private industry ceramic arts founded 1996 headquarters lake mills wisconsin united states products art pottery owner kevin hicks website http www.ephraimpottery.com a privately owned collection of pieces made by ephraim faience pottery . ephraim faience pottery is an art pottery company founded in 1996 in deerfield wisconsin united states by kevin hicks and two partners who have since left the company . it is now located in lake mills wisconsin . the company produces art pottery in the tradition of the arts and crafts movement with matte glazes over sculpted earthenware in editions of no more than 500 pieces . it produces primarily vases as well as bowls lidded boxes candleholders pitchers and lanterns . in the past it has also produced tiles and sculpted paperweights . a prototypical ephraim faience piece is a vase finished in a matte green background color and embellished with sculpted decorative representations of plant or animal life . the company also produces pieces in other colors and in non representational designs . in 2009 the company employed eight artisans . the magazine arts and crafts homes and the revival commented ephraim faience which relies on familiar naturalistic and often japanesque motifs like dragonflies gingko leaves and water lilies reports that new designs by their artisans sell better than strict reproductions . 1 the name ephraim was adopted from the village of ephraim in door county wisconsin . contents 1 marks 2 see also 3 external links 4 references marks edit the mark on the underside of a piece made by ephraim faience pottery founder kevin hicks . each piece is individually marked with a date code the company logo and an artist signature stamp . additional stamps indicate whether it is an experimental piece made during an anniversary year 5th and 10th anniversaries are both marked or part of a special edition . see also edit list of pottery terms arts and crafts movement ceramic ceramics art earthenware faience teco pottery external links edit ephraim faience pottery efp collectors society references edit arts & crafts homes and the revival defining the arts & crafts revival . retrieved 2009 10 31 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ephraim faience pottery & oldid 519899681 categories jefferson county wisconsincompanies based in wisconsinceramics manufacturers of the united statesart potteryarts and crafts movementamerican pottery navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 october 2012 at 07 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view