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Karin Putsch-Grassi

  • La Casina Ceramic Studio
  • Ceramicist
  • Figline e Incisa Valdarno, Italy
  • Master Artisan
Karin Putsch-Grassi Ceramicist
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Taming function for artistic pursuits

  • • Karin creates visual ceramic artworks
  • • She works on aesthetics and function
  • • She is an internationally-renowned ceramic artist

Born in Wuppertal and trained in Germany, Italy and England, Karin Putsch-Grassi lives in Tuscany, where she founded her studio. Karin combines in her work the various cultural contributions she has assimilated over the years in a very personal, original way. She is inspired by what surrounds us, landscapes and nature, shapes and lines, and also by what is inside us, such as moods and emotions. “All of reality and of daily life are moments in which concepts and ideas can be born.” Karin evolves in two parallel creative circles with her work. On the one hand, she explores aesthetic research and functionality of objects such as vessels, and, on the other hand, she carries out artistic and expressive research. This gave rise to her Figulinae series, which is currently at the centre of her work.

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Works

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SECTION, Figulinae

This is a sculpture piece created with different kinds of stoneware. It is a freestanding panel made of many little wheel thrown vases, which are compressed in a squared shape. The colours are variations from brown to beige.

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RED FLOWER, Figulinae

This is a sculpture wall piece made of coloured porcelain. It is formed by joining together wheel-thrown vases, compressed in a circular shape inspired by a flower. The outer circle is white porcelain, then gradually the colour goes from orange to red and to orange again.

Photo: ©Nedo Baglioni
BLUE FLOWER, Figulinae

This is a sculpture wall piece made of coloured porcelain. It is formed by joining together wheel-thrown vases, compressed in a circular shape inspired by a flower. The outer circle is blue porcelain, then there are variations between blue and white, while the middle is yellow.

Photo: ©Nedo Baglioni
BLACK TO WHITE, Figulinae

This is a vertical sculpture piece made of white and black porcelain. The small wheel-thrown vases are compressed together into a unique rectangular form. The final shape is a standing column of 25 cm high.

Photo: ©Nedo Baglioni
CUBO, Figulinae

This is a sculpture piece created with different kinds of stoneware. It is a freestanding cube made of many little wheel-thrown vases, which are compressed into a cubic shape. The colours are variations from brown to beige clay with different pigments.

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