Mid 20th Century Danish Pottery Platter by Ady Kroyer Johansen, Signed

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Offered is a stunning hand decorated burnished glaze Fajance ceramic bowl by renowned Danish studio potter Ady Krøyer Johansen (1933-2016). … Read more Offered is a stunning hand decorated burnished glaze Fajance ceramic bowl by renowned Danish studio potter Ady Krøyer Johansen (1933-2016). This stylized leaf and geometric pattern is typical of her work in the late 1950s and early 1960s, soon after she had opened her own studio at the age of 21. The colors are blended denim blue and indigo, and a deep sage and olive. All images taken in natural daylight and very true to color. The undersurface is a very deep espresso brown with her signature "Ady" and stamped "Krøyer Johansen Denmark"

Measures 12.75" diameter, 2.5" deep

Artist bio:
Ady was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark 1933 and demonstrated an artistic talent which resulted in her getting an apprenticeship at the age of 16 with Zeuthen Keramik in 1949. Part of the reason Ady also jumped at the chance to work at Zeuthen was that she was allowed to stay after the working day to make her own ceramics, which enabled her to practice and develop her skills further – especially those of wheel throwing, and further developing her own repertoire of patterns and decorations. After Zeuthen, Ady went to Norway and worked at Larholm Pottery. At 18 Ady moved to Jani Keramik, located in the town of Laholm, Sweden where her main work was to decorate the ceramics. Some of the pottery at Jani Keramik was decorated using a technique of scratching into the clay called “Sgrafitto” and then filling these lines with glaze to build up the color. This technique appealed to Ady who often used it later in her own work. Following her time at Jani, Ady moved on to Hegnetlund, a large old pottery and brickworks which was located in Koge. At Hegnetlund Ady’s role was primarily production wheel throwing, as well as performing some very heavy duties like loading the outside kilns with coal from large wheelbarrows. Ady’s brief, and final placements as an apprentice were at Joska Keramik (which operated from 1939-1959) Copenhagen, (founded by Jonna Luthoft, Sven Nielsen, Karen Margrethe Karberg) and finally a short stint at the large Lyngby Porcelaensfabrik factory. In 1954, at the age of 21, Ady started her own studio, and continued hand producing her own pieces until the late 1970s, and continued teaching ceramics for decades. See less