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Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward

Betty Smelcer

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Apprenticeships & Residencies

Primary Work Experience

1946

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1948, 1970’s

Potter, Pigeon Forge Pottery, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

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CV or Resume

Jeffrey Kuratnick

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Southern Highland Craft Guild, Pigeon Forge Pottery, Tennessee

Center for Craft

Citation: Jeffrey Kuratnick Betty Smelcer, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/betty-smelcer

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Method

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Assembled
Carved
Cast
Coiled
donald a clark
Double Wall
Drape Mold
Extruded
Hand Built
Hand-Built
Mixed Media
Mixed Methods
Molded
Mosaic
Nerikomi
Paddled
Pierced
Pinched
Press Mold
Raku fired
Slab Built
Slab molded
Slab-Built
Slip Cast
Slip-Cast
Thrown
Thrown and Altered

Form

Glazes

Luster Glaze
Ash Glaze
Celadon
Clear Glaze
Cobalt Glaze
Crackle Glaze
Crater Glaze
Crystalline Glaze
Engobe
Flashing Slip
Glaze
Imperial Yellow
Luster Glaze
Matt Glaze
No Decoration
no glaze
Oribe Green Glaze
Overglaze
Overglaze (On Glaze)
Salt Firing
Salt Glaze
Shino Glaze
Soda Fire
Temmoku Glaze
Tin Glaze
Underglaze
Unglazed
Volcanic Glaze

Kiln Types/Firing Techniques

Anagama Kiln
Electric Kiln
Gas Kiln
Oil Kiln
Oxidation Fired
Oxidation Firing
Pit Fired
Raku Fired (Horse Hair Raku Fired)
Reduction Fired
Saggar Fired
Salt Firing
Soda Firing
Wood Kiln

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