Vase, porcelain, carved wave pattern, blue-white kaolin glaze. 

 

 

 

 

 

"Torso" vase, porcelain, constructed form, carved pattern, silk matte, blue-white glaze.
 

 

 

 

"Zogan Mizusashi" (tea ceremony water container) with inlaid pattern, 21,5 x 18 cm. 1994 

 

 

 

 

"Lotos" vase, constructed form, hand molded pattern, ash glaze. 

 

 

 

 

 

Tanjo (Birth) 43 x 43 x 22 cm., 1993

 

 

 

 

"Venus," chrome/nickel alloy mounted on black granite base, 1,9 m., 1991 

 

 

 

 


Torso, carved wave pattern, ash glaze

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerd offers a very nice 215 page book spanning 20 years of his work as an independent German artist living and working in Japan. •The book contains pictures of 250 works created by Knapper, representing the over 20 years he has devoted to ceramics in Japan.
•The works have been arranged chronologically to show the development of Knäpper’s artistic style.
•Gerd Knapper’s home, his studio and the environment he lives in are introduced and the creation process and his techniques are depicted.
• Detailed explanations have been written by experts in the field.
•The book presents comprehensive information about the artist’s life, exhibitions he has participated in, one-man shows, public collections and secondary literature.
•To reach enthusiasts all over the world the text has been translated into Japanese, English and German.

The price is 12,000 Yen ($ 90.00 US), plus postage. Sea mail postage costs 1,080 Yen ($8.50 US) and is delivered  in about six weeks, or air mail is available for 2,400 Yen ($22 US) and is delivered in about one week.
One 85 page exhibition catalog with colored photographs is available for $20 US plus postage.
Either may be ordered directly from him at the address below.  

 

 

 

 

Home page

Gallery page

Monuments page

Biography page

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Address: GERD KNÄPPER Tarosaka Studios 

 1222 Hanawa, Daigo-town, Kuji-gun,

 Ibaraki 319-3537 JAPAN 

Tel: +81-29572-2011,    Fax: +81-29572-9005 

 E-mail: gerdknapper@abelia.ocn.ne.jp