Fog Banks Plate <br /> by Studio Job for Makkum

Artist/Designer: Studio Job (Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel) b. 1970, Belgium and b. 1977, Holland Title: Fog Banks 2006 Medium: Matte finish, biscuit porcelain  Dimensions: 8" diameter x 1" Manufacturer: Royal Tichelaar Makkum Details: Part of a project titled Biscuit from 2006 including nine different plates and five objects, including a vase, a box, candleholders and a lantern. The series was inspired by an antique machine in Makkum's factory, not used for decades, that could produce relief with greater depth. The designs were produced in limited quantities in an unglazed, matte white finish. Blue maker's mark on back, "Studio Job, Makkum". This series is no longer in production.  Notes from the Archive: Studio Job, founded in 2000 by Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel, is best known for combining a high level of craftsmanship with extreme ornamentation. Their work sits on the border between art and design, and their iconography moves from traditional or primitive, to symboli