The Marks Project - A Marks Dictionary of American Studio Pottery, 1946 to Present

Ruth Fischer Rutkowsky, Ruth Fischer Chapman

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

2011—Pond Branch Pottery 

 

Ruth Fischer Rutkowsky produces functional pottery using high fired stoneware or porcelain. Surface design is achieved using brush-applied metal oxides and wax resist.

In 2011 she began working at Pond Branch Pottery, the studio of her husband, Michael Rutkowsky. She calls her line of pots “Just Bee” ceramics.

 

Website: www.pondbranchpottery.com

Pond Branch Pottery / Just Bee Ceramics

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks

1991-1996: Carved “RF”; 1997-2001: Carved “Ruth Fischer”; 2001-2003: Painted “RC” (stands for Ruth Fischer Chapman); 2011-2014: Carved “Ruth Fischer Rutkowsky”; 2015-present: Carved “just bee” “Ruth F.K.”

1991-1996
1997-2001
2001-2003
2011-2014
2015—
Vase
Date: 1993
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Wax Resist
Plate
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Vase
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Vase
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Wax Resist
Owl
Form: Sculpture
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Assembled, Hand-Built, Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze

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Burnsville, North Carolina

 

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