Studio glass is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks. The glass objects created are intended to make a sculptural or decorative statement. Their prices may range from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands of dollars (US). For the largest installations, the prices are in the millions.
Dame Lucie Rie, was an Austrian-born British studio potter.
American craft is craft work produced by independent studio artists, working with traditional craft materials and/or processes such as wood, woodworking or furniture making, glass or glassblowing, clay or ceramics, textiles, metal or metalworking. Studio craft works tend to either serve or allude to a functional or utilitarian purpose, though they are as often as not handled and exhibited in ways similar to visual art objects.
Harvey Littleton was an American glass artist and educator. Born in Corning, New York, he grew up in the shadow of Corning Glass Works, where his father headed Research and Development during the 1930s. Expected by his father to enter the field of physics, Littleton instead chose a career in art, gaining recognition first as a ceramist and later as a glassblower and sculptor in glass. In the latter capacity he was very influential, organizing the first glassblowing seminar aimed at the studio artist in 1962, on the grounds of the Toledo Museum of Art. Imbued with the prevailing view at the time that glassblowing could only be done on the factory floor, separated from the designer at his desk, Littleton aimed to put it within the reach of the individual studio artist.
Richard "Dick" Marquis is an American studio glass artist. One of the first Americans ever to work in a Venetian glass factory, he became a master of Venetian cane and murrine techniques. He is considered a pioneer of American contemporary glass art, and is noted for his quirky, playful work that incorporates flawless technique and underlying seriousness about form and color.
Karen Karnes was an American ceramist, best known for her earth-toned stoneware ceramics.[1] She was born in 1925 in New York City, where she attended art schools for children. Her garment worker parents were Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants, and the family lived in the Bronx Coops. Karen was influenced in many ways by her parents' communist philosophies, and has professed respect for working in small communities. [citation needed]
Catawba Valley Pottery describes alkaline glazed stoneware made in the Catawba River Valley of Western North Carolina from the early 19th century, as well as certain contemporary pottery made in the region utilizing traditional methods and forms.
Eric Norstad was an American potter and architect who worked primarily on the west coast of the United States.
Ray Finch MBE, formally Alfred Raymond Finch, was a respected English studio potter. who worked at Winchcombe Pottery for a period spanning seventy five years.
The Museum of American Pottery is located in Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor, North Carolina, in a climate controlled room.
Carol Milne is an internationally recognized Canadian sculptor living in Seattle, Washington. She is best known for her Knitted Glass work, winning the Silver Award, in the International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa Japan 2010.
Yixing Factory Number One is the oldest teapot factory in China. The factory houses skilled artisans who set strict standards for their work.
Ian Barry Brickell was a New Zealand potter, writer, conservationist and founder of Driving Creek Railway.
Kurt Weiser is an American ceramicist and professor. His work—explorations of the relationship between man and nature through narratives rendered in vivid color—are described as "Eden-like." His work has often taken the form of teapots, vases, and cups, though he has recently begun crafting globes as well. Weiser is currently the Regents Professor at Arizona State University's School of Art.
Donald Lester Reitz was an American ceramic artist, recognized for inspiring a reemergence of salt glaze pottery in United States. He was a teacher of ceramic art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1962 until 1988. During this period, he adapted the pottery firing technique developed in the Middle Ages, which involved pouring salt into the pottery kiln during the firing stage. The method was taught in European ceramic art schools, but largely unknown in United States studio pottery.
John Glick was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. His experience working with ceramics led him to publish several articles about the craft. In addition to producing pottery, Glick began making "landscape oriented" wall panels during the latter part of his career. Known as "the people's potter," he is primarily remembered for his contributions to art and the field of ceramics.
Roger Michell was a British studio potter. He was also an artist, a book illustrator, writer and poet. Although first and foremost a potter, his deep insight, his curiosity and his singular skills enabled him to work across a range of disciplines. He was a prolific reader often reading several books a week. His mind was constantly working on future projects, he had a vivid and complex imagination which was evident in his work. He will probably be remembered most widely for the design phenomena, the Walking Tea set, endearing and quintessentially English, tableware on legs with over-sized, Mary Jane shoes. During the nineteen seventies and eighties thousands of these tea sets were sold, either hand made from Lustre Pottery studio or manufactured by Carltonware in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Oxshott Pottery was set up by Henry Wren and his wife Denise at their home, Potters Croft, in Oxshott, Surrey in 1920. The pottery had a reputation as a successful studio pottery, producing brightly glazed earthenware pottery; examples of their work can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, Surrey, and Kingston Museum Art Gallery.
Charmian Johnson is a Canadian artist and independent curator based in Vancouver, BC.
Danielle McDaniel is an American visual arts educator, ceramic artist, sculptor, author, and entrepreneur who specializes in teaching pottery techniques and workshops for students ranging from preschool age through adulthood. Known as The Clay Lady since 1982, McDaniel developed The Clay Way teaching method for art educators. The effective process streamlines clay firing into one step instead of two, which helps educators cut costs and time when creating pottery. The Clay Way is further explained in McDaniel's manual for teachers, How to Teach Clay The Clay Lady Way self-published in 1996. The manual offers step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions and suggestions for applying a series of pottery lessons appropriate for a variety of educational settings while working on a budget.
