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Large-scale installation of corncob piñatas.

The Fantastical World of Justin Favela

Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM's Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.

Charred Split Birch Log Teapot

Eric Serritella, Charred Split Birch Log Teapot, 2013, stoneware, stains, and oxides, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2014.30A-B, © 2013, Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella, Charred Split Birch Log Teapot, 2013, stoneware, stains, and oxides, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2014.30A-B, © 2013, Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella, Charred Split Birch Log Teapot, 2013, stoneware, stains, and oxides, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2014.30A-B, © 2013, Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella, Charred Split Birch Log Teapot, 2013, stoneware, stains, and oxides, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2014.30A-B, © 2013, Eric Serritella

Eric Serritella, Charred Split Birch Log Teapot, 2013, stoneware, stains, and oxides, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2014.30A-B, © 2013, Eric Serritella

Copied Eric Serritella, Charred Split Birch Log Teapot, 2013, stoneware, stains, and oxides, overall: 14 ³⁄₄ × 18 ¹⁄₄ × 8 ³⁄₄ in. (37.5 × 46.5 × 22.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2014.30A-B, © 2013, Eric Serritella

Artwork Details

Title: Charred Split Birch Log Teapot
Artist: Eric Serritella
Date: 2013
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: overall: 14 ³⁄₄ × 18 ¹⁄₄ × 8 ³⁄₄ in. (37.5 × 46.5 × 22.2 cm)
Copyright: © 2013, Eric Serritella
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
Mediums Description: stoneware, stains, and oxides
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Object Number: 2014.30A-B
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2014.30A-B

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Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery

November 13, 2015–March 6, 2022

Renwick Gallery

Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.