{"id":1515,"date":"2024-06-28T16:32:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T16:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manzodakota.com\/?p=572"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:22:50","slug":"bizarro-ceramics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/bizarro-ceramics\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarro Ceramics"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was on a day trip exploring various parts of western New Jersey when I rolled into Frenchtown, NJ. I parked the car and started to wander, when a store sign caught my attention: “Casa Bizarro<\/a>.” Who can ignore a name like that? I went in to see what inhabited this location that inspired a name like that.<\/p>\n

There was a wide range of unique art pieces, paintings, African masks, and more, but when I saw the striking ceramic piece pictured above, I had to make an impulse purchase. I’ve had a recent interest in collecting ceramics and pottery<\/a>, and this piece seemed so unique – so “bizarro,” I had to have it. I inquired with the store owner, and the artist is unknown, and there are no markings or signatures on the bottom, so the story behind this origin of this piece remains a mystery.<\/p>\n

At first glance, I was just drawn by the undulating yellow form with the blue edges in random patterns. But a closer look suggests that this is a female figure with a basket on her head, with one arm holding it in place, which is theme certainly evident in African sculpture<\/a> and a general cultural image<\/a>. However, this ceramic figure has no head! There is an opening just under the blue “basket,” which could allow it to be a flower vase. Or – is the blue basket meant to be a candle holder? Below are three more views of this object from different angles, to get a better sense of the piece.<\/p>\n

\"ceramic
Three different views of my ceramic art purchase from Casa Bizarro.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At any rate, it’s a bold and attention-grabbing ceramic piece, definitely a conversation starter, and I’m so glad I made the purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was on a day trip exploring various parts of western New Jersey when I rolled into Frenchtown, NJ. I parked the car and started to wander, when a store sign caught my attention: “Casa Bizarro.” Who can ignore a name like that? I went in to see what inhabited this location that inspired a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,15],"tags":[186,312,796],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-ceramics","category-collecting","tag-casa-bizarro","tag-frenchtown-nj","tag-woman-with-basket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3233,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions\/3233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}