Karin Putsch-Grassi was born in Germany in 1960.
She served her apprenticeship in the Ceramics Workshop of Albrecht Kiedaisch at Tübingen.
In 1982 she came to Florence, where she received a “Maestro d’Arte” diploma from the Art Institute, studying under the ceramicists Salvatore and Stefano Cipolla.
She realised the first ceramics in her own studio by experimenting with local clays, glazes, and firings.
To this end, she built several wood-firing kilns, which were always more evolved in structure and size.
After attending several workshops taught by John Colbeck, in 1989 she moved to London for a year, where she took a diploma in ceramic art from the Goldsmiths’ College. She then returned to Tuscany, where the birth of her three children stimulated her to take up teaching with enthusiasm.
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