George Marlowe

GEORGE MARLOWE - RESUME

Self taught I find that most days I get up and feel that I just need to do some form of art.
It doesn't matter if it's a masque of clay, an acrylic work on paper, grabbing my camera and going out and shooting something, making a collage or getting on my computer and doing some digital work on one of my existing photos. For me it's all about the process and the work.
In the 1970's I developed art and craft products for Mattel, Ceramichrome and the art and craft division of General Mills. During my employment at Ceramichrome I got a real education in ceramics, developing a line of once fired ceramic craft products for the mass market called "˜BisqueKits'. For a year I had the honor of working with some of the finest and most highly regarded ceramists in the world, it was an education you couldn't pay for.
In the late "˜80's I was re-introduced to ceramics as a friend was taking a ceramics class at a local recreation center and the teacher invited me to stay and create some pieces. That morning I created my first two masques and knew that "masques of clay" were my immediate calling. For the next several years I devoted myself to the creation of "˜masques of clay'. A year later some office space...