Porcelain.
I stretch it, paint it, fold it, going to the limits of its strength, fragility and transparency.
It often leaves me in desperation because of its fragility.
It leaves me breathless with the feeling of happiness to see its fragile intensity.

17.10.08

'frozen bowl' with bronze




porcelain bowl, southern ice, oxides,
Ø 20 cm. h. 9 cm.
see more like this here..(click)..

6.10.08

we live forever...



very thin plate and bowl, porcelain, with incisions, light blue glaze
they are so thin and light that they were almost blown away
by the wind on the Piazza Santissima Annunziata in Firenze...

12.9.08

'frozen' - white plate and white bowl with red rim



dainty and delicate...
inside glazed
Ø 14 cm., h. 8 cm.
see more like this here.. (click)

11.9.08

sweet milk or cream - with wings




porcelain, pinched, inside glazed

10.9.08

small round bowls with a golden rim and a flower (brooch) with silver








9.9.08

Argillà 2008 Faenza


my stand at Argillà and some visitors
(also a very small visitor)
more about Argillà 2008 here.. (click)

1.9.08

flower cups

porcelain (southern ice)

16.6.08

Selections, Awards and Events 2008

Selections, Awards and Events 2008:

  • - Biennale International de Ceramica L'Alcora (Spain)

  • - Cerco 2008 (2nd prize- Accésit) (Zaragoza- Spain)

  • - Fair - 'Lungo i Sentieri dell'Acqua' (Lago Maggiore - Italy)

  • - Museo de Teruel (collection) (Spain )

  • - Fair - Argillà 2008 (Faenza- Italy)

  • - Gold Coast City Art Gallery 2008 (Australia)

  • - Fair – Fiera della Ceramica 2008 (Firenze- Italy)

  • - Esplugues Biennal (Barcelona – Spain)

5.6.08

summer jewellery



porcelain, silver, silk, gold, resin

2.6.08

Oggebbio - Lago Maggiore


"Lungo i Sentieri dell'Acqua"
domenica 13 giulio
ceramiche
nell' giardino della chiesetta di Camogno
Un Grazie a Cri !!

30.5.08

small 'folded' colored bowls



Ø 11cm. (measured without rim) or ±18cm.(measured with rim)
porcelain, outside oxides and pigments, inside glazed

28.5.08

blue plate



small porcelain plate (Ø 20 cm.) with blue and transparent glaze

25.5.08

'crumpled paper' bowls


'crumpled paper' bowls
porcelain (southern ice)

21.5.08

Tiles for a Street in Oggebbio (Lago Maggiore)



An ancient stone wall with new tiles in a small street in a village
just some hundreds of meters above the lake (Lago Maggiore).
The Village is called Pieggio and is a 'frazione' of
Oggebbio (Verbania).
Met dank aan Marco!

15.5.08

The Fresh Breeze of Your Words




"The Fresh Breeze of Your Words"
(Waaiers / Ventagli / Abanicos - porcelain, silver, gold, silk thread, wax)
has been selected for the
Concurso Internacional de Cerámica de l'Alcora
in exhibition in the Museo de Cerámica de L'Alcora
(near Valencia - Spain))
from
July 10th until September 7th, 2008

13.5.08

'Renaissance' Necklace




thin folded porcelain reinforced at backside with resin,
gold, silver, cotton thread

11.5.08

bird earrings

porcelain, resin, gold

10.5.08

more folded coffee cups


more cups,
the new ones have a different glaze;

again an alkaline one,
it gives such terrific shades of blue and turquoise.
the cup at the left (with a glaze born from an error... which liked a lot) has a rough stone like surface,
while the cup at the right has a soft velvet shine.


1.4.08

flower plates and white & blue cups with a red rim




southern ice porcelain

25.3.08

porcelain jewellery




Treasures at the Lake
with Chiara, Giulia e Margherita

almost all pictures by F.J. Grinovero

20.3.08

Vrolijk Pasen / Buona Pasqua / Happy Easter

folded porcelain cups for 'caffé macchiato' or for 'a caffé marocchino...'


they are slightly higher than usual coffee cups,
so there is space for the milk and / or chocolate...
enjoy!!! more like these.

22.2.08

gekreukelde kommen, dainty & delicate

jewels





brooches, porcelain with silver pin

26.1.08

gekreukelde kommen, borden, kopjes



"dainty and delicate"

25.1.08

'folded paper' bowl






gekreukelde vazen

24.1.08

nog meer gekreukelde kommetjes

19.1.08

jewels ; brooches, rings


small stories and a lullaby




pieces of a letter
a surface of ice blue
some lines of gold
some half forgotten song...



rings