He grew up in Evanston, Illinois the second oldest of five children including his brothers, Fred and Gordon and sisters, Marge (Peppy) and Marilyn. His high school days were spent at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. MacKenzie studied with Bernard Leach from 1949 to 1952. His simple, wheel-thrown functional pottery is heavily influenced by the oriental aesthetic of Shoji Hamada and Kanjiro Kawai.
He grew up in Evanston, Illinois the second oldest of five children including his brothers, Fred and Gordon and sisters, Marge (Peppy) and Marilyn.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
grow
grew
VERB
VBD
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Evanston
Evanston
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Illinois
Illinois
PROPN
NNP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
second
second
ADJ
JJ
appos
Degree=Sup
old
oldest
ADJ
JJS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
five
five
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Plur
child
children
NOUN
NNS
case
VerbForm=Ger
include
including
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Plur
brother
brothers
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Sing
Fred
Fred
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Gordon
Gordon
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
sister
sisters
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Sing
Marge
Marge
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Number=Sing
Peppy
Peppy
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Marilyn
Marilyn
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
His high school days were spent at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
His
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
high
high
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
school
school
NOUN
NN
nsubj:pass
Number=Plur
day
days
NOUN
NNS
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
were
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
spend
spent
VERB
VBN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
New
New
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Trier
Trier
PROPN
NNP
amod
Degree=Pos
high
High
ADJ
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
School
School
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Winnetka
Winnetka
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Illinois
Illinois
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
MacKenzie studied with Bernard Leach from 1949 to 1952.
nsubj
Number=Sing
MacKenzie
MacKenzie
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
study
studied
VERB
VBD
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Bernard
Bernard
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Leach
Leach
PROPN
NNP
case
from
from
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1949
1949
NUM
CD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1952
1952
NUM
CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
His simple, wheel-thrown functional pottery is heavily influenced by the oriental aesthetic of Shoji Hamada and Kanjiro Kawai.
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
His
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
simple
simple
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
compound
Number=Sing
wheel
wheel
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
throw
thrown
VERB
VBN
amod
Degree=Pos
functional
functional
ADJ
JJ
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
pottery
pottery
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
heavily
heavily
ADV
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
influence
influenced
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
oriental
oriental
ADJ
JJ
obl:agent
Number=Sing
aesthetic
aesthetic
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Shoji
Shoji
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Hamada
Hamada
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Kanjiro
Kanjiro
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Kawai
Kawai
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.