Marina Kuchinski
Lee Shank is known for glazed porcelain beads and jewelry as well as functional stoneware pottery. Shank and wife, Dorothy Hutchins Shank, worked together in Shank and Shank Pottery.
Although ationally known as ...
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Lee Shank is known for glazed porcelain beads and jewelry as well as functional stoneware pottery. Shank and wife, Dorothy Hutchins Shank, worked together in Shank and Shank Pottery.
Although ationally known as a potter, Lee Shank invented and developed several machines to help potters with their daily work, including the Grabber Pad, Bead Rollers, Amazing Glazing Machine, and Lee?s Soup-a clay product.
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- Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1998
The McKnight Artist Residency for Ceramic Artists Grant, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Primary Work Experience
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Other
- Public Collections
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Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Bibliography
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Big Fat Scary Deal. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, 2013.
“Beyond the Brickyard.” Helena, MT: Archie Bray Foundation, 2012.
Carpenter II, Stephen. Uncanny Congruences. Palmer Museum of Art, 2013.
Cullum, Jerry. “There’s Room for Many Modern Sensibilities in Creative Arena.” The Atlantic Journal-Constitution, October 8, 1999.
Donohoe, Victoria. “Chester Springs Studio.” The Philadelphia Enquirer, July 16, 2000.
Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics. Santa Fe, MN: Santa Fe Community College of Art and Design, 2012.
Merino, Tony. “Surreal Ruminations on the NCECA Clay National.” Ceramics: Art and Perception (December 2009-February 2010).
McQuaid, Cate. “In a Group Show Artists Embrace a Faux Naïve Style.” The Boston Globe, July 29, 2005.
Schira, Ron. “PSU Graduates Create a Visual-Arts Event.” Reading Eagle, February 17, 2002.
Shames, Germaine. “2009 NCECA Clay National Biennial Exhibition.” Ceramics Monthly (June-August 2009).
Weir, Elizabeth. “Art Center’s Exhibits Are Playful Angry and Zany.” Lakeside Weekly News, February 12, 1998.
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Citation: Marina Kuchinski, "The Marks Project."
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