Laura Andreson

Andreson is regarded as having guided the first great wave of studio potters as a professor at UCLA, where she impacted thousands of students between the 1930s and 1980s. Her first self-directed studies of clay included classes with Glen Lukens, who developed various glazes, and lessons on the wheel with Gertrud Natzler.

Andreson was dedicated to experimentation with various glazes and developing kilns. In the late 1960s, she became interested in the opalescence of luster glazes and created forms reminiscent of mollusks and polished sea stones.

Andreson was dedicated to glaze research and she had a deep interest in creating utilitarian ceramics with formal perfection and enduring beauty.

“The challenge of porcelain…makes me eliminate superfluous additions, too much decoration, or too many ideas in one pot.” – LA