Radio Petruska

This is a very rare interview with the potter Usch Spettigue. She is creating artistic work in Suffolk, England, for over fourty years. Here Usch speaks with Markus Zohner and tells about her life, inspiration, about the development of her technique and about her approach to pottery, about the procedures she has developed and about her views on her craft. The interview has been recorded on August 26th and 27th 2014, in Aldeburgh and in Felixstowe, England, both times at the seashore, with strong winds and with spectacular waves. http://spettigue.com Usch Spettigue: CONCENTRATING ON PURE FORM, RESEARCHING FOR NEW COLOUR Colourful and sculptural, her new porcelain pots are designed as one-off artefacts which retain their basic function. The jugs, while suggesting natural forms, have a variety of distinctive handles - ensuring that each one is an individual. Usch Spettigue was born in Germany and settled in England in 1963 with her English husband. She started making hand-built pottery while studying languag