Constance Talbot is known to have explored a wide range of possible approaches to clay. Her introduction came when she and an assistant to her father, a sculptor, built a potter?s wheel and a small wood-fired kiln. Then at Bennington College, she studied the history of ceramic art and anthropology. Her interest turned to theclay musical instruments from Peru. Talbot spent time studying Peruvian instruments at the Museum of Natural History in New York before she made some of her own instruments and headed off to Peru where she spent 10 years.
Back in the United States Talbot spent many years producing a full line of functional pieces including place settings. These pieces were thrown using porcelain and then often finished with wax-resist drawings of plants and birds. At this time, she also produced monumental stoneware bowls.
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