Tom Turnbull

EDUCATION

1977-1980 Classics, Industrial Arts Studies, New York University, New York, New York

1979 Coursework, Latin and Greek Institute, The Graduate Institute, City University of New York, New York, New York

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Founder, Mid Ceramic Supply Company, Nashville, Tennessee

1990's Inventor, Founder, Opulence Glaze TM

1999—Sole Proprietor, Turnbull Pottery Inc.

 

Tom Turnbull is known for wheel-thrown porcelain functional pottery and decorative vessel forms. Turnbull often pinches a fingerprint into the surface of the clay in the greenware stage.

This fingerprint acts as the potter’s mark and as a reminder of the hand that made it. Turnbull often uses a brightly colored glaze palette which on occasion features landscape-like brushwork.

Public Collections

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

 

 

Website: http://turnbullpottery.com/

 

 

 

	This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund grant from The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Inc.
	The Archive of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.