A tricky business
J. Sheldon Carey, professor of design, demonstrates his new art—glass blowing. Carey who is a nationally acclaimed ceramist undertook his "second career" with the hope to teach the creative art someday.
J. Sheldon Carey, KU professor of design, has taken up an old but new art--creative glass blowing
Potter turns to glass blowing
A former nationally acclaimed ceramist, Carey was named Outstanding American Potter in 1959 by Time magazine. But now he said he is fascinated by the mysteries of blown glass.
"I look on glass as my second career with many new horizons," said Carey. "It is one of the most exciting creative media with which to work. It is a form of dance-meshing rhythm between high heat, provocative thinking, speed and coordination. It is creating an object of esthetic merit from a glob of molten glass."
Carey made the unusual switch after nearly forty years of learning and teaching. He is now making a name in a new field while still upholding his artistry in ceramics.
He recently had some of his work in glass displayed at the KU Museum of Art as part of a design faculty exhibition. He has won several awards, including first place in its class at a National Aeronautics and Space Administration show in Denver last year.
One of Carey's main goals is to teach a course in creative glass blowing. He has the equipment,
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but, he said, no classroom space is available. He presently has to be content with perfecting his technique and displaying his finished work.
Carey is both an innovator in ceramics and glass blowing. During his 1968-69 sabbatical leave he did extensive experimenting
with using prepared glass marbles. He said he has pre-mixed his ingredients in plastic bags, then put them into the oven where when plastic burned, leaving no contaminated materials. Also, he said he now substitutes volcanic ash to cut the amount of sand needed in a batch.
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Drive begins Tuesday
Pershing Riffles will sponsor its spring semester blood drive Feb. 10, 11 and 12 in the lobby of Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Michael Barnett, Hampton, Va., sophomore and chairman of the drive, said anyone may participate. All blood from the drive will be distributed to Kansas hospitals which are members of the Blood Program. The drive's goal is to obtain 600 pints of blood.
Pershing Riffes began its blood drive program in the 1968 fall semester and has scheduled a blood drive each semester since then.
Those wishing to donate may do so from the hours of 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 10 and 11, and 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., Feb. 12, said Barnett.
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