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Place of Origin: American
Petite Spun Brass Bowl by Ronald Hayes Pearson
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A petite spun brass bowl.
Category
1960s Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
Graceful turned wood bowl by Paul Maurer
By Paul Maurer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A graceful hand turned wood covered vessel by the noted Northern California artist Paul Maurer. This exquisite lidded vessel is, like all of Maurer's work from fallen wood.
Category
20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Alexandra Von Furstenberg Acrylic Pink Nut N Bowl Extra Large
By Alexandra Von Furstenberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a vibrant touch to your home with this Alexandra Von Furstenberg high-quality acrylic decorative bowl, designed to bring modern elegance to any space. Whether placed on a kitchen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Rustic Adirondack Style Wood Basket or Planter
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage Adirondack style handmade if chunky wood brunches basket of wood planter.
Category
1960s Adirondack Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
$110 Sale Price
76% Off
Ceramic Centerpiece Vessel in Sculptural Form Warren Mackenzie
By Warren MacKenzie
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine studio ceramic vessel with exceptional sculptural form by American potter Warren Mackenzie (1924-2018). In a barrel shape with slightly concaved wall, the centerpiece sta...
Category
20th Century Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Steuben Glass and Nickel Plated Bowl Designed by Richard Meier
By Richard Meier
Located in Stamford, CT
A glass bowl on stand produced by Steuben, circa 2000. Designed in 1994 by Richard Meier.
Category
Early 2000s Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Alexandra Von Furstenberg Acrylic Yellow Nut N Bowl Extra Large
By Alexandra Von Furstenberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a vibrant touch to your home with this Alexandra Von Furstenberg high-quality acrylic decorative bowl, designed to bring modern elegance to any space. Whether placed on a kitchen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Alexandra Von Furstenberg Acrylic Sapphire Nut N Bowl Extra Large
By Alexandra Von Furstenberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a vibrant touch to your home with this Alexandra Von Furstenberg high-quality acrylic decorative bowl, designed to bring modern elegance to any space. Whether placed on a kitchen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
19th Century New York Made Silver Fruit Bowl
Located in Richmond, VA
19th century New York Made silver fruit bowl stamped "Kidney, Cann & Johnson"
Coin silver with beaded borders and loop handles
18.70 troy ozs.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Silver
Alexandra Von Furstenberg Acrylic Round Infinity Bowl in Green Extra Large
By Alexandra Von Furstenberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Extra Large Infinity Bowl in Green by Alexandra Von Furstenberg is a bold statement in modern design. Whether used as a striking centerpiece, or refined serving piece, this high-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Vintage Boho Carved Wood Dough Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your home with an authentic touch of bohemian charm with this exquisite vintage carved wood dough bowl. Each curve and contour of this piece speaks to its handcrafted origins,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Teak Bowl by Paul H. Eshelman
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A lathe turned teak bowl
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
"Dove in Flight, " Art Deco Masterpiece in Cerulean and Lemon Enamel by Winter
By Edward Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by one of the great masters of enamel artistry in America, this wide, shallow dish/bowl bathed in brilliant yellow and cerulean blue enamels over copper depicts a dove in fli...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Organic Mid-Century Brutalist Volcanic Textured Molten Formed Copper Metal Bowl
By Paul Evans, Marcello Fantoni
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavy metal bowl, 5.5 lbs. Structurally sound.
Measures: 10.25 x 3.25 inches.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Copper
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Los Angeles Tripod Vessel Candy Bowl Incense by Albert Mfg like Stan Hawk
By Stan Hawk
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare footed petite poolside Barbecue Salesmans Sample/Model or promotional Ashtray, Candy Dish or Incense Bowl made by Albert Manufacturing of Los Angeles California. We have source vintage 1950s rubber glides for the bowl see last pics, these will be included.
This is almost identical to a design by Stan Hawk...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Steel
1940s Wendell August Forge Aluminium Plate for Brockway Glass
By Wendell August Forge
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful aluminium forged plate with a lake and trees design. Manufactures in the 1940s by Wendell August Forge for Brockway glass. This pieces was han...
Category
1940s American Craftsman Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Aluminum
Handmade Cast Concrete Bowl in Grey by UMÉ Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
A collection of 236 unique bowls, the Concrete Series by UMÉ Studio expresses the tension between heavy concrete and its delicate edge generated by hand pouring. While one assumes co...
Category
2010s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Concrete
Basket with Glass Liner
By Brown & Ward
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arts & Crafts style basket with a removable glass liner. A lattice pattern around the entire body as well as handle. In the center a hand engraved monogram...
Category
1940s Arts and Crafts Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Boho Monumental Glazed Ceramic. Lattice Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your décor with this eye-catching Vintage Boho Monumental Glazed Ceramic Lattice Bowl, a masterful blend of sculptural form and glossy elegance. Handcrafted with a dramatic b...
Category
Late 20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Green Luster Lava Bowl
By LAKE BELL
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
With a nod to the spontaneity and privileged imperfection that is the human condition, all of my pieces imbue an energy of function and whimsy.
This decorative speckled stoneware co...
Category
2010s Folk Art American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
Flarring Turned Walnut Bowl from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A lathe-turned thin-walled walnut bowl having a flaring form and a gently rounded interior.
Category
1960s Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Pretty Tiffany Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Basket
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver basket. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Deep and ovoid with reeded and lobed rim. Cast and open fruiting and leafing vine swing handle with ce...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
American Edwardian Modern Regency Sterling Silver Basket
By The Sweetser Co.
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Modern Regency sterling silver basket. Made by the Sweetser Co. in New York, ca 1910. Faceted octagonal bowl with straight and tapering sides on spool support mounted to ra...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage "Farm Girl with Lamb" Decorative Stoneware Figural Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming decorative plate in a heavy matte white glaze depicting a farm girl with a lamb.
What looks like a small edge chip is merely a spot that wasn't gla...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
Contemporary Angular Pink Rose Quartz Bowl
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning contemporary vibrant pink rose quartz bowl with angular faceted shape. Invite the healing energy of rose quartz into your interior with a beautiful and functional bowl. Th...
Category
2010s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Rose Quartz
Contemporary Angular Pink Rose Quartz Bowl
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning contemporary vibrant pink rose quartz bowl with angular faceted shape. Invite the healing energy of rose quartz into your interior with a beautiful and functional bowl. Th...
Category
2010s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Rose Quartz
Small American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Basket
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century Modern sterling silver basket. Rectangular with straight sides and curved ends. Plain rim and fixed and high c-scroll handle. Woven strips. Marked “Sterling”. We...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gerry Williams (American/Indian, 1926-2014) Glazed Ceramic Bowl
By Gerry Williams
Located in Dallas, TX
Gerry Williams is known using stoneware or porcelain to create vessels that are thrown and also for coil built sculptures. Gerry was born in India in 1926 and lived and worked in New...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Gerry Williams (American/Indian, 1926-2014) Ceramic Vase
By Gerry Williams
Located in Dallas, TX
Gerry Williams is known using stoneware or porcelain to create vessels that are thrown and also for coil built sculptures. Gerry was born in India in 1926 and lived and worked in New...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Turned and Hand Carved Exotic Wood Bowl After Leroy Setziol
By Leroy Setziol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A turned wood vessel with a hand-carved, Mayanesque glyph motif, its craft pedigree evidenced by a rim that is ever so slightly out-of-round, and floating over a shallow, recessed fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Craftsman American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Ceramic/Porcelain Bowl Signed "MG"
Located in Dallas, TX
A delicate ceramic bowl with rough edges. No cracks, chips. Signed "MG". Appears to be two ceramic/porcelain sections sealed together to form the bowl.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-Century Gold-Trimmed Decorative Glass Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a statement to your tabletop or island with this striking vintage mid-century glass bowl. Use as an artful centerpiece with clean lines and stunning with gold trim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold Leaf
1950s Sail Fish Bowl by Herb Cohen Studio Pottery Dish Midcentury Atomic
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful rare handmade piece from Herb Cohen's ceramic studio. Cohen worked for Hyalyn most of his career. Signature style dates this piece before 1959.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
$510 Sale Price
40% Off
Cut Glass Bowl
Located in Tampa, FL
American turn of the century brilliant period cut glass bowl. It is heavily cut and carved and very faceted in a draped pattern.
Category
Early 1900s Antique American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Crystal
$450
Santa Clara Black Pottery Pot By Maxine Naranjo
Located in Tampa, FL
Vintage miniature, Santa Clara black pottery pot by Maxine Naranjo marked on the bottom. Kiva step design. Circa 1970s, New Mexico, USA.
Category
1970s Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Pottery
Cherry Live Edge Bowl by Spencer Peterman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand-crafted by Spencer Peterman of Massachusetts, his live edge bowls are made from cherry trees that have grown wild throughout New England since th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Vintage Neoclassical Wrapped Waster Paper Basket
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of timeless elegance to your space with this Vintage Neoclassical Wrapped Waste Paper Basket. This charming piece features a classic tapered form adorned with beautifully rendered neoclassical motifs, including graceful figures, cherubs, and delicate floral elements, all set against a warm, aged background. The "wrapped" construction gives it a unique texture and vintage character, making it far more than just a functional item. Perfect for an office, library, bedroom, or living area, this waste paper basket serves as a decorative accent that infuses your decor with historical style and sophistication.
This lovely vintage waste paper basket...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood, Paper
Natural Teak Bowl
Located in Jacksonville Beach, FL
Natural Teak Bowl
Solid teak is hand cut and shaped to create an informal, organic bowl highlighting natural wood grain. Each bowl is completely unique expressing its own characteri...
Category
2010s Bohemian American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Teak
3 Piece Set California Pottery Mardi Gras by Marc Bellaire
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern ceramic pottery by Marc Bellaire, 3 piece set includes stylized covered bowl, two stylized plates.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Industrial Metal Arts Reticulated Toleware Basket Bowl Painted Patina Farmhouse
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful perforated metal machine-made basket. Late 1800s-early 20th century. Showing some bends to rim and spokes.
Category
Early 1900s Late Victorian Antique American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Steel
$330 Sale Price
40% Off
John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Glazed Bowl/Charger Extra-large
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
The ceramic bowl is an example of the kind of work by which John Glick became so famous. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. It is signed by the artist and stamped with Plum Street Pottery on the verso.
John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze.
Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery” (now a designated historic landmark in Farmington Hills, Michigan) studio opened around 1965 and closed in the summer of 2016. It was a private studio space for John and a number of his students and assistants. He believed his shapes evolved guided by forces apparently outside his control. This was instinctual, intellectual and due to his openness to change, fusing into what he thought was the most positive force behind a potter’s approach: evolution and growth. Some have called it inspiration.
John was not only a major figure in the Detroit creative community, but in the ceramics world at large. According to Shelley Selim in her book on John, “John Glick: A Legacy in Clay” John remains: “one of the most recognizable names in the field of studio pottery – known for lecturing, publishing, and offering workshops widely – and his work has been featured in well over a hundred local, national and international exhibitions since he was a college student in the late 1950s.” Along with this John has mentored over thirty studio apprentices over five and a half decades, received numerous grants and awards for his work, and has been prolific, with an estimated 300,000 ceramic wares throughout the world.
He received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a legendary and influential teacher. Grotell was noted for her deep interest in the human connection to nature’s rhythms and patters. These ideas often grounded her dialog with her students including Glick, affecting, a profund and lasting influence on his future work. This famous Art Academy was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Artis Lane (the first African-American artist to have her sculpture, "Sojourner Truth," commissioned for the Emancipation Hall in the Capital Visitor Center in Washington DC), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), Paul Evans (Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings), Eugene Caples (small bronze images/abstract), Morris Brose (Bronze Sculptures), Herb Babcock (blown glass), Larry Butcher (mixed media) and Lauren Anais Hussey...
Category
Late 20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Dorothy Thorpe Rare Signed and Hand-Painted Glass Bowl
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Dorothy Thorpe signed and hand-painted. There are two of her signatures on this bowl. Lovely multicolored floral design in mauve pink, green, yellow, burnt orange and her ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Black Walnut Wood Bowl by Bob Stocksdale
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A lathe turned wooden bowl marked 'Black Walnut from California Bob Stocksdale'.
Category
1960s Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Large American China Co. Bowl with Grape and Vine Decoration & Gilt Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large antique bowl was made by the American China Company of the United States and dates to approximately 1880 and done in a period Victor...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Boho Signed Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Celebrate the beauty of handcrafted artistry with this signed vintage studio pottery bowl, an expressive and sculptural piece rooted in boho and wabi-sabi aesthetics. With its hand-f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Pottery
Fine Mid-Century Modern Lorin Marsh Round Centerpiece Precious Stone Silver
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Mid-Century Modern Lorin Marsh round centerpiece inset with a precious stone and a brass band in a metal silver flake finish.
Category
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Handmade Cast Concrete Bowl in Grey by UMÉ Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
A collection of 236 unique bowls, the Concrete Series by UMÉ Studio expresses the tension between heavy concrete and its delicate edge generated by hand pou...
Category
2010s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Concrete
19th Century Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Mission pictorial basket with eagles and highly geometric bottom. Finely woven. Shows little if any use.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Other
Handmade Cast Concrete Bowl in Grey by UMÉ Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
A collection of 236 unique bowls, the Concrete Series by UMÉ Studio expresses the tension between heavy concrete and its delicate edge generated by hand pouring. While one assumes co...
Category
2010s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Concrete
Blue and White Map Glass Vide Poche Plate
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white map glass vide poche plate. Contemporary glass plate with print of antique map of the Gulf of Mexico United States, 20th century.
Dimens...
Category
20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Vintage Boho Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Introducing the 'Vintage Boho Studio Pottery Bowl': a fusion of artistic expression and bohemian charm. Crafted with textured details and earthy tones, this bowl embodies the essence...
Category
Late 20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Pottery
Project Room 8" AL Catch-All
By Project Room
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We sculpt each catch-all with aluminum foil before sand-casting it in aluminum at our local foundry. It’s a physical ‘game of telephone’, a translation, or a conversation, or maybe a...
Category
2010s Post-Modern American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Aluminum
Francis I by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Compote
Located in New York, NY
Originally Babbit & Crossman, Reed & Barton was founded in 1824 in Taunton, Massachusetts by Isaac Babbitt and William W. Crossman. The company initially produced works in Britannia ...
Category
20th Century American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,000 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Handmade Cast Concrete Bowl in Grey by UMÉ Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
A collection of 236 unique bowls, the Concrete Series by UMÉ Studio expresses the tension between heavy concrete and its delicate edge generated by hand pou...
Category
2010s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Concrete
Waypoint Centerpiece, Aged Bronze, by Force/Collide
By Force/Collide
Located in Seattle, WA
The Waypoint Centerpiece is a decorative vide-poche in Force/Collide's signature design style. The dramatic lines and symmetry of this catch-all make a powerful statement for your fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Futurist American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Sheet Metal
$1,272 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Rare Signed Arthur Court 2005 Aluminum Dish Bowl
Located in Pasadena, CA
This rare and collectible piece from Arthur Court's 2005 collection showcases the brand's signature nature-inspired design. Crafted from high-quality aluminum, the bowl features an i...
Category
Early 2000s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Aluminum
Handmade Cast Concrete Bowl in Black by UMÉ Studio, Set of Three
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
A collection of 236 unique bowls, the Concrete Series by UMÉ Studio expresses the tension between heavy concrete and its delicate edge generated by hand pouring. While one assumes co...
Category
2010s Minimalist American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Concrete
Handmade Cast Concrete Bowl in Grey by UMÉ Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
An edition of 150 unique bowls, the Concrete Series by UMÉ Studio expresses the tension between heavy concrete and its delicate edge generated by hand pouring. While one assumes conc...
Category
2010s American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Concrete
Wood Bowl by Bob Stocksdale
By Bob Stocksdale
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A turned bowl in stained mahogany with a flaring conical form. Signed by the artist.
Category
1960s American Craftsman Vintage American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Mahogany
John Glick Plum Street Pottery Signed Monumental Ceramic Charger
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
The ceramic charger with scalloped edge is an example of the kind of work by which John Glick became so famous. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. It is signed on verso.
John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze.
Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery” (now a designated historic landmark in Farmington Hills, Michigan) studio opened around 1965 and closed in the summer of 2016. It was a private studio space for John and a number of his students and assistants. He believed his shapes evolved guided by forces apparently outside his control. This was instinctual, intellectual and due to his openness to change, fusing into what he thought was the most positive force behind a potter’s approach: evolution and growth. Some have called it inspiration.
John was not only a major figure in the Detroit creative community, but in the ceramics world at large. According to Shelley Selim in her book on John, “John Glick: A Legacy in Clay” John remains: “one of the most recognizable names in the field of studio pottery – known for lecturing, publishing, and offering workshops widely – and his work has been featured in well over a hundred local, national and international exhibitions since he was a college student in the late 1950s.” Along with this John has mentored over thirty studio apprentices over five and a half decades, received numerous grants and awards for his work, and has been prolific, with an estimated 300,000 ceramic wares throughout the world.
He received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a legendary and influential teacher. Grotell was noted for her deep interest in the human connection to nature’s rhythms and patters. These ideas often grounded her dialog with her students including Glick, affecting, a profund and lasting influence on his future work. This famous Art Academy was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Artis Lane (the first African-American artist to have her sculpture, "Sojourner Truth," commissioned for the Emancipation Hall in the Capital Visitor Center in Washington DC), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), Paul Evans (Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings), Eugene Caples (small bronze images/abstract), Morris Brose (Bronze Sculptures), Herb Babcock (blown glass), Larry Butcher (mixed media) and Lauren Anais Hussey...
Category
1990s Expressionist American Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
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