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Robert OR Richard Bennett

Biography to Display: 

1952 Born American Fork, Utah

EDUCATION

—Art Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Production Potter, kiln designer, and builder

—Studio Potter

BIOGRAPHY

 Robert Bennet is known for wheel-thrown porcelain functional pottery with crystalline glazes.

Forms are kept simple with smooth symmetrical silhouettes. Crystalline glazes must be fired using a precise firing sequence which is timed to allow the crystal formations to grow within the glaze surface. Bennett’s focus is in creating large, individual “floral” crystals with sharp clean color.

Bennet also designs and fabricates high-fire electric kilns.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

Brigham Young University Museum, Provo, Utah

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

 

Center for CraftCenter For Craft

 

Typical Marks

Bennett incised on foot.

Vase
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Crystalline Glaze
Bottle
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Crystalline Glaze
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.709
Photo: TMP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.709
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified November 1, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/bennett

TAGS

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Center for Craft, crystalline glazes