Bright Side

USA, 1900
Date acquired:
Materials:
Porcelain
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural:
Installation - small/intimate scale
Method:
Cast
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
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 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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