Photograph taken by Klara Farkas, a well-known photographer who lived in Coconut Grove. Mary worked for Marianna von Allesch for at least the year 1942. She saved a newspaper clipping about Marianna, possibly from The Miami Herald, dated March 22, … Continue reading →
Some years ago, I was asked by Ruth Campbell, the head of the Town Hall Museum in Homestead, Florida, to give a presentation on how Tom and Mary Blakley had come to Homestead and established Mary Blakley Ceramics. A tall … Continue reading →
*****IMPORTANT***** If you would like to send me photographs of the pieces in your collection, please be aware that all cell phones and many regular cameras have GPS built in to them. Criminals can use the EXIF data captured by … Continue reading →
To view posted photographs of Tom and Mary Blakley’s art work, click on the “Galleries” tab on the line just below the header photograph, which is a close-up of one of Tom’s glaze tiles. A new page will open up … Continue reading →
Mary Blakley Ceramics was a joint business, established by Tom and Mary Blakley in 1966, when the shop was built. Tom was a commercial artist and a cartoonist whose cartoons had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Colliers, among … Continue reading →