{"id":3125,"date":"2012-12-20T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:30:23","slug":"nathan-prouty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/nathan-prouty\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Nathan Prouty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3127\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/nathan-prouty\/godfrey_nathanprouty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"godfrey_nathanprouty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3127\" alt=\"godfrey_nathanprouty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/godfrey_nathanprouty-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Are they alien life-forms or desserts of the future? Either way, these sculptures from <a href=\"http:\/\/nathanprouty.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Prouty<\/a> are scrumptious. As a self-proclaimed image junkie, Nathan collects from all corners of the internet, compounding his ever evolving collection of imagery into these charming objects.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/nathan-prouty\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3126\" alt=\"geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/geministiltonfinklebean_nathanprouty-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paffydoola_nathanprouty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/nathan-prouty\/paffydoola_nathanprouty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paffydoola_nathanprouty.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paffydoola_nathanprouty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paffydoola_nathanprouty-300x141.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paffydoola_nathanprouty.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3128\" alt=\"paffydoola_nathanprouty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paffydoola_nathanprouty.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paffydoola_nathanprouty.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paffydoola_nathanprouty-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are they alien life-forms or desserts of the future? Either way, these sculptures from Nathan Prouty are scrumptious. As a self-proclaimed image junkie, Nathan collects from all corners of the internet, compounding his ever evolving collection of imagery into these charming objects.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,148,102],"tags":[37,125,1873,1878,529,1870],"class_list":["post-3125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-ceramics","category-sculpture","tag-art","tag-artist-2","tag-ceramics","tag-mixed-media","tag-nathan-prouty","tag-sculpture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-Op","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3939,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/30\/matt-wedel\/","url_meta":{"origin":3125,"position":0},"title":"Artist: Matt Wedel","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"January 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There are so many wonderful elements coming together in the sculpture work of Matt Wedel: dripping color, floral blooms atop plump foundations, irregular rocky structures and the glossy finish of ceramic; making each piece a captivating object.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/artist\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roguewave09_mattwedel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roguewave09_mattwedel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roguewave09_mattwedel.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5945,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/13\/lisa-nilsson\/","url_meta":{"origin":3125,"position":1},"title":"Artist: Lisa Nilsson","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"June 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"These miniature paintings from Lisa Nilsson are packed with incredible detail and life. 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