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Gretchen Mamis

Biography to Display: 

1934 Born Boston, Massachusetts 

EDUCATION 

1956 BS Physics, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont 

1968 BSN Columbia University, New York, New York 

1971 CNW SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE 

Nurse-Midwifery 

BIOGRAPHY 

Gretchen Mamis is known for functional slip-cast porcelain; surface techniques include hand-colored silkscreen imagery. 

 

Artist's Studio: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard.

 

Typical Marks

Mark is black and white abstraction of Chines symbol for midwifery.

Cup, Blue Footed Boobie
Form: Cup
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Slip-Cast
Surface Technique: Glaze
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Citation: McGee, Donna. "The Marks Project." Last modified April 14, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/mamis