KÄHLER COLLECTION - Caprichos Daneses

KÄHLER COLLECTION 07 52CERAMICHAUTE COUTUREThe doubleness of the Primadonna objects is also reflected in the tension betweenthe provocative and the historically rooted designs. The bowls want to provoke, butat the same time they call to mind the Danish art nouveau tradition with their curly‘locks’ and organic silhouettes.Claydies’ unique Hairstyle bowls are typical Kähler style and are strong, modernexponents of the Kähler tradition for artistic freedom.The Claydies ceramicists have received a number of grants for their conceptualapproach to ceramic craftsmanship, including from the Government Art Fund, theMinistry of Culture Development Fund and the New Carlsberg Foundation.In recent years, Claydies have madetheir mark on the new and experimentalgeneration of young Danishceramicists.Claydies work conceptually withceramics on the basis of a set ofdogma rules which engage in ashowdown with ‘quiet and harmless’ceramics.