Eric Landon
Illustration — Eric Landen at work in the Tortus Copenhagen studio loft Eric Landon (born 1976) is an American ceramics artist and designer. He is a co-founder of the Tortus Copenhagen ceramics studio in Copenhagen.
Eric Landon
decor8 holly from Hannover, Germany · Tortus Copenhagen Ceramics: Studio + Collection · CC BY 2.0
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- Eric Landon was born on 1 January 1976. · Milwaukee.
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- United States
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- designer · ceramicist
- Education
- Danish Design School
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Landon was born in 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has worked with ceramics since he was 16 but initially studied economy at Xavier University in Cincinnati before moving to Denmark in 1999 where he graduated from the Danish School of Design in 2007.
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Eric Landon, recorded as a ceramicist, was born in 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Tortus Copenhagen
Tortus Copenhagen
• Illustration — The studio at Kompagnistræde 23 in Copenhagen Tortus Copenhagen was founded by Eric Landon, and his brother Justin Landon, The studio is based in an 18th-century, truse-style building in a courtyard off Kompagnistræde (No. 23) in central Copenhagen. Landon also offers workshops in his studios for those interested in learning his techniques and putting them to use. Starting in the fall of 2017, he began traveling abroad to different studios in the United States and Australia to offer similar workshops. He visited New York, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, and Chicago. In 2018, he will visit Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Torquay, Melbourne and Auckland.
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Eric Landon was born in 1976 at Milwaukee.
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In 2015, Landon was awarded the Danish Design Award for Craftsman of the Year.
Eric Landon in the Tortus Copenhagen studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
decor8 holly from Hannover, Germany · Tortus Copenhagen Ceramics: Studio + Collection
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- 1.Forelsket i ler. Berlingske.
- 2.Fluted Stoneware by TORTUS Copenhagen. OEN.
- 3.Slow Ceramics from Tortus Copenhagen. Remodelista.
- 4.Slow Weekender: My home is my castle part I. LigaStudio.
- 5.Workshops. tortus-copenhagen.com.
- 6.usa_fall_2017. tortus-copenhagen.com.
- 7.copenhagen, tortus. Home. tortus copenhagen.
- 8.Delavan, Tom. A Potter’s Appealing Artistry, Broadcast on Social Media. The New York Times. 2016-10-06. 0362-4331.
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Landon and Nassaw, Landon Carter’s Uneasy Kingdom, 2005
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