Today I’m off to run the Manchester 10k and Aidan is running the Eyam Half Marathon – marketed as the hilliest half marathon in the country! So, what better preparation than to go and see a band last night? One of our favourite bands is 65daysofstatic: I first got into them a couple of years…
Tag: retro
Funny Friday: Otto and Sgrafo
As seems to be the case, the West German pottery that we decide to keep often gets blogged about last. Because some of the stuff we sell shifts so quickly, I often write about it before it’s disappeared from my memory. Unfortunately (for my little blog), Aidan’s managed to shift so many of the pots…
Louis Shabner ‘Melanie’ Vintage Print
We were lucky enough to find a few more Mid Century Prints in Germany the last time we went. See, we don’t just pick up amazing West German pottery pieces; increasingly, we’re find a lot of glass, mid century and other bits and bobs. This might be my favourite picture yet found: You just can’t…
New Carstens Ankara Pottery
This is take two for this post. The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that I tried to write about my gorgeous Carstens Ankara earlier in the week. Unfortunately, the WordPress gremlins were out to play so it all messed up. Fingers crossed for this time round! These are all new ones bought on the last…
Glass Bits and Bobs
Cheeky, cute, little… everything about these vases is dinky and delicate. You want to hold them in your hand and almost pet them: No idea who made them or where they came from. But I do know that I like the way they look together and sit on my shelf in the bedroom. We’ve also…
Scandinavian Glass
Yesterday, I posted up a few pictures of our fledgling glass collection. The wonderful folks over at the Pottery and Glass forum have identified a few of them for me. Vase 1462 Designer: Tamara Aladin For: Riihimäen Lasi, Finland This was identified by Sticknobills at the forum – seemingly a real font of knowledge on…
No Fat Lava Here…
Sometimes West German Pottery doesn’t have to be a multi-coloured froth of glaze: ocherous with burnt orange, violaceous with amaranthine or rubescent with flame reds. Sometimes it can be sleek. Refined. Restrained in it’s perfect, poised design. Scheurich
People, Animals and Pottery
I have discovered the names of two new phobias today: Polyphobia and Tapinophobia. Polyphobia is the fear of many things and Tapinophobia is the fear of small objects. Imagine anyone with either of those coming into my house! Isn’t there something somewhere that says that humans are obsessed with themselves (unless they’ve got autophobia –…
Vintage Treats for a Happy Easter!
art.co.uk I’m not really one for Easter, especially not this year as I decided on my birthday to try and not eat chocolate until my next one… that’s 365 days without chocolate. I repeat WITHOUT CHOCOLATE. And I decided this a few days before Easter? Madness… Anyway, if I can’t indulge in chocolate, I’ll at least…
West German Pottery Is Taking Over!
Retro junk Plenty of pots…
A Gaggle of Glass: Dartington to Murano
Our collection of glass in really only a fledgling one. Neither of us know much about glass (our knowledge really only lies in West German Pottery and other random bits and bobs), but we liked these things we found enough to keep: We’re pretending that one doesn’t really look like an ashtray… I love that…
Sunday Car Booting Finds
At the weekend, I travelled down to Stafford to visit my Mum for Mother’s Day. It seems that the West Midlands is the Car Boot Sale capital of the country! As is the norm when we visit Stafford, Sunday morning involved visiting the car boot sale on the Common. And just like always, I wasn’t…
Little Owl Ski 