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Wednesday, March 2

Pots at the PMA

This is a crazy week! I've collected and delivered artwork for the Battle of the Sexes show down in Wilmington, been teaching, and writing up a paper for the History of Modern Craft and Design. We had to select an object dated between 1915-1945 from the Philadelphia Art Museum's American wing to describe and contextualize. I selected a white glazed ceramic pot from the Rookwood Pottery in Ohio by ceramicist, William Hentschel. Here's the sketch:
It was an interesting paper to write, as there are quite a few pieces by Hentschel in the museum collection, and I traced the cultural influences evident in his work across 3 decades. Unfortunately I waited so long to write the paper that I squeezed it into last night-- and now I'm exhausted and sleep deprived. Time for a nap.

2 comments:

  1. Sounds like you are really living life! Nothing like going to bed exhausted because you've been doing so much cool stuff.

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  2. Well I'm living, but lately it feel like burning the candle from both ends!

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