by Donna McGill | May 14, 2014 | Art Pottery, Roseville Pottery
It’s always fascinating to learn about a company’s inner-workings, and especially if an otherwise successful company hits a speed bump. It tells much about the heart of the company: the one who’s making the decisions in order to get it over the speed bump. Roseville...
by Donna McGill | May 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Most people equate American art pottery with those names from Ohio – Roseville Pottery, Rookwood Pottery, Weller, Owens, Zanesville Stoneware and even McCoy. When you think of southern influences, it’s likely the first, and perhaps only, pottery maker that comes to...
by Donna McGill | Mar 23, 2013 | Art Pottery, Pillin Pottery
Polia Pillin began her studies of ceramics in Chicago, at the Hull House, after she’d established herself as a talented painter years earlier. By the late 1940s, the artist and her husband, also an artist in his own right, set up shop in Los Angeles. It began,...
by Donna McGill | Mar 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
For Rookwood Potterylovers, there are as many reasons to cherish this line of American art pottery as there are fans. Many cite the exquisite glazes the artists incorporated while others appreciate the versatility. For many of us though, it’s the extraordinary...
by Donna McGill | Mar 14, 2013 | Rookwood Pottery
Fans of Rookwood Pottery likely have several pieces that have a unique tinting that is unlike any other American art pottery. The gray tinting found on some Rookwood Pottery shapes was incorporated from around 1915 through 1932. There’s been some debate about...
