Edward (Ted) Clark
61 Cedar Hill Lane 206.972.0158
Seattle Washington 98584
Education______
Bachelor of Arts: The Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington.
June Major awarded in the Fine Arts. Applied experience with
mediums of wood, metal (fabricated and cast) and oil painting. Special emphasis on glass sculpture. Additional classes in life
drawing and fiber arts.
Bachelor of Science: The Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington.
June Major in Marine Biology and Ecology. Areas of hydrology,
2004 biochemistry, organic chemistry, molecular biology, and zoology
were also examined.
Pratt Fine Arts Center Seattle, Washington.
2001- Studying the fine art of blown, hot sculpted and sand cast glass
2004 through classes and workshops. Bronze casting and mold making
were other mediums explored through classes.
Reppenning Fine Arts Center: Haddon Township New Jersey.
1990-1999 Extensively studied oil painting under the artist Jim Repenning.
University of the Arts: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1995 Classes in figure drawing.
Moore Fine Arts Academy: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1995-1998 Classes in photography, ceramics, plaster casting, and figure
drawing.
Experience: Limited to the Fine Arts______
Pratt Fine Arts Center: Teaching Assistant for Cayn Thompson’s Glassblowing 2
2003- Course for fall and winter, including substituting in
2004 class. Worked as a Glass Technician Assistant
maintaining the hot glass studio. Occasionally aids in
catalogue distribution.
Glass Instructor: Solo lessons teaching students soft glass techniques for making
2004 paperweights, vessels, and small sculpture.
Glass Charger: Charges empty glass furnace and maintenance of Martin Blank’s
2004 Studio.
Glass Assistant: Aiding various artists to create their work in the hot shop.
2001-2004
Fleicher Art Academy: Assisted in the maintenance of the school as well as aiding in
1999 gallery installations, school enrolment and catalogue distribution.
Work was done through an internship in Philadelphia, PA.
Technical Glass Skills______
Prior experience with the methods of blown vessels, solid and blown sculpture, and sand
cast glass in the hot shop; lampworking soft and hard glass in a warm shop; cold working soft glass and hard glass; stained glass. Additional experience in the technical maintenance of a hot glass studio, including fixing kilns, glory holes, and furnaces. Many years experience with carpentry, metal fabrication, building restoration, and air balancing systems, all applicable towards glass studio maintenance.
Exhibitions of Artwork______
2004 Group Show at D’adamo and Woltz Gallery:
Pioneer Square, Seattle Washington.
Exhibition featured life size blown glass human heads sandblasted,
painted, and displayed on steel stands.
2002 Group Show at The Evergreen State College: Foundations of the Visual Arts.
Olympia, Washington.
Show included wood and metal sculpture, fiber art and oil paintings.
2002 Group Show at The Evergreen State College: Drawings from the Sea:
Olympia, Washington.
Display in the Presidents Office of The Evergreen State College included oil paintings and drawings as well as a glass installation of the sea with hot sculpted and hot cast invertebrates.
2001 Group Show at The Evergreen State College.
Olympia, Washington.
Painting exhibition of large landscapes done in oil paint.
1999 Senior Show at Friends Select School:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fabric sculpture and stained glass sculpture.
1992 Group Show Affiliated with Repenning Fine Arts.
Haddon Township, New Jersey.
Exhibition of Portraits made in Oil Paint.