American Ceramic Works Displayed in English City

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 184, 21 August 1937, Page 16

American Ceramic Works Displayed in English City

STOKE-ON-TEENT— There are 25,000 schools in the TJnited States at which every child is dabbling with clay, explained Mr F. H. ilhead, art director of the Homer I/aughlin Ghina Oompany, Ohio, wlien lie referred to the interest of the TTnitcd States in sculpture and ceramics at the opening of an exhibilion of contemporary Amerxcan ceramics at the art gallcry licrc rccontly. Asscmbled by Miss Anna Wcthcrill Olmstead, director of the Syracuse Muscum, Ne\V York, tliis exhibition' lia.-. been on xdew at Copenhagen, Stockholm and Heisingfors, and its only showing in England was secured for Stoke-on-Trent. Begarding it rather as the work of a small group of diversified artists and craftsmen, Mr Ehcad did not agree that thc exhibition was completely representative of. contemporary American ceramics. He pointed out that 60 per cent of the work was done by "youngsters between 20 and 30 years of age. ' ' In the Unitcd States 'tliey had not reached the stage where they had either developcd a style or really kncw where they were going, he said. "We are just playing about with clay and glazes and colo'urs," added Mr Ehead, "although out of tliis cleyelopment we may eventually found a style and make fhings which will be distinctly recognized as American."

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