Eric Norstad
Eric Norstad began making functional stoneware pieces as a way of subsidizing his architect?s income. He is known for either thrown or slab built wares with surface techniques that included brush work ...
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Eric Norstad began making functional stoneware pieces as a way of subsidizing his architect?s income. He is known for either thrown or slab built wares with surface techniques that included brush work and textural features.
A Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant in 1957 supported the construction of Norstad?s small kiln and studio. When he expanded the business to include the production of bathroom and kitchen sinks, Norstad hired other potters to help with production, including Toru Hasegawa, Jack Sears, and Michael Campbell. Demand for Norstad sinks continued to grow and the firm built an 8,000 square foot pottery in Richmond, California. The firm continued to function until Norstad?s retirement in 1998.
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1962-1998
Operated Norstad Pottery
-1962Callister and Payne Architects
Other
- Public Collections
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Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon
Sausalito Ferry Building, Sausalito, California
- Bibliography
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Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity: 1940 to 1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1979.
White, Hazel. Water Gardens: Simple Projects, Contemporary Designs. New York, NY: Chronicle Books, 1998.
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Citation: Eric Norstad, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/eric-norstad
