Gustav Weiß and the ceramic universe

Five decades ago, in the autumn of 1957, Gustav Weiß was appointed head of the ceramics department at Burg Giebichenstein school of art in Halle, East Germany. Its governing body had obviously been guided by the intention of still having the "Burg" run by young home-grown artists in its traditional role of the guardian of crafts traditions.

Robert Winokur's Houses

Winokur's recent show at The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred University covers the last ten years of his activity. It contains houses, wedges and figures; the wedges are chronologically the oldest.

The ceramist Daleki Babak

Ever since I was young and first aware of my senses, I searched for a medium that would reflect my thoughts and feelings. After experimenting with painting, wood and multimedia, I discovered what became my passion: ceramics. I am primarily a self-taught artist and still.
"I am a student of clay".

Ruth Duckworth

From the outset, Ruth Duckworth used clay exclusively as a medium for making art. In her career, she never had a phase of a heavy, earthy, mystical craft ethic. Such an attitude is far more normal today than when Ruth Duckworth discovered ceramics as a medium of artistic expression.

The ceramist Sebastian Scheid

Anyone in a specific field of activity such as his – either by birth or by choice, or by both – who like the ceramist Sebastian Scheid is surrounded by famous names, could be expected not to become his own man under the burden of renowned role models.

Judith Bordt and Christopher Elliott

With their colourful and lively tableware, their use of the new media and their international orientation, Judith Bordt and Christopher Elliott are representatives of a new generation, in whose hands the future of ceramics lies.

Eva Koj

Eva Koj has been freelance now for fifteen years, presents her work to the public both nationally and internationally several times a year at exhibitions, fairs, markets and in her workshop gallery.

Leonardo for Ceramists

Anyone studying Leonardo is likely to feel the current situation in the world of ceramics is like a rebirth, a renaissance of the Renaissance, during which the ascent of the craftsman to become an artist was gradually consummated, accompanied by a striving for knowledge of nature and the idea of the inseparable unity of science and art.

Woodfiring - Höhr Grenzhausen

It is appropriate that for the annual ceramics festival "Höhr-Grenzhausen Fires Ceramics" in the ceramics town of Höhr-Grenzhausen that the Keramikmuseum Westerwald is opening the exhibition season with a special show including work by 23 leading ceramists who have devoted themselves to firing their work with wood.

Collect 2007

Collect is firmly established at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London as one of the highlights of the ceramic and artistic scene, and this year it opened its doors to the public for the fourth time.

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Treffpunkt 1000 Grad

In its over one hundred-year history, the Karlsruhe Majolika-Manufaktur has always collaborated with artists. Initially, many of them were attracted by the prospect of using the facilities of the factory for their own work, as it was specified in the companies statutes. Later, it was rather the Manufaktur itself which sought to make contact to the artists.

Ceramics in Kiel

Johannes Gebhardt was a lecturer in the ceramics department of the Muthesiusschule in Kiel for thirty-eight years – reason enough to devote an exhibition to him and his former students for the 100th anniversary of the institution, which now enjoys university status.

Jugendstil ceramics by Carl Sigmund Luber

For the spring, the KERAMION is presenting an exhibition of brilliantly coloured Jugendstil ceramics. The approximately 135 exhibits will be on show until
28 May 2007.

Treasures of the Liao

In approximately 1,000 A.D., the nomadic nation of horsemen, the Kitan, brought northern China under its control, ending the rule of the Tang dynasty. Their territory extended from Manchuria to Mongolia and the region around present-day Beijing.

South Sea Ceramics

We have a largely idealised image of the South Pacific: sunny island beaches with palm trees; densely wooded areas with birds of paradise; lots of sunshine and a carefree lifestyle. Occasional press reports on tribes who have preserved their traditional way of life in remote areas strengthens the impression of a largely untouched landscape.

Japan forever!

When the Boeing took of from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, heading for Nagoya, I was looking forward to a renewed encounter with the place that had so inspired me at the four-week IWCAT workshop in 1999 and had given my ceramic development so much impetus.

Gustav Weiß: Part 2: Flame-proof bodies

A second kind of ceramics found during excavations in northern Syria was used for the production of cooking pots and was extremely resistant to thermal shock. It is known as cooking pot ware and can be used for braziers in which a fire can be made, on the balcony or in the garden.

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Iron Glazes II

With iron glazes, the range of colours stretches from celadons to iron black and includes an infinite spectrum of shades from yellow to olive, green and red, aventurine to a large number of browns, which can be made with the simplest of blends using locally available earths.