Category Archives: Ceramics

Mug of the month- August 2008

Posted on 31 August, 2008 by jb

>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…

Posted on 12 May, 2008 by jb

>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

Posted on 15 April, 2008 by jb

> 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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>G – L – O – R – I – A

Posted on 25 September, 2007 by jb

>Gloria Hasse runs an excellent ceramics gallery from her home in Darmstadt and I’ve got to know her and her husband, Rainer, quite well over the years. As one does when one spends most of one’s disposable income at a … Continue reading →

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>These spiders…

Posted on 25 August, 2007 by jb

>…really get up my nose. Sculpture by Beate Thiesmeyer

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Mug of the month #3 – Wim Hos kutsu-gata

Posted on 14 August, 2007 by jb

The Art of Asia glossary says the following: Pronunciation: “KOO-tsoo-gah-tah” A “shoe-shaped” teabowl—commonly associated with the Takatori kilns—in which the sides are purposefully pressed in. Supposedly, the kutsu-gata reflects the influence of the early Portuguese traders in Japan and their … Continue reading →

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Mug of the month #2

Posted on 19 July, 2007 by jb

OK, teabowl of the month. And no, it’s not August yet, either. Anyway. Richard Dewar (who’s been in France for almost as long as I’ve been in Germany) claims that this is from his “grunge” period. There’s nothing I enjoy … Continue reading →

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Mug of the month #1

Posted on 6 July, 2007 by jb

>A new series. I collect ceramics. It’s more of an obsession that a collection, but we don’t want to go there. A mug a month will – conservatively – keep me occupied for 15 years at current inventory levels, so … Continue reading →

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>Over under sideways down

Posted on 3 May, 2007 by jb

>My mate, Martin McWilliam, is a bit of a talent. He’s a ceramic artist, based up close to Bremen. Gets invited all over the world to exhibit his trompe l’oeil pieces and they really are quite exquisite. Big, big pieces. … Continue reading →

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