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There is a fairly new website that is about makers marks. I have been aware of this for for over a year as they got going with the data.

They have funding for about ceramic 1,000 artists.

You can view the page here.

http://themarksproject.org/artist-index

I had my page published recently after some time had gone by. 

There was at one time another project like this but it gone by the wayside.

If you want to jump thru the hoops just click on the link below to get started and fill in the data.

Its a great project for the future of works unknown.

If someone in the potters council could help coordinate this to members please do as I'm just a lowly member whose post will be seen by a few-not everyone.

Mark

 

 

Dear Mr. Cortright,
 
Thank you for your question. We are a fairly new database and are hoping to include as many artists as we can. Our goal is not to be a curated representation of the field but rather to accurately represent the range of artists working during the period 1946-present. In order to put up an artist's page we require images of their mark, works and a resume. Please share my contact information if you know anyone interested in listing their work. You can also direct them to our website questionnaire: http://themarksproject.org/questionnaire-form. We encourage anyone working in clay to submit images of their marks to help us build a thorough and useful database. 
 
I would be very interested to know if you would be willing to share the contact information of someone who could send a mailing to all of the Member Artists of the Potters Council. A few of these makers are listed on our site, but we would be thrilled to include as many as we can. Listing is free and includes a link to the artist's own website.

The Marks Project is a 501©(3) non-profit educational organization. We have secured funding to document 1,000 makers by January 2016. This is an ambitious goal and we can only accomplish it with collaboration from living artists. We will have a table at NCECA this year, please stop by if you are attending!
 
Many thanks for your interest.
 
Sincerely,
 
Ali
 
Ali Baldenebro
Research Coordinator
The Marks Project
27A Sachem Road
Greenwich, CT 06830
abaldenebro@themarksproject.org 
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I'll get this into the Potters Council Board for consideration.  We do have to look at how such things (everything we think of actually) mesh with the mission and available resources and prioritizing of initiatives.  But we'll look into it.

 

best,

 

....................john

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No fuss for me its about who made the darn pot 50-100 years from now.As a producer of very large volumes of work  over a very long period of time.

A pot  that has LHP on bottom -who knows what that means 2 generations from now. With a data base of marks one can tell the maker long after makers are gone.

Makers marks are on many ceramic commercial wares from the past and present and that knowledge is known but from individuals its a guess at best so knowledge of marks will mean something to somebody down the road.

As to marks or chops or signatures its all about identifying the maker -some choose a chop others a signature-thats all up to the maker.For me its not a fuss but an ID issue.

This also can change over time I used to sign all wares Cort and over time have shifed to about 2/3 LHP and 1/3 Cort. 

I feel better that in 70 years someone could look up a mark and know their dinnerware was made my Liscom Hill Pottery and that was me.

This is my second go round with a Makers mark data base as the other one vanished after a few years.

Mark

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This is important to collectors. It can be a way to verify a maker of pottery. Often who the potter is, is more important and significant than the actual piece. I carefully document purchases of any art work. The information is duplicated and stored in a fire proof safe. Should I, or a surviving relative need to file a claim or choose to sell a piece I will have proof of authenticity.

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