Beauty and the Beast

Contribution for The 50 Images-Project: Still Life 5/50

▻ For all those who knows the DFAS monsters

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge: Grunge

▻ When Bad Does Good, in memory of Chris Cornell, the sound of grunge.

Some PicMonkey charm added for extra grunge.

I got surprised to find so much interesting stuff when trying to find out what porcelain actually is. Like most of the great innovations, also "china" indeed comes from China. What I actually tried to find is the difference between porcelain and faience. And the main difference is the temperature where the both of them becomes burned. Porcelain requires much higher temperature. And that also turned out the reason why especially during 1970s oil crises many ceramic factories settled for producing faience instead. And the blue color typical for many porcelain items is because the blue tint withstands the high temperatures best.

Camera details

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60
Exposure: 1/4 sec.
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 6.3 mm (35 mm equivalent: 41.0 mm)
Editing: GIMP + PicMonkey

Fred Fouarge, volker_hmbg, AD AD, goandgo and 36 other people have particularly liked this photo

41 comments - The latest ones

Bob Taylor ^club

Quite an engaging and powerful image. Interesting information, too.

5 years ago.

M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

Funny enough I watch a programme today about producing Porcelain & the pit falls in doing so !!
Great image Sami !!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

Thanks Marj =)

I would love to see it! It is interesting how challenges like these makes one interested to find more information. It is like those books about colors and screws:

- Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
- One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw by Witold Rybczynski

5 years ago.

Clickity Click

Quite a contrast Sami, nicely done.

5 years ago.

Xata ^club

Sadistic mood, Sami?

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Xata ^club

Not at all =)

What you see is what you get ... ;-)

I see something romantic:

"Once Upon A Time - Rumbelle - The Chipped Cup"
youtu.be/U0WN6PJJxrU

And if that doesn't ring any "Belle", then this maybe does:

"Beauty and the Beast Belle meeting Mrs Potts and Chip"
youtu.be/UNpxWngkCCk

And this is super cute!:

"Pug in a Cup // A Beauty and the Beast Story by Hana Morshedi"
vimeo.com/tuckerbarrie/puginacup

5 years ago.

Xata ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Thanks for these magical moments, specially the first video... I will see chipped china in another way now...

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Xata ^club

I thought you could like ;-)

5 years ago.

Esther ^club

Thanks for the education.

5 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

Haha !! belle mise en scène !! C'est toujours aussi original et inventif

5 years ago.

Chrissy ^club

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

5 years ago.

LotharW ^club

Ich kann es knirschen hören. Krrrrrrrrrrrr... ***

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to LotharW ^club

Just a little more intensive hug ... =D

5 years ago.

Ruesterstaude ^club

Zum Gruseln! "Wo rohe Kräfte sinnlos walten..." Klasse-Foto!

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Ruesterstaude ^club

True! =)

But see also my reply to Isabel (Xata) ;)

5 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

super photo for all contests:)
great idea

great add to the monday contest!
happy new week.

5 years ago.

Jan

Interesting shot Sa I. I like it. Not grunge though?

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Jan

Thank you, Janano =)

Not grunge, you think? Well, grunge is in the eye of the beholder =D

5 years ago.

Jan has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

he he - indeed

5 years ago.

Ernst Doro ^club

✰✰✰✰✰ für Idee und Umsetzung!!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Ernst Doro ^club

Danke schön, Ernst! =)

5 years ago.

niraK68 ^club

Oh weh :-|
Klasse Idee und Umsetzung

5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

Ouch!-) That's a cool combination- three for one:-)

5 years ago.

niraK68 ^club

Ein toller Link, ich hätte gesagt Fayencen sind nicht so fein, die die ich kenne (mein urur(ur?)ururgroßvater leitete, besaß eine Fayencen Manufaktur), innerlich eher wie Steingut nicht so fein, nicht weiß

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to niraK68 ^club

Danke schön, Karin =)

Well, what comes to "grunge", then stoneware (Steinzeug) is actually more beautiful to me =)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneware#/media/File:Met_Jian_bowl_DP372022.jpg

In Finland that kind of ceramics is very popular.

5 years ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

a great idea, showing how carefully one has to treat porcelan

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

bonsai59 ^club

Oh, oh! Ich befürchte, das Biest wird stärker sein ... ;-)

5 years ago.

aNNa schramm ^club

Knackkk !!!!

5 years ago.

Amazingstoker

great idea and composition, love the juxtaposition of the tough and the delicate, I'm just waiting for that handle to snap off

5 years ago.

Ninfea ^club

Großartig *************!!

5 years ago.

Valfal ^club

Haha, very original work, Sami! I especially love the detail you captured of the pliers!

5 years ago.

klaus 040 ^club

Noooo! Don't destroy that innocent mug! It is so sensitive...
Nice composition, Sami!

5 years ago.

Erika+Manfred ^club

I'm with Klaus, please, do not destroy!!!

5 years ago.

Janet Brien ^club

Oh Sami, you came up with something in the last moments didn't you! :D Oh how I hate that feeling of freaking out because you're almost out of time! I love your picture though and your title. It's unique and interesting and intriguing as well. I very much enjoyed reading your text...ack, are you seriously involved in contributing to each of those projects every week? Well, maybe 3 isn't too bad except when you are really busy! You managed to have one picture that works in all 3 groups, you are so clever! :) Now sit down and relax! :D

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Janet Brien ^club

Well, I actually had no much difficulties to get an idea for this, and I took it several hours before The Sunday Challenge group dead-line. But the subject brought the old concept of DFAS monster to my mind ;-)

Three challenge groups somewhat every week is not much. But I did quit on one few months ago because four was indeed a little too much.

And to come up with an image suitable for several topics is part of the fun! =D

5 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

mean old world...:))

5 years ago.

Gisela Plewe ^club

Oooh, why??

5 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Terrific abstract grunge

5 years ago.

Percy Schramm ^club

Beauty and the Beast is a great title and the picture is a great work too.

5 years ago.

Stevia ^club

I hope the beauty could still be saved! ;-) An original idea and great title!

5 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

Ooh, the violence! Super idea, Sami.

5 years ago.

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