Amanda Jaffe
Richard Barrie Leach is known as a functional potter whose work was fired in atmospheric conditions including wood and salt firing. Leach also made sculptural work.
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Richard Barrie Leach is known as a functional potter whose work was fired in atmospheric conditions including wood and salt firing. Leach also made sculptural work.
In addition to his years as a professor of ceramics and sculpture, Leach was known as a kiln expert. He gave workshops on building two chambered cantenary arch kilns designed for multiple firing conditions.[1]
[1] Dane Cloutier Archives, Forrest L. Merrill Collection
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
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2007
Artist in Residence, A. I. R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France
1979-1980Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
- Primary Work Experience
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1985-2011
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
1979-1981Assistant Professor, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
Other
- Public Collections
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Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Staten Island Zoo, New York, New York
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
- Bibliography
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Jaffe, Amanda. “The Staten Island Zoo Murals.” Ceramics Monthly 36, no. 10 (December 1991).
Kane, Suzanne. “The Cultivated Ceramics of Amanda Jaffe.” Ceramics Technical no. 21, (2005).
Triplett, Kathy, Handbuilt Ceramics. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1997.
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Citation: Amanda Jaffe, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/amanda-jaffe
