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. Martz designed a home and studio on the outskirts of Nashville, Indiana, the ‘’Martz Studio’’, 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. 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. Personality Martz had an unassuming and modest demeanor, preferring to be called a potter. He battled lifelong depression. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, he enjoyed acting in plays (some written or directed by Joseph Hayes) at the Brown County Theater. He played the piano, mostly boogie woogie, sometimes entertaining his children and nieces with musically-accompanied stories. Death 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. See also List of studio potters Studio pottery Notes and References Further reading Page 14. Includes a portrait photo and five photographs of his ceramic works. Page 194. 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. 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