Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Red Bowl

USA, 1900
Scripps College Collection
Date acquired:
Materials:
Earthenware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Otto Natzler | 1908 – Present

Otto Natzler began his clay career building sculptures. After marrying Gertrud Amon in 1938 and immigrating to America he began to formulate the glazes used on the pots she threw. Otto and Gertrud were artistic collaborators for over 30 years.

They had a set division of labor in the studio. Otto glazed the pots his wife Gertrud created from earthenware clay. He was a true innovator and his glaze experiments over the years resulted in over 2,000 glazes in an endless range of colors and textures, from rough to slick. Gertrud left behind a number of unfinished pieces at the time of her death in 1971. Over the remaining years of his life Otto slowly glazed these pieces. A year or so after Gertrud?s passing Otto turned to creating his own works, building his pieces using slab construction techniques.

See Gertrud Natzler for more information.

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Scripps College Collection

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Last updated: April 22, 2026

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