Jack Masson | Also Known As: John J. Masson Jr.
Jack Masson is known for functional stoneware and porcelain pots fired in a reduction atmosphere. Early in his career, Masson produced sculptures.
Masson?s early education was sporadic. However, at age 28 he finished ...
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Jack Masson is known for functional stoneware and porcelain pots fired in a reduction atmosphere. Early in his career, Masson produced sculptures.
Masson?s early education was sporadic. However, at age 28 he finished his undergraduate work in two and a half years, then earned his master?s degree at the School for American Crafts. Masson studied under Frans Wildenhain, perhaps his greatest influence. Through Wildenhain he met Aileen Osborne Webb, founder of the American Craft Council, and went on to sell his pots to America House in New York City, a craft gallery begun by Mrs. Webb.
A half page picture of one of his pots in Consumer Reports also helped launch his career, and in 1965 enabled the purchase of an old farm in western Massachusetts where he set up his home and studio and he and his wife raised their family.
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US Air Force
Teacher, Mamaroneck Junior and Senior High Schools, Mamaroneck New York
Teacher, Industrial Arts, State University of New York College, Buffalo, New York
1962-1965Potter, Old Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts
1962-2015Studio Potter
Other
- Public Collections
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The White House (Nixon era), Washington, DC
- Bibliography
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Frisenda, John. Ceramics by Jack Masson (VHS). Geneseo, NY: State University of New York at Geneseo, 1969.
Meyer, Carolyn. People Who Make Things. New York, NY: Atheneum Books, 1975.
Wettlaufer, George and Nancy. Getting Into Pots: A Basic Pottery Manual. Upper Saddle River, NJ:Prentice Hall, 1976.
- CV or Resume
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McGee, Donna
- Website(s)
Citation: McGee, Donna Jack Masson, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/jack-masson
