Karl Martz (1912 – 1997) Weed Pot c. 1960 3.75 x 3.75 in. Signed "KM" on bottom
Karl Martz founded the Ceramic Arts Program in the Department of Fine Arts at Indiana University (Bloomington) in 1945, where he taught studio ceramics and ceramic history until his retirement in 1977. He was President of the design section of the Ceramics Education Council of the American Ceramic Society in 1965, a leader in creation of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 1966, and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 1992.
