John Pagliaro

American, born 1970

Birth placeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States

BiographyBorn: 1970, Swarthmore, PA. Studio: Shelter Island, NY. Education: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, BA, Fine Art, 1993; Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 1995-7; University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, MFA, Ceramics, 2000. Awards: the Mendocino Art Center Merit Award, 1997; the Jonathan Leigh Altman Grant for Summer Research, 1992. Art: Pagliaro “pinches” his pots, the oldest of the vessel-making techniques, predating coiling, throwing and molding by thousands of years. This is a non-additive process that begins with a ball of clay that is literally pinched or squeezed into shape using forefingers and thumbs.

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