Maigonis Daga
Maigonis (Mike) Daga (1923-2001) was born in Latvia, and immigrated to Australia in 1948 as a refugee, where he attended the Adelaide School of Art studying sculpture. Often spelt Magonis by Americans.
Posts tagged ‘Figurines’
Sep 18
Jun 23
Knud Basse
Knud Basse (1916-1991)
Knud Basse was a Dansish Ceramicist known for his very popular small figures of animals with finely processed matte or “haresfur” glazes.
He was associated with several makers including Michael Andersen & Sons, but his best work came from his workshop in Teglkas-Ronne (on the island of Bornholm Denmark) .
Knud also produced pieces for Danish pottery Palshus.
I have had some of the delightful figurines by Knud in the first few images below: 
Recently I discovered a delightful small form , out of Knud Basse’s own studio on Bornholm, which has a thorn like design and a wonderfully coloured glaze:
The “thorned” design above is similar to a very striking series of larger forms with thorns, which Knud created for Michael Andersen & Sons. These are highly valued, prized pieces to collectors.
Figurines by Knud Basse seem to pop up reasonably frequently. I found this delightful group on Lauritz.com website Denmark.
Apr 28
Tremar Pottery of Cornwall
Tremar Pottery is named after the village it was made in, situated in East Cornwall. It was started in the early 1960's by Roger and Doreen Birkett, and sadly had closed by the early 1980's like many other potteries of this period.
The style of Tremar Pottery pays tribute to Cornwall's Celtic past, and it has an ancient looking or Celtic charm to it. Likewise - if you had to design pottery perfect for Bilbo Baggins and Hobbits I think this would be it!
