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Henry Cavanagh

Biography to Display: 

EDUCATION

BFA, Bronze Casting, State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz, New York

 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

Bronze casting. Dusseldorf, Germany

1980 -2016 Ceramic Artist

 

BIOGRAPHY

Henry Cavanagh is known for ceramic cookie jars, teapots, and salt and pepper shakers cast in the forms of cars, trucks, and diners, often with costumed animal inhabitants.

The original molds are hand formed. The surfaces are glazed, with some metallic overglazes and decals designed and made by Cavanagh.

Cavanagh exhibited his work in the northeast USA in the 1980’s- 2000’s, often alongside his wife, Laura Wilensky, a ceramic artist with her own line of ceramic art.work.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

Fairbanks, Jonathan and Angela Fina. Best of Pottery. Boston, MA: Rockport Publishers, 1996.

Fina, Angela and Christopher Gustin. Best of Pottery, Volume 2. Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers, 1998

 

 

Typical Marks

name written in script on base.

Ceramicar Sculpture
Method: Cast
Surface Technique: Glaze
Collection of Tommy Simpson and Karen LaFleur
Collection of Tommy Simpson and Karen LaFleur

Citation: McGee, Donna. "The Marks Project." Last modified August 30, 2024. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/cavanagh

TAGS

Kingston, New York, car, truck, diner, salt and pepper, bronze casting, ceramicar