Demand quickly surpassed supply, and with manufacturing equipment designed by her husband Brian Heath, the couple made simple and elegant housewares and tiles at their eponymous factory in Sausalito, CA, for over fifty years. #EdithHeath#CaliforniaModernistWomenThis tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.
Edith Heath converted the laundry room of her Filbert Street residence into a pottery studio, and by 1944 she exhibited at the Legion of Honor Museum and sold wares to the high-end San Francisco retailer Gump’s. #EdithHeath#CaliforniaModernistWomenThis tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.
In 1948, Heath Ceramics introduced their first original dinnerware line, Coupe, which is still in production. Coupe pioneered manufacturing at Heath Ceramics, with plates and shallow bowls formed on jiggering wheels. #CaliforniaModernistWomen#EdithHeathThis tweet was posted on August 02, 2022.
Glazes that contained metallic oxides were perfected to chemically react at low temperatures. Some of #EdithHeath’s distinctive finishes created speckled effects when fired in the kiln, such as the graduated, two-toned “Sea and Sand.” #CaliforniaModernistWomenThis tweet was posted on August 02, 2022.
Unimpressed with lightly colored, commercially available clays, Edith Heath of @heathceramics in Sausalito formulated clay bodies from rich deposits left by a prehistoric inland sea near Lincoln, CA, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains foothills. #CaliforniaModernistWomen#EdithHeathThis tweet was posted on August 02, 2022.