James Rothrock

Biography to Display:

1946 Born, Indiana

EDUCATION

1969 BS Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCES

—Ceramics Laboratories, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

—Instructor, Millersville State College, Millersville, Pennsylvania

James Rothrock works with porcelain and colored porcelain that is slip cast and manipulated to create a range of covered jars and plates.

The surfaces on Rothrock's pieces are primarily white with rhythmic free-form colored surface decoration and carefully drawn linear elements. The pieces are sanded to give them a very smooth surface.

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display:

American Museum of Ceramic Art, AMOCA, Pomona, California

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

Clark, Garth, Carol E. Mayer, Barbara Perry, Todd D. Smith, and E M. Whittington. Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection. Charlotte, N.C: Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 2000.

Dietz, Ulysses G. Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy. Madison, Wis: Guild Pub, 2003.

Typical Marks

Covered Box

Date: 1980-1990

Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Stain

The Forrest L. Merrill Collection

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified October 22, 2019. http://themarksproject.org:443/marks/rothrock

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James Rothrock