Appalachia’s Cradle of American Craft.
Lecturer: Michael Sherrill, USA
At the time when the Industrial Revolution was changing the world the people who lived in the Southern Appalachian mountains were still dependent on their own skills for making the things needed to support their lives and to nourish them, body and soul. Being somewhat isolated and slow to let go of “old ways”, created a culture that supported and preserved craft and became
the birthplace of Penland, the School of Craft, and other craft institutions.. “When I was in high school I aspired to become a potter. In my opinion, the mountains were the most likely place for me to learn, in a culture that was still making things. I’d like to share with you my observations as I’ve been a part of this art-craft movement and my insights about where I live and work and why it’s so important to the bigger craft and art culture.”
Michael Sherrill is an American ceramist and sculptor from North Carolina. Primarily self-taught, Sherrill’s early works focused on creating functional pieces in clay before turning to sculptural artwork in porcelain, glass and metal. Over the years he began using the extruder as a tool to make and manipulate forms. His works are found in major collections around the world.
Working as an artist, he regularly made a tool to serve a particular process. The interest of fellow ceramists in his hand made tools led him to establish the well known Mudtools and the famous colored ribs that so many of us have in our personal toolbox.
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