1969
Born in Lower Austria
1982
Smaller wood-fired shaft kiln, heating up to 1100°C
1985
Start of apprenticeship in pottery and kiln construction
1986
Two-chamber kiln with rising flame
Stoneware and earthenware
1988
Downdraft kiln
Stoneware and porcelain, 1240°C–1280°C
1988 – 1989
Period as an exchange student at the Vocational School of Pottery and Kiln Construction in Stoob (Fachschule für Keramik und Ofenbau)
1989
Final examinations
2002
Arts and Crafts Award Radstadt (Salzburg)
2005
Founding of atelier in Waidhofen/Ybbs (Lower Austria)
Hand-shaped tiled stoves, stoneware and porcelain in the gas kiln, 1250°C–1280°C
2005 – 2011
Various markets and exhibitions in Austria, Germany and Belgium
2012
Anagama kiln, tea ceramics, traces of ash, pottery, reduction firing at 1250°C–1300°C
2012 – 2017
Stoneware, celadon porcelain, wood-fired vessels
2018
Film documentation of my working method by „Servus-TV“
2021
Exhibition participation “Vielfalt Keramik” in Art BV Berchtoldvilla (Salzburg)
2024
Presentation for EXPO 2025 at the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo (Japan)
Study visit to Japan “six old kilns”
2025
Presentation at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka (Japan)
Ceramics from the Anagama kiln
2026
Solo exhibition at the Langerwehe Pottery Museum (Germany)

Josef Wieser in his atelier in Waidhofen/Ybbs