Artist

Barbara Walch

born Niagara Falls, NY 1950
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Courtesy Barbara Walch.
Born
Niagara Falls, New York, United States
Active in
  • Thorndike, Maine, United States
Biography

Barbara Walch received her bachelor of fine arts degree in sculpture in 1972 from the State University of New York, New Paltz, and has been creating hand-built pottery ever since. She uses a style called “pinch” pottery, in which she begins with a block of clay and pinches the clay into its form with her fingertips. No two pots are the same, and Walch leaves the exteriors of her work unglazed, coating the insides of her pieces with colors that recall elements from nature.

Works by this artist (744 items)

William Zorach, Two Marys (Empyrean Children), 1960, cast and patinated plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.133
Two Marys (Empyrean Children)
Date1960
cast and patinated plaster
On view
William Zorach, Embrace (finished study), ca. 1933, cast and painted plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach, 1970.65.15
Embrace (finished study)
Dateca. 1933
cast and painted plaster
On view
William Zorach, The Artist's Daughter, 1930, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach, 1968.25
The Artist’s Daughter
Date1930
marble
On view
William Zorach, Seated Girl (with hands under legs), 1930, cast and patinated plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1971.449.8
Seated Girl (with hands under legs)
Date1930
cast and patinated plaster
On view