Frits Vandenbussche (1942): Three partly glazed stoneware teapots and covers with wood handles, 20th C.

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H 32,2 - L 33,5 cm (the largest teapot and cover with handle)

H14,5 - L 30 cm 

H 12 - L 30,7 cm (the smallest teapot and cover with handle)

 

"Frits Vandenbussche (1942, Veurne) is a seperate case. His training as an industrial designer and his apprenticeship in ceramics in Japan have led him to face the problems of the handle and the spout of the teapot, which he reverses. He first looks for a special branch and remodels it into a handle for which he then designs a teapot. In this way, he makes handy, ergonomically well-thought out utensils: they are a naturally curved extension to the arm. The wooden handle and stoneware teapot form at the same time a self-willed sculpture, which cannot really be classified in a category with other work." (J. Walgrave, Céramique contemporaine en Belgique - Contemporary ceramics in Belgium - Hedendaagse keramiek in België, Liège, 1992)

Price incl. premium: € 382,50