1952 is one of my very favourite years. Admittedly, I’m somewhat biased by the forty five editions of Woman’s Own from that year which are in my proud possession. June 5th, 1952 I really like the model on this front cover. She looks, dare I say it, a bit fuller in the face than the majority of…
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1964 World’s Fair: Tower of Light
I was reading this, and for some reason it reminded me of the World’s Fair picture cards I have. Tower of Light – 1964 World’s Fair I just love looking at these. I imagine myself wandering around the pavilions, peeking into everything whilst wearing a 1960s dress and sunglasses. Midcenturia.com – Images from the 1968s…
Pottery for Parents
On Thursday evening, my parents and my nan came to visit us in Glossop. Fortunately they seemed to bring the glorious weather with them. They stayed at the beautiful Allman’s Heath Cottage, where they stay every time they come to visit. My mum and Julie, the owner, can natter away about growing their own veg…
Friday Fun: Cake – The Musical
Something to make you all smile on this gloriously sunny Friday afternoon. Made by Harriet Naylor, who’s lovely mum, Julie, owns the Allman’s Heath B&B in Glossop. Happy Friday!
Scheurich 414 and 279
What can I say? I like them, alright? With these new additions, it takes me up to 33 different glazes. The brown one on the right was my first ever internet freebie! Sent by an extremely kind buyer on Ebay – Aidan’s done them a swap for a different Scheurich they’re after. The red and…
Don’t Be Fooled by the Rocks That I Got…
I’m actually going to annoy myself today by singing that over and over and over… good job there’s no-one else here yet. Behold: Just to prove to you that the West German Pottery designers really did take their inspiration from anything and everything: rocks included. ES Keramik are one of those factories that, until more…
Pinch, punch…
…first of the month. Isn’t that what you’re supposed to say? Well, this is how I’m feeling: Too much to do! I’m marking GCSE scripts for an exam board who shall remain nameless. To cut a very long story short, they messed up meaning I’ve got less than half the time of everyone else to…
The West German Pottery Empire Expands…
…Taking over the house once again! Well, Aidan arrived back at 2am yesterday morning, literally fizzing over with excitement to be back (“I drank 2 litres of Coke to keep awake…”); and we did stay away, until five in the morning! We resisted the urge to unpack the car in the dead of night, restraining…
West German Pottery Illustrators
The field of West German Pottery is ever-expanding. Now it seems that the vibrancy and vividity of the glazes, forms and colours are inspiring people far more talented than me to create some beautiful artwork. Elisandra’s Illustrations: Germany based illustrator Elisandra has created some fantastic digital artwork, based on the West German designs. Her blog,…
Big Pot, Little Pot: Ruscha West German Pottery
This is slightly different from the usual ‘Big Pot, Little Pot’ post as both of the sizes are fairly tiny: Three of these Ruscha pots came from the last Germany trip; the little blue one was found in a charity shop in Stafford. Just goes to show that you can still find them for a…
Glazes Galore… It’s the Scheurich 414
I’m very pleased with my latest Scheurich 414. So much so, that I wanted to take some pictures showing off all 28 versions of the pot I now have: In the grand scheme of things, it’s not really that many. Scheurich were one of the most prolific of the West German Pottery manufacturers, creating hundreds…
Bits and Bobs from Bygone Times
I’ve mentioned it before, but if you’ve never been you really should make a trip up to Bygone Times near Chorley. Not only does it have one of the biggest collections of West German Pottery I’ve ever seen in one place, but the rest of it is also worth a really good look round. There’s…
Little Owl Ski 