Jim, James, Connell

Jim Connell is known for wheel-thrown stoneware and porcelain pieces. Often the thick-walled pieces are heavily carved and then typically sandblasted after the final firing. Some of the work is Raku ...
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    Jim Connell is known for wheel-thrown stoneware and porcelain pieces. Often the thick-walled pieces are heavily carved and then typically sandblasted after the final firing. Some of the work is Raku fired. Connell has a strong interest in Chinese ceramics, particularly Yixing teapots.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1975
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    Studio Potter

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    Professor of Ceramics, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina

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    Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

    South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, South Carolina

    Yixing Ceramic Museum, China

    Bibliography

    Coakes, Michelle. Creative Pottery: A Step-by-step Guide and Showcase. Cincinnati, OH: Quarry Books, 1998.

    Lawton, James, Suzanne J E Tourtillott, and Linda Koop. 500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design. Lark Books: New York, NY, 2013.

    Turner, Anderson. Pottery Making Techniques: A Pottery Making Illustrated Handbook. Westerville, OH: American Ceramic Society, 2004.

     

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