Revolutions of the Wheel Part 2 - The Great Move West
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In the 1940's, immigrant artists who had come to America began to head West to form a ceramic community that was influenced by Bauhaus traditions. Among the potters of note was Marguerite Wildenhain. Fiercely disciplined and dogmatic in her approach, many of her techniques and attitudes continue today. | |
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The 1950's brought together Peter Voulkos and Rudy Autio at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana working in the brickyard during the day and in the pottery studio by night. Autio says of Voulkos, "He was probably one of the best throwers that I had seen... he did amazing things. And some of the best firings during that time..." |
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George Ohr was a historical anomaly in the charts of ceramic art history in America. He was ahead of his time and certainly the first potter to take his art to the extremes of the eccentric. The self described "Mad Potter of Biloxi" clearly left his mark and was never truly appreciated in his lifetime. |
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