From the course: Graphic Design History: The Bauhaus Movement
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Pottery and ceramics
From the course: Graphic Design History: The Bauhaus Movement
Pottery and ceramics
- The history of the Bauhaus pottery and ceramic workshop only lasted five years, but, during this short time, a new form and aesthetic for ceramics and pottery was developed. This new approach to ceramics, breaking from rigid tradition, was an enormous influence on the development of 20th and now 21st century ceramics. In 1920, the Bauhaus hired Max Krehan to start a pottery workshop. Krehan's initial class consisted of five students who worked at his studio, about 30 kilometers away from the school in Weimar. Unlike the other workshops that were often interdependent, the ceramic students were self-sufficient. This was due to the physical separation from the school and the nature of the craft, which has a tradition of self-sufficiency. Krehan taught the principles of pottery, throwing on the potter's wheel glazing and firing kilns. Gerhard Marcks taught the history of ceramics and encouraged experimental ceramic design. Walter Gropius' belief that machine-made mass production was…
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