Shearwater Pottery is a small family-owned pottery in
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Ocean Springs is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, approximately east of Biloxi and west of Gautier. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,225 at the 2000 U.S. Census. ...
,
United States
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founded in 1928 by
Peter Anderson (1901-1984),
with the support of his parents, George Walter Anderson and Annette McConnell Anderson. From the 1920s through the present day, the Pottery has produced art pottery, utilitarian ware, figurines, decorative tiles and other ceramic objects. Two of its most important designers were
Walter Inglis Anderson
Walter Inglis Anderson (September 29, 1903 – November 30, 1965) was an American painter and writer.
Anderson died from cancer November 30, 1965, at the age of 62.
Early life and education
Anderson was born in New Orleans to George Walter A ...
(1903-1965) and his brother
James McConnell Anderson (1907-1998). Although Shearwater was severely damaged by
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
in 2005,
the workshop was rebuilt and restored by Jason Stebly. Pottery continues to be thrown by Peter's son James Anderson and the latter's son Peter Wade Anderson, and decorated by Patricia Anderson Findeisen, Christopher Inglis Stebly, Adele Anderson Lawton and others. Michael Anderson heads the Shearwater Annex, and Marjorie Anderson Ashley is business manager.
Notes
See also
*
George E. Ohr, the "Mad Potter of Biloxi"
*
Walter Anderson Museum of Art
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) is located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. WAMA is dedicated to the work of Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965), whose depictions of coastal plants, animals, landscapes, and pe ...
in Ocean Springs
External sources
*Christopher Maurer, ''Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi: Love and Art at Shearwater'' (Doubleday, 2001) Second edition, University Press of Mississippi, 2010.
C. Maurer & M.E. Iglesias Research Collection on Walter Anderson and Shearwater Pottery at Special Collections, University of Mississippi*Dod Stewart, ''Shearwater Pottery'' (privately printed, 2006)
Shearwater PotteryDreaming in ClayArt of James McConnell Anderson
* ttp://oceanspringsarchives.net/ Ocean Springs Archives by Ray L. Bellande
American art pottery
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