Almuth Tebbenhoff:
Bigger than I am
Photo: Genevieve Stevenson
When Almuth Tebbenhoff came to London in the late 1960s she started from scratch: learning a new language, finding a job and studying to be a potter.
A decade later, a lucky meeting with Eduardo Paolozzi gave her the chance to study at the Royal College of Art where drawing classes, lectures and conversations with other artists led her from the world of ceramics into one with a wider range of materials.
Almuth Tebbenhoff, Untitled, 2020, fired clays
Almuth first came to Pietrasanta to work in marble in 2006. She talks about a few special projects she created in stone including a series of interlocked nutshell type boats, which appear to toss and turn on their journey.
Almuth Tebbenhoff, Voyage in a pale boat, 2016, Portuguese pink marble, 28 × 58 × 39cm
Another commission, Flow, lived outside the Salisbury Museum reflecting Almuth’s fascination for patterns made by water. It's this piece which she was restoring on the day Sarah Monk went to interview her at Studio Sem in Camaiore, just south of Pietrasanta.
Almuth Tebbenhoff, Flow, 2018, marble, 210 × 195 × 65cm plus base, Salisbury Museum
Repairing Flow, 2019, Studio Sem
Almuth Tebbenhoff, Sunset stack, 2019, fabricated steel, paint, 670 × 110 × 140cm, Quenington, Gloucestershire. Photo: Steve Russell
Almuth Tebbenhoff, Indensity, 2014, Portuguese pink marble, 80 × 60 × 40cm. Photo: Steve Russell
Links
instagram.com/almuthtebbenhoff
Almuth is vice-president of the Royal Society of Sculptors
In this episode Almuth refers to:
Credits
Producer: Sarah Monk
Editor: Michael Hall
Music: courtesy of
Silver Lining by EDH Music, London
Strata by Moby courtesy of mobygratis.com