Lotte Reimers
1932 Born in Hamburg, Germany
1951–1961 Years of travel through Germany with Wilhelm Hinder
Since 1961 Has been involved in the activities of the Museum for Modern Ceramics in Deidesheim, Germany
Since 1965 Has been creating ceramics
Since 1976 Rhineland-Palatinate State Prize, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and other important awards
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Lotte Reimers

Lotte Reimers crafts her impressive ceramics from coarse grog clays, shaping them entirely without using a potter’s wheel. Her creations’ characteristics include rimose, rough edges, grooves, incisions and relief surface textures, as well as thick walls and heavy bodies that contrast with delicate necks and gently curved lines. This ceramist extraordinaire has always mixed her own glazes from stones, wood ash and colored earths. She applies them layer by layer by pouring, throwing or applying them with a brush, or by immersing an object in the glaze, but she also allows unglazed surfaces to unfold their appeal. The results are objects that exude an aura of primordial puissance and beauty. “I have always felt a compulsive and at the same time seductive urge to create ceramics that combine opposites and radiate a sense of serenity, while at the same time adumbrating tamed elemental forces,” she says. The prices range from 175 to 4500 euros.

Lotte Reimers in her studio.
Lotte Reimers
Lotte Reimers in her studio.
Tall cylinder shape, glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, apple tree ash, H 32, D 12.1 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Tall cylinder shape, glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, apple tree ash, H 32, D 12.1 cm.
Tall shape with “ruff” and tube end. Glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, apple tree ash, H 34.4, W 16.4, D 12.1 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Tall shape with “ruff” and tube end. Glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, apple tree ash, H 34.4, W 16.4, D 12.1 cm.
Vessel with a “ruff” on an oval base. Glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, elm ash, H 18.9, W 13.2, D 10.5 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Vessel with a “ruff” on an oval base. Glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, elm ash, H 18.9, W 13.2, D 10.5 cm.
Small opening jar. Glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, hawthorn ash, H 18.2 cm, D 10.2 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Small opening jar. Glaze: manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, hawthorn ash, H 18.2 cm, D 10.2 cm.
Ascending shape with a “crumbling” finish. Manganese ore, kaolin, barley ash, H 33.4, W 15.8 D 9.5 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Ascending shape with a “crumbling” finish. Manganese ore, kaolin, barley ash, H 33.4, W 15.8 D 9.5 cm.
Bulbous shape with a patio neck. Manganese ore, kaolin, ashes of barley and grapevines, copper carbonate, H 27.6, W 31, D 17.7 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Bulbous shape with a patio neck. Manganese ore, kaolin, ashes of barley and grapevines, copper carbonate, H 27.6, W 31, D 17.7 cm.
Ascending shape with a “crumbling” finish. Manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, apple tree ash, H 28, W 15, D 8.6 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Ascending shape with a “crumbling” finish. Manganese ore, kaolin, copper carbonate, apple tree ash, H 28, W 15, D 8.6 cm.
Tall, slim shape on an asymmetrical base. Manganese ore, kaolin, ashes of walnut and elm, H 31.9, D 15.3 x 16.3 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Tall, slim shape on an asymmetrical base. Manganese ore, kaolin, ashes of walnut and elm, H 31.9, D 15.3 x 16.3 cm.
Shell, fringed heel inside. Glaze: manganese ore, copper carbonate, elm ash, H 11.5, D 24.2 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Shell, fringed heel inside. Glaze: manganese ore, copper carbonate, elm ash, H 11.5, D 24.2 cm.
Square, round shape with terraces and neck tube. Glaze: manganese ore, malachite, copper carbonate, ashes of apple tree and grapevines, H 29.8, D 20.4 x 19.3 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Square, round shape with terraces and neck tube. Glaze: manganese ore, malachite, copper carbonate, ashes of apple tree and grapevines, H 29.8, D 20.4 x 19.3 cm.
Shape, asymmetrical with “ruff”. Glaze: manganese ore, malachite, copper carbonate, ashes of apple tree, grapevines, hawthorn and tobacco, H 15, W 15.2, D 9.7 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Shape, asymmetrical with “ruff”. Glaze: manganese ore, malachite, copper carbonate, ashes of apple tree, grapevines, hawthorn and tobacco, H 15, W 15.2, D 9.7 cm.
High cylinder shape on an oval base. Glaze: manganese ore, malachite, copper carbonate, ashes of apple tree and hawthorn, H 27.1, W 13.8, D 10.6 cm.
Lotte Reimers
High cylinder shape on an oval base. Glaze: manganese ore, malachite, copper carbonate, ashes of apple tree and hawthorn, H 27.1, W 13.8, D 10.6 cm.
Round-bottomed bowl. Glaze: manganese ore, copper carbonate, ashes of hawthorn and grapevines, H 9.4, D 15.7 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Round-bottomed bowl. Glaze: manganese ore, copper carbonate, ashes of hawthorn and grapevines, H 9.4, D 15.7 cm.
Square shape with double “ruff”. Glaze: manganese ore, copper carbonate, grapevine ash, H 25.6, W 15.7, D 10.2 cm.
Lotte Reimers
Square shape with double “ruff”. Glaze: manganese ore, copper carbonate, grapevine ash, H 25.6, W 15.7, D 10.2 cm.

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