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He discovered through a friend in the ceramics department at Alfred University in upstate New York, that clay wasn’t just little cups and
saucers. That ceramic was sculptural form. He was so interested that he went back to college, dropped out of printmaking and joined ceramics. His pieces began to be shown in galleries in New York, and
he had gallery shows around the country. His work has shifted from being entirely sculptural to what he describes as sculptural-function. He loves Picasso’s work. “He did everything: painting,
sculpture, ceramics. I want to do the same things.” His inspiration comes in part from the classical pieces he finds in the study section at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. “ I
would look at the classical shapes- the Greek work and the Chinese pieces, he says, “but you never know what’s going to do it.
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