Teapot

USA, 1900
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Date acquired:
Materials:
Porcelain
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Slip-Cast
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Nicholas, Nick, Bivins

Together with her husband, Otto Heino, Vivika Heino made traditional, thrown vessel forms decorated with rich surface glazes.For nearly 50 years the Heino?s worked together in a shared workshop both throwing and glazing their own works and working collaboratively. Independently, Vivika threw and glazed smaller and mid-sized objects. She became known for glaze calculations and developing new glazes.

Born Vivien Place in Caledonia, New York she set out to pursue her artistic career by moving to Colorado and eventually California. While working at Swedish Applied Arts in San Francisco, she changed her name to Vivika. Vivika worked as a puppeteer, weaver, bookbinder and jeweler. After just one night course in clay with Manuel Eugene Jalanivich at the California Institute of Fine Arts she decided to pursue a career as a potter.

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