Sandy Simon is truly one of the grand dames of American ceramics, her professional career now spanning more than 40 years. Her work is characterised by minimal forms and clean simple glazing. The addition of wire handles or other alterations, including cutting, piercing, and relief are used to enhance the minimal forms. Simon embraced the tenets of what is now known as the Mingei-Sota school, an aesthetic and philosophy of making pottery that grew out of the Japanese Mingei tradition as practiced by Warren MacKenzie and later adapted by many of the studio potters of Minnesota. Mingei embraces simplicity, utility and timeless beauty of folk-art handcrafted pottery. Simon studied with Curtis Hoard and Warren MacKenzie at the University of Minnesota in the late 1960s. Simon has taught at the Chicago Art Institute, Purdue University, the University of Indiana in Bloomington, the Appalachian Center for Crafts and at more than 100 workshops nationwide and abroad. She is one of the finest ceramic artists working in American today.
Earthenware body, ash glaze with wire loop handle. Approximately 13cm wide by 10cm high
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Earthenware body, ash glaze with wire loop handle. Approximately 15cm wide by 10cm high
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