Two Studio Pottery Vessels, including Byron Temple (American, 1933-2002)

Late 20th century, including an earthenware espresso cup dipped in speckled gray glaze, stamped with Byron Temple's artist's marks to body (2 1/8 in.) and a footed stoneware bowl dipped in gray glaze, attributed to Warren Mackenzie (American, 1924-2018), unmarked (4 1/8 in.).
Proceeds to benefit the Cynthia & Edwina Bringle and Carey G. Bringle Scholarships.

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.

Byron Temple (1933-2002), born in Centerville, IN, was a ceramicist who created simple forms resembling Bauhaus and Asian style ceramics. Using the potter’s wheel, Temple would throw pots and other functional pieces and salt or wood fire them, creating reduction-fired works.

Temple studied ceramics at Ball State University (1951-1952), where he learned to throw, and furthered his education at the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1952-1955) in New York. He later began a teaching career at several institutions including the Philadelphia College of Art, Pratt Institute, and Swarthmore, among others.

His work is now featured in prestigious collections including the American Museum of Ceramic Art (Pomona, CA); the Museum of Arts and Design (NY); the Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI); the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (NY); and the Yale University Art Gallery (CT), among others.

Good estate condition.

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