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Door Pottery
Pottery by Scott Draves |
An Introduction to Scott Draves
I started my pottery career as a decorator in 1987 at Rowe Pottery in Cambridge, WI, a fairly large salt glaze pottery. By the time I left in 1995, I had a very strong background in slip decoration and brush work. But that wasn’t where my interest lay. I was a pottery collector from the minute I began making it and with a small nudge from a friend, Jon Milhon, I knew Arts and Crafts pottery was the pottery I had to collect and make. So in early 1995 I began testing glazes, hundreds of glazes. I had one matte purple Fulper vase and several blue Van Briggle vases to work with. By the end of that summer I had conquered the Fulper glaze and had also developed a beautiful Hampshire green. It was now time to convince some friends that the tradition of Arts and Crafts style pottery needed to be brought back.
To make a long story short, we founded Ephraim Pottery. Ephraim Pottery was and still is a wonderful art pottery that I had the privilege to be associated with. However, because of artistic and business differences, I sold my half of the business in 2001 to pursue my own style of Arts and Crafts pottery. I needed a smaller pottery with a more hands on role including teaching the Arts and Crafts style to students that had an interest in it. In 2001 Door Pottery was created and in 2004 I purchased the teaching facility and one of the largest high fire kilns in Madison, formerly, but to most old-timers, still known as Lakeside Pottery. I now have a small staff that throw, decorate, press tile and in most cases teach.
I continue to be an avid pottery collector and member of the American Art Pottery Association. It is ingrained in my blood now; I simply cannot walk past a beautiful piece of pottery, new or old, and not feel that I have to own it. It’s an addiction, but a wonderful one we all share.
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| Sturgeon Bay Vase 8"hx5.5"w |
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| Raindrop Vase 7"hx5"w |
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| Round Pinecone Vase 5.5"hx7"w |
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| Mantel Vase 6.5"hx4.5"w |
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| Daffodil 6.5"hx7"w |
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| Iris Vase 6.5"hx7"w |
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| Lotus 6.5"hx7"w |
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| Dragonfly Bud Vase 5.5"hx3.75"w |
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