On a recent trip I managed to sneak some time back in the junk shop where my obsession with West German Pottery and Fat Lava first began. Boy was I not disappointed! I saw some amazing pieces, two of which I was unable to buy as I was without my car on this trip (my first obvious mistake!) and two others that I was able to buy and carry home. I had not seen these particular patterns before so I consulted some experts and was intrigued to hear that one of the pieces I had purchased was designed by someone called Bodo Mans. What a great name I thought! I was so intrigued that I wanted to find out more…

Well that sounded easier than it turned out to be! Google rarely if ever fails me, even if it takes a bit of digging following my inital searches. All I could find after quite a long time at searching were a few listings for other pieces of his work on eBay! Each listing had no more information about this person aside from his name. Even Wikipedia failed me!

So while I really wanted to write this post about the man with the unusual name, I am afraid that I can't! All I can offer is that he designed several glazes and styles for Bay Keramik during the 1960s and his patterns are generally repeated runic style designs. I can however provide you with a couple of pictures of some of his designs.