CV:
Summary:
More than 25 years of studio ceramics experience. Ceramic arts instructor. Studio manager for a busy NY teaching studio for 10 years. Expertly skilled in wheel throwing and hand-building techniques. Functional pottery and sculptural. Currently instructing adult classes and accepting and completing comissions.
Currently:
• Creating original works in ceramics. Sculptural and functional.
•. Instructor for wheel and hand-building classes at Clayworks on Columbia, NY
•. The Wishbone Project - Created at the beginning of the pandemic as a fundraising project.
• Completing several comissions using clay.
Past Experience:
•. 1997 - present: Ceramic arts instructor at Clayworks on Columbia, Bklyn, NY.
Using wheel and hand-building techniques to guide students in their own creative process.
• Managed a busy NY teaching studio. Duties included, organizing studio for efficiency,
comfort and safety, managing glaze making teams, ordering supplies, kiln firings.
•. 2011 - 2020 PS154 Bklyn, NY: Lead Ceramic instructor for K-5 after-school program.
Inspiring young children and use their hands and imaginations.
•. 1985 - 20018 - Graphic Designer: logos, collateral, art books, package design.
Education:
•. 1991 - 1995: Greenwich House Pottery
•. 1981 - 1985: Parsons School of Design, NYC. BFA Communication Design
Workshops
Pinchpot techniques - throwing techniques