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A Daley Quest: Seeking the Essence of Clay |
| Section: THE ARTS / CRAFT & DESIGN |
| Author: Karen S. Chambers |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1996 |
| Size: 2,145 Words, 12,928 Characters |
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My first efforts to make clay behave were compelling but painful. [Since then] I have been trying to make the clay do what I want, not what it wants." That's how one of America's preeminent sculptors working in clay, potter William Daley, describes over four decades of artistic search. Born in 1925, Daley has spent the better part of his life "trying to learn how to make clay stand up by itself [which, due to the vessel's thin walls] is ... marvelously demanding."
It hasn't been a linear progression, and that seems only appropriate for a material Daley characterizes as "uncooked liver." Heavily involved with teaching, he has also traveled a slow journey, making only ten to fifteen pots in a good year. Yet his development has suited him. He never was particularly skilled at the potter's ...
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...e said, 'Billy, if you are born to be hung, you will never be drowned, so sail.' "
And sail he has, leaving in his wake hundreds of students who have found their own way and a body of work notable for its uniqueness.
The artist, who is represented by the Drutt Gallery in Philadelphia, will be giving a lecture and workshop at Towson State University, Towson, Maryland, March 12--13, 1996.
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