Orange-yellow glazed vase decorated with black circles and a hand-painted geese in the SEG style.
7.5" w x .75" h
The Saturday Evening Girls (SEG), a club and pottery founded in Boston around 1907, produced distinctive, hand-decorated ceramics with simple, elegant designs and a muted color palette, often featuring natural motifs like flowers, animals, and landscapes. The pottery's designs were heavily influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, emphasizing handcrafted quality and natural forms.
About the artist:
Scott Draves began his career as a decorator at Rowe Pottery in Cambridge, WI in 1987. He had a very strong background in slip decoration and brush work. Scott's interest however, lay elsewhere, and in 1995 he began experimenting with hundreds of glazes. He and some friends decided that the tradition of Arts & Crafts-style pottery needed to make a comeback, and together they founded Ephraim Pottery.
Because of artistic and business differences, Scott ended up selling his half of the business to pursue his own style of pottery that allowed him a more hands-on role. In 2001 he founded Door Pottery in Madison where he has a small staff that throw, decorate, press tile and teach.