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Tea-riffic! Town celebrates 230-year-old ceramic history with tea-themed square

Plans in the town of Ćmielów which is known for its ceramic industry include 20 benches set either inside, or book-ended by, XL-sized porcelain-style teacups. Urząd Miasta i Gminy w Ćmielowie

Plans in the town of Ćmielów which is known for its ceramic industry include 20 benches set either inside, or book-ended by, XL-sized porcelain-style teacups.

Pictures on porcelain depict ‘Frozen Time’

In this episode of The Debrief, we speak to Marek Cecuła, a veteran ceramic artist who also leads the design office at Ćmielów porcelain factory, about a new exhibition commemorating the Jewish people of Kielce in southern Poland.

It’s not the sights that make Wschowa so special, it’s the atmosphere

Snuck away west of Leszno and with a population of just 14,000, ‘the greatest little town you’ve never heard of’ sits largely forgotten by the rest of the nation. And that’s good!

Delightful collection of artist’s ceramic tiles found hidden behind walls of old milk bar

Designed by one of the eminent ceramic artists of the PRL era, Bolesław Książek, the tiles were revealed while renovations were being conducted on Złota Kurka, a milk bar that first opened in 1952 in Warsaw’s MDM district.

Investigation launched after pre-Columbian Peruvian dish found in village attic

Experts are keen to find out how the dark ceramic dish they believe belonged to the South American Chimú culture which existed between the 10th and 15th century until the invasion of the Incas, came to be in a Polish village.

Commie-era mosaic for ‘working classes’ entered into National Register of Movable Monuments

Decorating the façade of the former Saturn factory in Warsaw’s Wawer district, the work by Domicella Bożekowska and commissioned in 1965 was intended to “introduce contemporary art beyond art galleries, as well as to raise the cultural knowledge of the so-called working class.”

Pretty pottery town gets cultural boost after being added to European Route of Ceramics

The medieval town of Bolesławiec in Lower Silesia now joins a prestigious list of culture which includes Prinsenhof Museum of Delft in the Netherlands, the Municipality of Faenza in Italy, known for majolica earthenware, and the ceramic producing region of Gmunden in Austria.

Remains of 7,000-year-old jar with ‘creepy’ horned face found in Neolithic house

According to archaeologists at the site in Biskupice, Małopolska, the unusual artefact which measures 10cm across and has clearly defined eyes and a nose with two protrusions that resemble horns could be “connected to religious practices."

NeSpoon is back, and this time with stunning ceramic wall art

The street artist who is known for her incredible lace-style murals that have appeared across the world has now unveiled her mesmerising new piece of work in Warsaw’s Propaganda Gallery.

New exhibition of unique ceramics opens at Royal Castle in Warsaw

'The King's Extraordinary Gift' is an exhibition of a set of dishes from the Turkish Sultan's table service, gathered from Polish collections. It is the first exhibition at the Royal Castle since its reopening after the coronavirus pandemic.

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