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

Wally Smith

EDUCATION

—BA, Education, University of Tennessee

—MS, Crafts, University of Tennessee

 

Wally Smith produced a full line of functional work using stoneware.

Smith was studying with Harriet Gill at the University of Tennessee when she took him to meet Charles Counts at Rising Fawn. This meeting led him to study pottery on the graduate level at the University of Tennessee with Sandy Blain. After graduation Smith began producing a full line of functional work using stoneware. At this time, all of his handles featured a thumb-stop which became a way of identifying his work.

Smith, in partnership with Joe Osolnik, opened his first retail gallery, The Potter’s Mark, in 1971 outside Gatlinburg, TN. After a fire in 1988 he moved to Hilton Head Island and opened Smith Galleries with his wife, Jean. In 1992 Smith stopped making pottery becoming a full-time Gallerist.

Public Collections

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

Bibliography

DeVere, Paul. “The Art and Craft of Selling Art.” Celebrate Hilton Head, November 2006.

 

 

 

 

Center for Craft This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund Grant from the Center For Craft
   
AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Typical Marks
1970-2000
Tobacco Pot
Date: 1970-2000
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown, Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified November 1, 2019. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/print/marks/smith-8

Tags

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Sandy Blain, Joe Osolnik, The Potter’s Mark, Smith Galleries, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Tennessee, South Carolina, Harriet Gill, Charles Counts

 

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