The Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
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Stephanie Fleischer Osser, Stephanie Osser
EDUCATION
1967-1969 Pratt Institute, two year Foundation Art and Graphic Design, New York, New York
1969 Royal Academy of Art, graphics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1969-1971 BFA Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
1973 University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
2000-2018 Harvard Ceramic Program, Boston, Massachusetts
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1971—Studio Potter and Graphic Designer
2006-2012 Babson College Ceramic Studio, Manager/Ceramic Instructor
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2006 Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine, Kiln God Award
2013— Harvard Ceramics Program, Boston, Massachusetts
2011-2012 Guldagergard-International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
2014 Medalta Ceramic Arts Center, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
BIOGRAPHY
Stephanie Osser is well known for her bas-relief tiles that are first carved, then used to create a mold in plaster. The finished tile is made by pressing slabs of clay into the mold. Domestic objects also interest her. These she casts with porcelain slip and then uses decals made from her drawings to decorate the surface. Ceramic sculptures have also interested her.
Osser’s work focuses on lightness and good news. She is comfortable working in a number of areas including as a set designer and award winning book illustrator.
At the University of Montana she studied with ceramic artist Rudy Autio.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lark Books. 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expression of a Classic Form. Lark Crafts, Asheville, North Carolina: 2006.
Lark Books. 500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form. Lark Crafts, Asheville, North Carolina: 2006.
Lark Books. 500 Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work. Lark Crafts, Asheville, North Carolina: 2008.
Lark Books. 500 Prints on Clay: An Inspiring Collection of Image Transfer Work. Lark Crafts, Asheville, North Carolina: 2013.
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Source: Artist
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Artist's Studio: Stephanie Osser - Illustration in Clay + Music
"Stephanie Osser" or "S. Osser" incised, under glaze or decal. Occasionally with copyright symbol and/or date.
Method: Hand-Built, Mixed Methods, Molded
Surface Technique: Overglaze (On Glaze), Underglaze, Unglazed
Flute Player sitting outside after at break time, dreamily playing his flute, and attracting birds. Full color, low fire slip cast from my original design.
Image of Makoto Yabe, dear teacher and artist at Harvard Ceramics Program who passed away in 2007. The studio made lanterns to honor him. I made first a tile, inspired by his Japanese heritage and the Ukiyo-e woodcuts. His name Makoto, means Archer and he is pictured on the tile with an Archer, and surrounded by his adoring students at the Potters wheel. The sun is setting on his life. Later I made a Lithophane lantern from the tile image and gave it to his wife and children.
Screen printed my illustrations on porcelain and mounted on a wood stage I designed to let in light and allow me to prop images on the top as well.
Method: Cast
Surface Technique: Glaze, Stencil, Transfer or Decal Decorated, Underglaze
2 or 4 graduated nesting pitchers that are my original designs, cast in plaster and slip cast. They are in the test making and marketing stage as they are so newly created. With illustrations for various occasions by me that can tell a story when nested.
Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified April 12, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/osser
