Plate with four feet

Johannes Milan’s ceramics exude life. Abstract calligraphic cobalt shapes and drips animate the surface and are used by Milan as a language across his tableware (see 50764 and 50796). The irregular shape of the hand-pressed plate is emphasised by the exposed red clay body along the rim. Milan uses a clear nepheline glaze over to bring light and depth to his slip-coated surfaces.[1]

Milan apprenticed for five years in France with Jean-Nicolas Gerard (see 50741) making slip earthenware before setting up his own studio in Germany, where he now lives and works.

Sim Panaser, July 2020

[1] Milan’s glaze recipe is detailed in, Tony Birks, The Complete Potter’s Companion, (London: Conran Octopus Limited, 1997) p. 134.