HELMUT FRIEDRICH SCHÄFFENACKER FAT LAVA BOWL Nr. 812

This substantial and hard-to-source 60s flambé glazed bowl by renowned sculptor and ceramic artist, Helmut Freidrich Schäffenacker of Ulm, Germany, is thick-walled and irregularly shaped with a beautiful running glaze in shades of red, orange, blue, and white with a touch of yellow on a heavy orange clay body.  It is marked in relief with its shape number '812' on the underside. HELMUT FRIEDRICH SCHÄFFENACKER (1921–2010) was a prolific German ceramic artist, recognized for his use of both innovative and traditional techniques in ceramic artistry and justifiably known as a "master of plaques." His creations display the full spectrum of motifs, from realistic to abstract styles. In addition to ceramics, he also worked in other mediums, producing paintings, prints, and sculpture—the last in a wide variety of materials, notably stainless steel, bronze, stone, and wood. He decorated numerous buildings, commercial and public, with wall reliefs, and he designed fountains and sculptures for m