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Rebecca Plummer, Jon Ellenbogen

1951 Born West Chester, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION

— BA Philosophy

— Coursework, West Chester State, Alfred University and Penland School of Crafts

 BIOGRAPHY

Rebecca Plummer and Jon Ellenbogen make stoneware pottery intended for daily use in the home.

All ingredients are naturally occurring minerals mined in the eastern United States. They employ glazes made exclusively at their studio, having been developed after many years' research. No toxic materials are used in the clay or glazes. The pottery is fired to nearly 2400 degrees F, a temperature well above the melting point of many metals.

Rebecca and Jon have been working together as Barking Spider Pottery for over forty years. Their passive solar studio and home is built above the Toe River in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Bibliography

Fairbanks, Jonathan L, and Angela Fina. The Best of Pottery. Rockport, Mass: Quarry Books, 1996.

Hopper, Robin. Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose. Radnor, Pa: Chilton Book Co, 1986.

 

Website: www.barkingspiderpottery.com

Barking Spider Pottery

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks
Casseroles
Materials: Stoneware
Surface Technique: Glaze
Dinnerware
Materials: Stoneware
Surface Technique: Glaze

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Tags

Southern Highland Craft Guild , Barking Spider Pottery, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Ruth Ferguson

 

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