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Bodil Manz
Danish Eggshell Porcelain
Bodil Manz has been known as a master of eggshell porcelain for many years now.
Her near paper thin cast porcelain cylinders are so translucent, you can sometimes even discern the light and shadow passing through both walls of a pot.
Bodil Manz was born in Copenhagen in She studied ceramics at the School of Arts & Craft in Copenhagen, then at the Escuelo de Diseno y Artesanias in Mexico and Berkeley University in California, USA.
Her work is represented in the National Museum of Sweden, the Danish Museum of Decorative Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Her cylinders are slip cast porcelain, which she decorates with geometrical patterns on both sides, applied with plain decals. The effect is a pattern on the one side, offset by a shadow of a related pattern on the other.
Interior and exterior play off one another to and merge form a complex whole.
Bodil manz biography of rory gilmore Bodil Manz is a ceramicist known for her predominant use of ultra-thin, translucent eggshell porcelain to create distinctive cylindrical forms, anchored by bold, geometric abstractions in a style evocative of Russian Suprematism. Bodil Manz was born in Copenhagen in Manz established a studio in Horve in , where she lives and continues to work today. In , Manz was awarded the Grand Prize at the 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Korea and in , her works were the subject of a major retrospective at the Kunstindustrimuseet in Copenhagen. Initially creating utilitarian works, such as traditional serving ware, Manz shifted her focus onto the creation of experimental forms in the s.This is stunningly evident in the piece on the left, where horizontal bands on the outside mix with the shadow of vertical bands on the inside to form crosses.
Besides her cylinders, Manz also designs tea and dinner sets and has made large scale architectural pieces. Bodil Manz continues to produce work in her studio in North Seeland.
She is represented in the US by Garth Clark Gallery and in the UK by Galerie Besson.
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