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Rose Cabat (June 27, 1914 – January 25, 2015) was an American studio ceramicist, classified as part of the Mid-Century modern movement who was best known for her innovative glazes upon small porcelain pots called 'feelies' often in the shape of onions and figs,〔Block, Bruce. "A visit with Rose Cabat". the Journal of the American Art Pottery Association. Absecon NJ. Volume 20, issue 4, 2004.〕 and bowls. She was the oldest known actively practicing pottery artist in the United States. ==Biography== Rose Cabat was born in New York City in 1914 in the Bronx, and married her childhood sweetheart Erni Cabat in 1936. She began working in ceramics in 1940 after her husband Erni brought home some clay from his job as an assistant 〔() Koplos, Janet and Metcalf, Bruce. Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. The University of North Carolina Press. Salem, NC. 2010.(chapter was removed from the final draft, but available online.)〕 to Vally Wiselthier an art deco ceramicist who was making pieces for General Ceramics in Keasbey, New Jersey.〔(Vally Wiselthier )〕 Originally, Erni, a graphic artist who had trained at the Cooper Union, had brought home clay from his workplace under Vally Wiselthier in order to make some dinner plates which he would later decorate. Rose recalled her love of clay which began in kindergarten and began working on making pottery. After seeing her preliminary pieces Erni gave Rose a membership at Greenwich House, in the Village where Rose learned how to use a potter's wheel. Shortly after their first son George was born, he was found to have intractable asthma. The Cabat's decided to move to Arizona around 1942 in order to alleviate his condition. Rose worked at a defense plant and was able to make primitive ceramics from the extra clay that Erni was able to obtain from brickyards. Rose was able to make some coil figures until Erni was able to convert a washing machine to a potter's wheel. Eventually, Erni ordered a Randall kickwheel, which Rose used to the end. She made ceramics in her spare time, as she worked in a munitions plant during World War II.〔"Rose Cabat Sep 8-Nov.15 2004 Exhibit Hall". Tohono Chul Park Newsletter. Tucson, AZ. Autumn 2004.〕 After the war, Rose continued to make craft ceramics such as wind bells, animal shapes and other commodity pieces to help support the family, while Erni worked in Tucson as a graphic artist and an ad man.〔 He also wrote several children's books. They became friends with local artists, and help to start the Art Center, the forerunner of the Tucson Museum of Art. The Cabat's had two more children, Mike and June in Arizona. In 1956, Erni and Rose took a glaze calculation class at the University of Hawaii. Erni watched the children in order for Rose to attend. She and Erni began development of glaze formulas which after applied to the later developed "feelie" forms which would become Rose Cabat's signature pieces. In about 1960, Rose hit upon the basic form of the vessel which would become the foundation of the "feelies". She created a weed pot with a delicate closed neck, which cannot hold even one slender stem or stalk, quoted as saying, "A vase can hold weeds or flowers, but can't it just be a spot of beauty?" By 1966, she was beginning to be recognized as a craft artist, with the exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum, "Craftsmen USA", where she exhibited a casserole. In 1973, her feelies were exhibited in "Everyday Life in Early America" as contemporary counterparts to pioneering American craftspeople. The Tucson Art Museum loaned one of Rose Cabat's blue-green Feelies to the Mansion of the Vice President, Walter Mondale at the time, to be displayed in the living room along with other works of art.〔 Rose and Erni continued to produce ceramics, including feelies and bowls with their signature glazes. While Rose and Erni collaborated on the feelies and other ceramic forms, Erni ran his ad agency in Tucson until the age of 62 when he had felt that the family could be supported with the income from the "feelies" and other ceramics as well as his own artwork. Erni ran the business, weighed out the glaze components, while Rose did the craft and the art. Each year on their anniversary, Erni would give Rose a gift of a painting of the two of them or of Rose. In 1994, Rose was unnerved by Erni's anniversary painting, and in the following months, he wrote detailed instructions of how to take care of the business, and how he did things. On November 8, 1994, Erni went to bed, never to reawaken.〔 After 1994, Rose continued to produce feelies and bowls, despite her decreasing mobility, with her daughter June running the business end of things. Cabat died on January 25, 2015 at the age of 100. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rose Cabat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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