This wasn’t a first in the world of West German Pottery, but the More than Fat Lava exhibition in Amsterdam certainly felt like it to me. I’ll let the pictures do the talking about the pottery – there were some fantastic pieces mixed in with, as has been pointed out elsewhere, more familiar glazes, forms…
Tag: ceramics
Dümler & Breiden: Polar Pottery
Third (more like twenty-third) time lucky for this post today. I appear to be experiencing technical difficulties with WordPress today. If you hear a high-pitched yelp followed by a loud crunching noise in approximately ten minutes’ time, that’s the sound of me booting my computer out of the window in a rage! Ahem… after that…
Italian Pottery: Bertoncello
Yet another collection that appears to have exploded in size is that of our Italian pottery. For a long time, we didn’t know what these pots were: But then Aidan brought home this from the previous trip: Our fledgling collection of tourist tat Italian pottery has suddenly taken a turn for the more sophisticated. Apart…
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…
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…
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…
The Ebay Blitz on West German Pottery!
Aidan has uploaded a massive amount of pots onto his Ebay account. If you’ve not done so already, go and check out some of the gorgeous pots he has for sale. Look for them here… There are more, including some lovely Roth and Scheurich pieces. But can I find the pictures for them within Aidan’s…
Little Owl Ski 