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Edris Eckhardt: Pioneer Studio Glass Artist Edris Eckhardt (1905 to 1998) enjoyed two distinguished careers, first as a highly accomplished ceramist and later as one of the first studio artists in the country to explore the exciting possibilities of glass as her chosen medium. In the mid 1920′s, Eckhardt took classes in ceramics at the Cleveland Institute of Art and also worked at the Cleveland pottery of Guy Cowen. Then, beginning about 1930, she [...] Click here to continue reading. Dr. Syntax The Doctor Syntax series originated with the English caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, whose sketches lampooned England’s poor country clerics, and the eccentric author, William Combe (himself in debtor’s prison at the time) who penned rhymes to match the sketches, circa 1815 to 1821. The learned Doctor leaves his wife to tour England “in Search of the Picturesque” and publish a book of his experiences and sketches to “create a real mint”. This folly [...] Click here to continue reading. Dorothy Doughty, Royal Worcester Ceramic Artist In the early 1930′s, a Mr. Alex Dickins, a publisher of etchings and messotints, visitied with the Royal Worcester company. He had become interested in exporting to America the china figurines of English studio artists. He suggested to Royal Worcester that they might make a series of American bird models, which by using a non-reflecting surface, would be nearer to nature, and therefore an improvement on the creations [...] Click here to continue reading. A. Polk Donaghho began his pottery business circa 1843 in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania. Between 1870 and 1874 Donaghho moved the pottery to Parkersburg, West Virginia where it operated until circa 1900. While in Parkersburg Donaghho marked some of his pottery with the Donaghho mark and some “Excelsior Pottery”. Creamware or Queensware? Creamware was renamed Queen’s ware in 1766 after Josiah Wedgwood was appointed “Potter to Her Majesty,” Queen Charlotte. Wedgwood did not invent the body but found the clays and developed the glaze that gave it its warm white look. His two most famous commissions in the ware were the dinner set made for Queen Charlotte and a set for the Empress Catherine II of Russia, variously estimated between 952 and 1282 [...] Click here to continue reading. Burlon B. Craig During the 1950′s and 1960′s, the long line of potters from central North Carolina thinned to one man: Burlon B. Craig (1914 to 2002). Craig’s persistence, skill, adaptability and willingness to instruct a new generation saved the Catawba Valley pottery tradition. Today, over 20 contemporary potters around Hickory, North Carolina, owe their livelihood to him. Craig began his pottery career in the Great Depression when pottery was far from decorative. [...] Click here to continue reading. John Wallace Cowden Pottery John W. Cowden began his pottery business in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1861, assisted by his son Frederick until the younger Cowden enlisted in the Union Army for the Civil War. They were known for their utilitarian stoneware with brushed cobalt blue floral decoration. In 1870 Isaac J. Wilcox joined the business and the firm became Cowden & Wilcox. John W. died in 1872 and was followed by his sons in [...] Click here to continue reading. Frederick H. Cowden Pottery Frederick H. Cowden was the son of John Wallace Cowden, founder of the Cowden Potteries in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1861. Frederick worked briefly with his father at the pottery before enlisting in the Union Army for the Civil War. He returned to the pottery after the war and worked with his father and Isaac J. Wilcox in the firm of Cowden & Wilcox. John W. died in 1872 and Frederick [...] Click here to continue reading. Helen Quintana Cordero (1915 to 1994) Helen Cordero of the Fox Clan was a prominent Cochiti potter. Among many accolades she has been published most recently in Artfocus Nov./ Dec. 1999:10-11; Native Peoples Summer 1999:4; and Indian Market Magazine 1998:65. Most famous for her storytellers, she begun her career potting small figures of animals and birds, signing her name in pen or pencil. It wasn’t until later that her name appeared in vegetal paint. [...] Click here to continue reading. C. C. Cole Charles C. (CC) Cole (1887-1967) worked with his brother Everette from 1927 to 1933. At the death of their brother Clarence in 1937, Charles took over pottery production at the Steeds, North Carolina, shop that had originally belonged to their father, Ruffin Cole. An unfortunate accident shortly after the acquisition ended C.C. Cole’s pottery-making career. He was bitten by a copperhead snake and lost the use of his thumb. The [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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