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Karl Martz
Born(1912-06-24)June 24, 1912
Columbus, Ohio
DiedMay 27, 1997(1997-05-27) (aged 84)
Bloomington, Indiana
Known forCeramic Art and Professor, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington
SpouseMargaret Rebekah "Becky" Brown
Websitemartzpots.org

Karl Martz (June 24, 1912 – May 27, 1997) was an American studio potter, ceramic artist, and teacher whose work achieved national and international recognition. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Born

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Karl Martz was born in 1912 at Columbus, Ohio, USA to Velorus Martz ,[10] a high school principal and later Professor of Education at Indiana University, and Amy Lee Kidwell Martz [11]

"While I was in high school [1925-29], the whole family took a motor trip through the West. The car got into the sand in New Mexico and ripped out its differential, and we were stuck waiting for its replacement. So we put up our tent and stayed a couple of weeks. I entertained myself in part by making little pots and firing them in a pit -- I'd read the Indians did this. I still have one of them."[4]

Education

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Martz graduated from Indiana University in 1933 with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. [12] [13] [9]

Career

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Beginnings

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Martz's first exposure to a professional ceramic art studio was in 1931 when he attended a summer course at Ohio State University. For the summer of 1932, Griffith Pottery in Nashville, Brown County, Indiana (a tourist destination and artist's colony) hired Martz to improve their glaze formulas. In 1933, Martz graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He worked again at Griffith Pottery in the summer of 1933. In 1933-34, Martz returned to Ohio State University to do graduate work in ceramic art with Arthur E. Baggs, Carlton Atherton, and Edgar Littlefield. He worked as an apprentice at Brown County Pottery for a year. In 1935, he began a series of rustic studios in the woods near Nashville, Indiana. [1] [2] [4] [6] [14] [9] [13]

Pre-War Studio

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Around 1936, Martz was discovered by his subsequent patron, Scott Murphy, [15] [16] an art collector who had a summer home in Nashville, Indiana. Murphy funded Martz to move his studio from its remote location in the woods to downtown Nashville, where many more tourists would encounter his work. Murphy also funded a new showroom. [17]

During the period from 1935 to 1942, Martz was enormously productive, making colorful earthenware. Looking back decades later, Martz's wife Becky called this period "the golden years". [18] [19] In 1936 and 1937, his work was exhibited in the National Ceramic Exhibition in Syracuse, New York, and included in the exhibit circuit. This was the first of widespread recognition he achieved during the remainder of his life. Nationally syndicated journalist, Ernie Pyle, described Martz in 1940 as follows:

Karl Martz is reticent, low-spoken, gratefully polite. He does not speak in arty terms. ... The parlor of his home is the exhibition room. In it today stand the most beautiful pieces of pottery I have ever seen. Each piece is an individual thing, almost with a soul. He never makes a duplicate of anything. ... The ingenuity and artistry that he fashions into his clay are actually touching. [5] [20] [21]

Wartime

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By 1942, tourist traffic in Brown County, Indiana, had largely ceased due to World War II gas rationing. For the remainder of the war, Martz did research in ceramics at Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company and Armour Research Foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In 1944, he taught ceramic art part-time at the Chicago Institute of Design directed by László Moholy-Nagy, and at Hull House.[2]

Indiana University

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In the spring of 1945, Martz was hired by Henry Radford Hope.[22] Hope chaired the Fine Arts Department (later the School of Fine Arts) at Indiana University from 1941 to 1968. Martz began as an instructor of ceramic art. Ceramic equipment was difficult to obtain after the war, so the university bought all the equipment and supplies from Martz's earlier private studio.[1]

Martz achieved national and international recognition over the next four decades, both as an educator and as a ceramic artist. In the 1950s, he began doing sculptural work in stoneware and later, Asian-inspired porcelain, as well as continuing functional and sculptural earthenware. In the fall of 1952, Martz participated in the seminal pottery workshop at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, working with Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, and Marguerite Wildenhain among others. [3] [23] [24]

In 1957, Martz and Harvey Littleton spent ten days at the historic Jugtown Pottery near Seagrove, North Carolina, where they learned traditional salt-glazed stoneware techniques.[25] In 1965, he was elected President of the Design Section of the Ceramics Education Council of the American Ceramic Society (ACS).[26]

In 1966, he was a leader in the separation of that group from the ACS and the founding of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).[26]

In 1992, he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Craft Council. [27] [28]

Sabbaticals in Japan

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In fall 1963, Martz did a sabbatical semester in Japan studying mingei methods and visiting many potteries. [29] He worked in Kyoto in the studio of his host, Yuzo Kondo (1902-1985), recognized in 1977 by the Japanese Government as a Living National Treasure. [2] [30] During this sabbatical, he crafted white porcelain pieces with blue decorations in the style of Kondo-sensei. [31] [32] [33]

In 1971-2, Martz did a second sabbatical in Japan, this time headquartered in the studio of his host Hiroshi Seto (1941-1994) [34] [35] in the town of Mashiko, famed for its traditional family potteries. Martz was particularly inspired by the work of Mashiko potter Totaro Sakuma (1900-1976) .[36] While in Mashiko, Martz crafted several pieces in the style of Sakuma-sensei. [37]

Films

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Craftsmanship in Clay is a series of six moving pictures (originally 16 mm films, now available in digital format) featuring and scripted by Martz and produced by the (then) Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. The films were produced between 1948 - 1954.

  • Simple slab methods (1948, 11 min)[38]
  • Glaze application (1949, 11 min)[39]
  • Stacking and firing (1950, 11 min)[40]
  • Throwing (1950, 11 min)[41]
  • Decoration (1952, 11 min)[42]
  • Simple molds (1954, 11 min)[43]

In 1975, he appeared in a 25 min film titled Possibilities in Clay, which also featured Thomas Marsh, Ginny Marsh, Kathy Salchow, and John Goodheart.[44]

Recognition

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Awards
Year Awards Awarded By Ref
1989 Distinguished Hoosier Robert D. Orr, Indiana Governor [7]

In 1965, Martz was elected as the president of the Ceramics Education Council of the American Ceramic Society (ACS).[26] As the president, he was a leader in the separation of that group from the ACS and the founding of the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 1966.[26]

In 1974, Martz was appointed the Bingham Professor of the Humanities at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. [45] In 1977, there was a major retrospective exhibit at the Indiana University Art Museum on the occasion of Martz's retirement. [7] [46] [47] In 1992, he was inducted as a fellow of the American Craft Council.[27][28]

Posthumous Recognition

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In 2009, Kathy M. McKimmie wrote Clay Times Three which includes 38 pages illustrated in color about the lives and ceramics of Karl Martz and his wife Becky Brown Martz.[2] In 2019, the Haan Museum of Indiana Art [48] [49] mounted the exhibition Karl Martz and the Legacy of Indiana Ceramics. [50] [51]

Works in Museums

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Examples of his work are (or were) in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC [6] [7] ,[52] the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo ,[7] the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lisbon, the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York [53] ,[7] the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis ,[7] the IBM Corporation, the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse New York ,[54] the Minnesota Museum of Art in St. Paul, the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska ,[55] and several museums in Indiana including the Midwest Museum of American Art ,[56] the Haan Museum of Indiana Art [50] ,[51] the Indiana University (now Eskenazi) Art Museum ,[57] and the Indianapolis Museum of Art .[58]

Personal life

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In 1935, he married Margaret Rebekah "Becky" Brown .[59] Initially, they lived in a small cabin on a hill just south of Nashville, Indiana, where Martz built his first kiln:

"I built a kiln out in the woods. Didn't know a thing about building kilns, of course. I got a big 20 gallon stoneware crock, knocked the bottom out to get a draft, and put a pan underneath to drip oil into so the flame would come up through. Can you believe this? It smoked terribly -- great clouds -- and the neighbors thought we were running a moonshine still. But I could get copper reds on the bottom and chrome reds on top, all in the same firing. Pretty soon I talked my dad into financing a real kiln."[4]

Soon they rented a cabin in the woods, North of Nashville, Indiana. They had two sons, Eric in 1940, and Brian in 1942. Becky learned ceramics from her husband, initially making small items to sell to tourists. Later, Becky developed her own style, making charming and whimsical animal sculptures, and earning a regional reputation [2] .[60]

Martz designed a home and studio on the outskirts of Nashville, Indiana, the "Martz Studio", .[61] [62] [2] and built it largely with his own hands, starting in 1949. In 1954, the family took up academic-year residence in Bloomington, Indiana, to enable their two boys to attend the University School, which was academically much superior to the school in Nashville IN. Eric became a professor of biological science, and Brian, a musician and professor of music. Martz and his wife continued to spend weekends and summers at the Nashville Martz Studio, making and selling pottery there, until 1961, when they sold it and moved to a modest home at 105 N. Overhill Dr. in Bloomington, Indiana, where their lives had become centered .[2] They converted the attached garage into a ceramics studio, where Martz and his wife continued to make pottery and ceramic sculpture until precluded by failing health [63] .[64]

Personality

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Martz had an unassuming and modest demeanor, preferring to be called a potter. [21] [65] [66] He battled lifelong depression.[2] In the late 1930s and early 1940s, he enjoyed acting in plays (some written or directed by Joseph Hayes) at the Brown County Theater. [67] [68] He played the piano, mostly boogie woogie, sometimes entertaining his children and nieces with musically-accompanied stories. [69]

Death

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In his final years, Martz battled metastatic prostate cancer, became nearly blind due to macular degeneration, and also suffered significant hearing loss. Shortly before his 85th birthday, unable to recover from gall bladder surgery, he died from natural causes on 27 May 1997. [70] [71]

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c Bowie, Theodore Archived 2018-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, Karl Martz, pages 3-5 in Karl Martz, potter, Retrospective, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana. 1977.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i McKimmie, Kathy M. (2009). Clay Times Three. The tale of three Nashville, Indiana Potteries. ISBN 978-0-615-31993-3. Privately published. 100 pages including index. Pages 47-83 cover Karl Martz and Becky Brown. 20 color photographs of works by Karl Martz, several portrait photos, and similar coverage of Becky Brown. 2010 eBook available from Indiana University Press Archived 2018-10-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ a b Breaking New Ground. The Studio Potter + Black Mountain College. Exhibition Catalog, 2007. Commemorates the 1952 and 1953 summer pottery symposia attended by Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Marguerite Wildenhain, Peter Voulkos, Warren MacKenzie and Karl Martz, among others. Black Mountain Museum and Arts Center, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
  4. ^ a b c d "Conversations with Indiana Potters: Karl Martz". The Studio Potter. 19 (2): 46–47. June 1991. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06.
  5. ^ a b Pyle, Ernie (1980). Images of Brown County. The Museum Shop, 202 N. Alabama St., Indianapolis Indiana 46204. Page 33 reproduces Pyle's description of Karl Martz, dated August 24, 1940. This is reproduced from Pyle's nationally syndicated newspaper column.
  6. ^ a b c McKimmie, Kathy (Winter 2010). "Hooked on Glazes: Karl Martz remembered, Becky Brown Martz rediscovered". Journal of the American Art Pottery Association. 26 (1): 10–14. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-25. Includes seven photos of pots by Karl (five in color), three color photos of works by Becky, and two black and white portraits.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Karl Martz papers, 1949-1992. Includes biographical sketch. Indiana University Archives Archived 2015-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Bloomington, Indiana. Accessed September 25, 2018.
  8. ^ Coleman, Thomas F. Obituary: Karl Martz. Published (but not online) in the Bloomington Herald Times May 29, 1997; and in the Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University) June 2, 1997. Available online at MartzPots.Org. Thomas F. Coleman was Professor in the School of Fine Arts, Indiana University.
  9. ^ a b c Biography of Karl Martz: Harrison, Ellie. "Studio Craft at Indiana University". Indiana.Edu. Libraries at Indiana University, Bloomington. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  10. ^ "Velorus Martz (Obituary)". Bloomington, Indiana: The Herald-Times. September 1, 1972. p. 2. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  11. ^ "Amy Lee Martz (Obituary)". Bloomington, Indiana: The Herald-Times. May 29, 1977. p. 2. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  12. ^ "Indiana U. will grant 1,000 degrees at commencement service Monday". Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis Star. June 10, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved September 20, 2025. Karl Martz is listed under "Bloomington Graduates".
  13. ^ a b Ogden, Mark (October 29, 1939). "Variety and number of attractions credited secret of Brown County's national appeal". Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis Star. p. 68. Retrieved September 20, 2025. Karl Martz is described under the subtitle "Another Pottery Studio", second column, bottom. Scott & Ellen Murphy's estate and garden are described starting at the bottom of the 5th column.
  14. ^ Hohenberger, Frank M. (February 28, 1937). "Young Brown County potter represented in the Fifth National Ceramic Exhibition". Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis Star. p. 76. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  15. ^ Martz, Eric. "Scott & Ellen Murphy and their impact on Karl Martz's early career". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  16. ^ "Entertain large party for breakfast". Brown County, Indiana: Brown County Democrat. October 17, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved September 20, 2025. Scott and Ellen Murphy were famous for their Sunday breakfasts. This one was attended by Mr. & Mrs. Karl Martz and Grace Wilkes, an art collector who rented the Pink House to the Martzes.
  17. ^ Martz, Eric. "1938-42: The Pink House". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  18. ^ Nesbit, Joanne (January 20, 1993). "Turning Brown County clay into art - Potter Karl Martz gained fame". Brown County, Indiana: Brown County Democrat. p. 5. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  19. ^ Martz, Becky Brown (June 20, 1992). "Our lives in Brown County (1935-1961)". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  20. ^ Pyle, Ernie, Traveling (a nationally syndicated column): Page 17, August 29, 1940. This clipping believed to be from The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  21. ^ a b Pyle, Ernie (August 28, 1940). "A Reluctant Farewell". Evansville, Indiana: Evansville Press. p. 5. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  22. ^ "Henry R. Hope papers, 1932-1967". Archives Online at Indiana University. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  23. ^ Arauz, M. Rachael (May 2021). "Gathered Momentum: Black Mountain College and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in the 1950s". Journal of Black Mountain College Studies. 12. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Retrieved September 17, 2025. Includes photograph of the 1952 pottery seminar participants showing Karl Martz sitting next to Shoji Hamada.
  24. ^ "Japanese pottery to be topic of noontalk by Karl Martz". Bloomington, Indiana: The Herald-Times. April 12, 1987. p. 46. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  25. ^ Martz, Karl (n.d.). "Jugtown Pottery and Karl Martz's Visit in 1957". Karl Martz & Becky Brown, Potters. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  26. ^ a b c d Brisson, Harriet E. NCECA, The First 25 Years, 1966-1991. Scholes Library, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Online at NCECA.net Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  27. ^ a b "American Craft Council College of Fellows". craftcouncil.org. American Craft Council. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  28. ^ a b "Bloomington potter Karl Martz will be named a Fellow of the American Craft Council". Bedford, Indiana: The Times Mail. August 18, 1991. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  29. ^ Surheinrich, Jeanne (May 19, 1964). "Front Row Center, Martz exhibit now at I. U." Evansville, Indiana: Evansville Courier and Press. p. 11. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  30. ^ "Kondo Yuzo". Yuzo.Kondo-Kyoto.com. Kyoto, Japan: Yuzo Kondo Museum. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  31. ^ Eric Martz. "Porcelain by Karl Martz, 1963". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  32. ^ Eric Martz. "Traditional japanese ink jar by Karl Martz, 1963". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  33. ^ Eric Martz. "Porcelian plate by Karl Martz, 1963". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  34. ^ "Hiroshi Seto, pottery craftsman". JPTCA.Org. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  35. ^ "Square Vase, 1984. Seto Hiroshi (Japanese, 1941-1994)". www.clevelandart.org. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  36. ^ Yellin, Robert (2000). "Sakuma, Totaro (Mashiko, Mingei)". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  37. ^ Eric Martz. "Works by Karl Martz in the Mashiko Mingei tradition". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  38. ^ "Simple Slab Methods - Media Collections Online". media.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  39. ^ "Glaze Application - Media Collections Online". media.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  40. ^ "Stacking and Firing - Media Collections Online". media.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  41. ^ "Throwing - Media Collections Online". media.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  42. ^ "Craftsmanship in clay. Decoration - Media Collections Online". media.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  43. ^ "Simple Molds - Media Collections Online". media.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  44. ^ "Possibilities in Clay - Media Collections Online". media.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  45. ^ Tufford, Carolyn (December 22, 1974). "Karl Martz Appointed Bingham Professor at U of L". Bloomington, Indiana: The Herald-Times. p. 30. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  46. ^ "Karl Martz Retrospective" (PDF). Ceramics Monthly. 25 (5): 27–34. May 1977. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  47. ^ Reinoehl, Ron (February 27, 1977). "Karl Martz trend setter in pottery field". Bedford, Indiana: The Times-Mail. p. 2. Retrieved September 22, 2025. Announcement of the opening of Karl's retrospective show at the Indiana University Art Museum.
  48. ^ "The Haan Museum of Indiana Art". TheHaan.Org. Lafayette, Indiana. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  49. ^ McKimmie, Kathy (June 3, 2019). "Family turns Indiana focused collection into museum". AntiqueWeek.com. p. 2. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  50. ^ a b McKimmie, Kathy (June 3, 2019). "Exhibit explores Karl Martz, IU legacy". AntiqueWeek.com. p. 2. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  51. ^ a b Martz, Eric. "Haan Museum of Indiana Art - Karl Martz and the legacy of IU Ceramics". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 22, 2025. This web page shows photographs of works in the exhibit and of people attending.
  52. ^ Gallaway, Sally (October 1968). "Karl Martz". Ceramics Monthly. 16 (8): 12–17.
  53. ^ The Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now the Museum of Arts and Design) de-accessioned this work in 2007 or 2009 according to a 2018 inquiry and replies by curatorial staff Angelik Vizcarrondo and Samantha de Tillio.
  54. ^ "Plate by Karl Martz, 1941, object 63.33". collections.everson.org. Everson Museum of Art. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  55. ^ "Sheldon Museum of Art". SheldonArtMuseum.org. Lincoln, Nebraska. Retrieved September 23, 2025. In September, 2025, at the Collections page, a search for "Martz" finds 7 ceramic works by Karl Martz.
  56. ^ The Midwest Museum of American Art (Elkhart, Indiana) has more than a dozen pieces by Martz, donated by Doug and Barbara Grant. In 2008, these were on display along with works by many other mid-twentieth century studio potters, in a room devoted largely to works of the Overbeck Sisters.
  57. ^ "Search for Karl Martz at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University". artmuseum.indiana.edu. Eskenazi Museum of Art. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018. This museum has more than thirty pieces by Martz.
  58. ^ "Bowl by Karl Martz, 71.177". collections.discovernewfields.org. Indianapolis, Indiana: Newfields Museum. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  59. ^ "Martz and bride will reside here". Brown County, Indiana: Brown County Democrat. February 8, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  60. ^ "Karl Martz & Becky Brown, Potters". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  61. ^ "The Martz Studio, Brown County". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  62. ^ Photos of the Martz Studio, extensively modified by 2018, can be seen here: "1766 Old State Road 46 Nashville, IN 47448". estately.com. August 31, 2018. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  63. ^ Pittman, Bill (November 17, 1988). "Mr. Indiana Ceramics [Part 1]". Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis News. p. 57. Retrieved September 17, 2025. The photo here shows Karl in his garage-converted-to-studio at 105 N. Overhill Dr., Bloomington, Indiana.
  64. ^ Pittman, Bill (November 17, 1988). "Mr. Indiana Ceramics [Part 2] Martz shares on informal basis". Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis News. p. 60. Retrieved September 17, 2025. This article states that Martz has studios both at home and at Indiana University.
  65. ^ Nagley, Lester C. (March 25, 1954). "Hoosier Vignettes". Greenfield, Indiana: The Greenfield Republican. p. 3. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  66. ^ Finkelstein, Lydia B. (July 20, 1997). "Martz remembered as a visionary". Bedford, Indiana: The Times-Mail. p. 44. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  67. ^ Tiernan, Miles (August 24, 1941). "Audience is appreciative, if imaginary, as Brown County Players rehearse". Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis Star. p. 62. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  68. ^ "Players' summer season a success. Little Theater group closes with presentation of "Post Road"". Brown County, Indiana: Brown County Democrat. September 4, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  69. ^ MacLeod, John (May 13, 1964). "The hand of the potter". Bloomington, Indiana: The Herald-Times. p. 10. Retrieved September 18, 2025. The last paragraph refers to Martz playing boogie woogie on the piano.
  70. ^ "Obituary: Karl Martz". MartzPots.Org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  71. ^ "Karl Martz (Obituary)". Brown County, Indiana: Brown County Democrat. June 4, 1997. p. 2. Retrieved September 20, 2025.

Further reading

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  • Nelson, Glenn C. (1960). Ceramics. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Page 14.
  • Gallaway, Sally (October 1968). "Karl Martz". Ceramics Monthly. 16 (8): 12–17. Includes a portrait photo and five photographs of his ceramic works.
  • Nelson, Glenn C. (1971). Ceramics, A Potter's Handbook (3rd ed.). Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Page 194.
  • Karl Martz, potter, Retrospective. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana. 1977. Publication Number 1977/1. 64 pages including a 2-page biography by Theodore Bowie, a listing of 222 ceramic pieces that were in the retrospective show, 30 black and white photos, and listings of One-Artist Shows, International Exhibitions, Juried Exhibitions, Other Exhibitions, Awards, Shows Juried by Karl Martz, Permanent Collections, Publications/Articles, Films, and Photographs of Work Published.
  • "Karl Martz Retrospective" (PDF). Ceramics Monthly. 25 (5): 27–34. May 1977. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  • "Conversations with Indiana Potters: Karl Martz". The Studio Potter. 19 (2): 46–47. June 1991.
  • McKimmie, Kathy M. (2009). Clay Times Three. The tale of three Nashville, Indiana Potteries. ISBN 978-0-615-31993-3. Privately published. 100 pages including index. Pages 47–83 cover Karl Martz and Becky Brown. 20 color photographs of works by Karl Martz, several portrait photos, and similar coverage of Becky Brown. eBook (2010) available from Indiana University Press Archived 2018-10-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  • McKimmie, Kathy (Winter 2010). "Hooked on Glazes: Karl Martz remembered, Becky Brown Martz rediscovered". Journal of the American Art Pottery Association. 26 (1): 10–14. ISSN 1098-8920.
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