Tone von Krogh

Tone was born in Switzerland, but spent most of her childhood in Norway. After a short apprenticeship during the summer months in the pottery at the Norwegian Folk Museum in Oslo, she came to England in 1994 on an Exchange programme with Manchester Metropolitan University and graduated in 3Dimensional Design in 1995.

Tone’s current collection of contemporary domestic Ceramics is strongly influenced by her impressions from the winter landscapes in Norway. When the snow covers trees, rocks, paths and architecture; any sharp edges become soft and everyday shapes may become unrecognizable. She brings the same feel to her work with a range of wavy vases and softly distorted beakers, bowls and bottles. The colour range is reflecting the many tones of snow and ice and winter skies.

The work is produced using a potter’s wheel but then cut and reassembled to non-circular shapes or given soft dimples or bumps. Tone uses a combination of food friendly glazes on the inside and barium-based glazes on the outside and fire the work to stoneware temperatures. She mixes all her own glazes using basic materials and oxides.