Ceramics Workshop Matthias Schawerda
The workshop of the ceramist and stove fitter Matthias Schawerda is located in the countryside of northern Lower Austria. Matthias is one of the last stove fitters who still installs the tiled stoves with traditional knowledge and craftsmanship. He doesn’t use prefabricated heating inserts, as the industry imposes, but uses loam and fireclay according to traditional methods. For producing glazes, he uses raw materials which he finds in his neighborhood. He digs for feldspar, kaolin, quartz and merges them with ashes from birch trees, vine branch, beeches or chestnut trees, obtaining a variety of different color shades. This is where I built Shrouded Furnace 5. (click for more photos)
