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a Glen Lukens Protege is Rediscovered
Barbara Willis was born in Bakersfield,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], California on June 29,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 1917. She began her art career by studying with potter Laura Andreson and trained with the master, Glen Lukens at UCLA in the late 1930's. In 1942,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Barbara opened her first studio pottery. With the shortage of domestic products due to World War II,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Barbara then went from studio to production potter. The popularity of her work lasted until the mid 1950's when art pottery interest declined due to the increase in imports after the war. Barbara closed her pottery and moved on to her next business venture.
In 1994,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Barbara Willis found a piece of her vintage pottery at a flea market. During a conversation with the seller,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],
she passed on her phone number. A few weeks later,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], an avid collector of her vintage works called her to explain that she is a California Art Pottery legend! Barbara was encouraged to begin a new line of pottery and,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], this Barbara Willis,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Terrene Pottery was reborn! Barbara utilizes a different approach in the making of her contemporary line. She hand presses each piece,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], using one of three types of clay. Barbara uses a unique one-fire glazing process. Each piece is definitely one of a kind!
What a gracious woman! I had the opportunity to meet Barbara Willis,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in person,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at the Los Angeles Pottery Show on January 29,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 2005. In anticipation of meeting and talking with her,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I took along my book "Barbara Willis - Classic California Modernism,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], by Jack Chipman" and asked her if she would be kind enough to sign it for me. She signed it "To Alice,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Warm Regards - Barbara Willis - 1/29/04." I later noticed that she had inadvertently dated it 2004 instead of 2005. Like most of us,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we write the previous year's date until we are used to the new year. I certainly did not mind the incorrect date. I was overjoyed that I was conversing with her and expressing my admiration for her work directly in person.
I speak of Barbara Willis with much enthusiasm because of many reasons. First and foremost,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I love her pottery - not only her vintage work, but her contemporary work as well. Here's a woman,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in her late 80's,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who currently has her "creative juices" in motion, working right out of her home in Malibu Beach letting herself be known again to the pottery world after a thirty-seven year absence to clay. A lucky man!
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