Marion Schlauch

1945 West Orange, New Jersey

EDUCATION

1966 BS Art Education, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York

1968-1970 Graduate Coursework in Ceramics with Victor Spinsky, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1966-1972 Elementary and Junior High Art Teacher, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida Public Schools

1973-2006 Sole Proprietor, Schlauch Pottery

2007—Sole Proprietor, Jumping Cactus Pottery

Marion Schlauch is known for wheel thrown, and occasionally slab built, brown or white stoneware functional pottery. Schlauch’s signature forms include bowls, pitchers, and mugs.

Surface treatment in the greenware stage includes rim alterations, slip trailed low relief lines, stamping, and applying lizard or frog sprigs.

Schlauch's work is fired in a cone 10 gas reduction kiln. Works prior to the 1980's mainly focus on earth toned glazes. Works created after 1980 offer a range of brighter colors that are dipped or sprayed with several glaze applications, often with abstracted landscape. Between the 1980's and 1990's Schlauch also created a series of jars that feature alliteration as a central element.