Betty Woodman (1930-2018) was a sculptor whose nearly seven-decade engagement with clay is widely recognized for integrating ceramics into the sphere of contemporary art. The vase—clay’s most …

Betty Woodman (b. 1930, d. 2018) is recognized as one of the most important voices in postwar American art, having synthesized sculpture, painting, and ceramics in a highly original and …

Betty started pottery classes at age 16 and immediately took to clay. She attended the School for American Craftsmen at Alfred University in New York from 1948 until 1950. [2]

Betty Woodman: Works in Clay Betty Woodman's astonishing ceramics conjure up myriad associations: ancient Chinese vessel forms, ninth-century T'ang Dynasty glazes, Japanese screen prints, Persian …

Woodman challenged herself with clay throughout her career, from early tableware collections to winged vases and ceramic mosaic “wallpapers,” where offcuts of vessels are mounted on walls or over …

“It makes good sense to use clay for pots, vases, pitchers, and platters, but I like to have things both ways,” the artist explained. “I make things that could be functional, but I really want them to be …

Though I loved her work, Woodman was notorious for her loose handling of clay and I wanted a cup that I could actually drink from and not just admire for its spontaneous form.