248: In Tribute: Warren Mackenzie on a lifetime in clay

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a
rebroadcast of a 2015 interview with an icon of the American
studio pottery movement, Warren Mackenzie. After an early
apprenticeship at the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall
(1949-1952), Mackenzie became a ceramic professor at the
University of Minnesota (1953-1990). During his nearly
four-decade tenure at the school, he influenced generations of
students including Michael Simon, Randy Johnston, Sandy Simon,
Mark Pharis and many more. In the interview we talk about his
time at the Leach Pottery, pricing for domestic wares, and his
thoughts on what makes a good pot. Warren passed peacefully in
his Stillwater, MN home on December 31st, 2018.


 


I want to send a special thank you to the
Studio Potter Journal for
sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Since 1972,
the Studio Potter non-profit organization has
promoted the discussion of technology, criticism, aesthetics, and
history within the ceramic’s community, through their semi-annual
print and online journal. Many guests of this podcast have
written for the journal and you can find those articles along
with more information and more information about how to subscribe
at www.studiopotter.org.