David Stuempfle (Seagrove, NC, b.1960), Gourd Form Stoneware Vase

Wood fired stoneware with salt and ash glazed surface, an hourglass or gourd form vessel, with wide mouth, applied mini-handles, and incised line decoration; stamped "DS" to underside.

14 in.

From the Estate of the late Francine Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

David has worked and exhibited across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He has been a U.S./Japan Creative Artists Fellowship recipient, and an NEA/Central and Eastern Europe Visual Arts Fellowship recipient. He has taught at Penland School of Crafts, the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, and numerous universities and colleges. His work is included in the collections of the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum (Japan), the Museum of American Ceramic Art, the Mobile Museum of Art, the Fuller Craft Museum, the Asheville Museum of Art, and the Museum of International Folk Art, among others.

Minor firing anomalies as made, firing cracks at one applied handle.