■ editor's note

A Local Legacy

"One's 'best work is
often — rather
always — [one's] most
simple yet appropriate
conception... ."

— Mary Chase Perry, 1904

In the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the
20th, the American Arts and Crafts movement was at its peak.
The aesthetic movement, in which pride of craftsmanship
prevailed, introduced the idea that a home filled with beautiful
objects would contribute to physical and spiritual well-being.
Though the movement is largely associated with men, notably
William Morris, Frank Lloyd Wright and Gustav Stickley, the
realm of ceramics belonged primarily to women. One woman,
Mary Chase Perry, single-handedly put Detroit on the Arts
and Crafts map by founding Pewabic Pottery in 1903, along
with businessman Horace J. Caulkins. Still in service as a shop, nonprofit museum,
educational center (including children's workshops) and wholesaler, Pewabic houses
documents, original equipment and works, including beautifully hued handmade
embossed tiles, wheel-thrown vessels, porcelain ornaments and garden wares, exam-
Perry's choice of name for her pottery
ples of which can be found in historic homes and museums around the country
(above) pays tribute to her childhood home
in the Upper Peninsula. "Pewabic"
Still housed on Jefferson Avenue in the 1907 Tudor Revival building designed by
is Chippewa for "clay with a copper color."
architect William B. Stratton, whom Perry married, Pewabic Pottery is a National
Historic Landmark and one of the last Arts and Crafts potteries still in operation.
And it graciously opened its doors to Platinum this month, allowing us free rein of
this exquisite living history to photograph the season's coziest sweaters, scarves, capes, hats and more. To see the results of the
shoot, turn to "Cold Comfort" on page 16. And for more information about Pewabic Pottery, visit pewabic.com .

Lynne Konstantin, editor
lkonstantin@thejewishnews.corn

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