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…
Tag: vintage
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
Royal Wedding Eve: Vintage Pictures of the Royals
Well, tomorrow the ‘Big Day’ is finally here. I imagine at this moment, Kate Middleton is either beyond excitement or quaking in her pointy, suede boots. I’d be doing the latter. Watching the news yesterday, seeing the ridiculous contraptions some news stations have built to house their correspondents for the day, made me feel actually quite…
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…
April Illustrations: Pretty in Pink
One of the things I love about these magazines is that even on the pages where they don’t use full colour, there’s still an attempt to create a pleasing effect. These ‘pink pages’ are no exception. In fact, pink seems to be a theme for the April editions: She doesn’t look that upset by her…
West German Pottery White Collection
We’ve had the brown collection. Now here’s the white collection: Many Scheurich pieces, a little Steuler (our first Cari Zalloni piece) and a cheeky little Wade who’s crept in somehow…
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…
From Spritzdekor to Madbrit: The Many Personas of Kevin Graham
“I have collected things before: fast cars, fast motorcycles and even faster women…” Kevin Graham certainly lives up to his nickname of Madbrit. I knew before I began that interviewing him was going to be an interesting experience. Certainly, I hoped that I would be able to get at least as much sense as I…
Little Owl Ski 