J.B. Blunk
JB Blunk (1926–2002) was a sculptor who worked primarily in wood and clay. In addition to the pieces he produced in wood and ceramics, Blunk worked in other media, including jewelry, furniture, painting, bronze, and stone. Background and influences James "JB" Blain Blunk was born in Ottawa, Kansas. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1951 where he studied physics, later changing his major and studying under noted ceramist Laura Andreson. After serving in the United States Army in the Korean War, he met sculptor Isamu Noguchi in Japan and served apprenticeships with Japanese potter Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883–1959) and Bizen potter and Living National Treasure, Kaneshige Toyo (1896–1967). Blunk was the first American to apprentice into the line of descent of that country's great unglazed stoneware ceramic tradition. After returning to the U.S., Blunk was eventually able to build his own home and studio near the Marin County town of Inverness, Califo ...
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Ottawa, Kansas
Ottawa (pronounced ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is located on both banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 12,625. It is the home of Ottawa University. History 19th century The name derives from the Ottawa tribe of Native Americans, on whose reservation the city was laid out. In the spring of 1864, title to the land was obtained from the tribe through treaty connected to the founding of Ottawa University, the Ottawa having donated 20,000 acres of land to establish and fund a school for the education of Indians and non-Indians alike. The word Ottawa itself means “to trade”. In 1867, the Ottawa tribe sold their remaining land in Kansas and moved to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.Dixon, Rhonda"The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma." ''Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.'' (16 Feb 2009). On the last day of March, 1864, J.C. Richmond built the first n ...
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