Helpers

This site is dedicated to our helpers (or technical assistants). Here we not only want to say thank you but also want to introduce them to the participants before the conference.

For questions or suggestions contact

Markus Böhm, Alt Gaarz 6, D-17248 Lärz

+49(0)39833-22219, markus@woodfire.net

Jean-Luc Beck

Driver Shuttle-Bus

Französisch, Deutsch

Karen Bell

Karen has been potting for 15 years. She completed a diploma of Art (Ceramics) at Orange TAFE college, NSW, and has been involved in woodfiring in Australia for last five years. She is a regular stoker on the team at Gooseneck Pottery.

Karen will be assisting Rob Barron making boat and pillow forms and large jars.

Lena Biesalski

I study ceramics at the ‘Burg Giebichenstein’ in Halle. Ever since my apprenticeship with Birke Kästner, where I first came in contact with woodfired ceramics, I have been interested in woodfiring and kiln building.

Exhibition set-up and dismantling, supervision

German, English

Ralf Blechschmidt

is working together with his wife in a pottery near Leipzig.

One year ago he was building a "Phoenix- woodfire-kiln". This kiln was burned 3 times.

Betreuung des großen Seminarraums, Gesprächsgruppen

Deutsch, Englisch

Ute Böhm

Driver Shuttle-Bus

Deutsch, Englisch

Marco Braun

has been working reliably for 10 years, first as an apprentice, then as a journey man in ‘Töpferhof Lenzen’.

Set-up, dismantling, supervision, demonstrations, wood

German

Dr. med Monika Nitschkoff-Breitmann

Dr. med. Monika Breitmann

Nach 43 Jahren als „Landärztin“ am Rande von Berlin und langjähriger Keramikfreundin biete ich, falls nötig, auf der Konferenz ärztlichen Beistand an.

Faith Christensen

moved to Germany in 2006. She is very grateful to be taking part in the rich German pottery and handcraft apprentice tradition. She apprentices with Anne Steinbruch in the beautiful village of Garvensdorf in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

Supervision Movie Festival

English, German

Jacqueline Clayton: Coordination of technical Assistants

Jacqueline Clayton studied caramics in Kyoto, Canberra and Sydney is currently senior lecturer at the College of Fine Arts of the UNSW in Sydney. She took part in the organisation of the Australian woodfire conference in Mittagong and in the organisation of the Australian Ceramics Triannale in 2009.

Languages: English, Japanese

Karin Flurer-Brünger

Karin-Flurer Brünger has been working for over 10 years as a lecturer in ceramics at the University of Landau. Being a master of ceramics, a therapist and a special educator, she has many years of experience as a director of courses.

Support the press

German, English, French

Juliane Herden

I studied from 1999 to 2006 at the Burg Giebichenstein in Halle and for four years I have, together with two colleagues, a small workshop in Halle. My main focus is currently in porcelain, but if there is the possibility I would be very happy with the trips into the wood fire world Organisation of the kiln building competition

Language: German, otherwise unfortunately, only English, but my facial expression and hand-and foot sign language are quite pronounced…

Juliane Herden Ernestusstraße 1 06114 Halle,

juleherden@web.de

Anni Holland

Driver Shuttle-Bus

Deutsch, Englisch

Uwe Höppner

Has been a volunteer projectionist for 30 years and the film club scene in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern would function only half as well without him.

Art cinema

German

Janine King

Ausstellungsauf/Abbau/Betreuung

Englisch

Hanno Leischke

I have had clay between my fingers for 30 years, the last 20 mostly the clay from my own workshop. And I have been wood firing for 15 years now. For the last 8 years I have been torn between Saxony and Mecklenburg.

Tour to Saxony

German

Katharina Lenz

MMy goal is to establish a workshop, which will be run together with other potters and artists, and also provides the integration of organically produced cheese, meat and vegetables.

Reception, information desk

German, English, Spanish, some Polish and Russian

Elke Ludwig

is apprentice in the second year at the »Töpferhof Lenzen« (Jens-Peter Planke).

Signs/Communication/Labels

German

Rudi Markuske

is a living legend amongst the east-German woodfirers. He heps to organise the kiln building competition

German

Eric Nelson

Workshops/Demonstrations

Englisch, Deutsch, Schwizerdütsch

Sigrid Planke

I am retired but I have very little time as I am usually either at potters markets or busy with the garden, the kids, the grand kids or travelling.

Distribution of audio equipment

Wilfried Planke

The retired process engineer has realised the dream of his own studio and workshop.

Wilfried looks after the camp ground and the dormitory

German

Sarah Pschorn

I am 21 years old and have been studying ceramics at the castle Giebichenstein since October which explains my interest in ceramics (I also have a close connection to wood firing). I have been introduced to this technique at the ceramic workshop of the Omse e.V. in Dresden. I have always been fascinated by the wood firing process and would like to learn as much as possible about it. I have the possibility to fire with wood at the castle as well. Building my own kiln might be a possibility in the distant future!

Organising and running of the kiln building competition

German, English, French

Alfred Schließler

Administration, Setup and dismantling, Fahrer Schuttle-Bus

Deutsch, English

Lydia Stock

I am a certified correspondent in English and French and I live in beautiful Leipzig. Apart from big foreign words I also love to juggle objects. Together with friends I am organising a convention for movement art and juggling in Leipzig. So why am I here? Even an unconnected ceramics fan can somehow find his way to Bröllin...

German, English, French

mail : lydia.stock@rocketmail.com, funk : 0173 966 24 96

Reception, Book sales, Information

German, English, French

Jean-Christophe Watt

Reception, Information

Französisch, Deutsch