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Folk pottery is still made today in North Carolina and Georgia. The southern tradition has emphasized high-fired stoneware vessels that could withstand rough usage on the farm. Alkaline stoneware glazes are distinctly regional, with wood ashes or lime mixed in a solution to help melt the other ingredients-usually sand and clay. These glazes turn green or brown depending on the firing conditions and can have a runny texture. They were developed in South Carolina around 1815, perhaps inspired by published accounts of similar high-firing Chinese glazes. The face jug made by Georgia's Lanier Meaders represents a later-twentieth-century shift in emphasis from utilitarian farm wares to more decorative pieces for collectors, a trend that continues today. Jugs are courtesy of the Atlanta History Center and courtesy of John Burrison. See "#AmericanFolkArt: An Enduring Legacy", on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/AmericanFolkArt
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Folk pottery is still made today in North Carolina and Georgia.
This image was posted on January 26, 2018.
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Folk pottery is still made today in North Carolina and Georgia.
This image was posted on January 26, 2018.
#americanfolkart #folkart #american #history #americana #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique #pottery #stonewear #ceramics #laniermeaders
Thomas Chandler and other potters of Edgefield, South Carolina, often mixed different clays together to achieve the proper balance and ground their clays in a pug mill to obtain the right consistency for turning.
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#mingeifolkart
“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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Marguerite Wildenhain went to work at the Municipal School of Fine and Applied Arts in 1926 where she headed the school’s ceramics department for seven years.
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