Mark Skudlarek interview conducted by Meredith McGriff, 2019-01-05
Skudlarek, Mark,
interviewee
McGriff, Meredith A. E.,
interviewer
Occupational Folklife Project,
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moving image
videorecording
two-dimensional moving image
spoken word
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Sound recordings.
Video recordings.
Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives.
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2019
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2019-01-05
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3 video files (mpg4) (01:18:01) : digital, sound, color.
2 sound files (wav) (01:18:01) : digital, sound.
23 photographs : digital, jpg, color.
2 manuscripts : docx, pdf, text files.
Potter Mark Skudlarek, owner of Cambridge Wood-Fired Pottery, discusses his career and his craft. He talks about his training: first in college, then in La Borne, France, and as Todd Piker's apprentice. He tells of working for Rockville Union Stoneware and opening his own studio. He describes building his studio and kiln, wood firing, sourcing wood, mixing clay, and having an apprentice of his own. He also discusses two local tours that he has helped establish: the Earth, Wood, and Fire tour and the Clay Collective tour. This interview was recorded in both audio and video formats. Timestamps in the transcript are keyed to the audio file.
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Recorded at Cambridge Wood-Fired Pottery, Cambridge, Wisconsin, January 5, 2019.
Production potters of the Midwest : Archie Green Fellows project, 2018-2019 (AFC 2018/030: 05161) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
In English.
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Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2018030.afc2018030_05161_mv01
Production potters of the Midwest: Archie Green Fellows project, 2018-2019
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