Franziska Schmid-Burgk
| 1962 | Born in Munich, Germany |
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| since 1999 | Has been working as a ceramist |
| 2000–2003 | Further training in design and form-giving, hand-building large vessels and archaic firing techniques |
| since 2002 | Has been working in her own atelier in Bachern on Lake Wörthsee |
Hand-building all of her vessels, Franziska Schmid-Burgk gradually develops their shapes during the working process. Her smoke-fired vases are glazed on the inside, whereas the dark clay’s outside features a light-colored engobe. After the glazes have been fired in the kiln, the vases are smoke-fired in an open barrel, something which results in appealing textures with an archaic touch. The glazes’ subdued colors and the material’s rawness perfectly reflect the clay’s organic character. In addition to creating engobe pieces, Franziska Schmid-Burgk also crafts cups with clear-cut designs as well as double-walled bowls from white or dark clay, some of them glazed on the inside in delicate shades of blue.
Group of vases
Black clay, glazed on the inside and smoke-fired. Height: 23–36 cm.
Eminently expressive, archaic sleekness uniting the past with the present.
Three vessels
White clay, glazed on the inside, up to 12 cm high.
Angular and rounded, rough and smooth, light and lively.
Two bowls
Dark clay, blue glaze on the inside, Ø 16 cm.
Related to the earth while at the same time endowed with a celestial touch.