Claudi Casanovas

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They don't teach them much on these evening class pottery courses these days!

I'm reminded of hunks of stale bread (and not in a good way)

I have sold the occasional piece of his work and do find some pieces interesting but haven't come across a piece that I've wanted to keep.

I find most of what Iv'e seen very strange , although I did see a teabowl that was more in a slightly more convential style you might expect from him that I wouldv'e definitely liked to owned .

those tall jars are far out would like to see this work in the flesh

tenpot wrote:those tall jars are far out would like to see this work in the flesh

Catalonia is just down the road from you................ so no excuse.

might be worth a trip , long drive thou but could do a bit of dali tourism at the same time

Described as a teabowl: -





Claudi, who was born in Barcelona in 1956, does not mark his work.

I actually like a couple of the big platters... in the right setting. But the thought of drinking tea out of that "thing" made me laugh out loud!

You wouldn't laugh after spilling the tea down the front of your clothes though.

Despite the negative comments, I sold this the first time that I had it on show and could have sold it many times over.

tenpot wrote:might be worth a trip , long drive thou but could do a bit of dali tourism  at the same time

the Dali museum in Figueras is well worth a visit and is only a short drive from his home in Portlligat

http://www.salvador-dali.org/museus/portlligat/en_index.html

http://www.salvador-dali.org/museus/figueres/en_index.html

I like the platters that look like layers of rock.

just had a quick tri to spain visited Casanovas briefley with a friend who had exibited with him these are some old pieces

I purchased this piece quite recently, while Casanovas is quite a prolific maker his pottery is quite scarce in the market place, many of his pieces are quite large and need two men or a forklift to move them but fortunately he also made a range of smaller items . His work is featured in most museums around the world and has been shown in galerie Besson


and others in this country, the Sainsbury centre has a small collection of his work in the Lisa Sainsbury collection of studio ceramics but at present they are in storage, much of his work though is illustrated online.

fantastic piece , there is a thread on him already https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t11573-claudi-casanovas?highlight=casanovas I visited him a few years ago

Hi, sorry i hadn't realised there was a thread already , perhaps it could be tagged on to that.

merge

some more pics from chez Casanovas

Hi Tenpot, Thanks for the pics, interesting garden ornaments .I think Casanovas is an excellent artist and along with the likes of Voulkos, Henderson, Lowndes etc they have really pushed the boundaries of what we like to think of as studio pottery. Did you talk to him about his work when you met him?

yes I did these pieces were apparently frozen and then dropped to cause the breakages, how he manages to then dry them out before firing without them falling to pieces remains a mystery or a secret