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This annual ”pottenbakkersmarkt” will be held as a jubilee edition for the 35th time. Since 1988 it has performed as a platform for clay artists, counted to the best in Europe. But participant colleagues from Japan, UK and USA too have found great joy in the warm surrounding of the clay producing countryside of Milsbeek, just off the German border. This years event will feature: “do it yourself” with 4 categories of workshops, where you can be assisted by professionals to improve your throwing techniques, to (start) build your own castle in clay, to help you with clay/firing/glazing problems or even to start your own portrait set-up. In this outdoor event some 90 potters will show and sell their new work. Add to this the demonstrations on ceramics techniques, being informed at specialized shop/booths selling every kind of material you can think of, chatting with the participants about their work or just having a coffee with “Limburgse vlaai” and strolling along the waterfront, and experience the peaceful surroundings of this region. The very “why” clay is so attractive!
Both days 16/17 September, from 10:00 to 18:00 hours

Tegelse tegels. Tiles from Tegelen.

Niek Hoogland
Pottenbakkerij Hoogland

Small vessel coming to the RHS show in Malvern next weekend, exhibiting with the

Grote pot, gedraaid met Tegelse klei, witte engobe, sgraffito met gekleurde engobes en glazuur. Rauw geglazuurd met transparant glazuur

Niek Hoogland
Pottenbakkerij Hoogland

😍La domenica in famiglia del 22 gennaio (ore 15-17) è dedicata a . Picasso ha donato una colomba molto speciale al nostro museo proprio subito dopo la guerra per aiutare il museo nella ricostruzione della sua collezione. Prova anche tu a realizzarne una e regalala a chi ami!
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Work of the Week is a painting from the series 'Women Workers of England' by artist and campaigner Sylvia Pankhurst. In 1907 Pankhurst spent several months touring industrial communities in Northern England and Scotland, documenting the working and living conditions of women workers. Living in the communities she studied, she painted and wrote about industrial processes and the women who performed them. Pankhurst's paintings successfully supported her fight for the improvement of women's working conditions and pay equality with men. She painted in gouache, which she found ideal for working quickly in the factories.

Sylvia Pankhurst, An Old-fashioned Pottery Turning Jasper-ware 1907, on free display at Tate Britain. https://bit.ly/3Y9hn3x

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- BESCHERM HEILIGEN VAN POTTENBAKKERS -

1 November, Allerheiligen.
Ik ben niet religieus maar ik ben wel gefascineerd in hoe de verering van heiligen deel is geworden van volksreligie en van volks cultuur ver voorbij de invloed van het instituut van de katholieke kerk.
Deze schaal met bescherm heiligen van pottenbakkers uit 2010 is nu in de collectie van het Töpfereimuseum Raeren .

Niek Hoogland
Pottenbakkerij Hoogland