ID#:
2011.0037.000001
Description:
Untitled, 1950—1951
Ceramic
Museum Purchase and Partial Gift from Timothy Tiberio,
2011.37.1
Helmi's interest in working with clay dates back to evening classes at the Cornish School, where she learned casting and modeling in Richard Odlin's puppetry class. During the late 1930s, she spent time at The Potlach Pottery (on Dexter Avenue in Seattle) and began making clay figure groups in 1940.
During the late 1940s and 1950s, Helmi's ceramics — plates, ashtrays, tiles, and neclaces — were inspired by Indian designs. An important source of revenue, the plates were sold at Frederick and Nelson, Seattle's premier department store. In the December 1950 issue of House Beautiful magazine, Helmi's name appears among the ceramic artists working in the Northwest. Her last purchase of clay was made in 1957.
Ceramic
Museum Purchase and Partial Gift from Timothy Tiberio,
2011.37.1
Helmi's interest in working with clay dates back to evening classes at the Cornish School, where she learned casting and modeling in Richard Odlin's puppetry class. During the late 1930s, she spent time at The Potlach Pottery (on Dexter Avenue in Seattle) and began making clay figure groups in 1940.
During the late 1940s and 1950s, Helmi's ceramics — plates, ashtrays, tiles, and neclaces — were inspired by Indian designs. An important source of revenue, the plates were sold at Frederick and Nelson, Seattle's premier department store. In the December 1950 issue of House Beautiful magazine, Helmi's name appears among the ceramic artists working in the Northwest. Her last purchase of clay was made in 1957.
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