Fat Lava Pottery - OBJECTS FROM THE PAST
By Fine Antiques, Christchurch Antique Dealers and Valuers.
Maybe you prefer the nostalgic retro style, maybe you collect glass or love that Victorian piece of furniture sitting against that contemporary clean white wall.
Dressing your home with objects of historical character is not only recycling, a great deal of satisfaction is gained by the hunt, digging through antique shops and online auctions - shopping at its best.
Retro fashions have become a significant buzz over recent years. Collecting of West Germany Fat Lava pottery, mid century sunburst clocks, lamps, games stations and Eames style furniture.
Many discarded items from the 30's through to the 70's are coming back into fashion with great vigor.
Christchurch Contents Valuers & Dealers, Fine Antiques have been providing decorative objects to collectors and decorators for many years. Witnessing first hand the rise, fall, and re-surgence of pasts fashions. Of particular note is the recent rise in the Retro style influencing fashion across the board.
Retro is a term commonly used to indicate culturally outdated styles and fashions of vintage era (usually post World War II) that are now looked upon with nostalgia. Sometimes the lines become blurred and styles from earlier Art Deco periods fall into the mix. The wheel is turning again and those fashions of the later 20th century recently deemed as unfashionable are now becoming hip and cool again.
Fat Lava pottery
Looking for iconic objects that ooze the Retro style? try the Fat Lava Pottery items of West Germany. Produced in the 1960's and 70's Fat Lava is immediately reconisable by its bright colors and unusual glazes and strong textures & styles. The term Fat Lava was coined by collectors due to the pumice and fluid like textures found on some, and the often bright red, orange and yellow colours.
Be warned, hunting these items down and displaying is very addictive. Fortunately collecting Fat Lava is a bug that will pay dividends as there value is almost certain to continue rising. It is still possible to pick up great examples for good prices ranging from $50 through to a few hundred.
Some of the major factories to look out for include Scheurich, Ruscha, Roth, Bay and Jasba.
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