Tineke van Gils
Dancing with the sound
Tineke van Gils is truly passionate about the flowing work on the potter's wheel. Regardless of whether she works with the finest porcelain, thin as an eggshell and transparent, or shapes stoneware into unmistakable individual pieces by turning them under her hands, the traces of her work should remain visible. The rotating movements of the potter's wheel shape the form of her characteristic teapots, bowls and mugs in an inimitable way and also keep them visually in motion.
Tineke van Gils Keramik
Rijksstraatweg 16
2636 AX Schipluiden
Netherlands
+31 (15) 3808191
Tineke van Gil's work focus well explained:
Seladon refers to grey-green to blue-green thickly applied feldspar glazes whose special colouring comes from iron oxide.
Glaze is a glass-like layer which, from a purely functional point of view, is mainly used to provide the porous shards underneath (term for a fired ceramic mass) with a waterproof, dense coating.
Engobe refers to a mixture of finely slurried clay liquefied with water, which is applied to raw or also bisqued ceramic workpieces for decoration.
In fossil fuel furnaces fired with oil, gas, wood, coal or coke, the fire occurs in an open flame and reducing atmosphere.
Designation for a ceramic material made of feldspar, kaolin and quartz, with dense, light-coloured to white shards (term for a fired ceramic mass)
Designation for ceramics which, with or without glaze after the firing process above 1200° C, has a hard, solid and dense body (term for a fired ceramic mass).
In the context of the „Internationalen Keramiktage Oldenburg“ , the term "unique vessel" is associated with special, artistic vessels.
The term "utility ceramics" is used in the context of the "International Ceramics Days Oldenburg" to refer to handmade ceramics which, no matter what form they take, are primarily geared to function.