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{{other people||Mary Chase (disambiguation){{!}}Mary Chase}}

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[[File:Mary Chase Perry Stratton bottle.jpg|thumb|A glazed earthenware bottle by Mary Chase Perry Stratton]]

'''Mary Chase Perry Stratton''' (March 15, 1867 – April 15, 1961) was an American [[ceramic]] [[artist]]. She was a co-founder, along with [[Horace Caulkins|Horace James Caulkins]], of [[Pewabic Pottery]], a form of [[ceramic art]] used to make architectural [[tiles]].<ref name=Pewabic>{{cite web | author=Nolan, Jenny | title=Michigan History: Pewabic tile, Detroit's art treasure | url=http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=23 | work=The Detroit News | date=February 13, 2000 | access-date=2009-02-12 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121110309/http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=23 | archive-date=January 21, 2013 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Stratton was born in [[Hancock, Michigan]], in the [[Upper Peninsula]] and later moved with her family to [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]], following the death of her father, and from there to the Detroit area, when she was in her early teens. There she attended her first art classes at the Art School of the [[Detroit Museum of Art]]. She followed that up with two years of studies at the [[Art Academy of Cincinnati]], from 1887 to 1889, where she studied with the regionally important sculptor and educator [[Louis Rebisso]].<ref name=Pewabic/>

Returning to Detroit she founded the [[Pewabic Pottery]], named after an old [[copper]] mine (or sometimes, the Indian name of a nearby river) in Michigan's [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]], with Caulkins in 1903. In 1907 the enterprise flourished and moved from the [[Carriage House]] behind the [[Ransom Gillis House]], on John R Street, to a new building designed by Detroit architect [[William Stratton, architect|William Stratton]] located on Jefferson Avenue, where the business still thrives. In 1918, she married William Stratton.<ref name=Pewabic/>

She died on April 15, 1961.

==Legacy==
Under her leadership, Pewabic Pottery produced architectural tiles, lamps and vessels. The [[Pewabic Pottery]] became known far and wide for its iridescent glazes, and was used in churches, libraries, schools, and public buildings.<ref name=craft>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071019223024/http://www.craftinamerica.org/artists_clay/story_245.php Craft in America, Mary Chase Perry Stratton]</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite web | author=Zacharias, Pat | title=Michigan History: Guardian Building has long been the crown jewel in the Detroit skyline | url=http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=131 | work=The Detroit News | date=March 10, 2001 | access-date=2009-02-12 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206031602/http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=131 | archive-date=December 6, 2012 }}</ref> [[New York City|New York]] architects [[McKim, Meade & White]] asked her to create the tiles for the [[roof garden]] of the [[Hotel Pennsylvania]]. Her work can be seen in Detroit at the [[Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit|Cathedral Church of St. Paul]], the crypt church of the [[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]],<ref>Her tiles ornament and are laid as field tiles on vaults constructed by [[Rafael Guastavino]] [https://aleteia.org/2020/08/12/national-shrine-contains-unusual-american-artwork/ "National shrine contains unusual American artwork"]</ref> the [[Fisher Building]], and [[Eliel Saarinen]]'s [[Cranbrook Schools|Kingswood School for Girls]].<ref>Andrews, Wayne (rev. ed. 1982). ''Architecture in Michigan'', p. 153. Wayne State University Press.</ref>

Pewabic Pottery is Michigan's only historic pottery. It is designated a [[National Historic Landmark]].

Stratton established the ceramics department at the [[University of Michigan]] and taught there. She taught also at [[Wayne State University]]. In 1947, she received the highest award in the American ceramic field, namely the [[Charles Fergus Binns Medal]].<ref name=craft/>

Her art was exhibited at the Detroit Art Club in 1995. She was a charter member of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.<ref>Gibson, Arthur Hopkins. ''Artists of Early Michigan: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists Native to or Active in Michigan, 1701-1900.'' (Detroit, Michigan: [[Wayne State University Press]], 1975), p. 195.</ref>

Today Pewabic Pottery offers classes, workshops, lectures, and internships for potters of all ages.

==See also==
* [[Arts and Crafts Movement]]
* [[Ceramic tile]]
* [[Studio pottery]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_mhm_pewabic-tiles_03-10-2004_92006_7.pdf Child's history of Pewabic Pottery and Mary Stratton--Michigan Historical Museum]
* [http://www.pewabic.com Pewabic Pottery]
* [http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/pewabic11207.aspx Pewabic Pottery Virtual Tour]

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