Gary Huntoon (1941-2022) Stoneware Vase

Description: Estate FindGary HuntoonAmerican (1941-2022)Art Pottery Vase We offer a hand turned stoneware bottle vase by the noted ceramics artist Gary Huntoon. The vase has a round body with a tall neck and is glazed in shades of grey and blue.The vase weighs 1 pound 12.5 ounces and measures 8 3/4” in height. The top edge measures 2 1/4” in diameter and 3 3/8” in diameter at the base. The stoneware bottle vase is presented in excellent vintage condition free of chips, breaks, cracks or repairs. Gary Lee Huntoon, American (1941-2022) Gary Huntoon attended his first ceramics class while a pre-med student at UCLA which fired his passion and set a new path in pottery. In 1962 he was selected to study at Pond Farm in Guerneville, Ca. with Marguerite Wildenhain, one of the first students at the Bauhaus in Germany who went on to become Germany’s first female Master Potter. His previous experience in clay had all been hand-building and it was at Pond Farm he began work on the potter’s wheel. Following this influential time at Pond Farm, Gary moved to Texas, working for an architect as a potter, and then studying at the University of Texas before serving two years in the U.S. Army. He established his pottery studio and began his teaching career in Houston at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts, and then at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts School and the University of St Thomas. He remained in Houston for 30 years and then moved to Dallas where he taught at Collin County Community College, Richland Community College, Parish Episcopal School and the Creative Arts Center of Dallas. While in Texas, Gary was very active in the Texas clay community, exhibiting his work and conducting workshops. He also worked for two years with the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe in East Texas, teaching pottery to these basket-makers.Moving to South Carolina in 2011, he maintained his studio at home in Travelers Rest while teaching at the Spartanburg Art Museum and Greer Arts Center. Gary was a member of the Greenville Center for Creative Arts and one of the early ceramics instructors when the Center first opened. He was a member of the Art Gallery on Pendleton Square in Pendleton, SC and was active in the Tryon, NC arts community and a member of Tryon Painters and Sculptors. He was an inspirational teacher, encouraging his pottery students with enthusiasm, generosity and kindness, and he enjoyed conducting various workshops throughout these communities. Gary worked in several styles and forms, from the functional to the whimsical, to elegant black forms and totems. His work is primarily in porcelain, although his elaborate sculptural pieces are made of stoneware clay. He exhibited across the United States in many galleries, museums and shows, winning awards in Texas and the Southwest, as well as in North Carolina and South Carolina. He was always creative in finding new things to do in clay: “Every day that I work I learn something new. That is the wonder of art…and ceramics.” He wanted his pieces to have a strong, unique and timeless quality, for now and a hundred years from now. Artist’s Statement "My work is not limited to just throwing on the wheel or hand-building. I do not want to limit myself to one type of firing, one clay, one technique of decorating, or one glaze. Each creative idea demands its own method of construction and finish. Each new material, technique or tool suggests something different to try. I want my work to be good not only now, but 10, 100, 1000 years from now; to be timeless and distinct."

Price: 300 USD

Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

End Time: 2025-01-22T17:00:32.000Z

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