Potties,a little help ?

Hi all. I picked up these 2 vases today,they really caught my eye though they scream 70s ! I would have thought being pretty clearly marked Id have no problem identifying,but alas ! One is 8 inches tall,the other 12. At first I thought them stoneware but the inside looks like red clay ? Any and all input is welcome.

 

A few more pics,Im loving them more and more !

 

Nice but no clue.....

 

Looks to be 1970s pottery class pieces.

 

Ive found a few that sold on ebay,but there was no info other than the name and they attributed it to mid century,wich I don't agree with.I think they are a little better than pottery class,they are very well done.But hey,wdik ?

 

What name did you come up with? I tried to read the mark, but the purple color kept throwing me off.

 

Studio pottery, hand built slab work, made from stoneware clay, fired in a gas kiln.

Probably going to be hard to identify, even though it's signed, but probably doesn't matter that much, since it doesn't appear to be the work of a major, collectible, potter.

This technique, of rolling leaves or flowers, or other natural materials on a slab of clay to imprint the image, was a popular style of pottery in the 1970s/1980s.

The way it is signed is more indicative of studio pottery, as signatures on classroom projects are usually scratched into the clay with a pencil or biology probe.

It also took considerable experience and skill to make these. Keeping slab work from collapsing or cracking apart is more difficult than it appears.

 

Steinberg. Like I said,I found other examples like mine,but no real info on who that is.

 

Im glad they aren't dreck,per se ! I truly have fallen in love with them,so if Steinberg goes unacknowledged,they will still be enjoyed.

 

I think it's Alan Steinberg. Third paragraph says he started out on the wheel and at some point abandoned it for slabs of colored clay with plants pressed in. http://www.gallerywalk.org/Steinberg.html

 

That's it! Studio pottery is seldom successfully traced back to the potter, great job, janetpjohn!

 

The OP gave us the Steinberg. There's no way I could have read that.

 

I'm rarely drawn to studio pottery but those vases are delicious! Wow!
Don

 

Many,many thanks everyone ! Same here Don,but they have a certain soft glow that captured me. I think Im starting to see studio pottery of a certain era (70s!) in a different way now. I looked at every "Steinberg" yet I didn't see that one ?!? Janet,your the best !