Detail of the white porcelain coffee cups for Hollywood. My stamp – I will tell the story again because so many people is asking about: I have been using that stamp for many years – it is a reminder of my childhood and my father who died early. He always gave me these letter stamps to play when I was in his workshop: He was an engineer. When he died, I took one of these metall letter sets with me, not knowing what for and if I ever would use them…. when I started with ceramics – almost twenty years ago – I began using the stamp with the letter ‚H‘ for all my work – to this day. #ceramics #ceramic #pottery #porcelain #white #childhood #memory #father #stamp #coffeecup #story #handmade #workshop #hollywood #makersgonnamake #zurich #switzerland #longtimeago #food #restaurant #chef #details #letter Likes: [igp-likes]... 29 Mai, 2018
A white porcelain plate with my stamp: I have been using that stamp for many years – it is a sweet reminder of my childhood and my father who died early. He always gave me these stamps to play when I was in his workshop: He was an engieneer and was working with iron etc. When he died, I took one of these metall letter sets with me, not knowing what for and if I ever would use them…. when I started with ceramics – almost twenty years ago – I began using the stamp with the letter ‚H‘ for all my work – to this day. #ceramics #ceramic #pottery #porcelain #white #childhood #memory #father #stamp #plate #story #handmade #workshop #iron #makersgonnamake #zurich #switzerland #longtimeago #food #restaurant #chef #details #letter Likes: [igp-likes]... 24 April, 2018
Simple bowls again – some details: All are hand hrown in stoneware and coated with a matte white glaze. Nothing new or special, just a bowl. #ceramics #pottery #white #bowl #simple #quiet #elegance #handmade #makersgonnamake #zen #light #zurich #switzerland #atelier #studio #details #shopping #eat #restaurant #tableware #japan #wood #japan #china #singapore #breakfast Likes: [igp-likes]... 13 April, 2018
A simple white porcelain bowl, for example for sugar hearts. The bowl is hand thrown and the inside is coated with a transparent glaze. I like throwing these bowls and I like throwing wih that fine white porcelain, I am working slowly and quiet and I am able to refine the lines; it is a.kind of flow for me. These days I am still working with porcelain and it is a relaxed atmospere in my studio. Btw: The bowl is available, also some with a light green celadon glaze inside. #heart #love #sugar #ceramics #white #porcelain #handmade #handmade #art #food #zurich #pottery #moden #shape #simple #architecture #design #elegant #minimalism #japan #zen #details #sweet Likes: [igp-likes]... 04 April, 2018
Brilliant team! One of my black porcelain teabowls with a black thread together with a pair of wonderful earrings from my friend and master jeweler @regula_kilchsperger – we are both working in our own studios and they are close to each other in Zurich‘s university district. Sometimes we meet for coffee or tea and sometimes we work together like for our exhibition last December, and sometimes we arrange our work together – like here on this picture! It is great to meet somebody with a similar craft philosophy and with a similar claim to quality. #ceramics #jewelry #porcelain #black #tea #violet #purple #details #craft #gold #earrings #beautiful #gems #tealover #together #friends #master #zurich #switzerland #exhibition #team #elegant #luxury #quality #zen #design #lifestyle #philosophy #fine #art Likes: [igp-likes]... 13 März, 2018
Finally: Weeks ago I told about my black porcelain teabowls – after a lot of experiments….. here they are. Wheelthrown, black porcelaine and with a black and red mark. #ceramics #tea #blackandwhite #artwork #pottery #series #colors #handmade #craft #clay #making #simple #teabowl #abstract #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #scene #modern #japan #elegant #korea #china #details Likes: [igp-likes]... 03 März, 2017
Sugar hearts in a quite big porcelain bowl – love it! This is a handthrown bowl, very white because I worked with a special porcelain I mixed by myself. Bowls are available in my online shop. Likes: [igp-likes]... 07 November, 2016
Happy Friday: I wish everybody a weekend full of red roses! My roses are in one of my vases, handthrown – as always…… Likes: [igp-likes]... 04 November, 2016
I made twenty teabowls with a stoneware clay and coated them with this wonderful white and matte glaze: Here you can see one of my favourite bowls. All of them have more or less the same shape but with minimal differences because I am not working with a measure instrument but only with my intuition. Today I was very happy to drink my afternoon tea from one of my new tea bowls. Likes: [igp-likes]... 02 November, 2016
I know, the summer over – but I am still dreaming: I remember the summer table with the vase, and the cups and all the other things – it was such a wonderful sunny and very warm day! Miss it…. Likes: [igp-likes]... 01 November, 2016
The kitchen in my house has a copper cover and I am absolutely in love with the porcelain bowl on it: The bowl – as usual – is handthrown with limoges porcelain and very white and clear. You can fill in quite everything: Tea, coffee, icecream, nuts, a little plant – it is up to you! Likes: [igp-likes]... 30 Oktober, 2016
This is an original small wooden cupboard from the 16th century in the old house I am renovating as a workshop and gallery in the South of Switzerland. I check the possibilities to present the works: Here for exemple four of my porcelain teabowls. Hope you like it…. Likes: [igp-likes]... 26 Oktober, 2016
Another evening in autumn and another opportunity to drink tea: The teapot is an iron work from a japonese artist, the small black teabowl is a work of mine, handthrown and coated with a special iron glaze. I am in love with this set! Likes: [igp-likes]... 22 Oktober, 2016
Teabowls for macha tea, handthrown in stoneware and coated with an iron glaze, I made quite a lot of them: winter is coming. Likes: [igp-likes]... 18 Oktober, 2016
Simply a teabowl – handthrown in porcelain. Today there is a rainy day in Italy – teatime…. Likes: [igp-likes]... 13 Oktober, 2016
Another scene from the ‘new’ old house I am renovating as a pottery and gallery in the South of Switzerland: This small cupboard is now cleaned! It was hard work but fortunately I had help…. and offers now a beautiful place for a big bowl, handthrown in stoneware and coated with an dark iron glaze. There are a lot of special spaces in this building and I am happy to show you some of them also in the future. Likes: [igp-likes]... 12 Oktober, 2016
Teatime after a first renovation step: These two teabowls are very very delicate, so delicate that they seemed to have a light within – they are so translucient and fine. Handthrown porcelain at its very best, done with white porcelain from Limoges. To throw and trim so extremely fine is a work that needs all my experience of more than 20 years and a lot of concentration. And the feeling of drinking tea from them is unique and precious. #ceramics #porcelain #teabowl #pottery #tea #making #clay #simple #minimalism #modern #art #contemporaryart #glaze #fff #zurich #picoftheday #photo #style #zen #japan #korea #interiordesign #architecture #home #crafts #series #stilllife #perfection #details #design Likes: [igp-likes]... 09 Oktober, 2016
One of the details in my ‘new’ house that I started to renovate: It is a very old building from 1589 and it is on the south side of Sitzerland. Some of the walls are black from the smoke of the open fires, I really love it! Two monks were living there more than four hundred years ago and next year it is me who will live and work there with my pottery, at least part time. Likes: [igp-likes]... 07 Oktober, 2016
Done! All 68 teabowls are trimmed and in about four days they will be ready for the bisquit firing. It was quite a lot of throwing……I worked with four different stoneware clays and with a white and black porcelain: I am very very curious especially about the result from the black porcelain because it is the first time I am working with. Hope to show a perfect result here in about two weeks – fingers crossed! #ceramics #pottery #tea #making #clay #simple #minimalism #modern #art #contemporaryart #glaze #fff #zurich #picoftheday #photo #style #zen #japan #korea #interiordesign #architecture #home #homesweethome #potterhead #crafts #series #stilllife #perfection #details #design Likes: [igp-likes]... 04 Oktober, 2016
Stoneware vases – different shapes, clays and details: Handthrown and glazed with a matt white glaze. They are now available in my online shop via website www.helga-ritsch/en/online-shop ! #ceramics #pottery #vase #making #clay #simple #minimalism #modern #art #contemporaryart #glaze #fff #zurich #picoftheday #photo #style #zen #japan #korea #interiordesign #architecture #home #homesweethome #potterhead #crafts #series #stilllife #perfection #details #design Likes: [igp-likes]... 03 Oktober, 2016
Some pieces from my collection are now in Singapore – I am very very happy about: Thank you so much @waltc94 @waltc94 ・・・ Celebrating International Coffee Day with a lovely cup of Java Nangka Natural coffee, brewed with the Torch Mountain dripper and Takahiro Shizuku kettle, into @jonosmart carafes, and served in celadon beauties by @helga_ritsch_keramikerin #ceramics #bowl #coffee #tea #tableware #celadon #singapore #zurich #switzerland #art #handmade #contemporaryart #clay #stilllife #internationalcoffeeday #perfection #details #shipping #shopping #fff #minimalism #series #picoftheday #photooftheday #fff #drink #food #architecture #lifestyle #japan Likes: [igp-likes]... 02 Oktober, 2016
Teabowls in the making – 50 Different pieces are waiting for trimming or the bisquit firing. I will finish them by the end of the next week and the fill up my shelves here in Zurich and also my online shop. #ceramics #porcelain #tea #teabowl #series #pottery #tableware #perfection #drink #style #details #zen #clay #crafts #handmade #fff #picoftheday #photooftheday #photo #handmade #simple #modern #stilllife #elegant #design #contemporaryart #art #zurich #switzerland #japan Likes: [igp-likes]... 02 Oktober, 2016
Porcelain bowls, handthrown, white and transparent – just wonderful: I wish a relaxed Sunday to everybody, from Zurich to wherever you are! #ceramics #bowl #stilllife #series #pottery #porcelain #perfection #modern #simple #zen #details #zurich #switzerland #fff #japan #korea #architecture #tableware #interiordesign #clay #crafts #shape #minimalism #teabowl #breakfast #food #coffee #design #contemporaryart #art Likes: [igp-likes]... 18 September, 2016
Detail of the black plate: I made six plates, each with a different letter on it – all together show the word ‘breakfast’ in my swiss german language. This was the second try with new letter templates and this time it works. #ceramics #pottery #tableware #black #flower #letters #typography #style #zen #japan #korea #zurich #switzerland #modern #simple #minimal #design #ceramicdesign #stoneware #fff #picoftheday #photo #details #sweet #sweethome #light #shape #form Likes: [igp-likes]... 21 Juli, 2016