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4 day ceramic workshop installation at FORMLAND Spring 2011 interior trade show in Denmark.
Gaarmann & Arhøj is a collaboration between ceramic artist Louise Gaarmann and Anders Arhoj. In a rainbow coloured zone between art and design new products for the kitchen and livingroom are researched and developed. - Everything with a streak of joy, humour and a healthy serving of acid.
Cups, plates, bowls, moneybanks, candle holders and porcelain creatures are all pointing towards Japanese popculture and Scandinavian aesthetics in shapes and colours.
The workshop installation featured live clay throwing, glazing and painting and had a primary purpose of presenting the collaboration to the public, but also to add a feeling of craftmanship, studio atmosphere and tactile sense to the trade show.
Sketch - should we dress up as bunnies from Alice in Wonderland? Nah...
Sketch
Hanging sketches
Throwing a Familia member
Preparing new products in the studio before the show
Unglazed and raw volcanos
Volcanos and worm
Painting medallions at home before the show
Bulding the umbrella base at home
Setting up the workshop
Finished!
The workshop is ready for visitors
We brought 50 kg of fresh clay to work with
Display wall with shelves and wooden logo
Melting figurines, coming soon in stores
Familia, a big family of useful and useless objects - coming soon in stores
Candy Volcano
Working with flowing clay
Dirty cavalet
Rustic, melting volcano vase
Working hard
Old chair with new flower vase prototypes
Lollipop Volcano
Chocolate Volcanos
Japanese confetti bowl
Japanavia bowl - coming soon in stores
The talented and fun Louise, Camilla & Camilla from Lucky Boy Sunday
Anders is glazing
Louise touching up a newly thrown clay object
Throwing
Lots of fun visitors and friends came by
Busy workshop