This conversation has been reprinted with permission from “The New American Craftsman: First Generation ” by Wharton Esherick, Donald McKinley

  "Mary Esherick Plate" Henry Varnum Poor, Ceramic, 1926. Guests to Wharton Esherick’s Studio see his daughter Mary’s

  One of several sketches of musicians in Mexico, Wharton Esherick, 1947. Wharton's sketch of a fiesta

  Left - Reverence, Wharton Esherick's first design for Sherwood Anderson's grave marker; Right- Esherick's alternate design chosen by

Wharton Esherick's iconic Three-Legged Stools, 1950 - 1970 Wharton Esherick’s Three-Legged Stools are some of his most iconic

"The Lane" wood engraving, 1931. A tree-lined drive, simple and clean in it’s balanced symmetry creates the scene