Tom Turner

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    About
    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1969
    -
    1971

    United States Army Special Services, Crafts Program, Ft. Jacksonville, South Carolina

    1976

    Studio Potter

    1971
    -
    1976

    Established Ceramics Arts program, Clemson University, College of Architecture, Department of Visual Studies, Clemson, South Carolina

    1986

    Established Peachblow Pottery, Delaware County, Ohio (name later changed to Lewis Center, Ohio)

    1986

    Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

    1991

    Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

    2005

    Established studio near Mars Hill, N.C.

    Other

    Public Collections

    American Museum of Ceramic Art,Pomona, California

    Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

    The Canton Art Center, Canton, Ohio

    Ceramic Research Center, University of Arizona, Tempe, Arizona

    Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina

    Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

    Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina

    Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina

    McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois

    The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

    Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

    Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, Ohio

    Bibliography

    “A Domestic Fine Porcelain.” Studio Potter 6 no. 2.

    Alexander, Robert. “Tom Turner.” Ceramics Monthly (March 1982).

    Axel, Jan and Karen McCready. Porcelain: Traditions and New Visions. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981.

    Berman, Rick. Teapots. 1980.

    Bevlin, Marjorie Elliott. Design Through Discovery. 1st and 2nd ed. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963, 1977.

    Britt, John. The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing and Firing to Cone 10. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2007.

    Ceramics Monthly. cover, February 1985.

    Ceramics Monthly. cover, September 1978.

    Cooper, Emmanuel. Ten Thousand Years of Pottery. London, England: The British Museum Press, 2000.

    “Copper Red Vapor Glaze.” Studio Potter 8 no. 1.

    Conrad, John W. Contemporary Ceramic Techniques. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1979.

    Danhauser, Paul S. History of American Ceramics: The Studio Potter. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co., 1978.

    Dormer, Peter. The New Ceramics. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 1986.

    Herman, Lloyd. American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art. Portland, OR: Timber Press Inc., 1980.

    Hopper, Robin. Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Co., 1986.

    ___________. The Ceramic Spectrum. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Co., 1983.

    ___________. Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2004.

    Lane, Peter. Contemporary Studio Porcelain. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.

    _________. Ceramic Form. England: Collins 1988.

    Lane, Peter. Studio Ceramics. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Co., 1983.

    Nelson, Glenn C. Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook, 4th and 5th ed. New York, NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1978, 1983.

    Ostermann, Matthias. The Ceramic Surface. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.

    Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publishers, 1989.

    Troy, Jack. Salt-Glazed Ceramics. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1977.

    Turner, Tom. “PTO Powered Salt Kiln.” Studio Potter 6 no. 1 (June 1977).

    Rogers, Phil. Ash Glazes. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Co., 1992.

    Taylor, Patrick and Don Pilcher. “Tom Turner: A Passion in Porcelain.” Ceramics Monthly (March 2017).

    Woodhead, Steve. The Teapot Book. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.

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    Tags (related topics)

    South Carolina

    Southern Highland Craft Guild

    Center for Craft

    Joseph Corsello

    James Wozniak

    SHCG

    American Museum of Ceramic Art

    AMOCA

    Citation: Tom Turner, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/tom-turner

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