Hanne Rysgaard

I have just had a set of new images of my work done by David Abbot of Chesapeake Design.

As a new thing for 2010 I have started  applying the transfer decoration on the carton range in a different way

i.e wrapped around the form to create a sort of patterned ‘label’ …i like it!

The new NOTHS spring catalogue comes out on the 22nd of February so i am busy getting ready for an influx of orders- wohooo…

Click on the logo in the left hand column to go to my NOTHS page and buy my work online

Here’s a few of the new images :

6-9 pm THURSDAY 3/12 -09

6-9 pm THURSDAY 10/12-09

Please come along for a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie

Lots of lovely ‘blaze made’ xmas presents…

10% discount on my work at the open studio nights

Here’s a blog i forgot to publish…things have been hectic -to say the least- since coming back from Origin…

wooohooo!

I have just been invited to exhibit at Made09-Brighton Craft Fair

19th-22nd November

http://www.brightoncraftfair.co.uk/

I have never been to Brighton before-and I am so excited about the prospect of a weekend by the seaside I have hardly considered what preparations I need to make…

Thinking I will make a load of porcelain xmas decorations…and also glam up some cups with goldlustre and old flower transfers-in the name of xmas…TASTY!

After almost 2 weeks ‘off ‘ ( I haven’t actually made anything since Origin ) it felt great to be back in the studio yesterday – and it turned out to be one of ‘those’ days where I truly LOVE being a potter…

I spent the day throwing cups- in between mixing P2 , fettling…casting mini cartons & robots…answering the phone…waiting for couriers…lunching with Simon and booking a fabulous hotel on the Brighton seafront

Now ‘all’ I have to do tomorrow is make and stick the handles on ,and wondering just why i made 50 of them…and then its ‘cups a go-go’…

ok so that’s how far i got with the writing on the 3rd of November…then i forgot to publish it-duh!

( i have also kept meaning to upload more images from Origin and i didnt want to confuse the chronology , but then i couldn’t find the camera lead…blah blah blah)

ever since the postal strike was called off (thank you!) the NOTHS orders have increased a lot , so i have been very busy keeping up with them – and my stockpile of blank cartons are fast going down  -so next week i shall be mostly casting…and then casting some more

but i have finished all the cups…made the porcelain xmas decorations…applied more transfers to milk cartons…made 100’s of white bunny brooches…and today i have been packing the work for Made09 in boxes …

Thursday morning its off to the seaside-YAY!

hope to see you there!

Just a quick update on Origin 2009

Got here in one piece on Monday afternoon-as did all my work -apart from the 2 small cartons I managed to smash during set-up…oops!

Realized too late I had forgotten the giant roll of extra bubblewrap in the garage at home-DUH!

Thankfully RAJAPACK came to the rescue with a phone order and I arrived this morning to find not one but TWO giant rolls of bubblewrap waiting for me in reception…Thank you!!!

I’m loving being back in London (apart from morning rush hour on the tube…HOW do people do this every morning?)

The show is looking great-loads of lovely amazing beautiful work here…I have been looking at other maker’s work and I’m hoping to come home with a few nice things for myself…Lubna Chowdhary’s storage jars…Sue Binns’ stripy jugs…Florrie’s wolly scarves…Hanne Linding’s knitwear…are all on my personal wish list…

My work is literally flying out-people seem to be coming from near and far to pick up a ‘rysgaard original’…

Thank you all-its a pleasure making you smile

The new mini cartons have been very successful-as have the S/P robots, and all the ‘usual suspects’ with polkadot cartons in the lead by far…closely followed by willow pattern bottles…

S/P robots

It’s great to meet the customers and hear them say how much they LOVE the cup they already have…and that they never want to drink from anything else…once you have had your tea in one of my handthrown cups it just doesn’t taste as good in an ordinary mug

cakestand etc

I will try and get online again tmrw-to post a few more images…(am sitting in Starbucks on the Strand, using their internet and making a cappuccino last a veeeeery long time ) now I better get back to stand 05 and see how Anton is getting on…

kitchen cabinet

mini cartons

It’s all hands on deck at the studio this week , I’m busy getting the final preparations done for Origin.

Thankfully I am doing Part Two this year (STAND 05)

I needed an extra few days to get everything done in time…

I put on the last glaze firing Sunday night, but Monday morning I came to work and realised much to my horror that my old trusted kiln had NOT switched itself on at midnight…eeeek!

I couldn’t find anything wrong with it, so I reset the controller and fired during monday night instead- and apart from creating tropical temperatures in the studio on Tuesday -all was well.

I’ve just cracked the kiln open this morning , all the work is OK and I’m a happy potter!

Despite the minor setback I’m more or less ready to go – one more tranfer firing to go on tonight-then tommorrow the pleasure of counting and packing all the work into boxes , making sure its safely bubblewrapped and labelled.

Have done a bit of running around Bristol in the rain , buying essential items such as stickytape-pricelabes -and paint to freshen up the kitchen unit I’m using as display- ooh its looking so lovely!

Thank you Anton for a very nice paint job and for offering to help out next week.

Also sending a BIG thank you to ‘the geeky brother’ in Denmark, without who I wouldn’t have this blog…

(He really isn’t that geeky-just incredibly creative with computer related issues and all things Japanese)

I also have no idea what I would do without ‘the boyfriend’ -who is taking on the very important job of driving me and all the stock , shelves , bits & bobs & boxes to Origin on Monday morning…thank you!

Here’s a few images from the studio -and then I better get on with some work…

my corner of the studio

cups fresh out of the kiln

box of cartons ready to go to Origin

new stripy work

Det var bare det jeg ville sige : TAK fordi du har fixet det saa alting virker ved ET klik

Don’t  know what I would do without you and your geeky skills

Welcome to my new blog!

So many lovely people contact me daily, wanting to know more about my work and where to buy it etc etc

This is my attempt at communicating and keeping you all updated with news and events , whilst also providing  you with a window into my making world and the projects I am currently engaged with.

cakes optional

This image is from a recent photo shoot with the amazing Susannah Conway (click on Gallery 1 to view the full series)

It was truly an inspiring day full of sunshine and laughter.

Susannah photographed the work with an old Polaroid camera,then scanned and turned the images into  jpegs  , the result is a vintage finish which i LOVE ,and feel compliments my work.

My favorite silver spoon is shown in the middle- oh how I love this spoon-food simply tastes better with a special spoon!