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Vale, NC Albert Hodge 1941- Pottery

Information: Albert Hodge, a Catawba County native, is self-taught in turning, glazing and firing pottery. He applies careful details such as hair, mustaches, eyebrows and shaped teeth to the faces and devils on jugs, and he also creates swirl ware, using a variety of glazes he formulates himself. His creations include roosters, Santa Claus, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the Whale, Uncle Sam, and Adam & Eve, to name a few, each with its own personality. Hodge began collecting old pottery almost 30 years ago when he lived in Newton, NC, his hometown. In 1989, he decided to make pottery. He built a shop in his backyard and bought a wheel and an electric kiln. Today, he uses a gas-fired as well as a wood-fired kiln. Decoration is his strong point. He layers clay, models and shapes it, and uses some commercial under glazes for colorful touches to create folksy sculptures. Carolina Arts

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Bibliography: "20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993. "American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003. "Wos Up Man?" Selections from the Joseph D. and Janet M. Sheen Collection of Self-taught Art" Palmer Museum of Art, 2005. Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006

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