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Hand painting ceramics have been an artistic pursuit since the beginnings of pottery; in jars, plates, bowls, and figurines. The practice is carried over through modern times, where hand painted dinnerware is found in dishware stores and factories. The best of these is produced by a corporation called Certified International. A team of artists is in its employ, making one-of-a-kind designs for plates, bowls, teapots, serving plates, canisters, and more. Hundreds of designs in plates have been made already, and yet new hand painted dinnerware designs are still presented in a company catalog annually. Past designs are discontinued and effectively become collector’s items.
The hand painted dinnerware designs range from the country to the classic. Also within the set of themes of hand painted dinnerware produced by the Certified International Dinnerware Corporation are holiday themes, global themes, and Tuscan & Provence themes. Within these given themes, creativity abounds. In the classic collection of hand painted dinnerware can be seen nature and botanical scenes with its timeless appeal through the ages. The Regency classic collection carries a simple design of stylized edgings minus the representations.
Country themed hand painted dinnerware allows the artists to go wild with farm themes. Thus here we mostly see renderings of roosters in different attitudes. These rooster dinnerware sets are quite popular with homeowners. Global dishware themes show us an exotic collection of plates, with palm tree images and abstract batik patterns. Tuscan & Provence hand painted dinnerware can be divided into two kinds. One shows a profusion of images while the other is in plain solid color. The solid colors are chosen for their warmth, reflecting that famous light in Provence, or else they convey that Tuscany sun. The images, on the other hand, show the produce of the land in wild color; hence in these hand painted dinnerware plates, mugs, and salt and pepper shakers we see hand painted grapes and its vines, French olives, a Tuscan garden.
The creative artists who do the paintings have their names presented in the online catalog as the makers of the original designs. Each product also bears the artist’s name beside the company logo. Thus, these hand painted dinnerware sets become artworks in their own right. A dinnerware set collection cannot go wrong with these functional art pieces. Casual everyday dining and dinner celebrations will be enriched by them, for sure.
The ground for these paintings, the ceramic plates and bowls, is also well crafted. There are different shapes for these plates, square as well as round. The material has been checked for safety against lead and cadmium, manufactured under strict quality control, and is microwave and dishwasher safe. Moreover, ceramic is a hardy material. Ancient jars made out of ceramic are still seen whole in museum collections. The difference is that these hand painted dinnerware sets are in your home and still in use. Take care of it, guard against breakage, chips, and cracks, and give it a hundred years. Your dinnerware set might make its way to the local museum by then.