Designer/Maker:
Oscar Bucher – California artist who established a studio in
the Santa Barbara foothills after moving from his native Switzerland.
Bucher was also an important regional educator who taught in the art
department at Santa Barbara City College for almost thirty years where
he helped establish the ceramics and glass-blowing programs. Although
he has exhibited internationally, Bucher was associated with the California
Crafts movement during the 1960s and 1970s and participated in high
profile exhibitions like:
California Design
9, Pasadena Art Museum, 1965
California Design
10, Pasadena Art Museum, 1968
California Design
11, Pasadena Art Museum, 1971
Craftsmen USA
’66, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966
