Jeff Margolin is a ceramic artist with over 35 years of experience working with clay. He hand builds clay sculptures that are then burnished, originally carving into wood but switching to clay to avoid injury. Margolin finds inspiration for his intricate carvings from his background in math as well as artists like H.R. Giger and M.C. Escher. Visitors can see more of his work on his website at JeffMargolin.com.

1. Jeff Margolin
by David Vu

2. Jeff’s work consists of hand-built clay body
which is then burnished.

3. Jeff has over 35 years of experience with
clay, he made ceramics his career choice
in college.

5. He orignally carved on wood, but needed to
find another medium because he kept
injuring himself.

6. Jeff stated that different levels of dryness
affected how the clay responds to
carving.

8. Inspiration for his art and carvings come
from his background in math

9. Other inspirations come from algorithms,
H.R Giger, Salvador Dali. Dr. Seuss, and
M.C Escher

10. More information and pictures can be found
at his website @ JeffMargolin.com