Jane Peiser (NC, 1933-2022), Whimsical Art Pottery Vessel

Penland, North Carolina, hand-built colored and salt-glazed porcelain, tumbler form decorated in abstract meandering patterns and face near the upper rim, incised signature to the underside.

7 x 3 1/2 x 3 in.

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

Jane had a Masters of Science in education from Illinois Institute of Technology and began her career as a teacher of art history in Chicago. She was also a painter for a time, but eventually turned her attention to ceramics. Her former husband and lifelong friend, glass artist Mark Peiser, explained that her interest was always in people and faces. “She had some issues with backgrounds,” he said, “and this caused her to start making compositions by putting ceramic tiles onto things.”

She was a generous teacher who led workshops at Penland, Oregon College of Art and Craft, the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana, Hawaii Arts and Craft, and other venues. She received two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and her work is in collections including the Smithsonian Institution in DC and the Mint Museum of Art in North Carolina. She also contributed a chapter to The Penland School of Crafts Book of Pottery (1975).

Minute fritting to upper rim, else good condition.

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