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Robert Pillars

BIOGRAPHY

Robert Pillars is known for functional pottery with abstract elements, such as irregular slab attachments and exaggerated features such as elongated tea spout.

Pillars volunteered with Potters for Peace in Nicaragua making ceramic water filters. Pillars discussed his work with Potters for Peace in an interview for the Field Guide for Ceramic Arts: http://ceramicsfieldguide.org/robert-pillars/

 

Public Collections

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

The Marks Project is not aware of any signatures or marks for this artist.
Teapot
Date: 1985-1990
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.7.ab
Photo: TMP
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.7.ab
Photo: TMP

Citation: Beul, Jasmine. "The Marks Project." Last modified April 7, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/print/marks/pillars

Tags

CfC, Center for Craft, American Museum of Ceramic Art, American Ceramic Society, ACerS, AMOCA

 

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