Barbara Walch Explained

Barbara Walch
Birth Place:Niagara Falls, New York
Field:ceramist

Barbara Walch (born 1950, Niagara Falls, New York) is an American ceramist known for her hand-built pieces.[1] [2] She attended the State University of New York at New Paltz.[3]

In 1979 she co-founded the studio and store Pinch Pottery in Northampton, Massachusetts.[4] In 1986 she turned her attention to creating ceramics full time.[3] In 1989 Walch relocated to Thorndike, Maine where she established Fire Flower pottery studio.[5] In 2019 the Maine Potters Market held a retrospective of Walch's work.[6] One of her hand-built tea sets is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deitz . Paula . A Sense Of Place ; American pottery . The New York Times . 1 July 2023 . 13 April 1986.
  2. Web site: Barbara Walch . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 1 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Walch . The Marks Project . 1 July 2023.
  4. Web site: About Us . Pinch . 1 July 2023 . en.
  5. Web site: Art in the Garden . Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners . 1 July 2023.
  6. Web site: Retrospective: Barbara Walch's 46 Years of Pot-Making at Maine Potters Market . Press Herald . 1 July 2023.

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