Lidded pot

Johannes Milan’s ceramics exude life. Calligraphic abstract cobalt shapes and drips animate the surface and are used by Milan as a language across his tableware (see also 50764 and 50763). Peters purposefully misshapes his forms and the base of this thrown jar has been squeezed to give a softness to the body. The clear nepheline glaze used by Milan brings 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.