Karl Martz

Born: 1912, Columbus, Ohio

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Joe Molinaro is a functional potter who creates sculptural forms by altering and abstracting the vessel form to conceal its function. Molinaro?s surface technique is to incise black contour lines and apply geometric zig-zag spouts to confuse the eye when viewing his teapot. Molinaro is directly influenced by his studies of traditional pottery forms; he has researched ceramics in the Amazon region of Ecuador for nearly 25 years and has also conducted research in the Caribbean and Mexico.

Molinaro is a ceramic artist, researcher and educator teaching at Eastern Kentucky University and before at Broward Community College in Florida. He and Richard Burkett founded CLAYART in 1996, an email forum for discussion of issues relating to ceramics. CLAYART now exists as an archive on the American Ceramics Society website, Potters.org.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

1934

1935

Apprentice Brown County Pottery, Nashville, Tennessee

1963

Kondo Yuzo, Kyoto City College

1971

Seto Hiroshi and Sakuma Totaro, Mashiko, Japan

Primary Work Experience

1935

1977

Studio potter

1936

Established Karl Martz Studio with Becky Brown Martz

1945

1977

Professor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Indiana University School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, Indiana

Other

Public Collections

Indiana University Art Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC

Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bibliography

Craftsmanship in Clay. Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. Six films, 1940-1950.

Donhauser, Paul. The History of American Ceramics. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt, 1978.

Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics from Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Harry Abrams, 1988.

Martz, Karl. “Wax Resist Decoration.” Craft Horizons 12, no.4 (1952).

_________. “Decorate With Engobes.” Ceramics Monthly 1, no. 2 (1953).

_________. “More on Engobes.” Ceramics Monthly 1, no. 3 (1953).

_________. “Decorate With Clay-1.” Ceramics Monthly 1, no. 9 (1953).

_________. “Decorate With Clay-2.” Ceramics Monthly 1, no.10 (1953).

_________. “Decorate With Clay-3.” Ceramics Monthly 1, no. 12 (1953).

_________. “The Lively Art of Earthenware.” Ceramics Monthly 7, no. 7 (1959).

_________.”I Like a Talc Body.” Ceramics Monthly 7, no. 8 (1959).

_________.”Memo From Rome---3^rd Century.” Ceramics Monthly 7, no. 9 (1959).

_________.”A Crackle You Can Feel.” Ceramics Monthly 7, no. 10 (1959).

_________.”Soluble Colorants: Quick, Versatile.” Ceramics Monthly 8, no. 1 (1960).

_________.”Crazing Problems, Anyone? .” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 2 (1960).

_________.”A Glaze of Many Uses.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 3 (1960).

_________.”Five Trusty Glazes.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 4 (1960).

_________.”Do-It-Yourself Glaze Stains.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 5 (1960).

_________.”Glaze Materials: Basic Experiments.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 6 (1960).

_________.”Good Glazing Makes a Difference.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 7 (1960).

_________.”Yellow Terra Sigillata.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 8(1960).

_________.”Heavy Slip Painting.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 9 (1960).

_________.”Chromium for Christmas Colors.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 10 (1960).

_________.”Transparent Copper Blue Glazes.” Ceramics Monthly 9 no. 1 (1961).

_________.”Cone 3 = Stronger Pots.” Ceramics Monthly 9 no. 2 (1961).

_________.”A Matt Glaze of Many Colors.” Ceramics Monthly 9 no. 3 (1961). _________.”Color in Engobes and Slips.” Ceramics Monthly 8 no. 4 (1961).

_________.”Thick Luscious Glazes at Cone 04.” Ceramics Monthly 9 no. 5 (1961).

_________.”Five Off-Beat Matt Glazes.” Ceramics Monthly 9 no. 6 (1961).

_________.”The Shape pf Glaze Composition.” Ceramics Monthly 16 no. 6 (1968).

McKimmie, Kathy M. Clay Times Three: The Tale of Three Nashville, Indiana, Potteries. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books, 2010.

Nelson, Glenn C. Ceramics. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1960.

Zakin, Richard. Electric Kiln Ceramics. Radnor, PA: Chilton and Co., 1981.

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