G SQUARED SPOTLIGHT
Highlighting featured artists, new collections, and exciting products, all selected and curated by our staff.
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Potterswork Pottery is BACK!!
A World of Color and Pattern
After taking up pottery as a hobby, Chris Silverston fell in love with the medium because of its balance of beauty and functionality. It 1986, Chris founded the Potter's Shop in her hometown of Kalk Bay, a seaside village on the outskirts of Cape Town, where she sold glazes, contemporary ceramics and held bi-annual exhibitions.
In 1991, she opened the Potter's Studio above the shop where people could come and paint their own plates. This evolved into a design studio with artists such as Lisa Ringwood, Tiffany Wallace and Willemien de Villiers doing the painting. They were followed by Majolandile Dylvane, Madoda Fani and Theo Ntunwana, now prominent ceramicists, in their own right.
From Potter's Shop to Potterswork
As the business grew, if morphed into the Potter's Workshop and moved to the nearby Capricorn Business Park. Chris took on a number of men from the local communities and trained them in the art of ceramics painting. Here these artisans developed their tactile, bead-like style of painting for which the company became renowned.
The Business changed hands in 2016, but Chris resumed ownership in 2019. It was renamed, simply, Potterswork and they continue to produce detailed, high-quality ceramics for which they have become known around the world. The beautiful items produced by their team are exported to various outlets in North America, Europe and Australia.
G Squared is proud to be one of 13 shops in North America that work with Chris and the amazing artisans at Potterswork!
Come pick out your favorite pieces today!
Visit the Potterswork website to learn more! https://potterswork.co.za/
After taking up pottery as a hobby, Chris Silverston fell in love with the medium because of its balance of beauty and functionality. It 1986, Chris founded the Potter's Shop in her hometown of Kalk Bay, a seaside village on the outskirts of Cape Town, where she sold glazes, contemporary ceramics and held bi-annual exhibitions.
In 1991, she opened the Potter's Studio above the shop where people could come and paint their own plates. This evolved into a design studio with artists such as Lisa Ringwood, Tiffany Wallace and Willemien de Villiers doing the painting. They were followed by Majolandile Dylvane, Madoda Fani and Theo Ntunwana, now prominent ceramicists, in their own right.
From Potter's Shop to Potterswork
As the business grew, if morphed into the Potter's Workshop and moved to the nearby Capricorn Business Park. Chris took on a number of men from the local communities and trained them in the art of ceramics painting. Here these artisans developed their tactile, bead-like style of painting for which the company became renowned.
The Business changed hands in 2016, but Chris resumed ownership in 2019. It was renamed, simply, Potterswork and they continue to produce detailed, high-quality ceramics for which they have become known around the world. The beautiful items produced by their team are exported to various outlets in North America, Europe and Australia.
G Squared is proud to be one of 13 shops in North America that work with Chris and the amazing artisans at Potterswork!
Come pick out your favorite pieces today!
Visit the Potterswork website to learn more! https://potterswork.co.za/
Introducing… Marion Mitchell and his Traditional Bentwood Products
Marion Mitchell, a new resident of New Stanton, PA, came to us recently with his gorgeous bentwood tines, trays and baskets.
You may wonder what a "Tine" is. This type of Norwegian and Swedish bentwood box with a snap-on lid is actually pronounced 'tee nah' and dates back to the Viking era (c 700-800 A.D.) Tines are a particularly clever type of container, all but unknown in the U.S. except in those areas settled by Scandinavian immigrants.
Marion, a historian in his own right, studies and replicates bentwood products that can be found in museums around the world. He has been designing and hand making bentwood items for several decades. He finds this work therapeutic and especially enjoys the happiness his products bring to others.
Of particular note, is the fact that Marion's Tines have been selected multiple times over the years for representation in the Early American Life magazine. In the 2022 edition of this magazine, his work was once again represented. The Early American Life magazine shows off the work of the "Best Traditional Artisans in America!"
We are honored to have the work of one of the "Best Traditional Artisans in America" here at G Squared!
Stop in soon for a demonstration on how to open at Tine!
You may wonder what a "Tine" is. This type of Norwegian and Swedish bentwood box with a snap-on lid is actually pronounced 'tee nah' and dates back to the Viking era (c 700-800 A.D.) Tines are a particularly clever type of container, all but unknown in the U.S. except in those areas settled by Scandinavian immigrants.
Marion, a historian in his own right, studies and replicates bentwood products that can be found in museums around the world. He has been designing and hand making bentwood items for several decades. He finds this work therapeutic and especially enjoys the happiness his products bring to others.
Of particular note, is the fact that Marion's Tines have been selected multiple times over the years for representation in the Early American Life magazine. In the 2022 edition of this magazine, his work was once again represented. The Early American Life magazine shows off the work of the "Best Traditional Artisans in America!"
We are honored to have the work of one of the "Best Traditional Artisans in America" here at G Squared!
Stop in soon for a demonstration on how to open at Tine!
Introducing… Andrew Hazelton of Sun Dog Studio
Andrew Hazelton came to us from Grove City, PA, with Giclee Prints of his gorgeous, nature inspired watercolors. We fell in love with his work immediately and welcomed him to the Gallery.
Andrew, was born and raised in White River Junction, VT. He has had a passion for art since childhood having grown up in a wonderfully rural setting. He has always had a particular appreciation for nature and the solid quality and purity of life in and around it. His hope is that viewers of his work will experience the emotional and spiritual connection he has to his subject matter.
Andrew, was born and raised in White River Junction, VT. He has had a passion for art since childhood having grown up in a wonderfully rural setting. He has always had a particular appreciation for nature and the solid quality and purity of life in and around it. His hope is that viewers of his work will experience the emotional and spiritual connection he has to his subject matter.
You may be wondering what a glicee reproduction print is. We have recently learned that a glicee reproduction refers to both a category of collectable fine art similar to lithographs and serigraphs, as well as, a type of digitally printed fine art reproduction. Not any digital print is considered glicee, however. Only digital prints created on state-of-the-art high resolution printers utilizing archival inks and acid free media can qualify as a true glicee print. These prints provide rich color and painterly details and are often hard to distinguish from original artwork. They are available on fine art papers and canvas and are considered "the next best thing to owning original artwork."
Andrew's glicee prints can be found here at G Squared. Stop by to see them today!
Andrew's glicee prints can be found here at G Squared. Stop by to see them today!
