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Porcelain bowls, the first ones I made in 2005 and I still@love the shape and the energy of them – now these cups are ready for the shop by next week. #ceramics #cup #clay #tea #teacup #teabowl #shades #porcelain #pottery #handmade #handthrown #white #zen #minimalism #minimal #glaze #shades #making #light #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #tableware

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27 März, 2016

After yesterday’s chaos, today’s tidiness – my sweet teabowls in transluscent porcelain: Waiting for the morning tea in my apartment in Zurich. So these two – I made them in 2004 – are for my privat use but sure there are similar pieces in my shop in Zurich and soon in my online shop. #pottery #pot #clay #porcelain #tea #teacup #teabowl #ceramics #ceramicdesign #home #minimal #minimalism #space #making #handmade #handthrown #zurich #switzerland #shape #shades #glaze #japan #zen #quiet

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31 März, 2016

Porcelain bowl with a golden thread: I am working with the thread since 2002, it is kind of a personal statement. The thread is otren red, sometimes golden or black or in other colors. It gives a direction to my vessels, an accent, something in additional to pottery thing. It was an intuitive decision to give a thread to my work. It is a personal thing. #potter #pottery #handmade #handthrown #making #shopping #glaze #ceramics #ceramicdesign #ceramicstudio #celadon #zurich #switzerland #photo #tableware #home #homedecor #interiordesign #homesweethome #shape #clay

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04 April, 2016

Two teabowls with a green celadon glaze. #tea #teacup #teabowl #potter #pottery #porcelain #stoneware #celadon #glaze #minimal #minimalism #shape #handmade #handthrown #making #styling #switzerland #zurich #light #photo #stilllife #tableware #ceramics #simple #bowl #clay #drink #elegance

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14 April, 2016

Today it was rainy day in Zurich – teatime with @andriu.photo – thank you for the photo! #tea #teacup #teabowl #handmade #handthrown #green #clay #potter #pottery #stoneware #tableware #switzerland #zurich #zen #japan #ceramicdesign #ceramics #homedecor #elegance #fine #form #minimal #minimalism #simple #glaze #making #photo #stilllife #styling #PIApourers

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18 April, 2016

A green celadon beauty in stoneware, waithing for the Sunday morning tea – enjoy the weekend! #ceramics #tea #teacup #teabowl #celadon #green #tableware #making #handmade #stilllife #clay #photooftheday #shape #form #fff #minimal #simple #perfect #pottery #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #interior #glaze #picoftheday #kitchen #drinks #coffee

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12 Juni, 2016

Big bowls – you can fill them with quite everything, a really allrounder in the home. I love to thrown them in many different shapes. #ceramics #pottery #bowl #clay #shape #glaze #zen #japan #korea #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #series #fff #photooftheday #picoftheday #making #craft #handmade #sweethome #tableware #black #green #celadon #white #stilllife #minimalism #simple #contemporaryart

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05 September, 2016

Bowl coated with a matt green glaze – fallen? I wish everybody a sunny weekend: This morning, we have such beautiful weather in the south of Switzerland and I am happy about it. #ceramics #teabowl #tea #glaze #green #stilllife #tableware #bowl #clay #pottery #minimalism #shape #simple #zen #japan #korea #art #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #clay #making #teacup #handmade #photooftheday #fff #picoftheday #perfect #architecture #style

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11 September, 2016

Three weeks ago, before I closed my studio doors for holidays, I glazed all these pieces and put them into the kiln. When I am back in a few days, I will open the door of my kiln and let me be surprised by the result. So I go on holiday every time – if not, I would probably never come back. #ceramics #ceramic #studio #atelier #clay #glaze #pottery #workinprogress #workgroup #teabowl #coffeelover #art #working #handmade #craft #zurich #switzerland #italy #surprise #contemporaryart #holiday #vessel #pieces #italy #table #artistlife

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30 Juli, 2019

‚Work in progress‘ – the title of my current winter exhibition that will run until December 22nd. As you know, I am still working on some comissions but I am also working on new things as creating new glazes. Here a result of a new glaze that I tried out on two hand thrown bowls from dark red stoneware. My new glaze has a color between green and blue and brownblack with a matte finish: I am very happy with this surface and I will go on also with this one. Early in the year I made another one with a semi-matte blackblue finish that looks very elegant and magic at the same time. When I create new glazes I am always looking for a magical effect and not for a glaze with an uniform finish that could also be made – or maybe better – of an industrial color system. I am also looking for perfect closed surfaces, no needles mistakes on the pieces or something like that. Quite tricky to create your own glazes! #ceramics #bowl #glaze #clay #pottery #green #blue #black #makersgonnamake #helgaritschceramics #empty #contemporaryart #exhibition #new #workinprogress #zurich #switzerland #tokyo #experiment #magic #zen #minimalism #quiet

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11 Dezember, 2018

In the upcoming days I will go back to one of my passion and start with things around tea. It was not always a passion, around twenty years ago I had no idea that teabowls exist….but when I made my first one – as an exercise when I learnt to throw – I started reading uncountable books about tea, tea ceremony, teahouses etc. You might know that I was trained as an architect and philosopher before I started my days behind a potter wheel. So I love reading. I still do. These days I was reading ‚the buried giant‘ by Kazuo Ishiguro. A brilliant book with an unforgettable end….and with a very interesting main topic. Read it! On the photo: A tea bowl in stoneware, hand thrown and coated with an extraordinary black glaze that looks magic. This one is sold – but soon I have new ones available in my studio. Btw: I ship worldwide without any problems. #tea #ceramics #stoneware #black #tableware #keramik #teabowl #pottery #series #perfection #handmade #craft #glaze #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #fashion #modern #japan #drink #concept #minimalism

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19 November, 2018

Trio of ‚Edition Masterpieces‘, all hand trown in stoneware and coated wirh a new magic black glaze. Some are sold, others are still with me. Love them. #ceramics #masterpiece #pottery #handmade #makersgonnamake #black #trio #artist #love #magic #exhibition #switzerland #zurich #craft #perfection #quiet #simple #vessel #zen #group #glaze #japan #korea #china #beautiful

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29 September, 2018

Teabowls in white porcelain, hand thrown – today, we wrapped a lot of them…..without the help of my friend @regula_kilchsperger I would still wrap now: Thank a million for helping me all day! #tea #ceramics #white #porcelain #tableware #handmade #white #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #help #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photooftheday #concept #restaurant #japan #drink #picoftheday #weekend

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29 April, 2018

Tea bowl, handthrown in stoneware and coated with a dark iron glaze. It is a magical glaze, turns to a redbrown on the rim and to a deep black when the glaze is thicker. I really love this differences on the stoneware clay. A set of five is available. #tea #pottery #ceramics #ceramic #clay #maker #artisan #designermaker #glaze #black #makersgonnamake #stoneware #makersmovement #craft #craftmanship #designer #tableware #handmade #zurich #switzerland #china #japan #korea #handcrafted

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30 März, 2018

It was such a beautiful light – I love to see the plates and cups and their white in the morning sun in my rural studio: this is a part from my porcelain tableware for breakfast, each piece is wheelthrown with limoges porcelain and a little bit different. So I have my favourites and I am happy when my love has another favourite – so we have no trouble in the early morning hours when we drink our coffees and eat our croissants! Have a great weekend everybody #sweet #ceramics #porcelain #white #tableware #keramik #breakfast #pottery #series #perfection #handmade #craft #glaze #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #bowl #modern #japan #drink #love #minimal

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30 September, 2017

All the plates I showed in the post from yesterday are trimmed and I no give them four days to dry…. Normally I let the pieces dry for a week, but as you know, with these plates I am in a hurry. We have some sunny days in Zurich and I am sure four days will be enoughDuring the plates are drying I start with glazing the twenty big bowls I made. I glaze them all by hand: When I started my own studio – about fifeteen years ago – I worked with a lot of machines like a de-airing pugmill, spray booth etc. One year ago I sold all of them and started working more by hand. Now I only have a potter’s wheel and a kiln and my two hands – that is it. Say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message or check my website. My new online store – with teabowls only – will be coming soon! #bowls #ceramics #food #stoneware #tableware #keramik #foodlovers #pottery #zen #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #philosophy #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photooftheday #concept #exhibition #japan #glaze #picoftheday #foodphotography

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08 Juni, 2017

Today I had a lot to finish and I was glazing the whole afternoon: I tried some new glaze mixture and I am curious about the result. I am working with ceramics for more than 15 years but ro create new glazes is still an adventure for me….Say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message or check my website. My new online store – with teabowls only – will be coming soon! #tea #bowls #glaze #ceramics #tableware #keramik #red #pottery #zen #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #philosophy #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photooftheday #concept #exhibition #japan #drink #picoftheday #love

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23 Mai, 2017

Porcelain again: A series of watercups, every piece has an individual outside with different grooves – unglazed but polished as the teabowl in my last bowl. Very white and perfect for natural water. Say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message or check my website. #water #ceramics #cups #porcelain #tableware #keramik #restaurant #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #concept #exhibition # japan #drink #white

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17 Mai, 2017

Teabowl in porcelain, one of a series of twelve: I love the white and special outside of this bowl, whitout any glaze but I polished it several times so it gets a kind of smouth, a soft powder finish, very tactile. The bowl is wheelthrown and high fired so it is hard and translucent. Hope you like it as I do. Say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message or check my website. My new online store with teabowls only will be coming soon! #tea #ceramics #white #porcelain #tableware #keramik #white #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photooftheday #concept #exhibition #japan #drink #picoftheday #monday

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15 Mai, 2017

Mothersday! Maybe you find time for a cup of tea and to look at old or new photos from your children….I will do this. This post shows an ‘allrounder’ cup for tea, coffee or what elsePorcelain, wheel thrown and with the red rhread. Enjoy your day! Say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message. #tea #ceramics #mothersday #porcelain #tableware #keramik #white #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photooftheday #concept #exhibition #japan #drink #picoftheday #nostalgia

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14 Mai, 2017

Today I was a bit confused: A client asked me in my shop if I don’t know how to make handles….first I did not understand but then I realized that he interpreted my formal language – cups or judges without handles – as an incapacity! I laughed and showed him pots from my first tableware collection – also wheel thrown, stoneware and coated with one of my first craquele glazes -, created in 2006 and tried to explain my ‘philosophy’. At the end he wanted to buy he old stuff. Maybe I should restart in adding handles….. Say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message. #coffee #ceramics #cups #espresso #tableware #keramik #glaze #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photooftheday #concept #exhibition #japan #drink #oicoftheday #finefood

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13 Mai, 2017

Today I was a bit confused: A client asked me in my shop if I don’t know how to make handles….first I did not understand but then I realized that he interpreted my formal language – cups without handles – as an incapacity! I laughed and showed him the espresso cup from my first tableware collection – also wheel thrown, stoneware and coated with one of my first craquele glazes -, created in 2006 and tried to explain my ‘philosophy’. At the end he wanted to buy my old espresso cup. Maybe I should restart in adding handles….. Say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message or check my website and my online store. #coffee #ceramics #cups #espresso #tableware #keramik #glaze #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photooftheday #concept #exhibition #japan #drink #oicoftheday #finefood

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12 Mai, 2017

And here the tea or coffee cups or bowls from the stoneware tableware collection I am producing since 2008: The whole collection is wheel thrown and consists of four different sizes of plates, three sizes of bowls, two sizes of mugs and two big bowls. The pieces are available in four different craquele glazes as seagreen, springgreen, iceblue and earthbrown and in additional in black – shiny or matt – and in matt white. Not all of the colors are always on stock, so I start to produce them after the order and then it takes about four weeks until they are ready for delivery. That is the way I am working for the tableware orders: Each piece is unique because it is wheel thrown by hand without using any forms. If you like this special charactere then we are a good team – say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message. #tea #ceramics #cups #coffee #tableware #keramik #restaurant #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #green #exhibition # japan #drink #finefood

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06 Mai, 2017

Plates from the stoneware tableware collection I am producing since 2008: The whole collection is wheel thrown and consists of four different sizes of plates, three sizes of bowls, two sizes of mugs and two big bowls. The pieces are available in four different craquele glazes as seagreen, springgreen, iceblue and earthbrown and in additional in black – shiny or matt – and in matt white. Not all of the colors are always on stock, so I start to produce them after the order and then it takes about four weeks until they are ready for delivery. That is the way I am working for the tableware orders: Each piece is unique because it is wheel thrown by hand without using any forms. If you like this special charactere then we are a good team – say hello if you are interested in my ceramic work! From Tuesday to Friday, 13-18h I am in my studio and shop in Zurich – or, if you are not around, write me a message. Would be nice to meet you! #food #ceramics #plate #teabowl #tableware #keramik #restaurant #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporary #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #concept #delicious # japan #eat #finefood

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04 Mai, 2017

Some new matcha tea bowls are out of the kiln and now in my shop in Zurich. I often drink matcha tea when I want to stop drinking too much coffee. I confess that I drink a lot of black coffee with sugar. Maybe because my father was an italian? Anyway, I love these matcha tea bowls with or without tea and: I am very happy with the combination of the black glaze and the dark red clay from spain. I was not at all sure if that would match. And I think it does. Lucky me…. #tea #ceramics #matcha #teabowl #tableware #keramik #spring #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #crafts #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #concept #exhibition # japan #drink #guest

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02 Mai, 2017

New! I made some matcha teabowls, wheel thrown by hand with a dark red clay and coated with a blackbrown temmoku glaze. The glaze is just magical and also the form and volume is perfect for the matcha tea technique. During my time in Japan I drunk matcha tea quite often and of course I brought some with me for my home here in Zurich. #tea #ceramics #matchatea #bowls #exhibition #keramik #glaze #pottery #temmoku #perfection #handmade #craft #series #making #simple #black #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #teatime #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #concept #installation #japan #drink #potter #minimal

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12 April, 2017

Done! Tomorrow Monday my first guest presents his project: Leopold Isidor Krebs – an artist and a landscape architecture student – shows his plants in pots I have thrown for this project. Leopold likes eating exotic fruits – and also loves plants. So he kept seeds from the fruits he ate and planted them to see if they would grow in rather cold Switzerland… And it is like a miracle: Ananas, Maracuja, Avocado and many more are growing in his nursery. Black stoneware and a simple cylindrical shape in various diameters and heights seem to provide a firm base and offer solid protection for these delicate plants. I am very happy to present this installation in my shop from April, 10 to May, 20 – come and have a look, it is simply beautiful! #green #ceramics #plants #pots #exhibition #keramik #spring #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #craft #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #black #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #concept #installation #japan #drink #guest #minimal

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09 April, 2017

Again a spring impression with tea and one of my teabowls, this one is coated with a green craquele celadon glaze. It was a busy day in my shop: Next Tuesday I will start with my first ‘guest’ at my studio and I am very curious to see the result of what he started creating today……A landscape architecture student brings his ideas in my world of pots and I am very excited! Unfortunately I have a rib fracture and so I can only sit in my studio and drink some tea – too much pain for anything else . #tea #ceramics #green #teabowl #tableware #keramik #spring #pottery #glaze #perfection #handmade #craft #series #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #concept # exhibition #japan #drink #guest #minimal

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06 April, 2017

Today in London at the CAL: I bought some pieces for my private collection btw, great show there! #CAL2017 #ceramics #porcelain #white #tableware #keramik #london #pottery #series #perfection #handmade #craft #glaze #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #bowl #modern #japan #drink #concept #minimal

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01 April, 2017

I made some sugar bowls in porcelain, wheel thrown, very delicate and it cost me a lot of time. And now, when I took them out of the kiln, I am not really happy about them – do you know this feeling, when you made something and then it is not how you expected? What went wrong? Maybe only your expectation….so I try to avoid expectations in my life, but sometimes I am not succesful. #sweet #ceramics #porcelain #white #tableware #keramik #sugarbowl #pottery #series #perfection #handmade #craft #glaze #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #bowl #modern #japan #drink #concept #minimal

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30 März, 2017

Back to one of my passion: Teabowls. It was not always a passion, around fifeteen years ago I had no idea that teabowls exist….but when I made my first one – as an exercise when I learnt to throw – I started reading uncountable books about tea, tea ceremony, teahouses, the philosophy about and I was fascinated about the value, the diversity and history of tea. I then tried to make and find different shapes – and I am still going on – again and again and I also made a lot of glaze samples because I like this kind of ‘fashion design: To create an elegant dress for my bowls. My post from today shows you a wheel thrown stoneware teabowl in a classical shape, coated with a green glaze, matte and with different shadows. Hope you like it! #tea #ceramics #stoneware #green #tableware #keramik #teabowl #pottery #series #perfection #handmade #craft #glaze #making #simple #elegant #contemporaryart #perfect #collection #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #fashion #modern #japan #drink #concept #minimal

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29 März, 2017

My way to pottery – part 5. I will make it short and everybody here knows: I was going on with pottery. But after my five years as a potter student, the next two years I did not spend a lot time in my own studio producing. I often was there to think, to sketch and sometimes to make a kind of ‚prototype‘. I changed a lot in my life, first of all I started to work all alone in my workshop. That was a challenge: I was responsible for all I did. Nobody was around, when I had a problem, nobody who helps me, nobody who knows everything. But I also felt absolutely free and this was a great felling! Now, I was back being my own chief, also in my pottery studio. The second thing I changed was the size of the other company I had: I moved to a smaller building and formed also a smaller team. This was in 2011. Two years later we sold our house where also my first potter studio was. And finally, in 2015, I also sold my education and communication company. And now I am here: Working in a small potter studio in Zurich and living in a flat in the center of the city. Sometimes I also live in the South of Switzerland, where I have the 500 year old house I showed you weeks ago – today’s foto shows my porcelain tableware on the old wooden floor. I will start the renovation in April and the project is to create a potter studio there and a small exhibition space. And in Zurich? Of course I am going on working in my studio and in addition to that I will start with four to five exhibitions of other artists a year. There is so many talented people around and I am happy to offer a space where I can bring together some of them. Btw: In the next days I will publish a first program on my website. I am curious about everything. And: An absolutely unexpected thing happened in this community: I found wonderful artists here on instagram and with some of them I will start the first exhibitions in my studio in Zurich. Stay tuned. #tea #ceramics #porcelain #tableware #bowl #keramik #white #pottery #series #perfection #handmade #craft #clay #making #simple #exhibition #contemporaryart #perfect #glaze #stilllife #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #kunst #modern #japan #elegant #korea #minimal

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11 März, 2017

A beautiful white porcelain bowl, wheelthrown with a light yellow celadon craquele glaze inside – what shall we put into it? Now available through my online shop #ceramics #porcelain #luxury #bowl #beautiful #tableware #pottery #series #perfection #handmade #craft #clay #making #simple #exhibition #shopping #perfect #glaze #celadon #zurich #switzerland #art #photo #scene #modern #japan #elegant #korea #china #nature

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09 März, 2017

Happy Monday – soon is coffeetime for us: Two coffeebowls, wheelthrown and coated with a brown craquelee celadon glaze – perfect for a good coffee! You will find my bowls in different colors in my shop in Zurich and in my online shop as well. #coffee #coffeetime #coffeecups #conceptstore #contemporaryart #glaze #fashion #elegant #celadon #shopping #ceramics #stilllife #switzerland #zurich #japan #espresso #italia #perfect #minimal #minimalist #chemexlove #zen #pottery #making #clay #exhibition #artwork #tableware #food #foodblogger

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20 Februar, 2017

After a long weekend – my Monday post: Two bowls, teabowls, wheelthrown and coated with a blu craquele celadon glaze. Pas de deux? #tea #ceramics #bowl #blu #keramik #pottery #töpferei #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #scene #blau #art #form #töpferei #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #modern #photo #kunst #glaze #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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06 Februar, 2017

And now two beauties in green, coated with a celadon craquele glaze – a poem in stoneware?For sure wheelthrown and also in the new exhibition room, together with the ones I showed you in the last two posts. Hope you love them as much I do #beauty #ceramics #bowl #exhibition #keramik #pottery #töpferei #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #glaze #keramik #art #kunst #celadon #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #series #style #kunst #green #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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26 Januar, 2017

And now two beauties in green, coated with a celadon craquele glaze – a poem in stoneware?For sure wheelthrown and also in the new exhibition room, together with the ones I showed you in the last two posts. Hope you love them as much I do #beauty #ceramics #bowl #exhibition #keramik #pottery #töpferei #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #glaze #keramik #art #kunst #celadon #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #series #style #winter #green #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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26 Januar, 2017

Still cold here in Zuruch and this is a bit difficult for me – the sky is grey, my bowls are black: Wheelthrown in stoneware, coated wirh a black iron glaze who seems to have different blacks in it, depending from the light. Magical and I love them! They are also in the new exhibition room, together with the ones I showed you in the last post. Hope you like them, too. #beauty #ceramics #bowl #exhibition #keramik #pottery #töpferei #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #glaze #keramik #art #kunst #iron #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #series #style #winter #black #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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25 Januar, 2017

Today it was a very very cold Monday and I was in my studio to prepare the new exhibition room. There I am going to show some bowls, small ones and bigger ones, in stoneware and also in porcelain: Here you can see two wheelthrown bowls, coated with a celadon craquele glaze. Hope you like them! #beauty #ceramics #bowl #exhibition #keramik #pottery #töpferei #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #glaze #keramik #art #handmade #celadon #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #series #style #craquele #green #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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23 Januar, 2017

An old work from about four years go – good memories: This is a handbuilt big vase, coated with a black iron glaze. Maybe I should make some of them again? #beauty #ceramics #vase #memories #keramik #pottery #töpferei #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #scene #keramik #art #handmade #schwarz #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #interior #glaze #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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19 Januar, 2017

Bowls – different sizes and different clays, all wheelthrown in stoneware. Today I did not work that much – but I finished a client’s commission – because it was so beautiful to look out of the studio window: It was snowing the whole day and now the houses and streets are white and wonderful. I do not like winter very much but a scene like today makes me happy. And it was funny, too, because yesterday I finished a book called ‘Schnee’ (snow) by Orhan Pamuk – and today so much snow! #beauty #ceramics #bowl #snow #keramik #pottery #töpferei #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #scene #keramik #art #form #töpferei #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #interior #glaze #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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16 Januar, 2017

Finally it is Friday! I had a very busy week and now I am happy to relax. Well, when I looked around I found this place for my porcelain bowls – a great weekend to everybody. Today, in Zurich it was most of the time a grey day with snow…..let’s see how it will be tomorrow. #porcelain #ceramics #tableware #white #pottery #teabowl #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #teeschale #geschirr #breakfast #töpferei #keramik #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #interior #glaze #porzellan #japan #korea #craft

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13 Januar, 2017

And black porcelain again – still working with the new material and trying it out in different sizes and forms. Soon I will know if it works the way I want: Sometimes the work as a potter seems hard for me but sometimes it is the best of all my professions I ever had! #porcelain #ceramics #tableware #black #pottery #teabowl #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #teeschale #geschirr #breakfast #form #keramik #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #interior #glaze #töpferei #japan #korea #craft

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11 Januar, 2017

The porcelain breakfast sets in the morning light: Already, they have all left my studio with their new owner – byebye! #porcelain #ceramics #tableware #coffee #pottery #teabowl #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #shape #geschirr #breakfast #form #keramik #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #interior #glaze #töpferei #japan #korea #craft

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10 Januar, 2017

Vase under the oven in the very old house: I made a lot of this kind of vases because I love the shape. This is the only one I hold for me, coated with a green craquele celaden glaze. Enjoy the upcoming week! #ceramics #vase #green #celadon #pottery #flowers #clay #stoneware #making #handmade #stilllife #shape #keramik #art #form #töpferei #minimal #simple #perfect #contemporaryart #zurich #switzerland #architecture #style #interior #glaze #steinzeug #japan #korea #craft

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09 Januar, 2017

Winter in Zurich. Cold and snowy. And: The radiator at my studio is damaged since the beginning of this week which sadly led to an ice-cold workplace. Therefore the circumstances stopped me from doing my work at the potter’s wheel as I originally planned. Today I waited for the technician…I have so much work to do – and now this happened…..Well, some things just happen and you can’t change them. The picture above shows my porcellain work in the color black which are currently waiting for their firing. I really hope they turn out well! At my last try their shape didn’t quiet turned out as desired so I didn’t like them! Now I adjusted some things and am really eager to know how they are going to turn out!

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05 Januar, 2017

The breakfast set viewed from a different angle. The set consists of plate, cup and saucer. This is the version in porcelain, hand thrown. The forms that I throw are similar since many years, I just make small variations. The larger plate has a higher edge for the first time and has grooves on the inside. The surfaces are glazed transparent and shiny, except on the outside of the larger plate where there is no glaze. I made various sets with different glazes. From matt to shiny, without any glaze, glazed inside, glazed outside or both. At the end I was convinced by the version you see here. All my works get stamped with the letter “H” somewhere. Only a few pieces get the red thread mark. Which ones get thee mark? In don’t know how I choose them. I work intuitively and decide while throwing which pieces I pierce so that they can get the mark. I have to pierce while the porcelain or clay is leather-hard, and when glazing I have to be careful not to apply any glazing to the hole so it will really stay open. Sometimes this will not work precisely and I get angry when I see a piece where the hole is filled with glazing after firing. I love details, besides working on forms this my second passion – to add some details to the work that will make it more refined. Probably this method of working has to do with my biography. I studied architecture, later art history and philosophy, before I turned to ceramics two decades ago. I will write more about all of this in some of the next posts.

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03 Januar, 2017

My first post of the year: I start with showing you the new porcelain collection I have made. Nothing new about the technical aspects: All pieces are handthrown. I want to go on with porcelain tableware this year and soon I will present new works. As you probably realized, I change the material and work with both, stoneware and porcelain – I cannot decide for one only. When I started my own pottery I was stressed by this because I forced myself to working with only one material. But I was not able to keep this up….In the last years I accepted that this is my nature and that I need the variety in my life. I will show you the results during the next months…Do you remember? I told about an old house from the 16h century I bought in the South of Switzerland? I will renovate it this year and I will open my mountain studio and a gallery there. The photo of the porcelain tableware is made in this house, it has a wooden room with a very special atmosphere that I like a lot.

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02 Januar, 2017

Go happy and in best of company into a 2017!

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31 Dezember, 2016

I wish you all a wonderful 2017 ! Thank you very very much for the support during this year, I am deeply grateful.

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31 Dezember, 2016