The Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
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George Rector
—Born Andrews, North Carolina
EDUCATION
1978 BA Spanish, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
1980 BFA Art, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
1987, 1989 Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
1988 MA Ceramics and Photography, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
1994 Concentration, Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1973—Studio Potter
1983—Caledonia Pottery, Cullowhee, North Carolina
1989-2009 Studio Instructor, various subjects, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Cullowhee, North Carolina
1993—Adjunct Faculty Member Department of Art, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
2002-2003 Teacher, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina
George Rector’s stoneware and porcelain wood fired functional pots are influenced by the medieval folk pottery of China, Korea, Japan, and northern Europe.
Rector produced his work at Caledonia Pottery where in 1983 he built a single-chamber catenary arch wood kiln that he adapted to soda firing in 1996.
Among others, Rector studied with Jeff Oestreich and Will Ruggles and Douglass Rankin at Penland School of Craft and Warren MacKenzie.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee North Carolina
Highwater Clay, Asheville, North Carolina
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Cullowhee, North Carolina
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Burleson, Mark. The Ceramic Glaze Handbook: Materials, Techniques, Formulas. New York, NY: Sterling Publishers, 2001.
Godfrey, Robert. "Visual Arts: The October Show.” Asheville Citizen-Times, October 17, 1985.
"Library Exhibit Features Cullowhee Potter's Works.” Sylva Herald, December 3, 1986.
"Reception to Open Pottery Exhibit at WCS.” Sylva Herald, November 19, 1987.
"Stoneware Exhibit Opens at Jackson County Library.” Sylva Herald, December 7,1989.
"Up Front.” Ceramics Monthly (November 1999).
Artist's Studio: Caledonia Pottery
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Citation: McGee, Donna. "The Marks Project." Last modified April 2, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/rector
