On Centre 2021 – Course exhibition
Introduction
Mastering the wheel is anything but easy and requires much application and stamina. My traditional teaching style makes the task not easier; indeed, I am aware that I often challenged my students in this three month long course about throwing and glazing. It is not a coincidence that one of my preferred mottos: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest, but by the seeds you have planted” applies very well also in this context. The results, of which you can admire a small selection in this page, do show the success achieved by each student. Evaluate yourself how many seeds have been planted and how well those seedlings are growing!
Pietro Maddalena
To follow the progress of our students during the three months of the course has been an extremely satisfying experience. Each one has improved their skills, developing a personal esthetics and tracing a trajectory towards future goals. I wish everyone much pleasure and gratification in pursuing the ceramic practice ahead of them.
Franco Rampi

Valentina Balzarini, Italy
Porcelaneous Stoneware
Woodfired

Valentina Balzarini, Italy
Vase
Stoneware
Sodafired

Valentina Balzarini, Italy
Vase
Stoneware, Oribe
Oxidation fired

Ruchita Datt, India

Ruchita Datt, India
Bowl in a bowl
Stoneware
Midnight Sky
Reduction fired

Ruchita Datt, India
Lidded Jar
Stoneware, carved
Dry blue
Reduction fired

Greet Kerkstoel, Belgium
Bathroom jars
Stoneware
Chun
Gas fired in reduction atmosphere

Greet Kerkstoel, Belgium
Jug
Stoneware
White Salt
Gas fired in reduction atmosphere

Greet Kerkstoel, Belgium
Jug
Stoneware
White salt, souble dipped
Gas fired in reduction atmosphere

Esther Kiner, Switzerland
One vase, two bowls
Stoneware
Vase: Black Matt and turchese bello, oxidation fired
Bowls: Black Matt and MM9, oxidation fired

Esther Kiner, Switzerland
Vase
Stoneware
White slip and Madame Shino
Woodfired

Esther Kiner, Switzerland
One jug, three bowls
Stoneware
White Salt and Sunset Shino
Reduction fired

Raffaella Manferdini, Switzerland
Lidded Jars
Porcelain
Ellas Green over Red Copper
Gas fired in reduction atmosphere

Raffaella Manferdini. Switzerland
Teapot
Stoneware clay ”Ambra”
Turchese Bello over Black Satin with wax resist decoration
Reduction fired

Raffaella Manferdini, Switzerland
Vases
Stoneware
Left: Tenmoku glaze – Right: unglazed
Woodfired

Irene Nesbit , United States
Teapot
Stoneware, white salt with temoku on the lid’s top;
Reduction fired

Irene Nesbit, United States
Vase
Stoneware, Oribe
Woodfired

Irene Nesbit, United States
Cups
Stoneware, Oribe with J C clear over
Reduction fired

Meike Schröppe, Germany
Bottle
Stoneware
Sunset shino and Crowling shino glaze
Woodfired

Meike Schröppe, Germany
Bowl
Porcelain
Unglazed
Woodfired

Meike Schröppe, Germany
Nestling bowls
Stoneware
Midnight sky
Woodfired

Conny Wettstein, Switzerland
Lamp
Stoneware
Ruchitas Glaze
Reduction fired

Conny Wettstein, Switzerland
Lidde Jar
Stoneware
Jar: Tenmolu and Rucitas glaze, reduction fired
Lid: Ruchitas glaze, oxidation fired

Conny Wettstein, Switzerland
Vase
Stoneware
Saras oribe and Tenmoku
Woodfired