Inspiration majority of his educational career - nearly forty years - in the Industrial Design Department, and later in the Crafts Department at Philadelphia College of Art (now The University of the Arts) in Philadelphia. Clay, like all primal materials, has personae. It holds secrets, embeds traditions, and feeds the boundaries that nurture change. Consequently, materials hold the inherent structure of “the possible becoming.”
dance discipline flight attendant ‘ personified with movement’ Inspiration not lacking – time & space are
Coils, slabs, slump molds, carving, modeling Arctic White & Navaho Wheel – Cone 5 Electric
Organic form & architectural structure
Usually begins working directly with the clay; Sometimes begins with rough sketches
Tripod teapots
Both matte & shiny glazes, stains, terra sign, burnishing, gold & silver leaf, liquid gold Mixed media
Vessels on stands
Arctic White with glaze, stain & gold leaf
Currently working at Ruby ’s Clay Studio (552 Noe St, between 18th & 19 th ) Plans to strech some canvas & begin painting again drawing
