Category Archives: Ceramics

This pleases me immensely…

Hedgerow teapot with a hazelwood loop handle from Doug Fitch, one of the nicest (and best) potters I know.  

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Jürgen Lecher – Photographer

This is how you find stuff. Try and find an image of Uta Minnich, a ceramicist from Bendorf, for an artist portrait for the interwebs presence of the ceramics market in Alzey that I help run. Stumble over her husband’s … Continue reading

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A day in Petra Bittl’s studio

Petra Bittl Phenomenally talented. As nice as she is talented.

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Chooks

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Mug of the month – March 2011

> Glazed anagama fired teabowl by Darryl Frost. Snapped up at the opening of his exhibition at the Suter on Friday

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>I think I shall become a potter

> Getting my hands mucky and living on the poverty line has never appealed to me that much, but with these newfangled 3D printers, it’s dead easy. If I’ve understood this right, all you do is to get someone to … Continue reading

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>Don’t ask me… (about Pseuds Corner)

> I really like Petra Bittl. She’s a hugely talented ceramic artist, she’s got a wicked sense of humour and Axel, her husband, (ex- linebacker) is as nice a guy as you’re likely to meet. The only thing I’m not … Continue reading

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Mug of the month- August 2008

>Sabine Kratzer is a porcelainist, if there’s such a word. Paper-thin to point of translucency, this piece gives an insight into her skill levels. Stunning. Not the sort of mug that you’d want to cup yout hands around on a … Continue reading

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>I knew I’d find a use for that pot…

>Ooops – ceramic masterpiece…. Petra Bittl’s excellent pot (around here, it’s a toss-up between “hieroglyphics” or “barbed wire”…) certainly does come in useful when you’re quadruped….. (She’s probably never going to talk to me again…) Tags: ceramics, Petra Bittl, hieroglyphics, … Continue reading

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>Calisthenics

> Steve Fullmer is explaining his sleep-inducing calisthenics. “You stretch your legs waaaay out so they touch the door, but you have to keep your bottom on the bed” I do a doubletake and shoot a quick look across the … Continue reading

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