Erich Steinhagen of Griswold, CT, has been a potter for more than 50 years, since his high school apprenticeship. For the past three decades, he and his wife Janice have been making pottery informed by the redware pottery of the 18th century. The couple will demonstrate forming pots on the potter’s wheel and decorating the resulting pots with the traditional sgraffito (scratching) technique widely used by German and English potters of the colonial period. They will also display and discuss some unusual forms that were common in the colonies, with finished works offered for sale.
Event 2 of 3 in the Artful 18th Century series and also part of Cozy Con Week.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Avon Library.