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| About Our Work: 3000 Sq. ft.building converted to studio space in 1980. Studio sits a few hundred feet behind my house and has served me well for over 25 years. I have 2 gas kilns and one salt kiln. | ||
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| I decided to become a potter by accident, in the early 70’s when I happened to walk by the ceramic room in the college I was attending. At this point in my life I was only in school because the Veteran’s Administration was paying me to be there. Ceramics looked like something I could handle. Before I could sign up for a basic ceramics course I was already hanging out watching students throw and also attempting it myself. The following semester I had my first ceramics course and knew more about it than my instructor, who was a painter and had never taught ceramics before. So, as they say; the hook was set, and the world of pottery/ crafts reeled me in slowly. Five years later I had earned a BFA in Ceramics and have made pots full time ever since. Over the years I have made many changes in my work. I feel this ability to create new designs, style and forms has always kept me from becoming bored and burnt out. After 25 years of making pots I still can’t wait to get to my studio every day for work. The current body of work I am producing is a combination of functional and non functional ceramics. The majority of the work is made in an alternative method which involves separate sections of clay pieced together in a similar way a patchwork quilt is made. This technique allows for a visual change in every piece since no two pieces can be put together the same way. The influences of nature and abstract art are woven together in this work. I find this method of producing work a challenge to my design sense because it leads to endless possibilities in how I produce my work. |
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| EDUCATION 1977 B.F.A. Ceramics - SUNY New Paltz, NY TEACHING EXPERIENCE ’90-’91 Adjunct Professor of Ceramics - SUNY New Paltz, NY PUBLICATIONS Wheel Thrown Ceramics - Lark Books p. 71 Best of Pottery - Rockport Publishers, cover, p. 69,73,82 The Ceramic Design Book - Lark Books p. 37,127 The Best of Pottery, Volume 2 - Rockport Publishers p.65 The Art of Contemporary American Pottery - Krause Publishing p.114 Ceramic Art Tile for the Home - Schiffer Books, cover, p.123 500 Bowls - Lark Books COLLECTIONS Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL Newark Museum, Newark, NJ The Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, TX Mint Museum of Craft + Design, NC AWARDS 2004 Honorable Mention - Small Teapot Competition Saddleback College, CA 1998 Award of Distinction - Westmoreland Art Nationals 1997 Grant Recipient - Empire State Crafts Alliance 1996 NICHE Award The Rosen Group, MD 1993 Best Political Statement - Artist Against Powerlines, Utica, NY 1991 Craft Award of the Year - Westmoreland Arts National Youngwood, PA 1989 Tile Award - Fourth Annual Monarch Tile Competition San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, TX 1984 First Prize - Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh 1979 Honor Award - Schenectady Art Museum, NY 1979 Purchase Prize - Pensacola Crafts National, FL 1978 First Prize - The Covered Jar Show Westwood Ceramic Supply, CA 1977 Second Prize - The Philadelphia Craft Show, PA INVITATIONAL AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS 2005 Small Sculpture Competition - Delmar College Corpus Christi, TX 2004 The Big Show/NCECA 4 Star Gallery Indianapolis, IN 2002 Contemporary Ceramics: From Function to Fantasy Newark Art Museum, NJ 2002 Hudson Valley Artists 2002 - Samuel Dorsky Museum New Paltz, NY 2001 Teapot Show - Moynihan Fine Art Holland, MI 2001 Teapot Show - Greater Reston Arts Center, VA 2001 NYS Craft Biennial - NYS Museum, Albany and Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego 2000 Porcelain 2000 - Esmay Fine Art Gallery Rochester, NY 1999 New York State Crafts - NYS Museum, Albany, NY 1999 National Crafts Competition - Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts 1998 Two Person Show - Sullivan County Museum Hurleyville, NY 1998 From Function to Form - College Art Gallery SUNY New Paltz, NY 1998 The Aura of Tea - Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY 1997 New York State Crafts - NYS Museum, Albany, NY 1997 Second Annual Best in America - Stones Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 From the Ground Up - Austin Museum of Art, TX 1997 USA Crafts Today - Silvermine Arts Center New Canaan, CT 1997 A Centennial Celebration of The American Ceramic Society University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1997 Porcelain ‘97 - Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY 1996 The Cup as a Metaphor II - Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1996 Functional Clay ‘96 - Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY 1996 Teapot and Tableware - Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus Ohio 1995 Monarch National Ceramic Competition - Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts Florence, AL 1995 I’m a Little Teapot - Islip Art Museum, NY 1994 Teapot Show - Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME 1993 Teapot Show - Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME 1993 The Wichita National - The Wichita Center for the Arts, KS 1993 Teapots - Tempe Art Center, AZ 1993 Artists Against Powerlines - Utica, NY 1993 National Teapot Show II - Cedar Creek Gallery, NC 1992 Three Rivers Juried National - Pittsburgh, PA 1992 Ceramics Now - University City Arts League Philadelphia, PA 1991 Sixth Monarch Tile Competition - San Angelo Museum of Art, TX 1991 Tea Party - American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1991 Westmoreland Arts National - Westmoreland Community College, PA 1990 Teapot Show - Appalachiana Gallery, Washington, DC 1990 Teapot Show - Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA 1990 Materials Hard and Soft - Center for the Visual Arts, Denton,TX 1989 Teapot Show - Lee Sclar Gallery, Morristown, NJ 1989 Cedar Creek National Teapot Show - Creemor, NC |
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