The Marks Project - A Marks Dictionary of American Studio Pottery, 1946 to Present

Richard Aerni

1952 Born Cincinnati, Ohio

EDUCATION

UnknownBA Geology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1979—Studio Potter

Richard Aerni produces a full range of functional stoneware that is ash glazed and single-fired. Occasionally he uses slip trailing. He learned his craft in a group studio in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Public Collections

Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, California

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

Bibliography

Kinsman, E.M. “Richard Aerni.” Ceramics Monthly (December 1994).

Website: www.richardaerni.com

	This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund Grant from the Center For Craft

	American Museum of Ceramic Art

Typical Marks

1988—

Low Bowl

Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze

Photo: TMP

40th Annual Pottery Show & Sale, The Art School at Old Church Pottery Invitational, 2014, Demerest, New Jersey

Photo: TMP

Platter

Materials: White Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze, Slip, Slip Trailing

Photo: Tim Fuss, PixelWave Design

Two Stage Bowl

Date: 2013

Materials: White Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze

Photo: Tim Fuss, PixelWave Design

Brown Vase

Date: 2012

Materials: White Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Ash Glaze

Photo: Tim Fuss, PixelWave Design

Yellow Bowl

Date: 2011

Materials: White Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Ash Glaze, Glaze, Slip Trailing

Photo: Tim Fuss, PixelWave Design

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Source: Artist

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