F.

HALMOS

A DEMO ABOUT HIS WORK WITH PORCELAIN.

I was born in 1956.

I graduated as a chemical engineer
from the University of Veszprém and later I went on to
do my PhD and obtain Researcher-Developer-Designer
specialist engineer qualifications.
I have worked with ceramics since 1978.
Until 1989 I worked as a production engineer
in the Majolica Factory of the Herend Porcelain
Manufactory.
I worked for three years on a contract as a
teacher of ceramic technology at the College ofApplied
Arts in Budapest.

Since 1989 I work as an independent ceramic artist in my

own workshop in Bánd.
I am a member of the Veszprém Artists’ Guild since 1993
and of the Hungarian Artists’ National Association since
1996.
My works have been exhibited in many individual and
collective exhibitions.My pieces are characterised
by the special glazes
In the past years I have played an active part
in the renovation of several big public buildings by
manufacturing their ceramic ornamentation. These
buildings are the following:
– The Catholic School, Veszprém
– Town Hall, Veszprém
– Institute for Transplantations, Budapest
– Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
– Ministry of the Interior, Budapest
– Metropolitan Court of Justice, Budapest
– Exhibition Hall, Budapest
 – Gresham Palace, Budapest
– Cifra Palace, Kecskemét
- Párizsi Udvar, Budapest

Works in the collections of the following museums:

– Zsolnay Museum, Pécs
– Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
– Sammlung Egner,Frechen, Germany
– Laczkó Dezső Museum, Veszprém
– Ceramics Museum, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

Individual exhibitions:
– 1993 Tapolca
– 1994 Várpalota
– 1999 Keszthely
– 2004 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
– 2005 Porcelain Museum Herend
– 2007 Veszprém
– 2008 Gönczi Galéria, Zalaegerszeg
- 2009 Rathaus ,Oberpullendorf , Austria
Major collective exhibitions:
– 1994, 1996, 2000 Pécs, Ceramics Biennial
– 1994-2004 Veszprém, “Spring Exhibition”
– 1998 Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts, “Our
Utensils”
– 1999 Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts, “Ceramic
Art 1945-1999”
– 1999 Tihany
– 1999 Tegelen, De Tiendschuur, The Netherlands,
“Kristalglasuren uit West-Europe”
– 2000 Veszprém, “Veszprém-Bakony Balaton
Exhibition” (2nd prize)
– 2001 Leeuwarden, Noordhorn, The Netherlands,
“New crystalline glazes”
– 2005 Bonnieux, France
– 2005 Roussilon, Okhra, France
- 2006 Pápa
- 2007 Gmunden (Publicum's Prize)
- 2010 Izmir, Türkye Resim ve Heykel Müzesi
Crystalline glazes
Crystalline glazes used on soft-paste porcelain were developed
in Sevres and Copenhagen in the mid-19th century and became
particularly popular at the time of Art Nouveau. These glazes,
which have a high zinc oxide and a low aluminium oxide
content, become oversaturated in the course of cooling and
thus gradually crystallize. In them crystals of up to 10
centimetres can develop in attractive, two-dimensional
shapes. The different phases of crystallization result in
varying shapes and colours. To add colour to
crystalline glazes metal oxides (e.g. cobalt, iron, copper,
nickel, chrome, etc.) are used. Glazing and glost firing require
particular attention and great expertise as a number of
requirements need to be met at the same time if a good result
is to be achieved.Crystalline glaze is, therefore, among the
glaze techniques most difficult to control.
I use porcelain for my crystalline glazes, fired at 1250 C grad
( 2300 F )
Publicado 2nd June 2012 por José Maria Mariscal- Maite Ayllón Vales