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Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward

Michael Rutkowsky

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About

Apprenticeships & Residencies

Primary Work Experience

1979

Studio potter-South Carolina and North Carolina

Other

CV or Resume

Website(s)

www.pondbranchpottery.com

Tags (related topics)

Southern Highland Craft Guild

sprung-arch kiln

slip trailed decoration

glaze trailed decoration

Center for Craft Creativity and Design

Western North Carolina

Citation: Michael Rutkowsky, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/michael-rutkowsky

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Date Created

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Clay Body

Method

Altered
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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Michael Rutkowsky

Vase

1900

Michael Rutkowsky

sig

1900

Michael Rutkowsky

Low Bowl

1900

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