The Vessel: Introduction to Ceramics through History: Web links

By Carolyn McDowall April 13, 2014

In 1785, six years before Vermont became a state, Captain John Norton founded what was to become the longest lived pottery works in Bennington Vermont.

The Bennington Museum is well known as a center for the study of the ceramics produced by two potteries in Bennington, Vt., during the Nineteenth Century - the Norton Pottery and the United States Pottery Company. The scope, diversity and size of the museum's collections of Bennington pottery and porcelain is unequaled. In addition, the museum owns an extensive collection of documentary material relating to these potteries.

These virtual 'walks' are designed to be an introduction to the North Staffordshire Potteries.

Josiah Spode I was born in 1733 and after several years working for other local potters, established his own company in 1776 in Church Street (then known as High Street), Stoke and, like his neighbor and friend Josiah Wedgwood, concentrating on the production of ceramic wares of the finest quality in a variety of bodies.

Article from broadly.vice.com, Aug 14 2015.

J.J. McCracken creates messy situations where performers grovel for access to resources. They are socially disconnected and eternally hungry. They are martyrs, misanthropes, thieves, ghosts, and the wronged.

Over the course of a millennium, blue-and-white porcelain has become one of the most recognized types of ceramic production worldwide. With roots in the Islamic world and Asia, and strong presence in Europe and the Americas, various cultures adapted blue-and-white, from the Willow pattern to isznik. Taking inspiration from global blue-and-white traditions, today’s artists continue the story, creating works that speak to contemporary ideas.

A web tutorial by Victor Bryant, a British potter and college professor. Victor does a fantastic job delving into the ancient history of clay. Greek, Roman and Chinese history are well represented as well as the history of the potter’s wheel and kilns.

Kirk Mangus (1952-2013) was a prolific artist, whose work defied restrictive formal boundaries and navigated an array of traditions and practices. Celebrated as a master ceramicist, Mangus worked across multiple disciplines, including painting, drawing, and sculpture, and it is nearly impossible to separate one practice from another.

This cylindrical drinking cup is the magnum opus of the Maya vase painter known as the Metropolitan Master. It contains one of the finest extant deity portraits from the Classic Maya corpus.