Typical Marks
About
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1969-1971
United States Army Special Services, Crafts Program, Ft. Jacksonville, South Carolina
1976Studio Potter
1971-1976Established Ceramics Arts program, Clemson University, College of Architecture, Department of Visual Studies, Clemson, South Carolina
1986Established Peachblow Pottery, Delaware County, Ohio (name later changed to Lewis Center, Ohio)
1986Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
1991Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2005Established studio near Mars Hill, N.C.
Other
- Public Collections
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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
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“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.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Tom Turner, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/tom-turner
Objects
Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
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American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California

