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Nancy Tucker Darrell


Born 1946 Nashville, Tennessee

            Died 2023, North Carolina 

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

BIOGRAPHY 

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.

After a 39-year career working in clay, in 2010, Darrell went on to devote her full attention to relief printing.

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks

"Nancy," written in script.

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

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Tags

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

 

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