John James "Jack" Masson Jr.

A gifted man and a good neighbor.

Jack was my first pottery teacher at the Jones Library studio in Amherst. He changed the direction my life. During the three years that I lived in Western Massachussets he showed me that it was possible to have an integrated life with art making at its center. I visited him often while he worked in his studio and then we would go walk his beloved land. He recommended me for my apprenticeship with another area potter and when I decided to go to school, he recommended The Program In Artisanry...

Thoughts and prayers go out to you and the family. I was right next door to you on display the corner in the yellow house the Herricks

Jack was our first friend in the hill towns when we started renting avacation home in 1977. We met him and his 3 children swimming in Chapel Falls and Bari discoveredthat Jack and she were both born in the Royal Hospital in the Bronx, NY. We enjoyed many visits to Jack and Barbra's beautiful farm, and starting in the 90's, Jack would lead a hike for Ted and the Champagne Hikers every summer. He was an original, a gifted potter, and always welcoming and interesting to spend time with. Jack,...