Memories of Joseph "Joe" Walter Hawley

In memory of

Joseph "Joe" Walter Hawley

Cloverdale, CA

April 12, 1938 - April 19, 2023

Apr 12, 1938 - Apr 19, 2023

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Jeanette Bokhour

This picture was taken by Marvin Lipofsky and is part of his archive of friends and colleagues. He had great respect for Joe. Many warm regards to the Hawley family.

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Gary Molitor

2011, Mel Henderson's home near Grass Valley, CA

— with Joe Hawley

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Conrad Calimpong

Jorin Hawley

Sheryl Fletcher

Jorin Hawley

2015, Whitney Museum of American Art, Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, USA

Jean Hom

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

Please consider a donation to help us preserve & restore Joe's artwork.

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Fred Auda

Remembering Joe's creative influence on all who met him.

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Conrad Calimpong

Fred Auda

Joe tethering bag of 700 balloons. Lou Lopez filming. Event at Visitacion Valley Elementary SF 1974. Mel Henderson had 700 students blow up and sign personal balloons. KGO helicopter lifted 200' and released so each student chased down their own.

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Jorin Hawley

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Jean Hom

So like Joe, Mel and Lou...love it! So like Joe, Mel and Lou...love it! So like Joe, Mel and Lou...love it!

Dennis Beall

Joe just left a big hole in so many people’s hearts! Much Love, old friend!

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Jorin Hawley

Jean Hom

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

Jorin Hawley

Mary Herrmann

Jean Hom

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

Jorin Hawley

Mary Herrmann

Jean Hom

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

Jorin Hawley

Mary Herrmann

Jean Hom

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

Jorin Hawley

Aloha Joe Memorial Event May 31, 2023 at Kirby Cove.

Joe Hawley's ashes (baked into 3 loaves of sourdough bread) were released into the Potato Patch on an outgoing tide, per his last wishes. He was sent off towards Hawaii accompanied by flower leis and Vietnamese rice paper wrappers painted with watercolor images and messages.

The loaves also contained a small amount of salmon smear and unfired clay as ballast. When they began to dissolve, a plume of ashes was released into the waves and the birds began to arrive...

The bread theme was inspired by a dream Joe had in 2021, where he and a small crowd were all gathered under the GG Bridge, casting out clay coated loaves of sourdough stuffed with (his own ashes and) a smoked salmon smear to feed the crabs and fishes.

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Jill Plamann

Jean Hom

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Barney Marinelli

Thank you for sharing the very special send off for a very special man. Thank you for sharing the very special send off for a very special man. Thank you for sharing the very special send off for... Read more

Conrad Calimpong

Jill Plamann

Jean Hom

Sheryl Fletcher

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Conrad Calimpong

Wild flowers were approximately abundant this day paying tribute to Joe. Wild flowers were approximately abundant this day paying tribute to Joe. Wild flowers were approximately abundant this day paying... Read more

Conrad Calimpong

Jill Plamann

Sheryl Fletcher

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Sheryl Fletcher

Barney Marinelli

Lorraine and I just learned about Joe’s passing and want to express our Condolences to Jorin.

I have a flood of memories of a friendship with Joe that began when I was a gardener at SFSU and I worked around the Art Department. Being able to take classes, I immediately started with Ceramics and Joe was a great inspiration cultivating a part of me I was unaware of.

He was a very special man.

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Conrad Calimpong

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Jorin Hawley

Thanks Barney! You were a great friend and he loved you a lot. Sending my best back to you and Lorraine. ... Read more Thanks Barney! You were a great friend and he loved you a lot. Sending my best back to you and Lorraine. XoX! Thanks Barney! You were a great friend and he loved... Read more

Margaret Haydon

Barney! I remember you when I was a grad student!!!! So cool to see your note.

Margaret Barney! I remember you when I was a grad student!!!! So cool to see your note.

Margaret Barney! I remember you when I was a grad student!!!!... Read more

Barney Marinelli

Bill Abright

Gail Caulfield

Jean Hom

Jorin Hawley

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Bill Abright

Joe Hawley at the Beach Raku 1977 ish Joe Hawley at the Beach Raku 1977 ish Joe Hawley at the Beach Raku 1977 ish

Jorin Hawley

Bill - thanks for the amazing memories! These are things I didn't even know about... Bill - thanks for the amazing memories! These are things I didn't even know about... Bill - thanks for the amazing memories! These are things... Read more

Bill Abright

Jean Hom

Jorin Hawley

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Bill Abright

Joe's Sauna at the Waddel Creek Raku Joe's Sauna at the Waddel Creek Raku Joe's Sauna at the Waddel Creek Raku

Bill Abright

Jean Hom

Jorin Hawley

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Bill Abright

Joe's Maypole, May 1, 1982 Joe's Maypole, May 1, 1982 Joe's Maypole, May 1, 1982

Bill Abright

The Full Moon Beach RAKU weekends that David Kuraoka organized, first at Davenport and then Pescadero Beach went on for 13 years with ceramic students from all the local Colleges pitching in. It was a lesson in the power of community, and we continued to participate with our own students for years after we graduated and got jobs teaching. There was always a Joe group event . A maypole , a giant cargo parachute, something that would unify us like a tribe and be visually amazing and of scale for the beach. We would get naked in Joe's geodesic dome woodfired sauna, where there was always room for one more.

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Linda Sawtelle

Jean Hom

Jorin Hawley

Conrad Calimpong

Sheryl Fletcher

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Gary Molitor

I gave away a Thermolite Raku kiln at one of the last Davenport events. I gave away a Thermolite Raku kiln at one of the last Davenport events. I gave away a Thermolite Raku kiln at one of the last... Read more

Bill Abright

I bet there are a lot of those Walter Burt Thermolites still firing. Not much to go wrong. I bet there are a lot of those Walter Burt Thermolites still firing. Not much to go wrong. I bet there are a lot of those Walter Burt Thermolites... Read more