holder Shadow Box Bruntmor CAPMAGS Magnetic Beer Opener & Magnetic Cap Catcher “One year for Christmas, my mom gave me one of those ‘Save Water, Drink Beer’ shadow boxes that you fill with your used bottle caps. She also gave me a wall-mounted bottle opener built from a melted Toasted Lager bottle. It was the perfect combo,” says Dan Jansen, director of supply at Anheuser-Busch’s Brewers Collective. “The challenge became filling the shadowbox by the next Christmas, and I definitely rose to it.” While these aren’t the same shadow box and bottle opener Jansen has, they’re just as compelling to get your beer-loving buddy to get busy (responsibly) filling up that box. FS Objects Hand 2 Bottle Opener Speaking of bottle openers, according to Julia Herz, the publisher of CraftBeer.com and craft-beer program director at the Brewers Association, you can’t go wrong with giving a beer lover a solid bottle opener. “A kick-ass bottle opener needs to feel sturdy and work well. It’s a catalyst for each glee-filled moment you open a beer. It needs to be special enough for it to gain more and more meaning and purpose with each use.” We think this one from FS Objects, which is handmade from solid brass, definitely has that “special enough” quality she’s talking about. Hay Bottle Opener For a still stylish but less expensive option, try this durable, zinc-alloy bottle opener from Hay (one of the Strategist’s go-to home-goods brands). iggy Camouflage-Jacquard Webbing Belt Or, for the beer drinker who prefers to wear his gear, this belt with a built-in bottle opener behind its buckle is sure to delight. It came recommended by our Resident Cool Guy Chris Black, who says the belt has that “I played a side stage at Lollapalooza in 1993” energy. Pint-Sized Brewing Kit You’ve heard of the one-gallon brewing kit, but if you’re pressed for space, Brooklyn-based beer supply shop Bitter & Esters sells a pint-size home-brewing kit. It includes a quart Mason jar, green fermentation lid, 16-ounce swing-top bottle, and everything else you need to make a literal pint of beer. “This is a clever, compact, and fun way to get a taste of home brewing before committing to a larger setup,” says Izett, plus it would also make a great gag gift for any amateur home-brewing expert you know. A di Alessi Anna G. Corkscrew The lambic beer drinker in your life, though, will need a corkscrew to get to the good stuff. (Bottles of lambic are corked, not capped, and we talk more about this unique type of Belgian beer below.) For them, consider this cheerful one from iconic Italian design company Alessi that Black also recommends. Her name is Anna G. and she was designed by Alessandro Mendini in 1994. Kaufmann Mercantile Handmade Ceramic Growler With Loop Herz says the best gifts she has ever received are “two swing-top milk jugs housed in a wooden box with a leather handle. They can be used as baby beer growlers and filled up at my local brewery.” This handmade ceramic growler is similar to the one she uses. Hydro Flask 64oz Growler We also love this vacuum-insulated growler from Hydro Flask. It would make a perfect companion to the Yeti cooler on your beer-loving friend’s next camping trip. GrowlerWerks Copper uKeg Carbonated Growler, 64 oz If you really want to wow your cold-one swigging loved one, try this snazzy stainless-steel growler that doubles as a tap and also features a pressure gauge and a carbonation cap that “automatically regulates pressure to optimally carbonate beer,” according to the product description. CraftHouse101 750mL Lambic Basket The best gift that Jim Raras Jr., the executive vice-president of Mikkeller NYC, ever received is a lambic basket. Lambic is a specific style of beer from Belgium, considered special because it’s fermented with native yeast in the bottle. (That’s also known as bottle-conditioned beer.) But the yeast means that it’s a finicky type of beer to serve, and you want pour it and store it at a tilt so that you don’t get sediment in your glass while drinking. That’s where the lambic basket comes in, and it’s a great gift for Belgian-beer nerds. “The one I received was from a wonderful friend, for my birthday; he got it from brasserie Cantillon — that was very special to me. A properly clear pour of a bottle-conditioned beer is such a delight and really showcases the beer; this helps a ton if you’re not pouring the entire bottle at once.” This handmade one is made from dyed seagrass and rattan. Kouboo Wine Bottle Basket and Decanter in Rattan-Nito, Brown This all-rattan lambic basket is also handsome, though slightly less expensive. It can also be used for wine, which is great for a split household. Beer Across America Monthly Beer Club Subscription Probably the best gift you could give someone who loves beer is, well, beer. To that end, Nikki McCutcheon, the beverage director at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge at the Moxy Times Square hotel, recommends gifting a subscription to a “beer of the month” club from Beer Across America, which, according to her, “offers a customizable monthly subscription of beer samples from all over the country your beer lover is sure to enjoy.” Each month, for however long you choose, Beer Across America delivers four varieties of award-winning beer from two independent craft breweries that have been curated by a panel of experts. If your beer enthusiast can’t hit the road discovering new brews on their own, this subscription is their best bet. Gifts for beer makers Maestro Homebrew Beer Equipment Kit with Auto Siphon “If the person is a novice home brewer, you can get them a basic setup kit,” says Zuskov, the brewer and lab manager at Almanac. He likes the home-brew starter kit from MoreBeer, an East Bay-based company, but this one from Amazon has all of the same equipment. Glass Carboy (3 Gallon) “If the person is more advanced, maybe upgrade one of their pieces of equipment,” advises Zuskov. “If they’re using a plastic bucket to ferment, maybe buy them a glass carboy.” And whether you’re buying home-brew equipment for a new or experienced brewer, consider also getting them grain, malt, and hops. “You could always buy the ingredients for the brew and then that way you could go and brew the beer with them.” Kegco 24” Wide Triple Tap Stainless Steel Kegerator For the serious beer lover or home brewer, Mulligan recommends a Kegerator — that is, a fridge for a keg. While definitely pricey, “a Kegerator is a great way to spruce up a home-bar setup for your beer collector,” she says. She likes this 24-inch model from Kegco that can accommodate a full-size keg (even commercial ones from the likes of Coors and Miller); a half or quarter-size barrel; or three narrower home-brew kegs. It also comes with three taps and caster wheels for easy mobility, and can be converted into a regular refrigerator by adding the two included shelves. “If your beer lover is also a home-brewing geek, choose hookups for a Corny (Cornelius) keg,” adds Mulligan. Andrew McNally, the founder and brewmaster at Common Bond Brewers — Montgomery, Alabama’s only production brewery — agrees that “a kegerator makes a great gift,” adding, “You get to serve draft like the pros in the comfort of your very own (wo)man cave.” Gifts for beer geeks The Oxford Companion to Beer “In terms of giving a beer-related gift, I would have to say that the Oxford Companion to Beer is a great option,” says Zach Mack, beer writer and owner of Alphabet City Beer Co. and Governors Island Beer Co. “It’s perfect for someone who already knows a little bit about beer and wants to learn more, but doesn’t want to dive into the insanely overcrowded realm of beer books. It’s a very concise and tightly written encyclopedic record for beer that’s remarkably approachable given its depth. And even if they don’t end up using it every time they crack a beer, it looks nice on a bookshelf or coffee table.” The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer With Real Food The author of the Oxford Companion, Garrett Oliver, is the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery and the 2014 winner of the James Beard Award for Excellent Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional. His first book, The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer With Real Food, is also a good read for someone who knows they like drinking beer, but doesn’t know much about the history or even different styles of brewing. Tasting Beer, 2nd Edition: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink “I can’t recommend Randy Mosher’s Tasting Beer enough for anyone who wants to develop and refine their palate and develop a better understanding of the sensory components of the beer they’re drinking,” says Izett. “Honestly, if you drink beer, you need this book.” The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks: From Novice to Expert in Twelve Tasting Classes “It’s impossible for me to overlook how instrumental Josh Bernstein’s The Complete Beer Course was in motivating me to dig deeper into the infinite world of beer,” says Blake Tomnitz, co-founder and CEO of Five Boroughs Brewing Co. “Not to mention, it helped solidify my desire to work in the beer industry. For someone who loves beer, it hits all the right notes.” “The New World Guide to Beer” by Michael Jackson “Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion: The World’s Great Beer Styles, Gastronomy, and Traditions” by Michael Jackson These books by the late English beer critic and author Michael Jackson (a.k.a. the Beer Hunter) — who is credited for kickstarting the North American microbrewery movement in the 1970s — are deep cuts for those who know. Mulligan told us they are some of her favorite beer gifts to give. “Both books are approachable for first-timers and don’t talk down to the amateur consumer,” she says. If your recipient prefers to crack open a beer instead of a book, Mulligan adds that these are just as good for displaying on a coffee table as they are for reading. While they’re out of print, you can still buy used copies Amazon at relatively low prices. from Eater - All https://ift.tt/31RAAvV

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These 20 Artists Are Shaping the Future of Ceramics

Artists and artisans working with ceramics have steadily contributed to the art world for centuries. From prehistoric pottery to ancient Greek amphoras, from the rise of porcelain in Asia and Europe to the Arts and Crafts movement in England and the U.S., ceramic traditions have long fascinated artists and infiltrated their practices. In the contemporary art world, this was never more clear than in 2014, when ceramics arguably achieved peak popularity.

At the Whitney Biennial that year, the ceramics of Sterling Ruby and Shio Kusaka were featured prominently; the de Purys curated a show of leading ceramic artists at Venus Over Manhattan; and at major fairs like Frieze and Art Basel, galleries punctuated their presentations with pots by Dan McCarthy and Takuro Kuwata, and the figurative sculptures of Rachel Kneebone and Klara Kristalova.

It was within this context that older living artists who have long championed the medium, like Betty Woodman, Ken Price, Arlene Schechet, and Ron Nagle, saw a resurgence; and younger artists like Jesse Wine, Rose Eken, Elizabeth Jaeger, and Jennie Jieun Lee found a market. And while the trend has tapered off somewhat, enthusiasm for ceramics remains strong and artists working in the medium continue to maintain a steady foothold in art-world venues.

“Ceramics is a medium that, with every passing decade, becomes easier for the untrained to manipulate—more rampant, versatile, and demystified, and perhaps more worthy of a clarified position within the wider history of sculpture,” says the British ceramist Aaron Angell, who set up a pottery studio in London in 2014 to teach fellow artists. “I feel that fired clay deserves better than to be indelibly colored by allusions to (not) being useful, the foggy world of craft, or the masturbatory hermetics of the master potter,” he adds.

And he’s by no means alone. Countless artists today are shifting the perception of ceramics, ensuring that whether taking the shape of a functional vessel or an explosive sculpture, the art form receives its due respect and recognition. Below, we share the work of 20 living ceramic artists, as they each share why they’re passionate about clay.

Bruce M. Sherman

B. 1942, New York • Lives and works in New York

Bruce M. Sherman, Woman With Fish, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

Bruce M. Sherman, One Eye; Many Eyes, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

“In working in clay, one communes with other works that have been fabricated and exist over hundreds and thousands of years,” says Sherman, who turned to ceramics after retiring from dentistry. “I work in a type of improvisational mode and each new piece is a new moment of beginning.” His works, which include both functional vessels and sculptures, are each infused with levity, humor, and character, be it through faces or a smattering of eyes or hands. Following his first New York solo show at White Columns in 2015, Sherman has picked up momentum, with a critical mass of shows in 2017 that includes solos at Kaufmann/Repetto in Milan, Nicelle Beauchene in New York, and Sorry We’re Closed in Brussels.

Yun Hee Lee

B. 1986, Seoul • Lives and works in Seoul

Lee Yun Hee. Courtesy of Gallery HUUE.

In precise ceramic works, Lee portrays stories, fairy tales, and individuals experiencing fear, anxiety, or desire. She often melds narratives of Western literature with traditional Eastern ceramic techniques, and she’s drawn to optimistic stories that she calls “cures,” wherein a protagonist is able to overcome hurdles and achieve self-discovery. The resulting works are exuberant, fantastical scenes and figures in porcelain, which are at times glazed with intricate patterns and gold accents. Much of her recent work has taken Dante’s Divine Comedy as a point of departure, depicting the journey of a young heroine as she navigates hell, purgatory, and heaven.

Roberto Lugo

B. 1981, Philadelphia • Lives and works in Marlboro, Vermont

Roberto Lugo, Biggie / Celia Cruz, 2016. Photo by KeneK Photography, courtesy of Wexler Gallery. 

Roberto Lugo, Biggie / Celia Cruz, 2016. Photo by KeneK Photography, courtesy of Wexler Gallery.

Best known for expertly thrown ceramic vessels that are illustrated with activists, political figures, and hip-hop legends, Lugo aims to reach diverse audiences through his work. And he wears many hats, including potter, social activist, spoken-word poet, and educator—the last of which sees him working with community groups, teaching them, for example, to create mosaic murals that honor gun violence victims. His work is an extension of his experiences growing up in Philadelphia, from battle-rapping during lunch to doodling in composition books and making a name for himself in the graffiti scene.

“Today my graffiti is defacing social inequality,” Lugo says. “My experiences as an indigent minority inform my version of Puerto Rican American history. I bring art to those that do not believe they need to see it and engage in deeper ways of knowing, learning, and thinking.” Lugo is currently working on a vase commission for the High Museum of Art, is part of the show “Black Clay: A Survey of African American Ceramics” at Chicago State University, and in May he’ll feature in the show “Jarring: Emmett Till and Since” at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts.

Aneta Regel

B. 1976, Poland • Lives and works in London

Aneta Regel. Courtesy of the artist. ©Sylvain Deleu.

Regel’s raw, anthropomorphic sculptures are inspired by human figures and nature—like the rocky landscape of northern Poland where she grew up—though they’re also autobiographical and fantastical. She seeks to represent states of metamorphosis and conflict, and the passage of time in her works, often by firing them several times and incorporating objects other than clay, like volcanic rocks and feldspars.

“Interaction between those materials is essential in forming shapes,” Regel says. “Rocks are pushed to their bursting point and lava state, and objects are often capturing the moment of passage from one state to another.” Her vibrant sculptures recently featured in the 2016 European Triennial for Ceramics and Glass, and will be on view at Design Miami/ Basel this June, and the focus of a solo show in New York at Jason Jacques.

Coille Hooven

B. 1939, New York • Lives and works in Berkeley, California

The Howl, 1991. Coille Hooven Ferrin Contemporary

Though she’s been working with clay since college in the late ’50s and early ’60s, Hooven was only given due recognition outside of the Bay Area in 2016, with “Tell It By Heart” at the Museum of Arts & Design, her first solo show in over two decades and her first at a New York museum. But Hooven has actively contributed to the ceramics community for decades. “When I discovered porcelain, my life changed forever,” Hooven says. “Porcelain is one of the most difficult clays to work with—it’s clean, it’s white, it has its own truth.”

She harnesses the strength and beauty of clay to make figurative sculptures, dioramic works, teapots, and other vessels. Firing most works with only a clear glaze, and at times, cobalt details, Hooven challenges the medium’s classical European forms and associations with women’s work. Her objects depict fantastical creatures (mermaids, beasts) and the stuff of domestic life (articles of clothing, kitchen wares), in fairytale-like scenes that appear light and playful at first blush, though they surface deeper and darker meaning with prolonged viewing.

  Jami Porter Lara

B. 1969, Spokane, Washington • Lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jami Porter Lara, Go On Now (detail), 2016. Photo by Addison Doty. Courtesy of The National Museum of Women in the Arts.

“It feels like a collaborator,” Porter Lara says of clay. “I rarely end up in the place I think I’m going because the clay has its own ideas. I like the feeling of being led by the material.” She harvests her own clay from a site near Albuquerque, makes her vessels from coils, burnishes them with a stone once the clay dries, and fires the works in a pit in her front yard.

Her latest conceptual works address the threatening ubiquity of plastic bottles, which she sees as contemporary artifacts. Currently featured in a solo show at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., this series originated when Porter Lara encountered numerous two-liter bottles along the U.S.-Mexico border. “I wasn’t a ceramist, so in the beginning the vessels were rather ‘organic,’ which led to the question of whether it is possible to locate a dividing line between nature, humans, and technology,” she explains. She’s now working to create these works at a much larger scale for a solo show at Peters Projects in Santa Fe this fall.

Brian Rochefort

B. 1985, Lincoln, Rhode Island • Lives and works in Los Angeles

Brian Rochefort. Courtesy of the artist.

Brian Rochefort. Courtesy of the artist.

“Despite being one of the oldest mediums of self-expression,” says Rochefort, “ceramics have been largely ignored in contemporary art.” The artist has pursued the medium through cups and pots coated in layers of drippy glaze, as well as sleek sculptural works. His latest “Crater” series responds to landscapes and geological formations he’s encountered during travels to the Galapagos, Belize, Guatemala, and East Africa.

While he’s caught the eye of galleries like Sorry We’re Closed in Brussels, Lefebvre & Fils in Paris, and The Cabin and Richard Heller Gallery in Los Angeles, he’s also impressed ceramics experts like longtime dealer and CFile editor-in-chief Garth Clark, who will include Rochefort in the show he’s curated at Boca Raton Museum of Art, “Regarding George Ohr: Contemporary Art in the Spirit of the Mad Potter,” alongside the likes of Sterling Ruby, Ron Nagle, and Betty Woodman.

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran

B. 1988, Colombo, Sri Lanka • Lives and works in Sydney

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Untitled Figure 2, 2016. Photo by Simon Hewson. Image courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Untitled Figure 10, 2016. Photo by Simon Hewson. Image courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf

Delving into organized religion, sexuality, and gender, Nithiyendran creates wild, irreverent figures and totemic sculptures that are finished with fake teeth, human hair, spray paint, and resin. An atheist, he draws on his Hindu and Christian background, as well as the internet and pornography. “There is a sense that you can make anything out of clay,” he says. “From a philosophical perspective, the many histories associated with the material allows you to engage with the past, present, and future.”

Keen to bypass traditional techniques of ceramics and clay, he’s developed unorthodox practices like building his works as separate components and attaching them after firing, or working with carpenters and engineers to develop internal supports for his large-scale works. Fresh from solo museum shows at the National Gallery of Australia and the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Nithiyendran has considerable momentum behind him. He will feature in Sydney’s new art biennial, The National: New Australian Art, this March, and he’ll have a solo show at Sullivan+Strumpf gallery in Sydney this November and at the Dhaka Art Summit in February 2018.

Katie Spragg

B. 1987, U.K. • LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON

Katie Spragg, Wildness (detail), 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

“As a maker, you are either a squidgy person or a straight-lines person,” says Spragg. “I am definitely a squidgy person; this is one of the reasons I work in clay.” Spragg conjures clay installations and animations that are meant to tell curious stories. In her latest, Spragg has created tufts of grass in porcelain, making each delicate blade by hand and attaching them to a base; for some works dioramas of plant life are enclosed in wooden viewing boxes made by her partner Geoffrey Hagger. One such work was recently acquired by London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

“I see my work as three-dimensional drawings in clay,” Spragg explains. Part of the three-person artist group Collective Matter, Spragg and her cohort are currently working on a Tate Exchange project, which will culminate with a workshop on March 10th, allowing visitors to the fifth floor of the Switch House to work with clay.

Cristina Tufiño

B. 1982, Capetillo, Puerto Rico • Lives and works in New York and Philadelphia

Cristina Tufiño. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Agustina Ferreyra.

Cristina Tufiño. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Agustina Ferreyra.

“Ceramics is about tactility, beauty, and subjectivity—and conveying things I can never talk about,” says Tufiño. “My goal in my ceramic sculpture is to call upon a past experience or emotion.” Making appearances at Galeria Agustina Ferreyra at NADA New York in March, and LISTE in Basel this June, her porcelain works often take the form of a human head or body part, or a faceless volume with a lone nose or ear. They are finished in ethereal glazes, in shades of pastel pink, purple, and blue. Tufiño begins her works by collecting images and objects, and exploring an archive of materials that belonged to her artist grandmother. She uses these found materials, as well as personal experiences, to develop drawings that become the basis of sculptures.

Andile Dyalvane

B. 1978, Ngobozana, South Africa • Lives and works in Cape Town

Work by Andile Dyalvane. Courtesy of Imiso Ceramics.

Dyalvane’s works—which include large-scale hand-built vessels, lamps, tables, and other furniture—convey the artist’s present life in Cape Town, as well as experiences from his upbringing in the Ngobozana village in the Eastern Cape, and the traditions of his ancestors. His first U.S. solo show last year, at Friedman Benda in New York, was titled “Camagu,” a Xhosa mantra central to his practice that translates to “I am grateful.” Dyalvane embraces the natural elements of earth, air, fire, and water in his work, developing intricate surfaces with incised shapes and color inspired by Xhosa traditions like scarification. He also runs Imiso Ceramics, a Cape Town gallery and studio, with fellow artist Zizipho Poswa.

Elisabeth Kley

B. 1956, New York • Lives and works in New York

Elisabeth Kley, Tulip, 2016. Courtesy of CANADA.

Elisabeth Kley, Pineapple, 2016. Courtesy of CANADA.

Kley has developed a following for her festive, hand-built vessels inspired by the decorative traditions of Islamic, Byzantine, and Asian art and design, as well as the patterning of the Wiener Werkstätte, a Vienna production community of the early 1900s. “I was drawn to ceramics because it seemed to offer freedom from the historical baggage that burdened painting,” Kley says. “I was also attracted to the light and color that often seems to pour out of a museum room full of Islamic pottery or European faience.”

Kley builds her unmistakable urns and flasks with coils of clay, then smooths them out, applies homemade underglazes, and scrapes away parts to add decorative sgraffito designs, like flowers and calligraphic motifs. Currently featured at Pierre Marie Giraud in Brussels, the artist also shows with CANADA in New York, and will be included in the gallery’s Frieze New York presentation this spring.

Matt Wedel

B. 1983, Palisade, Colorado • Lives and works in Athens, Ohio

Matt Wedel, Figure with heads, 2015. Coutesy of the artist and LA Louver.

Matt Wedel, Banana Tree, 2015. Coutesy of the artist and LA Louver.

The son of a ceramist, Wedel has a passion for clay that began when he was a toddler. “From sculpture to craft, functional to frivolous, the potential of clay is both liberating and fecund,” Wedel explains. “It allows for limitless interpretation that gives room and shape to the urgency of my imagination.”

His sculptures, often towering works that have loomed nearly as high as seven feet, are the product of both  imagination and historical references. A recent L.A. show, for example, comprised of ceramic trees, creatures, and figures, was a fantastic riff on the famous Edward Hicks painting The Peaceable Kingdom (1845–46). This spring he’ll have solo shows opening at L.A. Louver, in April, and at OMI International Arts Center | The Fields Sculpture Park in Ghent, New York, in May.

Julia Haft-Candell

B. 1982, Oakland, California • Lives and works in Los Angeles

Julia Haft-Candell, Friends. Courtesy of Parrasch Heijnen Gallery and the artist.

Haft-Candell approaches clay with humor and an eye for problem-solving, creating sculptural work that tests the malleability and strength of the medium, through giant knots or pretzel forms, or asymmetrical blobs finished with layers of translucent glazes. She’ll often fire a glazed work multiple times to achieve a precise depth of color. “With ceramics I can draw and paint in three dimensions, and create glazes with colors and surfaces unlike any other medium,” says Haft-Candell. She is currently included in a two-person show at Interface Gallery in Oakland, and this fall she’ll have a solo show with Parrasch Heijnen Gallery in Los Angeles.

  Jessica Stoller

B. 1981, Michigan • Lives and works in Brooklyn

Slip, 2016. Jessica Stoller P.P.O.W

Untitled (Weave), 2015. Jessica Stoller P.P.O.W

Stoller’s ceramic objects recall the figures and slick surfaces of dainty European porcelain sculptures, or Dutch still life vanitas paintings, but they tackle ideas such as feminine beauty ideals, or greed, taking the form of female busts or body parts bedecked with fine frocks and sugary treats. “The clay is sculpted, draped, carved, thrown, molded, or piped to create a wide range of effects and surfaces, from fleshy folds to dripping syrup and gold chains,” Stoller says.

She uses china paints to add color, often firing works up to five times to achieve the right hues, and finishes her surfaces with pearlescent lusters. She’ll show these works with P.P.O.W at Art Basel in Hong Kong this March, and as she prepares for her next solo show at the New York space, she’ll do a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan, with support from a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.

Aaron Angell

B. 1987, Kent, U.K. • Lives and works in London

Aaron Angell, Syncretic Hand, 2015. Courtesy of Rob Tufnell, London/ Köln

Aaron Angell, Pink Bird, 2015. Courtesy of Rob Tufnell, London/ Köln

A Slade School graduate, Angell opened Troy Town Art Pottery in London in 2014, where alongside his own work, he has hosted over 60 artists as residents. This spring, Angell and several Troy Town artists are recognized as part of a new ceramics exhibition at Tate St. Ives. “Ceramics, and specifically glaze chemistry, is a relatively simple, specialized science,” Angell says, “but if you allow it to, it will lead you satisfyingly down obsessive, hobbyist rabbit holes, in search of, say, a glaze that imitates foaming lapis lazuli.”

His own handbuilt sculptures, spanning narrative dioramic works to surrealist sculptures, will feature in solo shows this year at Rob Tufnell gallery in London and Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art. His approach to ceramics is deeply entwined with the belief that the medium should not be pigeonholed according to its history and associations, though his work reflects a passion for mastering and experimenting with homemade glaze recipes and firings.

Geng Xue

B. 1983, Jilin, China • Lives and works in Beijing

Losing Their Heads in the Landscape of a Hand, 2014. Geng Xue Klein Sun Gallery

A former student of acclaimed artist Xu Bing at Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts, Geng employs porcelain for much of her works, drawn to its symbolic and material properties. She taps into its historical significance as a link between Eastern and Western traditions. For her 2015 show at Klein Sun Gallery, Geng mined the Daoist teachings of Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi; for her 2014 stop-motion film Mr Sea, she animated porcelain figures in a tale inspired by the short stories of Pu Songling, written during the Qing Dynasty. Using a traditional blue and white palette, Geng creates fine, figurative sculptures and scenes, as well as rougher abstract forms.

Gareth Mason

B. 1965, Pembroke, Wales • Lives and works in London

Laden, 2011-2014. Gareth Mason Jason Jacques Gallery

Clusterf**k, 2008-2014. Gareth Mason Jason Jacques Gallery

“As a self-proclaimed sensualist, I find clay a perfect medium through which to explore the vessel as a carrier of emotive potential,” says Mason, who is known for pots that appear to be in a state of detonation. “And, unlike other artists, I get to play with fire. Having a dragon breathe on my work has its pitfalls, but it affords me unending surprises.”

Mason aims to create emotional weight in his works by developing physical tension within them. He sidesteps the traditional rules of ceramics in favor of unusual combinations of clays, glazes, and raw minerals. This process, he says, is meant to “leave a vivid, energetic footprint on the work and consequently (hopefully) in the imagination.” While his lively vessels are currently featured at Jason Jacques Gallery in New York, Mason will have a solo with Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London this June, in addition to inclusion in group shows at Yale Centre for British Art and Boca Raton Museum this fall.

Bari Ziperstein

B. 1978, Chicago • Lives and works in Los Angeles

Bari Ziperstein. Courtesy of the artist.

Bari Ziperstein. Courtesy of the artist.

“I work with clay for its boundless transformative qualities and deep historical references,” says Zipperstein. Though she’s well-known for her design line Bzippy & Co.—especially the coveted vessels inspired by Rachel Comey’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection, which caught her discerning eye—Zipperstein has an art practice driven by historical narratives, feminism, and conceptual themes.

Her current artist-in-residence project at AD&A Museum at UC Santa Barbara is based on Soviet-era posters found at The Wende Museum, a Cold War archive in Culver City. Her vessels, shaped and positioned to resemble women judging one another, play on the way women were pitted against one another and confined by societal expectations. “Although I know the posters are comic satire, it’s so relevant to what is happening with the current U.S. administration,” Zipperstein says.

Rochelle Goldberg

B. 1984, Vancouver • Lives and works in New York

The Cannibal Actif (detail), 2015. Rochelle Goldberg "Mirror Cells" at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Ceramics are just one component of Goldberg’s recent installations that respond to the post-industrial world, which earned her solo shows at SculptureCenter in Long Island City and Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo last year, as well as inclusion in the five-person “Mirror Cells” exhibition at the Whitney. Her dark, metallic ceramics are often embedded within installations that speak to ecological concerns, and in which synthetic and natural materials intermingle; ceramic, steel, and wood are as common as snails, chia, and crude oil. Her past works have deftly combined ceramic and steel to portray fish skeletons or buckets of oil.

—Casey Lesser

Cover image: Portrait of Jessica Stoller in her Brooklyn studio by Landon Speers for Artsy.

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