I’ve spent the entire weekend working, pretty much. I need to get on with something now, but I’m feeling entirely unmotivated. Or demotivated. One or the other. This morning, I’ve done everything I can to avoid working: I even went for a run! In honour of my humdrum Sunday, I thought I’d share pictures of…
Tag: West German
Present Parade: Scheurich 414
A couple of weeks ago, I bought another massive stack of vintage magazines from the same man I bought them from last summer. When we got gome, I excitedly grabbed a magazine off the top of the pile and flicked through. Imagine my amazement when the page above appeared! Proof that in 1967, West German…
Presents: Pottery and Pictures
Merry Christmas! It’s been a lovely Christmas – and it’s still not really over for us. The weekend before Christmas, we had the early one with my family. Then we’ve spent Christmas Day in Glossop, had friends over on Boxing Day. This week, we’ll be seeing Aidan’s family as well; all before we have to…
Scheurich 414: Updating a Look
Regular readers will be aware of my obsession with the Scheurich 414 form. I currently have over twenty of them in different glazes perched atop a wooden blanket box in the bedroom. Some of you may not not know that many of the factories reused numbers and updated forms. Scheurich 414 is one of these…
Hoy Töpferei…
I put the ellipsis in the title because there’s a sad tale to these two pots: After the very first German Road Trip, they were rejected not only by us, but by Wowie Zowie. We all thought they were lumpy, badly thrown pieces of purple-painted clay. It turns out (while they still might be all of…
Otto Keramik
At some point this weekend, we’re going to decide which of the mammoth haul of pots we’re going to keep. This is going to be difficult: we like different ones and there are just so many to choose from; you can always see something of merit in each pot. We’re both decided on keeping these two…
Germany tomorrow!
This time tomorrow we’ll be in Tina on our way to Deutschland. I’m a little bit excited… Hopefully there’ll be some more of this: As found in a second hand junk shop… hidden behind a rack of clothes for thirty years! I want our front room to look like this when we return: Or maybe…
Cuboid Carstens
Some more keepers from the Germany Road Trip: These are made by Carstens; the larger one is marked M16/12 and the smaller white one is M14/10. The glaze is known as ‘Aztec’. These might be two of my favourites – at least for the moment, anyway! I’m still trying to work on my better photos, but…
Üeberlacker Twin Pots
That title makes it sound like yoghurts. It’s not yoghurts, I promise! Üeberlacker Keramik make some luvverly pots (I’m getting my Masterchef style voice ready for tonight’s show…); bright, unusual and original… Yep, I like them. These are a pair we decided to keep from the original German Road Trip. For once, I’ve attempted…
Scheurich 414: Orange Swirls
My new favourite Scheurich 414… it came from Germany 2: the Remix trip. I genuinely can’t remember the cost of it now; it wasn’t a lot. It’s now sitting pretty with the other 414s in the bedroom.
Bay Keramik: Some New, Some Old
It’s safe to say that the German Road Trip: Part Two was a massive success! We’ve arrived home with over 140 pieces of pottery, several retro lamp shades, a few 80s metal clocks, plant pots, some pieces of glass and two version of J.H. Lynch’s ‘Tina’ print. Phew! Once again, Tina (the KA) did not…
Glossop’s Loss is Chorlton’s Gain…
The lovely couple at Wowie Zowie in Chorlton came round last evening to have a look at the pots, and ended up buying about half of them. So we have a little bit more room in the living room and the people of Chorlton can now get stuck into decorating their houses 70s style with…
Little Owl Ski 