The Arden Craft Shop Museum is home to many works of art by many different artists. Over the next months we will be sharing works from our collection by female artists that were not able to be shown in our current exhibition.
We will start with works by Katherine "Kate" "Cookie" Dolmetsch Kelly. Cookie was the artist and driving force behind Arden Craft Pottery. The pieces produced were available at her shop at local stores, and annually at the Arden Fair seen below.
We will start with works by Katherine "Kate" "Cookie" Dolmetsch Kelly. Cookie was the artist and driving force behind Arden Craft Pottery. The pieces produced were available at her shop at local stores, and annually at the Arden Fair seen below.
Cookie Kelly and Chuck Conner at Arden Fair, ca. 1991, ACSM00804
The illustrations on each piece are fun, brightly colored, and quirky. While the drawings were done by Cookie, the laying on of colors were done by assistants who were hired throughout the Ardens. The museum has several works in our collection. Overwhelmingly, the pieces in ACSM’s Collection are holiday or winter scenes.
Recently, Barbara Macklem of the Arden Craft Shop Museum was able to chat with Cookie about Arden Craft. Ms. Kelly noted that her first pottery wheel, a kick wheel, had originally belonged to Miriam Hetzel Donovan, the originator of Arden Pottery. Cookie's pottery, with her imaginative designs and bright color palate, still evoke a carefree spirit and a joyful approach to life.
Carol Gansei, Arden Craft Booth, 1990, ACSM05559
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