Keramikdesign Walpurga Kleinsasser

Handmade porcelain and clay.

Self-developed, food-safe ash and feldspar glazes.

Ideas, design and execution ©Walpurga Kleinsasser

“Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication”.

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Markets

Come to the most beautiful arts and crafts markets in Austria.

A special highlight of the year is one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Austria, at Karlsplatz in Vienna. Here, arts and crafts and entertainment combine. Looking forward to your visit from November 18 to December 23, 2022.

Studio

Visit my studio, which is located near Graz (Styria).

You are welcome to see my products and production facility in person by appointment.

Guide

The journey to Styria is too far for you, or you lack time? No problem!

Make an appointment with me by phone and I will give you a virtual tour of my studio. 

Keramikdesign Walpurga Kleinsasser

Handmade and hand-turned ceramics.

Self-developed, food-safe ash and feldspar glazes.

Ideas, design and execution ©Walpurga Kleinsasser

  • Each piece I pot individually on the potter’s wheel and thus each piece is unique.
  • I pot with the Australian porcelain mass “Southern Ice” and fine chamotte Westerwald stoneware clay.
  • All my tableware is glazed with self-developed food-safe glazes – with emphasis on “ash glazes”.
  • In ash glazes, the main ingredient in the glaze backfill is ash from burned wood.
  • Right now I have privet and laburnum ash included in my offsets.
  • My work is all dishwasher and microwave safe.
  • My porcelain and stoneware works are tight because I fire at 1280°C – 1300°C in electric and gas kilns.
  • Ideas, design, planning and execution are mine.
  • My pottery is so delicate and fine that the body is translucent against the light.
  • This turns functional contemporary design into beautiful special everyday tableware.

Who I am?

 Mstin Walpurga Kleinsasser, BEd

 After elementary school, I attended the regional technical school for ceramics and kiln construction in Stoob/ Bgld. and graduated in 1992.

This was followed by 3 years of master classes at the HTBLA Ortweingasse Graz and the Entrepreneur Academy at the WIFI Graz.

Finally I passed the master examination for ceramics on 16.10.1996.

  • Since 1997 I am a self-employed master ceramist with my own workshop.
  • My craft spectrum includes ceramic and porcelain pottery, mold making, tiles and tiles, custom designs and small series, as well as my own glaze development with a focus on “ash glazes” and manufacturing.
  • I pot each piece individually on the potter’s wheel and thus each piece is unique.
  • All of my dinnerware is glazed with self-developed food-safe glazes.
  • Right now I have privet and laburnum ash included in my offsets.
  • All of my work is dishwasher and microwave safe.
  • I fire my porcelain and stoneware work at 1280 – 1300°C in electric and gas kilns.
  • Idea, design, planning and execution are mine.

Since September 2013 I teach as a vocational school teacher the subjects of ceramics and tiling in the Landesberufsschule LBS Graz 4.
2017- 2020 I have completed the bachelor’s program teaching secondary vocational education, subject area dual vocational education, as well as technology and trade, specialized theory, wood, glass, clay at the Pedagogical University of Styria and successfully completed at the end of August 2020 with BEd.

 

Are you interested in my products?

Come to the most beautiful arts and crafts markets in Austria.

A special highlight of the year is one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Austria, at Karlsplatz in Vienna. Here, arts and crafts and entertainment combine. Looking forward to your visit from November 18 to December 23, 2022.

Visit my studio, which is located near Graz (Styria).

You are welcome to see my products and production facility in person by appointment.

The journey to Styria is too far for you, or you lack time? No problem!

Make an appointment with me by phone and I will give you a virtual tour of my studio. 

Contact

Tel.: +43 (0) 69910240717

Mail: info@keramikdesign.at

Mooskirchnerstraße 25

8561 Söding – Sankt Johann