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Jean Wadsworth Cochran lives and works in and near her 200 year-old log cabin on 56 beautifully wooded acres called Fox Hollow, near New Haven, Kentucky. There she practices the art that has become the love of her life. The immense pride that Jean takes in her work is best illustrated by the quality she obtains and the sterling reputation that she has earned.
Jean's work is characterized by her obsessive attention to detail. Intensively hued blues, teals, iron reds, and mirror blacks are the skins which cover the clean and graceful curves of her pieces. Her beautifully glazed pots are in high demand. Her handles are embellished with her fox head logo and are designed to be generous and well-balanced. The fox emblem occurs at least one time on each and every piece. Jean feels strongly that the secret to being a good potter is to give great attention to detail and to be constantly "growing", and increasingly honing one's skills.
In August of 2004, Fox 41 (Louisville, KY) "Bernson's Corner" interview Jean Wadsworth Cochran.
You can now view her interview broadcasted in August, 2004
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The artist's signature appears (Figure 1& 2) on the "foot" of each piece of her functional art. You will find most here art work til 2004 has figure 2 signature and all the new art work for 2005 will have figure 1 signature on the "foot " of each pieces. Artist Jean Wadsworth Cochran decided to add here middle name to her signature. Sometimes it also appears on other parts of an object, i.e. the artwork on the face of pie pans, fox platters, horse platters, and turkey platters.
The fox head represents the hollow in which Jean lives. Fox Hollow was
named for a family with the last name of Fox, who once resided here. They
have not lived here for over one hundred years.
The number below the signature represents the amount of clay which is
weighed out and used to "throw" each piece. Example: 1#-10 oz." (Figure 1) is the one pound and ten ounces of clay used to "throw" a monks mug.
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Figure 1
Figure 2
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