Vessel by George Ohr
A paper-thin, twisted and folded vessel that looks as if shaped by the wind.
Ohr called himself ‘the greatest art potter on earth’ and refused to sell his pots singly. They were rediscovered in the 1970s and influenced American studio pottery. Examples are in the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum in Biloxi and the Metropolitan Museum.
Materials: Earthenware, often with mottled metallic glazes
Manufacture: Thrown extremely thin and then twisted, pinched and crumpled while the clay was soft.
Walls thinner than a porcelain cup that still stood upright in the kiln.
The folded, twisted forms – no two are alike.