Edith Heath would create dishware designs in the 1940s with richly textured California clays and blaze a trail that still burns today. In fact, it’s possible that the dishes you just bought were inspired by Heath’s aesthetic and California sensibilities.
Edith Kiertzner’s family lost their Iowa farm in the 1920s, and the family china set was one of the few things they kept. We can imagine the Great Depression scene like a movie: Edith, her parents and six siblings, wondering what’s next, their white porcelain china set in a box, ready to serve Sunday-best meals that no one could afford anymore.
The Oakland Museum of California brings Heath’s artistic process and entrepreneurial spirit to life in “Edith Heath: A Life in Clay,” on view until Oct. 30. The exhibition is much more than a collection of dinnerware — it’s a fascinating creative journey that has something for everyone. Edith and her husband, Brian, made a life-changing move to San Francisco in 1942, following Brian’s job as an American Red Cross regional director. Edith took ceramics classes at the California School of Fine Arts, taught at the Presidio Hill School in San Francisco and, in 1943, started researching clays and glazes.
Edith knew she was breaking the mold, and she relished it. She had embraced California’s casual lifestyle and modern sensibilities.World War II dragged on, and imports of household ceramics stopped. Edith’s big break came circa 1944-45, when Gump’s department store buyers discovered her ceramics exhibition at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.
“The fun part was she was constantly exploring,” said Winnie Crittenden, a Heath Ceramics employee since 1974. “Stacks of seconds would pile up and just wouldn’t sell. So she and I worked on pouring glazes across them, and we’d have one-of-a-kinds. And eventually, we ended up with this series of landscape plates.”
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