Ken Keppers Brown and Beige Abstract deals Design Stoneware Salad/Luncheon Plates/Wall Decor (9" Square | Turtle Lake, WI) FREE Domestic Shipping

Ken Keppers was a Midwest potter with many interests. These plates would be a stunning addition to a gallery wall or used as plates.

About
With his start in high school, Ken Keppers had his hands in clay throughout his life. In college, he was the studio assistant at Bemidji State University. His responsibilities included deals mixing clay and glazes, firing pottery, and mentoring students.

He set up his studio in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin on wooded acreage. He built 3 kilns and assisted friends and colleagues in the US and Japan in building their own kilns.

Ken threw his pottery on a Leach treadle wheel. He created his own glazes using ashes from crops and local rock powders. He used wood from his property to fire his pottery selectively harvesting trees to maintain the health of his forest.

He was a man of many interests and skills including farming, draft horses, bee keeping, growing mushrooms, making maple syrup, cooking, baking, wood cutting, construction, woodworking, blacksmithing, hand drumming, music, and folk dancing.

b: November 15, 1952
d: December 17, 2017

Education
Bemidji State University, B.S. in art
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Description
Hand built / wood fired
Footed
Glazed top except for design / unglazed bottom
Colors: Brown and reddish-brown, unglazed design
Picture wire on back
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Hallmarks
Etched name "Keppers" on bottom (see photo 9)
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Condition
VGUC (very good used condition)
No chips, cracks, or crazing.

Plate 1
One flake on bottom side of left corner (see photo 10)

Comes from a non-smoking environment.
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Learn more: http://kepperspottery.com/pottery/
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