What have you got hidden at home?

This was a spare bedroom......



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Looks a bit like what one of my rooms looked like one time, except it was all NZ stuff

If it was one room Tim it may not be too much of a problem, but i 7 others like it, plus half the garage too.....

Madbrit wrote:If it was one room Tim it may not be too much of a problem, but i 7 others like it, plus half the garage too.....

I would die from a ceramics overdose. Do you have it all out on display or some packed away?

holy canoly!! I havee an old loo downstairs lol... reallllllly old, but nothing like all that stuff you have!!!

I have a lot packed in tea crates and moving boxes, as it is easier to keep safe, that way most of that is in either the garage or the basement, i have over 9000 pieces of ceramic, and 1000 pieces of glass, the ceramic was bought as research for my forthcoming book on West German Pottery (WGP).... i twill potter about later and take some pictures....

OK i have some pics i took earlier this year, before i packed some away (de-cluttering the wife calls it)







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It gets worse im afraid.....





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I need to take pictures in at least 4 other rooms, but these will have to do for now, i need a duster.......



bearing in mind the brown moon surface Jasba piece is 45cms tall, its Dwarfed by the huge Ceramano (yellow).

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A larger room in the cellar 6x4 metres







i will get around to photographing it the other way some time

And finally for the moment......







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TimCaulton wrote:

Madbrit wrote:If it was one room Tim it may not be too much of a problem, but i 7 others like it, plus half the garage too.....

I would die from a ceramics overdose. Do you have it all out on display or some packed away?

Was that enough to be getting on with Tim?

When was this pottery made, there is quite a bit of it here in NZ but no one can tell me anything much about it

This pottery was made from the 1950s through to the 80s, If you want West or East German pottery Identified, im your bunny..... my first book is with the printer as we speak, and the 2nd & 3rd are work in progress.

Last time i came over i had shiped a container load ahead of me.....

Were there many studio potters in Germany during this time. Some of the commercial potteries here in NZ tried to imitate the studio pottery even going as far as including internal throwing marks. What were the influences of this style of Germany Pottery?

TimCaulton wrote:Were there many studio potters in Germany during this time. Some of the commercial potteries here in NZ tried to imitate the studio pottery even going as far as including internal throwing marks. What were the influences of this style of Germany Pottery?

There were 100s of small studios (Töpferei) as well as some larger studios like Helmut Schäffenacker, Elly & Wilhelm Kuch, Horst Kerstan, Rudi Stahl, Wendelin Stahl, Wilhelm Kagel, Inge Böttger, Barbara Stehr the list is endless, all producing bauhaus influenced pieces, and passing their knowledge onto younger potters. In Germany today there are 1000s of small Töpferei´s i pass 3 on a daily basis, all seem to be thriving.

But the daddy of them all was Helmut Schäffenacker his wall tiles, urged on companies like Ruscha to produced commercialsed quantities of similar styles.

We had a Indonesian born Dutchman called Theo Schoon who live in NZ, he tried to incorporate the bauhaus ideas and Maori art into a modern NZ art form...including pottery....not really sure how successful he was.

West German Pottery (WGP) had outside influences as well, with designers like Heinz Siery & Cari Zalloni both who trained abroad before coming into mainsteam companies like Scheurich & Steuler respectively.

Madbrit wrote:This pottery was made from the 1950s through to the 80s, If you want West or East German pottery Identified, im your bunny..... my first book is with the printer as we speak, and the 2nd & 3rd are work in progress.

I'd like to order one book and one Eddie please ... I'm seriously in need of decluttering ...my shelves are a mess!

I might even take a pic to prove it!





yes ok...so I should join hoarders anon...

... white CL vase on upper left of the lower pic ?
How big ?
4 sale ..... ??

Cheers PJ

collectiques wrote:

Madbrit wrote:This pottery was made from the 1950s through to the 80s, If you want West or East German pottery Identified, im your bunny..... my first book is with the printer as we speak, and the 2nd & 3rd are work in progress.

I'd like to order one book and one Eddie please ... I'm seriously in need of decluttering ...my shelves are a mess!

I might even take a pic to prove it!





yes ok...so I should join hoarders anon...

Where are the pin dishes

funho1 wrote:... white CL vase on upper left of the lower pic ?
How big ?
4 sale ..... ??

Cheers PJ

naww its English PJ - I can't make out the manufacturer unfortunately ..just a CH...something England...another of lifes mysteries at the moment.

my office where the book writing gets done,or not............









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