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View Image Gallery David Schlapobersky and Felicity Potter(Full member)

Tel: +27 (0) 28 514 1644   Email:   Web: www.pottery.co.za  

Current Work

A wide range of high-temperature, oil-fired functional and decorative stoneware and porcelain. Corporate and private commissions. Exhibitions. Large garden and indoor containers, office pots, urns, floor jars, water features, vases, platters, lamp bases, dinnerware etc.

Work generally available from:

A wide range of work for sale is carried in their showroom in Swellendam, South Africa.
William Humphries Art Gallery, Kimberley, South Africa. Group exhibition August 2004
Strydom Gallery, George, South Africa. December 2004.
21 Wantage Road, Parkwood, Johannesburg, South Africa, opening 4 November 2004.
Own exhibition celebrating thirty years of making pots together.

Other Information:
Workshops, courses and demonstrations are run from the studio in Swellendam. They do travel to other venues. Teambuilding workshops (corporate and special interest) - Explorations with Clay. Accommodation at the studio in a self-contained two-bedroom cottage.

Technical Information

Two oil-fired, fibre-lined kilns. One of 40cu ft and a rolling hood kiln of 100cu ft. Both firing on paraffin using Rotavac burners. Bisque firing to 1 000ºC, glaze firing to cone 12 (1 300ºC plus). Mostly Feldspathic glazes - standard range of 6 basics. David does all the making and Felicity the decorating with a range of oxides, pigments, slips and glazes.

History

David and Felicity have been making pots full-time since 1973 and until eight years ago were in Johannesburg, South Africa. Their move to Swellendam in the Western Cape, South Africa at the end of 1996 was a natural extension of their life together. A comprehensive history is on their website:
www.pottery.co.za

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Ceramics by David Schlapobersky and Felicity Potter at Studiopottery.co.uk

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Contact Details

Studio Address: 8 Hermanus Steyn Street, Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa, 6740.

Telephone: +27 (0) 28 514 1644
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 342 5453
Fax: +27 (0) 28 514 1644
Email:
Web-site: www.pottery.co.za

Availability: Studio and showroom open to the public daily. Any reasonable hour. Good idea to phone first.

Directions: Adjoining the Drostdy Museum and Mayville in the historic heart of Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa. Signposted from the main street.



Last Updated: 2007-12-12