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A pinch pot is a simple form of hand-made pottery produced from ancient times to the present. The pinching method is to create pottery that can be ornamental or functional, and has been widely employed across culture. The method used is to simply have a lob of clay, then pinch it to the shape desired.
The Olmec culture originated around 1500 BCE, with pottery found in San Lorenzo dating to 1350 BCE. [40] San Lorenzo is thought of as a distribution center of sorts, with many pieces of Olmec-style pottery produced there and distributed throughout Mesoamerica. [41] Vessels were most commonly constructed using the coil-and-scrape method. [42]
Valentien Pottery Company: San Diego: 1911–1913: Art pottery [10] Valley Vista Ceramics: Los Angeles: 1946–1962: Giftware [20] Vally Werner: Los Angeles: 1940s: Art ware [4] Van Straaton Company: Santa Monica: 1940s: Art ware [38] Vee Jackson: San Gabriel then Pasadena: 1946–1976: Giftware [11] Vessel USA Inc. San Diego: 1998–present ...
Mata Ortiz pottery jar by Jorge Quintana, 2002. Displayed at Museum of Man, San Diego.. Mata Ortiz pottery is a recreation of the Mogollon pottery found in and around the archeological site of Casas Grandes (Paquimé) in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
The pottery is made of fine local clay found on the pueblo to create the distinctively thin-walled pottery. The pottery is made in white and black and polychrome colors. Designs are pressed into all-white pottery with a fingernail or tool. [17] Potters from Acoma Pueblo during the 1950s include Marie Z. Chino and Lucy M. Lewis.
Mingei International Museum was founded by Martha Longenecker, Professor of Art Emerita, San Diego State University.As an artist craftsman who studied pottery-making in Japan, she became acquainted with and learned from the founders and leaders of the Mingei Association of Japan.
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In 1979 she co-founded the studio and store Pinch Pottery in Northampton, Massachusetts. [4] In 1986 she turned her attention to creating ceramics full time. [3] In 1989 Walch relocated to Thorndike, Maine where she established Fire Flower pottery studio. [5] In 2019 the Maine Potters Market held a retrospective of Walch's work. [6]