I’m not sure what Tom and Mary did to identify their work before 1966 – perhaps they signed the pieces or inscribed their names in the clay. Starting in 1966, though, as the business grew, Tom created a little sticker … Continue reading →
I just returned from a trip to Winter Park, Florida, where I took photographs to document the ceramic mural that Tom and Mary created in 1965 for the front entrance of the Winter Park Towers retirement home in Winter Park, … Continue reading →
While Tom and Mary lived in Miami with Mary’s mother and aunt, they worked at establishing themselves and explored South Florida. In high school, Tom played football and also ran track. While in Indiana, he ran a trap line for … 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 →
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 →