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Irene Kettner

BIOGRAPHY

Irene Kettner is known for thrown and hand built animal sculptures and earthenware functional pottery. Kettner’s early animal sculptures were wheel thrown and assembled. 

Public Collections

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Bibliography

Kettner, Irene. “Thrown Handles.” Ceramics Monthly 9, no. 4, (April 1960): 24-25.

Kettner, Irene. “Animal Sculpture.” Ceramics Monthly, 9, no. 3 (March 1961): 15-17.

Kettner, Irene. “Slab Animal Sculpture.” Ceramics Monthly, 13, no. 2 (Feb. 1965): 20-23.

Kettner, Irene. “Variation of Basic Shapes.” Ceramics Monthly 18, no. 10, (Dec. 1970): 26-27.

Kettner, Irene. “Printing with Tiles.” Ceramics Monthly 19, no. 10 (Dec. 1971): 30-31.

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks

“Kettner” hand written at base

1966
Vase
Date: 1966
Form: Vase
Materials: Earthenware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.362
Photo: TMP
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.362
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Vase
Date: 1966
Form: Vase
Materials: Earthenware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.363
Photo: TMP
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.363
Photo: TMP

Citation: Beul, Jasmine. "The Marks Project." Last modified May 4, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/print/marks/kettner

Tags

American Museum of Ceramic Art, AMOCA, American Ceramic Society, ACerS, Center for Craft, CfC, Animal sculptures, Wheel thrown

 

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