To put the highest...
value on a small stoneware bowl almost sounds japanese...exchanging summer palaces for raku bowls...
Edith Sonne Bruun was a great ceramist. I wonder if your bowl Martin was from the Saxbo period, somewhere between 1951 and Saxbo's dramatic ending in 1968, when Nathalie Krebs who (with Gunnar Nylund) founded Saxbo, retired and in doing so destroyed all moulds, glaze formulas etc. in order to "preserv" the high standards.
Edith Sonne Bruun had worked with Saxbo earlier in 1938 and came back shortly just after the war.
Can't you take a picture and send it to DA's design index? I will write the few things I know about her. I know it is borderline between design (she worked also for Bing & Grondahl) and crafts, but a large number of contemporary design is made at quantities that are not different from Saxbo's production, so why not.
I'd have to say my whole house and it's contents
I have come to think of my home as truly that 'machine for living in' that we all hear about...so picking one thing is hard to do. I've edited and edited until we really use what we own and don't have much 'stuff' hanging around. It makes life simpler and more serene and allows me to appreciate what I have more thoroughly. So I son't really think on one thing being better than another so much any more...but I do live my nelson becnh even if it's bbetter to look at that it is to use!
Hello Koen.
It's been a...
Hello Koen.
It's been a while since I heard from you. I hope you're doing fine.
Edith Sonne was very talented indeed. I like the work she did at Saxbo, however I think the vases and bowls she created while working for Bing & Grøndahl are much more elegant and sophisticated in their shapes and glazes. This bowl I have is from B&G. I will e-mail you a few pictures of it + some more of vases/bowls by her. I think it's a wonderful idea to add Edith Sonne to the DA archive, Koen. I might have a small bio on her somewhere if that would be helpful to you?
I collect Saxbo items by the way, though only larger vases/bowls with reliefs and other ornamentations created by Eva Stæhr-Nielsen. She's great too.
By the way, Koen, did you see that rare wooden P. Kjærholm dining table I mentioned with a link some time ago?
Its quite unobtrusive and at...
Its quite unobtrusive and at first glance nothing special but I have to say my Ole Wanscher chair for France + Sons, its knock down and has held up brilliantly after 40 years and teaches me how to design well with commonsense, economy and moderation.
I've always loved the Peter...
I've always loved the Peter Hvidt daybed too. It seems like a good Danish-esque version of the Nelson. It's warmer and definitely less recognizable (in a good way). I love his Ax chair too - particularly this unupholstered two tone version.
http://www.danish-furniture.com/images/hvidt-moelgaard-ax-chair-and-tabl...
Dear M_Andersen...
Well, what can I say, yes I did not spend as much time on DA as before. Part of it is a half time professor job part is the further development of the ceramic production and finally some recent health problems...but back to more important things. I agree that Bing & Grondahl gave Edith Sonne wings. Saxbo is of course an unusual and facinating story but in my view Nathalie Krebs' education not as a ceramist but as a chemical engineer had too large an impact on the production. Shape was always secondary to glaze. Eva Staehr-Nielsen, although not very good at the wheel herself changed that to the better. It was unfortunate that Leon Galetto and Eric Rahr came along and added a number of unfortunate shapes to the collection. In addition to the ones already mentioned I think Henning Koppel should be added to those who made Saxbo great.
I know about Erik Rahr and...
I know about Erik Rahr and Leon Galetto, not to mention Karin Weege, Christian Poulsen, Gudrun Meedom, Jens Jacob Bregnø, Lisa Engqvist, Hugo Liisberg and Axel Salto. But what role did Henning Koppel play regarding Saxbo, Koen? I've never seen any pieces signed by him and I must have seen about 500 Saxbo items through the years. No one has ever before mentioned his name to me in connection with Saxbo so I'm a bit puzzled.
It's hard to find any litterature about Saxbo so if you have any fun, unusual facts about this legenday ceramic factory/studio, please share it with me. I've always been deeply fascinated by Nylund & Krebs/Saxbo. The production seems to have been quite large but I've heard that sometimes Nathalie had to sleep at friend's houses in order to keep her studio running as she couldn't afford a place of her own.
Hi bj. Sorry but I've lend...
Hi bj. Sorry but I've lend my camera to my mother who's on vacation but if you follow the link below, there's a large selection of Saxbo for you to see.
http://www.freeformsusa.com/ceramics/saxbo.htm
HIJACK ALERT!!! Hey Lucifer...
what can you tell me about that molded plywood table in your Flickr album? I picked one up from a little antique shop for $35 I think it was and put it in our daughters room. I ASSUMED it was by Offi but don't know anything about it.
As far as favorite pieces go, I'm particularly attached to the Laurel Floor Lamp I picked up for $10 at a garage sale. Would be hard pressed to get rid of that one.
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