Jun 12th - Jul 8th, 1983
"American Clay Artists: Philadelphia ’83" was exhibited throughout Old City, an area in Philadelphia where The Clay Studio was founded, and provided a creative connective link with its neighborhood galleries – Rosenfeld, Helen Drutt and Marian Locks East. This exhibition also provided a way for the public to examine the ceramic movement from its classical, Anglo-Japanese traditions to its more recent entrance into mainstream art. As Helen Drutt wrote in the foreword to the catalog: “American Clay Artist: Philadelphia ’83 reinforces the notion that the categories established in art three centuries ago have been dissolved for a myriad of reasons and that the artist working in clay is a dominant force in the art of today.”
Rat Krater #2
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware
Measurements:
17" x 13" x 13"
Date:
1981
Seated Robot with Photon Emissions
Medium & Materials:
Glazed ceramic with electric light
Measurements:
24" x 14" x 14"
Date:
1979
The Most Disastrous Ball Game in History
Medium & Materials:
Terra cotta, glazes, stains, water, sand; press-molded, handbuilt, slipcast
Measurements:
11" x 21" diameter
Date:
1981
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, glazes, paints; pit-fired
Measurements:
7.25" x 9" diameter
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, wire, glaze
Measurements:
28"
Date:
1983
Defendant
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic with slips
Measurements:
36" x 24" x 27"
Date:
1980
Falling: Land
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, glazed; handbuilt
Measurements:
22" x 14" x 6"
Date:
1982
Covered Jar
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed; wheelthrown
Measurements:
19" x 13.5" diameter
Date:
1983
Offside
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, unglazed; handbuilt
Measurements:
19.5" x 21" x 21"
Date:
1983
Vessel
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, porcelain
Measurements:
10" x 9.5" diameter
Date:
1978
Covered Jar
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed; wheelthrown
Measurements:
23" x 11"
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
27.5" diameter
Date:
1980
My Daily Bread
Medium & Materials:
White earthenware, glazes
Measurements:
23" x 12" x 12"
Date:
1982
Interrupted Patterns
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware; handbuilt
Measurements:
23" x 22" x 9.5"
Date:
1982
Wine Ewer
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware; handbuilt
Measurements:
13" height
Plate
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain
Measurements:
1.5" x 11.5" diameter
Date:
1979
Lidded Vase
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain with lusters and photo decals
Measurements:
14" x 9" diameter
Date:
1982
World Beater
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire ceramic, watercolor, wax
Measurements:
21" x 18" x 16"
Date:
1983
Totemic Forms
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, marble, slate
Measurements:
7'2" height
Date:
1982
Seclusion Lake
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, raku technique; wheelthrown and corrected
Measurements:
11" x 19" x 16.5"
Date:
1982
Space Vessel #27
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, terra sigillata, cupric sulfate spray, raku-fired
Measurements:
24" x 19" x 19"
Date:
1983
Wall Plate
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed, handbuilt
Measurements:
24.5" x 20.5" x 3"
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, wood-fired, slip-decorated
Measurements:
11" x 11" x 12"
Date:
1982
Nut Art is Nutty
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, underglaze stains
Measurements:
16" x 5" x 15"
Date:
1979
Casement with Grating
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic whiteware with burnished underglazes
Measurements:
26" x 48" x 18"
Date:
1981
Semaphore
Medium & Materials:
Clay and steel
Measurements:
24" x 16" x 24"
Date:
1983
Jim's Case
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
11.5" x 13" x 5.25"
Date:
1981
Jinx
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, shards, oil paint
Measurements:
17" x 21" x 16"
Date:
1981
Untitled (Dog & Bone)
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic and metal
Measurements:
96" x 36" x 20"
Date:
1982
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, coil construction, sandblasted
Measurements:
30" x 29" x 32"
Date:
1982
Face Walk
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
12.5" x 14.5" x 5.25"
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware
Measurements:
28" x 23" x 11"
Date:
1982
Casa de Taza
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, applied slip; handbuilt
Measurements:
40" x 20" x 12"
Date:
1983
Flecked Wedge II
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, low-fire glazes, pastels and underglaze pencil
Measurements:
17" x 5" x 16"
Date:
1982
Light Box
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, iron and cobalt slips; handbuilt and wheelthrown
Measurements:
12" x 10"
Date:
1982
Clay Painting
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, slips, engobes and stains
Measurements:
34" x 21" x 3/16"
Date:
1983
Pescadero
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
43" height
Date:
1980
Companions
Medium & Materials:
Terra cotta, glaze, wood, paint; handbuilt
Measurements:
23" x 22" x 12"
Date:
1983
Beautiful Vase
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, lusters
Measurements:
28" x 15" x 9"
Date:
1982
Coil Pot w/ Metallic Glaze
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware; handbuilt
Measurements:
16" x 8"
Date:
1982
Card Basket
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, overglaze decals
Measurements:
4 1/4" x 8 1/8" diameter
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire, salt-bisqued, unglazed, bas-relief; wheelthrown and altered
Measurements:
17 3/4" x 13 3/4" x 10 3/4"
Date:
1982
Light Gatherer
Medium & Materials:
Translucent porcelain with sulphur wash; wheelthrown and altered
Measurements:
6 7/8" x 5"
Core #4
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, colored slips, clear glaze; handbuilt
Measurements:
15.5" x 18" x 20"
Date:
1983
Pedestal Vase
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, colored slips, airbrushed
Measurements:
26" x 12" x 12"
Date:
1982
Still Life with Coffee Cup
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, porcelain, glazed, lusters, decal, paint; handbuilt and assembled, cup slipcast
Measurements:
4" x 19" x 21"
Date:
1981
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed; wheelthrown
Measurements:
17" x 16" diameter
Date:
1982
Cynara
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, painted
Measurements:
49" x 11" x 9"
Date:
1982
Raku Vessel, R3 237
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, raku-fired
Measurements:
12.5" x 26.5"
Date:
1982-83
Ife
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed, sandblasted
Measurements:
14" x 9"
Date:
1983
Quiet Traces
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazes
Measurements:
23" x 54.25" x 11
Date:
1982
Automology
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, underglazes, glaze, mixed media
Measurements:
19.5 " x 33.5" x 20.5"
Date:
1982
White Wall: Narrow Entry
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, unglazed (front), glazed (back), gold chloride and cobalt sulfate
Measurements:
22" x 15"
Date:
1982
North of North Plate: Aerial View: Wall piece
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, salt-glazed, glaze, slips and engobes
Measurements:
12.5" x 19" x 4"
Date:
1982
Cup and Cup Stand
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, glazed; two elements
Measurements:
12" x 12" x 7"
Date:
1983
Wiggling
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, unglazed
Measurements:
28 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 11 3/4"
Date:
1981
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