Artist Statement

In the late 1960’s influential ceramist Howard Kottler (1930-1989) began to experiment with commercial decals and store-bought plates. Kottler altered the decals by cutting and combining them, then adhering them to cheap white porcelain plates he purchased in bulk. Kottler’s apparent rejection of the hand-made object and embrace of the conceptual over the tactile were unique among the revolutionary ceramists.