Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa (27 November 1918 – 12 January 1992) was a Norwegian ceramic designer. Fjeldsaa was born in

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in the county of

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. He was educated as a ceramicist at the

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in Oslo 1937–1942 and trained in the workshop of Jens von der Lippe from 1936 to 1946. He received a scholarship in 1956 for study at The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory in

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. From 1947 to 1957 he had his own workshop as a ceramist in the municipality of

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in Oslo. From 1958 Fjeldsaa became head of design at the earthenware factory Stavangerflint AS in

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. After the merging of Stavangerflint AS and Figgjo Fajanse AS in 1968 to Figgjo Fajanse Stavangerflint AS, he continued as head of design and

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from 1973 to 1985. As a ceramic artist Fjeldsaa was a pioneer in the use of

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. His objects from this period were highly appreciated and he was awarded a gold medal at the Triennal in Milan in 1954 and at the

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of Ceramics in Cannes in 1957. As artistic manager and designer at Stavangerflint he made his designs both in " flintware" (fine earthenware), ovenproof models, vitroporcelain and stoneware. His most well-known creations are the model ''Kongsstein'', the flintware service ''Brunette'' and the stoneware service ''Finse''. In addition to his work as a designer of tableware for households and the professional market, he created a series of vases, small objects of

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and reliefs in coloured stoneware for wall decoration.

References

* ''33 Brukskunstnere'', published by Bonytt ca 1960 * Olsen/Andersen: ''Moderne Antikviteter'', Lunde 2000, * Figgjo AS: ''Figgjo: Formet av entusiasme gjennom 60 år'', Figgjo AS 2001 * Jan Gjerde: ''Fra Kvaleberg til cyberspace'',
Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa v/ Jan Gjerde
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