The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
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Thomas A. Hoadley
1949Born North Adams, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1970Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1971BA Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
1977MS Ceramics, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1974Apprentice to Malcolm Wright, Marlboro, Vermont
BIOGRAPHY
Thomas Hoadley creates porcelain sculptural objects using the Japanese technique, Nerikomi. Hoadley’s forms reference functional vessels but are, instead, non-functional, sculptural objects.
Nerikomi is a process in which porcelain slabs, colored with stains or oxides, are stacked, folded, pressed into logs, sliced, arranged and pressed into vessel forms. The resulting vessels are thin walled and translucent.
Public Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Tajimi City, Japan
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
White House Collection, Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, Arkansas
Bibliography
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Hoadley, Thomas. “Colored Clay section Pattern and Color.” The Studio Potter, December 1994.
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Perryman, Jane. Naked Clay, Ceramics Without Glaze. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
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Method: Slab-Built (Unglazed, wetsanded to reveal colored clay and texture.)
Surface Technique: Unglazed
Materials: Colored Clay, Nerikomi, Porcelain
Method: Slab-Built (Unglazed, wetsanded to reveal colored clay and texture.)
Surface Technique: Unglazed
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