Gertrude Graham "Gay" Smith (NC), Six Sculptural Art Pottery Wares

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Contemporary soda-fired wheel thrown and sculpted porcelain, faceted forms, unsigned, forms include two handled basket forms (tallest 12 in.); a teapot (5 3/4 in.); a footed petal-form bowl (5 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.), lidded jar (3 in.); and an oval form baker (3 3/8 x 9 x 7 in.).
Proceeds to benefit the Kent McLaughlin Scholarship.

Being sold to benefit Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina

Penland’s scholarship program exists to make their workshops accessible to those who are not able to participate without financial assistance and to create educational opportunities for people who have been underrepresented at Penland and in the craft world. Proceeds from this auction will help fund existing scholarships, with some proceeds designated towards specific scholarships as noted in the listings.

Gay Smith is a studio potter and teaching artist who single fires her porcelain ware in a soda kiln near Penland, North Carolina. Her grant awards include a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship in 2008/9, and Regional Artist Project Grants in 2009/10 and 2012/13, and an NC Arts Council Artist Support Grant in 2020/21. She’s held artist-in-residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation and the Penland School of Craft. Her teaching credits include workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Craft, the Harvard Ceramics Studio, and the EcoVillage Findhorn in Northern Scotland. Her work is represented internationally, and collections include the Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC) and Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan. Her and her work have been featured in Ceramics Monthly magazine and numerous publications including Making Marks and Functional Pottery by Robin Hopper, Working with Clay by Susan Peterson, and the Lark series 100 Teapots, Vases, etc.. She has served on the boards of Penland School of Craft and the NC Pottery Center.

Good estate condition.