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California craft makers were producing modern, regionally unique items by the 1930s. Glen Lukens (1887–1967), who founded the ceramics department at the University of Southern California in 1933, was known for the “California Color” range of glazes that he formulated from minerals found in the state’s desert regions. See "California Studio Craft: Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection" on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. http://bit.ly/CaliforniaCrafts
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California craft makers were producing modern, regionally unique items by the 1930s.
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Peter Voulkos (1924–2002) was at the leading edge of a revolution in American ceramics.
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Repoussé encompasses the centuries-old technique of creating motifs in metalwork by fine hammering on the surface’s opposite side.
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“The way of life in California is not like a life in Chicago…it’s outdoor-indoor living, and I wanted to do something that was as nice to use and as beautiful for everyday use as it was for Sunday’s best.” – Edith Heath Influenced by organic design and refined #modernism, Edith Heath (1911–2005) translated the studio pottery aesthetics of her early hand-thrown work into small-batch production methods for storage vessels and tableware.
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"Behind the world of the artisan is…that desire to take an inanimate material, and bring it to life in a form or image that will sing out; that desire to pay homage to my surroundings, to my creativity; that thanksgiving to that first bite into the apple of awareness."
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