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Gertrud Natzler’s Bowl exhibits the elegant thin-walled forms that have been the envy of many potters. Natzler worked in collaboration with her husband Otto, an engineer with a chemistry background, whom she met in Vienna, Austria. The rise of fascism in 1930s Europe led to the couple emigrating to Los Angeles in 1938. The ability of Gertrud’s throwing style to create the delicate walls seen in Bowl were a radical intervention to the landscape of Southern California ceramics. Gertrud was trained on the potter’s wheel, a rare skill in the American West in the 1930s. Her proficiency with the wheel garnered the interest of prominent California potters, who learned their technique from Natzler. As a result, Gertrud’s throwing technique was widely disseminated through California’s academic ceramic programs.
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