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Nancy Darrell

—Born Nashville, Tennessee

EDUCATION

1964-1966 Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia

1968 BA University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

APPRENTICESHIPS

1970-1972 Apprenticeship with Charles Counts, Rising Fawn, North Carolina

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1974-2011 Studio Potter

 

Nancy Darrell is known as a studio potter who produced porcelain functional wares including dinnerware. Work is decorated with simplified landscapes produced using brushed on underglaze and finished with clear over glaze.

In 2011, after a 39-year career working in clay, Darrell went on to devote her full attention to relief printing.

 

 

 

 

Center for Craft This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund Grant from the Center For Craft
   
AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Typical Marks
ca 2010
Turkey Teapot
Date: ca 2010
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Carved, Glaze, Sgraffito
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified June 5, 2019. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/print/marks/darrell

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Southern Highland Craft Guild, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Wesleyan College, University of Iowa, Charles Counts

 

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