Frits Vandenbussche (1942): Four partly glazed stoneware boxes and covers and a bowl, 20th C.

 H 12 - 5 cm (the tallest and the smallest item)

"Frits Vandenbussche (1942, Veurne) is a seperate case. His training as an industrial designer and his apprenticeship in ceramics in Japan have led him to face the problems of the handle and the spout of the teapot, which he reverses. He first looks for a special branch and remodels it into a handle for which he then designs a teapot. In this way, he makes handy, ergonomically well-thought out utensils: they are a naturally curved extension to the arm. The wooden handle and stoneware teapot form at the same time a self-willed sculpture, which cannot really be classified in a category with other work." (J. Walgrave, Céramique contemporaine en Belgique - Contemporary ceramics in Belgium - Hedendaagse keramiek in België, Liège, 1992)