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Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship
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1921-04-24 – 2011-01-03
Paul Edmund Soldner (April 24, 1921 – January 3, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and educator, noted for his experimentation with the 16th-century Japanese technique called raku, introducing new methods of firing and post firing, which became known as American Raku. He was the founder of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 1966.
ceramicist, artist, designer, teacher
Otis College of Art and Design; University of Colorado; Bluffton University
Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship; Fellow of the American Craft Council
Fellow of the American Craft Council · Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship
Bluffton University · Otis College of Art and Design · University of Colorado
Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship
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Fellow of the American Craft Council
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q3372220 · wikidata
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