Ceramics made from locally sourced clays and glaze materials by Gregor Titze.
Situated in the middle of Lower Austria - surrounded by granite rocks, alluvial sediments and the Northern Calcareous Alps - Gregor Titze is lucky enough to collect and process all his resources in the area. He studies (geological) maps to rediscover abandoned clay and stone deposits where he sources the precious materials himself - with pickaxe and shovel - to later process them at his studio. This includes massive testing as nature doesn’t deliver standardized products. Every firing is an experiment, every search an adventure. This hands-on approach gives him the freedom to work sustainably and independently.
No item equals another. From the pots to the vases, everything is “100% Austria”. Natural and local.
Kaolinitic clay from the Wachau
Decomposed granulite - one of the base materials for all objects.
Sand from the Linz-Melk-Formation
Used for blending with clays and glazes.
Red clay from Ollersbach.
A base material found in front of my door.
Clay processing (aging)
Storing clay for a period of time before their use in ceramic processing is recognized to improve their technological properties as compared with the corresponding freshly-mined materials.
Dolomite gravel from a building site.
Dolomite is a sedimentary carbonate rock.
Used in Glazes.
Alluvial sediments at a stream near the studio.
Clay and sand, mostly used for glazes.
Clay from the Waldviertel
“Pielacher Tegel”, the 2nd base material.
Abandoned quarry in the Wachau
Decomposed granulite, feldspathic sand.
Collected granite rocks
Used for glazes.
Clay from the Waldviertel.
Fluviatile clay from the St. Marein-Freischling Formation.
Mortar and pestle
The most important tool for making glazes out of rocks.
Pieces of bisque fired dolomite rocks.
Further processing includes crushing (with mortar and pestle) and ball milling.
Abandoned clay quarry.
Mentioned in geological reports from 1880, closed in the 1950s.
Palaeogene, coastal sediments.
Red color thanks to iron oxides.
Iron bearing sand.
From the same quarry seen above.
Small sand and clay quarry.
First mentioned in 1858.
Kaolinitic sand
(Decomposed Granulite)
Kaolinitic sand..
..as found in the woods.
