Tall Vessel with Flat Top (Garden Stool)

Tall Vessel with Flat Top (Garden Stool)
Toshiko Takaezu
June 17, 1922 - March 9, 2011
Artist Biography
Acquisition Number: 2007.32
Medium: Stoneware
Size: 19 1/2" x 8" x 8"
Date: n.d.
Credit: Gift of the artist

Takaezu worked in her studio and gardens in Quakertown, New Jersey. Takaezu was at the forefront of a movement that turned ceramics from a craft into an art form. Nature, whether in her vegetable garden or in Hawaii’s volcanic parks, was always Takaezu’s inspiration for her ceramic forms. "In my life I see no difference between making pots, cooking, and growing vegetables. They are all so related." - Toshiko Takaezu