John Mankameyer Manka Blue Crystalline Glaze Studio Pottery Vase Arts Crafts

  

John Mankameyer, hand made and signed, glazed porcelain vase 7 1/2 inches high, 5 1/2 inches at widest point and 2 1/4 inch wide base. Mouth is 3 1/8 inches wide at edge of lip and the opening is 1 7/8 inches wide.

Beautiful light blue and teal coloration with destinctive Chrystalline formations that are 1 1/2 to 1/4 inches wide. Heavy and distinctive "Manka" item. After being involved in several businesses and making Agate jewelry, he started working with clay in 1975. For the next 40 years he threw porcelain pots using a crystalline glaze surface technique. These glazes became his passion which lead him to conduct numerous experiments resulting in hundreds of new recipes. His focused research built him a national reputation as one of the potters credited with reviving the interest in crystalline glazes. His work is found in several public collections such as Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Oakland Museum of California.

The item "JOHN MANKAMEYER MANKA BLUE CRYSTALLINE GLAZE STUDIO POTTERY VASE ARTS CRAFTS" is in sale since Tuesday, October 20, 2020. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery". The seller is "devonb" and is located in Solana Beach, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

• Provenance: Estate of John "Manka" Mankameyer
• Date: 1992
• Handmade: Yes
• Art Medium: Crystalline Glazed Porcelain
• Material: Art Glass
• Original/Reproduction: Contemporary Original
• Artist: John "Manka" Mankameyer (1933-2015)
• Object Type: Vase
• Color: Blue