Chamotte Wall Sconce by Konrad Galaaen, Norway 1960s Empire style clock this is the perfectly imperfect

this is the perfectly imperfect patina you cannot fake

made in 1950 for Fontana Arte during a golden era of Italian design

Incised wave motifs catch and deepen the glaze

emotionally charged images of children and animals

Artist: William Storms is a mathematically driven craftsman “fortunate enough” to have discovered the loom- whose work is an ongoing effort to produce three-dimensional work in a traditionally two-dimensional world

Chamotte Wall Sconce by Konrad Galaaen, Norway 1960s Empire style clock this is the perfectly imperfectDesigned by Konrad Galaaen for Porsgrund Porselnsfabrik in the 1960s & 70s, this chamotte wall sconce is a quietly expressive example of Norwegian modernism at its most tactile and painterly. The square ceramic plaque frames a recessed circular well, finished in a saturated blue glaze that pools and shifts into mossy greens at the edges. It has that slightly volcanic, alchemical quality, the kind of surface that changes completely depending on the