Mystery Pot
Mystery Pot 36 Maker Howard Kottler
“The 1960s was an unbelievable period in American life. No one can imagine the full extent of the social forces of change at work during this time without living it. On my trips to San Francisco, I experienced the full bloom of hippie life. The Vietnam War, with all its social unrest, had powerful ramifications throughout the USA in daily life and in academia. Furthermore, there was a dramatic surge in the Bay Area into funk art, which manifested itself in ceramics through the use of bright colors, erotic images, narrative and the use of mixed media…It was a direction that worked perfectly for me and gave me the freedom to let my craziness run amok. I became my own man and expressed my sarcastic wit through images and titles in my artwork.”
Mystery Pot 35 Maker Geoffrey Swindell
“For over forty years I have been compelled to make these curious forms. Usually, they are vases but sometimes they become teapots, bowls or jugs and sometimes they don't have a name. Their creation has given me joy, despair, friends, money, and backache.”
- Geoffrey Swindell
Mystery Pot 34 Maker Thomas Hoadley
"I think of my patterns as being a collaboration between my imposed structure and the clay's wise alteration of that structure." - Thomas Hoadley
Mystery Pot 33 Maker Bennett Bean
You guessed it, the maker was Bennett Bean! Mystery Pot 33, from the Bailey Collection of Ceramic Art made by Bennett Bean
Malcolm Davis 1937 - 2011
“I first touched clay at age 40 and knew immediately that I had been a potter all along. I love to make pots! For me, the joy and the challenge comes from making things that will become an intimate part of the daily lives of others – pots that will be held, eaten from, poured from, sipped or even licked from. For me the making of pots is a way to celebrate the mundane rituals of daily life and to make them holy.”
The Legacy of Val Cushing
Featured Work in the Bailey Collection
Mystery Pot 28 Maker Marianne de Trey
Marianne de Trey 1913-2016
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