If you are in need of some new tile or tableware and can't find any that are perfectly PrairieMod, we suggest you head over to Heath Ceramic's website. The pottery was founded in the mid 1940s by Edith Heath (1911-2005) after her line was picked up for sale at Gumps of San Francisco following her one-woman show at the city's Palace of the Legion of Honor. As described on the company's website:
Edith's life was dedicated to the craft of ceramics as one distinctly tied to the skill of the artisan. This passion, along with the legacy of her work in stoneware body and glaze development, gives Heath its unique place in ceramics today. Many of Edith Heath's pieces are currently in the collections of museums such as the MOMA in New York City. Heath Ceramics is one of the few remaining mid-century American potteries still in existence today. We have been making tableware and tile for
over a half-century right here in our Sausalito, California factory. Our crew of 40 skilled artisans (many having been here for 20+ years) still makes every product on premises, often utilizing the methods and techniques developed by Edith throughout her career.
It's the perfect marriage of Art and Craft, one that yields amazingly sublime ceramic works. Many artisans used and continue to use Heath wares, including at one time the Taliesin Associated Architects. Cruise over to the Heath website and check out their stuff, it's not to be missed.
Image copyright Heath Ceramics
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