Ronnie Gould

Biography to Display:

1952 Born New Jersey

EDUCATION

—BA Art Education, Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts

—Ceramics, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston Massachusetts

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Studio Artist

Ronnie Gould is known for hand-built stoneware dog sculptures as well as sculptures of other domestic, endangered and exotic animals.
Gould is known to apply a porcelain slip to produce a brilliant white surface. After application of slip, it is dried and the sculpture bisque fired. The piece is then glazed and fired a second time using raku, saggar, or smoke. Gould studied ceramics with Makoto Yabe at the DeCordova Museum school.

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

Hemachandra, Ray. 500 Raku: Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramic Technique. Asheville, NC: Lark Publishing, 2011.

Rooney, Ashley. The Contemporary Art of Nature: Mammals. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2015.

Typical Marks

“Ronnie” typically written on the bottom of the piece

2016

On The Brink

Date: 2016

Form: Sculpture
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze, Raku

Photo: Artist

Dog

Date: 2016

Form: Sculpture
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze, Raku

Photo: Artist

Citation: Herrera, Carolyn. "The Marks Project." Last modified June 3, 2019. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/gould

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Ronnie Gould