"Clay Times Three, the tale of three Nashville, Indiana, Potteries: Brown County Pottery, Martz Potteries, Brown County Hills Pottery" Here is a link to a December 2010 story and radio interview with the author by Yaël Ksander, WFIU-Bloomington: http://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/clay-times-tale-art-craft-resourcefulness/ About the book: The Potteries and their dates of operation:
The principal characters in the book hobnobbed with many well-known artists and ceramists of their day. Some of the personalities and potteries receiving brief mention in the book include: Curry Bohm, Marshall Studios (Jane and Gordon Martz--no relation to Karl and Becky), Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Dale Bessire, Otto and Vivika Heino, Bybee Pottery, Ginny Marsh, American Art Clay Company (AMACO), Arthur Baggs, Richard Burkett, Jugtown Pottery, Cornelison, Harvey Littleton, Overbeck Pottery, Richard Peeler, John Mills.
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Several years in the making, "Clay Times Three" is the authoritative reference on these potteries.
The book was published by Indiana University Press under its Quarry Books imprint in fall 2010. A hardback with beautiful dust jacket (above), it has 107 pages with color photo examples from each of the potteries, plus historic black and white photos from noted Brown County photographer Frank Hohenberger.
It is available at the IU Press Web site and from other online sources.
Much has been written about Brown County and Nashville, Indiana, from its renowned art colony to its early settlers to the enduring lure of Brown County State Park. “Clay Times Three” adds yet another rich resource for those who are fascinated by what life was once like in the beautiful hills and valleys of Brown County, and are intrigued by the people who made their livelihood there. In this case, those talented and industrious people were the owners, potters and decorators who made both charming and nationally acclaimed pottery. The tale takes its players through the Great Depression of the 1930s, World War II, and into Nashville of the 1970s, when development was forever changing the face of the town. The story continues when Karl Martz (who headed Indiana University’s ceramics program for 32 years) and his wife Becky Brown Martz, also an accomplished potter, move to Bloomington and carry on their artistic work through the 1980s.
