. Keramic studio. SHAWSHEEN POTTERY HERAMIC STUDIO 105. sheen is carried out by the artists themselves. The design-ing, throwing or building, decorating, glazing and firing isall their own. SHAWSHEEN WARE SHAWSHEEN Pottery is made by a guild of three mem-bers. It was first made in Billerica, Massachusetts, inthe spring of 1906, and a year later removed to Mason City,Iowa, where it is now made. In the beginning this was hand-coiled ware and as suchattracted considerable favorable attention. It was shownprincipally at Bradstreets in Minneapolis, the A. & C. andDoll & Richards in Boston. When the
. Keramic studio. SHAWSHEEN POTTERY HERAMIC STUDIO 105. sheen is carried out by the artists themselves. The design-ing, throwing or building, decorating, glazing and firing isall their own. SHAWSHEEN WARE SHAWSHEEN Pottery is made by a guild of three mem-bers. It was first made in Billerica, Massachusetts, inthe spring of 1906, and a year later removed to Mason City,Iowa, where it is now made. In the beginning this was hand-coiled ware and as suchattracted considerable favorable attention. It was shownprincipally at Bradstreets in Minneapolis, the A. & C. andDoll & Richards in Boston. When the Dahlquists decided to establish their ownpottery they took the name of Shawsheen from a beautifulbrook meandering through the meadows near their home,which Winthrop Pierce had made well-known through hiscanvases. The name Shawsheen is an Indian word meaningmeandering and was taken as a symbolic name becauseformalism is so nearly impossible in the handbuilding ofpottery, and because this primitive method is made mostfamiliar to us by the India
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