Janes DeBoos is a
ceramicist from Australia who specializes in practical items such as cups and
saucers. I attended a lecture she gave while she was visiting Boise State
University this year. The theme of her lecture was collaboration and she mapped
how her work moved from her personal studio which supplied local shops in
Australia, to her work being featured in exhibitions, to her work with
developing mass-produced dishes in China.
DeBoos expressed how
she has always preferred to make practice ceramic pieces, finding that making
art for art’s sake isn’t as fulfilling. To bridge the gap between the practical/commercial
and the artistic, many of her exhibitions are based around similar with variation,
and balance. An example is her exhibit: Vase. In Vase, she has a large, round
platter on which a collection of different vessels are positioned and
displayed. DeBoos explains that it is the tray that binds the objects together,
and therefore makes them a singular object. She is able to stay true to her
purpose because each element is able to be sold and used individually, and is
not relegated to only being used as a visual object (objectified?). 
A collaborative
project with a Chinese designer. They created a limited edition bone china set
that signature sets now resell for 10k among collectors.
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