Crossroads of Cultures I

International Ceramic Symposium and a Masterclass with Ilona Romule

7th - 30th July, 2003

Peteris Martinsons "Tower"

Participating artists


Peteris Martinsons (Latvia)
Martinsons is one of the true greats of the ceramic world. Working from fine textured slabs he constructs his towers and tall ceramic totems.


Lynn S. Bowers (USA)
Lynn makes fine porcelain tableware, decorated with glazes and enamels.


Beatrijs van Rheeden (Holland)
Beatrijs studied her MA at the studio in Kecskemét and now makes fine porcelain handbuilt structures.


Gyorgy Fusz (Hungary)
One of Hungaryt's foremost ceramic sculptors using clay in a very direct way, creating forms reminiscent of the human body.


Frank Steyaert (Belgium)
Steyaert 's conceptual works evoke ancient ritualistic images, although the ceramic is often combined with more modern materials.


Antal Pazmandi (Hungary)
Pazmandi's work evolves like three dimensional collages of textured and hand formed ceramic pieces, often large in scale.


Linda Lighton (USA)
Linda's work ranges from large porcelain flowers and flower inspired objects, often erotic in imagery with highly decorative, china painted surfaces.


Anita Elek (Hungary)
An artist of the young generation, making very complex slip cast work .


Ilona Romule (Latvia)
Reknowned for her use of semi-erotic imagery both in the form of her fine porcelain pieces and also in the surface decoration.


Ildiko Kis (Hungary)
Ildiko creates handbuilt objects from fine sheets of porcelain, rolling and bent before joining.


Sandor Dobany (Hungary)
Sandors work ranges from sets of tableware, designing for factories, architectural facades and individual art pieces, all decorated in his unique graphic style.