Mark C. Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Sorry for double posting this but I want you to get it out there. 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://themarksproje...rg/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 codinate 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://themarksproje...stionnaire-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 BaldenebroResearch CoordinatorThe Marks Project27A Sachem RoadGreenwich, CT 06830abaldenebro@themarksproject.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Branfman Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hi Mark, Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention. As you might know, we are in crunch time preparing for next weeks NCECA Conference. I'll bring this to the attention of the Advisory Board at our meeting there, so please be patient for a reply. best, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 No rush as they can report directly with Ali of the Marks project below Hopefully it's within the goals of the council I'm just passing on the info. Mark PS I'm pretty sure someone within the Potters Council years ago started a data base of marks as well.I recal sending off my makers mark to them. Ali BaldenebroResearch CoordinatorThe Marks Project27A Sachem RoadGreenwich, CT 06830abaldenebro@themarksproject.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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