Statement: A
cup is a cup, is a cup.
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| Tom Turner Cup tan and brown crystal glaze with Temmoku inside (5.125 x 3 inches) CUP 192 $80 |
Bio:
Tom received his undergraduate
degree in Art from Illinois State University in 1968. He taught crafts while in
the Army and then was asked to establish a ceramic art program for the College
of Architecture at Clemson University. He did so in 1971 and taught there until
1976 when he resigned to work full time in his studio. He received his M.F.A at
Clemson in 1973, moved to Florida in 1979, moved in 1982 to Medina, Ohio, moved
to Delaware, Ohio in 1986 and moved to Mars Hill, North Carolina in 2005.
He has worked with high fired
porcelain for over 35 years.
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| Tom Turner Cup paddled and stamped, scrap crystal glaze (all tests dumped together) with Temmoku inside (4.5 x 3.25 inches) CUP 193 $80 |
He has taught at the leading craft
schools in the country such as Penland, Arrowmont, The Archie Bray Foundation
and has conducted workshops in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Georgia,
Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Washington D.C., Oregon, California, Colorado, Texas, New Jersey and
Michigan (over 125 in all). He has been visiting artist at Illinois State
University and The Ohio State University.
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| Tom Turner Cup paddled, stamped, green Lunar crystal glaze with Temmoku inside (4 x 3.5 inches) CUP 194 $80 |
Major shows include Young Americans
1969, which toured the U.S.; the Marietta Crafts National 1974,1977,1981; The
33rd Scripps College Invitational; Functional Ceramics at Wooster,
Ohio 1978,1981,1983; 35 Artists of The Southeast, which toured for two
years; New Directions: Fiber and Clay, touring for three years; 20 American
Potters, which toured the world and became collections of American Embassies;
The Emergence of a New Tradition: American Porcelain, at The Hand and Spirit
Gallery; and American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art, shown at
the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian
Institution, and then toured the United States and the world. The Covered Jar
in the exhibition is part of the National Collection of Fine Arts. He has also
exhibited in over 150 invitationals and over 50 juried shows.
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| Tom Turner Cup paddled, stamped, green Lunar crystal glaze with Temmoku inside (5 x 2.75 inches) CUP 195 $80 |
His work has appeared in Craft
Horizons, American Craft, Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, The Washingtonian,
House Beautiful, Southern Living, Ceramica – Madrid, Spain, Ceramic Review – London,
England and numerous books.
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| Tom Turner Cup blue and tan crystal glaze with Temmoku inside (4.5 x 3 inches) CUP 196 $80 |
Website:
http://www.tomturnerporcelain.com/
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