Ephraim Faience Pottery


Also known as Ephraim Pottery, its pieces can be viewed and purchased at its Studio Gallery location in Lake Mills, WI on East Lake Street . The pieces are created by talented artists at Ephraim Pottery's nearby Studio on West Lake Street.
Ephraim Faience Pottery is an American art pottery company founded in 1996 in Deerfield, Wisconsin, United States by Kevin Hicks and two partners who have since left the company. It is now located in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. The company produces art pottery in the tradition of the Arts and Crafts Movement with matte glazes over sculpted earthenware in editions of no more than 500 pieces. It produces primarily vases, as well as bowls, lidded boxes, candleholders, pitchers and lanterns. In the past, it has also produced tiles and sculpted paperweights. A prototypical Ephraim Faience piece is a vase finished in a matte green background color, and embellished with sculpted decorative representations of plant or animal life. The company also produces pieces in other colors and in non-representational designs. In 2009, the company employed eight artisans.
The magazine Arts and Crafts Homes and the Revival commented "Ephraim Faience, which relies on familiar naturalistic motifs like dragonflies, gingko leaves, and water lilies, reports that new designs by their artisans sell better than strict reproductions."
The name "Ephraim" was adopted from the village of Ephraim in Door County, Wisconsin.

Marks

Each piece is individually marked with a date code, the company logo and an artist signature stamp. Additional stamps indicate whether it is an experimental piece, made during an anniversary year or part of a special edition.