Randy Silver
Visual Arts Faculty
Randy's perpetual education includes a B.A. (Economics with emphasis in Visual Arts, Ceramics), Pepperdine University and an M.A.Ed. (Curriculum and Instruction in Art, Creativity and Ceramics) from Seattle University.
Randy was six years old when he took his first clay class, and he has been captivated by ceramics ever since. Randy is a "founding 7th grader" here at Northwest School when he first entered the House in 1980. Since completing his Undergraduate and Master's studies, his artistic pursuits have led him to study primitive pit-fired pottery (while in Central America), Anagama (wood firing) firing techniques in Oregon, and to the cutting edge of contemporary ceramic sculpture (as an artist in residence in Shigaraki, Japan).
His work is shown at Whitebird Gallery (Cannon Beach), Kobo (Seattle), Art Stop Gallery (Tacoma), and at Clayworks, his Pottery Coop in Seattle where he shares a studio with five other ceramic artists. His work is in private and corporate collections, and is held by the American Museum of Ceramic Art, and in the Kamm Teapot Collection. Randy has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Pottery Making Illustrated and the Best of American Ceramics exhibition in Beijing.