A fantastic huge vessel with black and white sgraffito detail. About 83cm tall. R13700 (13700ZAR)
Part of my "Complicated Pleats" series. R14600 (14600 ZAR)
The middle part of this vessel took ages! But I do love the ritual of making texture. 81cm tall. R8100 (8100 ZAR)
Occasional table, 44cm tall and 37cm wide at the top. Matte textured side surface and white, crackled top. R8100 (8100 ZAR)
Another "Complicated Pleat" with carefully cut out pleats and a glossy rich white neck. 81cm tall. R9700 (970 ZAR)
Occasional table 44cm tall, 34 cm wide. White sides with sgraffitto line work and shiny black top. R8100 (8100ZAR)
A very structured 82cm tall vessel with a lovely black crackled surface and areas of sgraffitto linework. R10500 (10500 ZAR)
This quaint oval shaped piece is 62cm tall. I had fun while making it! That is a sort of a Starling on it...I love Starlings. Their sound is something like "peo". R8100 (8100ZAR)
A dramatically curved white vessel with black sgraffito vertical linework. About 83 cm tall. R9800 (9800 ZAR)
A stylish vessel with broad black and white stripes in a variety of crackled finishes. R11700 (11700 ZAR)
These pieces are available right now at very special studio prices. Contact me with the item numbers that you are interested in, eg 25_2008, and full details of the final destination in order to quote on freight. Payment is required before goods will be shipped. Payment can be made electronically. Please supply proof of retail accreditation in order to qualify for wholesale prices. Looks great? Sounds wonderful? Contact me on louise@louisegelderblom.com or +27(0)82 658 3568.
An oval vessel- wider than it is deep- with handle detail. About 68cm tall. R10300 (10300 ZAR)
A fantastic oval vessel- wider than it is deep- with blocks of muted natural tones and others with sgraffito lines on white. I love it! R10300 (10300 ZAR)
This is my response to the threat of Chinese goods flooding the market: There is space for everybody and handmade one-offs will always be special. White with drawing cut into the clay. 83cm tall. R 9700 (9700 ZAR)
A classic tall vessel, with the top part on a white crackle, the middle in cut lines, and the lower section in a black textured glaze. 83cm tall. R8100 (8100 ZAR)
An oval vessel -wider than it is deep- in a patchwork of earthy tones and white sgraffito lines on a matte white ground. R7800 (7800 ZAR)
A lovely smaller vessel in black, white and terracotta. Lots of linework. About 35cm tall. R4000 (4000 ZAR)
A slinky 68cm tall vessel in a sludgy brown with an all-over cut out pattern. look at the group photo in the "snapshots" page to see it with some family members! R5000 (5000 ZAR)
A slinky 68cm tall vessel with an all-over cut out pattern. look at the group photo in the "snapshots" page to see it with some family members! R5000 (5000 ZAR)
A lovely vessel (83cm tall) in a sludgy blue with a very tactile pattern cut into it. R12800 (12800 ZAR)
I love this vessel. I call it "The Little Zebra". It took ages to paint all those lines, but it was somehow very satisfying to spend all that time with the piece! It is 64cm tall. R 9700 (9700 ZAR)
2.5m tall 4-part brown totem. Each part in a different brown: from pearly to shiny. with a creme top. R50 000.
An oval vessel: wider than it is deep. Dark matte gray background with little specks of shiny black and sgraffito drawings in black, white and a bit of red on either side. Height approximately 68cm. R7500 (7500ZAR)
An imposing vessel that appears to float. The neck is in a wonderful brick red and the background to the leaves in a grayish celadon. R9720 (9720ZAR)
When I made this piece, I imagined the intricate patterns in the background of paper banknotes. It was a sort of meditation on the nature of money! R9700 (9700ZAR)
This piece is one of a series commenting on the stadium built in Green Point, Cape Town, for the soccer world cup. If you turn the globe the other way round, so that south is at the top, then Cape Town is at the top of the world. We think so! About 40cm tall. R8900 (8900ZAR)
A tall classic hand built form in matte white with rhythmic sgraffito linework and a shiny black base.. Price: R8100 (8100ZAR)
An 83cm tall vessel -matte white with sgaffito "ladders" all over: one of my favourite pieces. R9720 (ZAR 9720)
An oval vessel (wider than it is deep, about 68cm tall) in matte white with ritualistic markings on it. R7500 (7500 ZAR)
An 83cm tall vessel with vertical band alternating between matte white with sgraffito linework and a shiny light grayish brown stripes. R13000 (ZAR 13000)
An oval vessel- wider than it is deep- with handle detail. About 68cm tall. R7500 (7500 ZAR)
A tall (83cm) vessel with planes of matte white with sgraffito fine line work and shiny black with white sgraffito line work. R9720 (9720 ZAR)
An elegant vessel with very structured carved texture in a greyish brown. 83cm tall. R11700 (11700 ZAR)
This oval vessel (wider than it is deep, about 70cm tall) is both wild with it's circles, and yet serene with the muted colours and the meditative qualit of all those lines. I loved making it! R7500 (7500 ZAR)