Reminiscences of Byron Temple 1987
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- Name
- Temple, Byron, 1933- (Interviewee)
- Polsky, Richard M (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Byron Temple 1987
- Abstract
- Family background; education at Ball State Teachers College, Brooklyn Museum School, Haystack School; early interest in pottery; time spent in Army; work as apprentice of Bernard Leach and discussion of value of that experience; comments on other early work experince; experience teaching at Pratt Institute and as a visiting artist at other institutions; comments on selling handmade pottery and the value of handmade pottery; views on the crafts world and on succeeding as a crafsman outside of the academic world; comments on the growth of his work.
- Collection Name
- American craftspeople project
- Subjects
- Potters; Pottery craft; Pottery, American; Arts and crafts movement; Temple, Byron, 1933-
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1987
- Note (Biographical)
- Pottery artist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Richard M. Polsky on August 31, 1987.
- Note (Provenance)
- Byron Temple, Gift 1988
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13673411
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-aar2-gv12
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.