Sep 8
Ipsen's Pottery established in 1843 by potter Rasmus Peter Ipsen (1815-60) from Bornholm. Peter died early and his widow Louise Ipsen continued what her husband had started – and the factory became known as Ipsens Enke (Ipsen’s Widow). Read more by subscribing for a small monthly fee.
Sep 6
I found two charming ceramic plaques at auction earlier this week.
I’m always attracted to ceramic plaques, and these have such lovely glaze colours as well a strong Modernist look… which is what first drew my eye to them.
They are by Israeli ceramicist Ruth Faktorowicz, who signs her work J. Ruth. She was born in 1937, and studied under Israeli ceramicist Zohar Guri, who’s Modernist style clearly influenced Ruth’s style. Ruth also studied at the Ramat-Gan Art School 1973-1975.
J. Ruth’s work often depicts themes of peace, family and friendship, and also the townscapes of Israel. You can see more of here work on this U.S. based gallery site.
(Above is re-published from my original RetroPotteryNet website article 24.07.2014 and has been plagiarised word for word and re-published at least once that I am aware of. Readers are reminded that all of the information on this site c20ceramics.net , previously retropottery.net is subject to copyright law. In most cases I am happy with simple attribution, but please do the right thing and contact me first)
Tilgman's ceramics was a pottery just outside the city of Gothenburg Sweden, operating from c1948-1975. In its heyday it employed about 80 staff.
It was started by Paul Harald Tilgmann (1904-1974) and in its early years was known for animal figurines, but today it is the style developed by artistic director at Tilgmans, Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978), which has come to define the "look" of Tilgman's output. Most of this work is from the 1950s, and appears soon after Marian started with Tilgman's in 1953 as a Polish refugee.
Marian developed a technique using a sgrafitto.......
