Pottery studio in Oeschgen with wheel-throwing courses, workshops and team events.
Atelier137 GmbH (Das Atelierhaus)
Mitteldorfstrasse 99, 5072 Oeschgen (CH)New on Amplifa
About the Atelierhaus
Das Atelierhaus of Atelier137 GmbH is a pottery and ceramics studio in the historic village centre of Oeschgen in the Fricktal region (Canton Aargau). Housed in a quarried-stone building from 1906, the studio offers wheel-throwing and hand-building pottery courses for beginners and advanced participants: taster, intensive, evening and weekend courses as well as private and group courses. The offering is complemented by workshops with international guest instructors, an open studio for independent work and tailor-made corporate team events for companies. The studio is professionally equipped with electric Shimpo potter's wheels (RK55 and Whisper T), a KITTEC ceramic kiln (Type X 170 S), tools, glazes and storage areas for unfinished work. The catchment area covers the Fricktal, the Aargau, northwestern Switzerland and, thanks to the proximity to the border, also southern Germany.
- Site
- Oeschgen
- Processes
- Wheel-throwing pottery (courses), Hand-building (working with coils/coil technique), Ceramic firing (kiln), Glazes (glazing work), Wheel-throwing pottery courses, Hand-building courses, Taster, intensive, evening and weekend courses, Private and group courses
- Materials
- Clay, Ceramics, Ceramics/Porcelain, Glazes
- Founded
- 2019
- Industries
- Ceramics/Pottery Craft, Creative Courses and Workshops, Team Events/Teambuilding, Team Events
- 01
Choose a course format (taster, wheel-throwing, hand-building, weekend course,
- 02
Provide materials and tools
- 03
Creating on the wheel or by hand-building
- 04
Drying and storage of work in progress
- 05
Firing in the KITTEC kiln
- 06
Glazing work and finishing
Materials and Techniques
Clay
Basic material for wheel-throwing and hand-building courses as well as independent work in the open studio.
Ceramics/Porcelain
Material for fired works; in guest workshops (e.g. Kiho Kang), vessels are built from porcelain using the coil technique.
Glazes
Glaze materials for surface design, with ample space for glazing work in the studio.
Location
Oeschgen
CHPottery and ceramics studio with course operation (Atelierhaus in a quarried-stone building from 1906)
- Lot size
- Small groups; private and group courses
- Materials
- Clay, ceramics, glazes
- Shimpo potter's wheel RK55
- Shimpo potter's wheel Whisper T
- KITTEC ceramic kiln X 170 S
- Tools and materials
- Storage areas for unfinished and finished works
Offer and Formats
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel-throwing pottery (courses)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Clay |
| Hand-building (working with coils/coil technique)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Clay |
| Ceramic firing (kiln)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Clay, Ceramics |
| Glazes (glazing work)Surface | – | – | – | – | Ceramics |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric potter's wheel (pottery wheel) | Shimpo RK55 | – | – | – | Oeschgen |
| Electric potter's wheel (pottery wheel) | Shimpo Whisper T | – | – | – | Oeschgen |
| Ceramic kiln | KITTEC X 170 S | – | – | – | Oeschgen |
Additional services
History
- 1906
Construction of the quarried-stone building in the village centre of Oeschgen; earlier uses included a butcher's shop, a garage and a sports shop.
- ~2005
Move-in by master ceramicist Mathies Schwarze and artist Franziska Gloor: ceramics studio below, painting studio above.
- 2019
Taken over by Madeleine Hänggi and Christian Wyss; renovation and redesign of the pottery studio.