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Meet Otto the Potter...
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Otto Heino is a true working craftsman, his life and work shaped by the craft movement of the post-World-War II studio craft movement. |
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Attracted to the life-style of the craftsman, he remained true to his vision of pursuing excellence in the art of clay as a potter and sharing his productivity with others.
Otto, originally from New Hampshire, served in World War II. He was a waist gunner on a B-17 bomber and survived 40 bombing missions over Europe, with an extended enlistment of five and a half years. |
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After the war and seeking some tranquillity, Otto began his career as an artist. He spent time in England at Bernard Leach's studio, one of the avant gard ceramists of the time. He later met Vivika, his wife of 47 years, as a student of hers in New York. |
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Otto has a very natural, physical throwing style. He is one of very few potters who can keep a refined shape in a large vessel. An eye for form and skill of throwing aside, Otto's potting requires great strength. Despite his senior citizen status, he is able to throw 100 pounds of clay at once! How big is this plate? Inquiring minds want to know. |
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View Otto's 2007 Calendar! |
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Award-winning Pots...
Otto has received the high distinction of a gold medal from the Sixth Biennial International de Ceramique at Vallauris, France in 1978. This accompanies the Diplôme D' Honeur from the International Academy of Ceramics, Cannes, received in 1955. |
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Otto and Vivika's work is collected world-wide and has been exhibited internationally at the Picasso Museum in Vallauris, France; San Francisco's De Young Museum; Los Angeles' County Art Museum and Craft Folk Art Museum; New York' American Craft Museum; Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian' and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Twentieth Century Fox commissioned them to create 751 pieces of pottery for the film, "The Egyptian."
Come Visit Otto at his gallery! The Pottery is located at 971 McAndrew Road, Ojai, CA 93023. It is open Tuesday through Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. |
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Photographs ©Nancy Hauber, ©Bill Dow Photography, Van Nuys, CA or ©Roberta Griffith, Otego, NY
[ Pot Shop / Otto / Glazes / Shapes / Hot Pot / Vivika / Information ]
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