Warren MacKenzie Art Pottery Shino Faceted Tea Pot

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Beautiful faceted stoneware teapot with a dark vivid glaze, made with Warren’s special blend of clay. It has a traditional … Read more Beautiful faceted stoneware teapot with a dark vivid glaze, made with Warren’s special blend of clay. It has a traditional Japanese-style bamboo handle. This piece was bought at his studio in Stillwater MN, it has his signature thumbprint patterned bottom produced by the wire he used to cut the pot from the wheel.

6.75"W x 5"D x 5"H (8"H with handle)


Warren MacKenzie (1924 - 2018) is recognized as a true master of 20th Century ceramic art. Through his traditional wheel-thrown vessels, Mr. MacKenzie's pottery embodies strong influences from Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada. His work consistently represents the confidence of where the potter’s hand is felt and touched through the utilitarian pots that are produced for use in everyday life.

Among other numerous awards, Warren MacKenzie was named a Regent’s Professor, a Fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics, and was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor’s Award in Crafts in 1986. In 1997, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council and in 1998 was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council. His work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; The National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England; Contemporary American Crafts Museum in New York; Bernard Leach Study Collection in Bath, England, the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul; the Weisman Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis. See less