Bob Turner Ceramics

1958 1979 faculty new york state college of ceramics alfred university.

Bob turner ceramics. He then studied painting at the pennsylvania academy of fine arts and earned a master of fine arts degree from the. Turner 20th century american ceramic artist. Robert turner in his alfred studio 1997 john wood photographer. Casseroles covered jars vases and bowls.

His high fired reduction wares were classics of their kind. Pearland tx 77584. See more ideas about mid century ceramics ceramic pottery pottery. We have fine examples of some of alfred s best artists.

Robert turner daniel rhodes charles harder ted randall val cushing david shaner william parry linda sikora mathew metz andrea and john gill bobby silverman tom spleth fong chow arthur baggs ck nelson frederick. During the 1950 s and 1960 s functional potter robert turner helped develop and refine a stoneware aesthetic that was synonymous with american ceramics of the era. Pearland high school s sophomore angel pinales and turner high school s senior kraig thompson were among a select group from across the state to attend virtual stem camp offered by the prestigious tapia center for excellence and equality at rice university. Robert chapman turner papers archives of american art smithsonian institution.

Artists who create pottery mold material into a shape either by hand or with the use of a pottery wheel at an art pottery studio. A fellow of the american craft council and recipient of its highest honor the gold medal turner was also a member of the international academy of ceramics. Robert chapman turner 1913 2005 internationally acclaimed artist and professor of ceramic art. In the 1970s turner begin to experiment with making abstract non functional pottery following the approach to clay taught by peter voulkos.

Timeless and universal in shape they had gradually evolved first from a careful study and testing of vessel forms derived from ancient china and greece and then in. Born in port washington new york turner attended swarthmore college and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1936. Sep 8 2020 robert c turner mid century ceramic pottery. We are located near the alfred university school of ceramics art and design and the alfred ceramic art museum.

Robert turner s work hroughout the 1950s and 1960s he made functional wheel thrown wares. Robert turner college career high school. Once an item is finished it is fired in the studio s kiln which reaches very high temperatures to cook and dry out the clay.