He is credited with inventing non shrinking clay and developing new ways of fusing clay and metal in order to create large scale sculptural forms.
Jerry rothman ceramics.
Ceramics from the laguna art museum collection jerry rothman 1933 2014 spent his career making art that pushed the limitations of clay.
Born in brooklyn new york in 1933 he moved to los angeles and later received his ba from the art center college of design and his mfa from the otis art institute.
Rothman was an active member of the otis group and a player in what has been called the california ceramics revolution.
Sculptor jerry rothman a member of a rebellious group of los angeles artists in the 1950s who took ceramics far beyond functional pieces died june 5 in a hospital near his home in san miguel de allende mexico.
Sculptor jerry rothman a member of a rebellious group of los angeles artists in the 1950s who took ceramics far beyond functional pieces died june 5 in a hospital near his home in san miguel de.