Working out of his studio in Biloxi, Mississippi, George Ohr created untraditional forms that twisted and contorted in unexpected ways. He also experimented greatly with glazing techniques, such as his blistering effect in which he purposefully burst glaze bubbles to produce a scaley and delicate surface texture. While Ohr has been characterized as an idiosyncratic and eccentric outsider artist, he also received ample exposure to the innovations of his international contemporaries at exhibitions such as the The World’s Columbian Exposition which took place in Chicago in 1893. Ernest Chaplet and Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat were both in attendance.