James Lovera

Lovera, who taught at San Jose State along with Herbert Sanders, worked with highly textural glazes that mimicked plantlife, lichen, and moss on purist forms.

James Lovera, Bowl, California Visionaries: Seminal Studio Craft, Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection
James Lovera, Bowl
James Lovera, California Visionaries: Seminal Studio Craft, Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Bowl detail
James Lovera, Untitled vase, 1962. Courtesy Forrest L. Merrill
James Lovera, Untitled vase, 1962. Courtesy Forrest L. Merrill