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<blockquote>My forms are vessels, their contents stories. All stories are mysteries or they wouldn't be stories. I invite the viewer to freely interpret these scenes, creating a narrative as in a dream. Although no longer functional in the literal sense my teapots retain their association with the participatory event of taking tea. Whether in a social context such as the tête à tête or larger tea party or through the meditative act of taking tea alone, the teapot itself speaks of inclusion.</blockquote>Thayer's work is fluid in nature and intentionally "imperfect."<ref name=":0">{{Cite |
<blockquote>My forms are vessels, their contents stories. All stories are mysteries or they wouldn't be stories. I invite the viewer to freely interpret these scenes, creating a narrative as in a dream. Although no longer functional in the literal sense my teapots retain their association with the participatory event of taking tea. Whether in a social context such as the tête à tête or larger tea party or through the meditative act of taking tea alone, the teapot itself speaks of inclusion.</blockquote>Thayer's work is fluid in nature and intentionally "imperfect."<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|date=January 2003|title=Susan Thayer – Totally Teapots |url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=8962554&site=ehost-live|magazine=[[The World and I]] |volume=18|issue=|pages=82|subscription=yes|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> She does not take on commissions, preferring to follow her own ideas.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Thayer's pieces are in the permanent collection of the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/susan-thayer-18346|title=Susan Thayer|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref><ref name="auto3" /> the [[De Young (museum)|De Young Museum]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://art.famsf.org/susan-thayer/crystal-ball-20081354a-b|title=Crystal Ball - Susan Thayer|date=2015-05-08|work=FAMSF Explore the Art|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref> the [[Museum of Contemporary Craft]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mimi.pnca.edu/a/8568|title=Susan Thayer|last=|first=|date=|website=PNCA Collections|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref> the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts Boston]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/teapot-guarding-eden-teapot-45048|title=Teapot: Guarding Eden Teapot|date=2016-12-17|work=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref> The [[Racine Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ramart.org/content/variations-theme-teapots-rams-collection|title=Variations on a Theme: Teapots from RAM's Collection|last=|first=|date=|website=Racine Art Museum|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ramart.org/content/magic-mud-masterworks-clay-rams-collection "Magic Mud: Masterworks in Clay from RAM's Collection: February 2 - May 4, 2014"], ''[[Racine Art Museum]]''. Retrieved on 7 March 2017.</ref> and in the [[Newark Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallery.newarkmuseum.org/view/objects/asitem/People@3144424/0?t:state:flow=9acb0be2-b324-4767-9593-f2c5f8e40e65|title=Susan Thayer|last=|first=|date=|website=Newark Museum - Collection|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref> Her work was shown in 2003 in "The Artful Teapot" at the George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art and the [[Long Beach Museum of Art]],<ref name=":0" /> and in 1993, ''Feats of Clay V'', at Gladding, McBean & Company in [[Lincoln, California]].<ref>Crane, Carolyn. "Feats of Clay", ''[[Ceramics Monthly]]'', April 1993.</ref> |
Thayer's pieces are in the permanent collection of the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/susan-thayer-18346|title=Susan Thayer|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref><ref name="auto3" /> the [[De Young (museum)|De Young Museum]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://art.famsf.org/susan-thayer/crystal-ball-20081354a-b|title=Crystal Ball - Susan Thayer|date=2015-05-08|work=FAMSF Explore the Art|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref> the [[Museum of Contemporary Craft]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mimi.pnca.edu/a/8568|title=Susan Thayer|last=|first=|date=|website=PNCA Collections|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref> the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts Boston]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/teapot-guarding-eden-teapot-45048|title=Teapot: Guarding Eden Teapot|date=2016-12-17|work=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref> The [[Racine Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ramart.org/content/variations-theme-teapots-rams-collection|title=Variations on a Theme: Teapots from RAM's Collection|last=|first=|date=|website=Racine Art Museum|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ramart.org/content/magic-mud-masterworks-clay-rams-collection "Magic Mud: Masterworks in Clay from RAM's Collection: February 2 - May 4, 2014"], ''[[Racine Art Museum]]''. Retrieved on 7 March 2017.</ref> and in the [[Newark Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallery.newarkmuseum.org/view/objects/asitem/People@3144424/0?t:state:flow=9acb0be2-b324-4767-9593-f2c5f8e40e65|title=Susan Thayer|last=|first=|date=|website=Newark Museum - Collection|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref> Her work was shown in 2003 in "The Artful Teapot" at the George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art and the [[Long Beach Museum of Art]],<ref name=":0" /> and in 1993, ''Feats of Clay V'', at Gladding, McBean & Company in [[Lincoln, California]].<ref>Crane, Carolyn. "Feats of Clay", ''[[Ceramics Monthly]]'', April 1993.</ref> |
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Susan Thayer (born 17 October 1957 in New York, NY) is an American ceramicist known for her intricately painted porcelain teapots.[1] Inspired by her grandmother's china as well as by historical European ceramics, she often combines traditional elements with other more contemporary designs in her work.[2] In order to maintain a high level of detail, Thayer must often fire each individual piece between ten and twenty times.[1] She currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
Education and career
Thayer graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI, in 1982 with a BFA in ceramics.[2] After graduation, she remained in Providence and opened a porcelain production studio, though by 1986 she grew discouraged by "the limits imposed by the demands of production."[3] This discontent led her to begin creating one-of-a-kind pieces,[4] drawing on originality rather than the uniformity of mass production. These pieces are often inspired by traditions such as the ceremony and grandeur of a dinner table in all of its propriety: set with dishes on placemats and with multiple spoons, forks, and knives designated for different courses.[3] In addition to serving as an image of tradition, the dinner table—like the teapot—also suggests the notion of people coming together in a ritualistic setting.[5] In conjunction with this classic imagery, her distinctive teapots are also inspired by change, which she perceives as "both desirable and inevitable."[3] That sense of change manifests itself in her teapots as slight alterations of the original form: the perfect spouts start to lengthen or warp, or surface designs are rendered in glow-in-the-dark paint.[3]
Work
Thayer has stated:[5]
My forms are vessels, their contents stories. All stories are mysteries or they wouldn't be stories. I invite the viewer to freely interpret these scenes, creating a narrative as in a dream. Although no longer functional in the literal sense my teapots retain their association with the participatory event of taking tea. Whether in a social context such as the tête à tête or larger tea party or through the meditative act of taking tea alone, the teapot itself speaks of inclusion.
Thayer's work is fluid in nature and intentionally "imperfect."[6] She does not take on commissions, preferring to follow her own ideas.[6]
Thayer's pieces are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7][5] the De Young Museum,[8] the Museum of Contemporary Craft,[9] the Museum of Fine Arts Boston,[10] The Racine Art Museum,[11][12] and in the Newark Museum.[13] Her work was shown in 2003 in "The Artful Teapot" at the George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art and the Long Beach Museum of Art,[6] and in 1993, Feats of Clay V, at Gladding, McBean & Company in Lincoln, California.[14]
References
- ^ a b "Susan Thayer", Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved on 7 March 2017.
- ^ a b Thayer, Susan. "Bulb Flowers - The Process", Ceramics: Art and Perception, 1996.
- ^ a b c d Thayer, Susan. "Reaching to the Past", Ceramics Monthly, April 1994.
- ^ Thayer, Susan. "Reaching to the Past", Ceramics Monthly, April 1994
- ^ a b c "Greenwich House Pottery and SOFA NYC present SUSAN THAYER: 'China Painting - What You Don't See'", Greenwich House Pottery, 2001.
- ^ a b c "Susan Thayer – Totally Teapots". The World and I. Vol. 18. January 2003. p. 82 – via EBSCOhost.
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