Word: clay
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...pottery guy.” A Neurobiology concentrator in Leverett House, Tischfield is one of two winners of the Louise Donovan Award, which is presented to those who have been influential behind the scenes in the arts at Harvard College. Tischfield has produced the “Clay All Night” pottery event for the last three years, teaches four classes every year in the Ceramics Program’s satellite-studio in Quincy House, and frequently exhibits his own work on and off campus. David’s interest in ceramics began early, and he cites his high...
...Clay D. Miller ’10, President of the Harvard Magic Society, refers to what his society does as “illusions.” Then he pauses. “They’re tricks, not illusions,” he says. Founded in 2001, the Magic Society currently counts about half a dozen active members, each an expert in a different kind of magic. On Saturday, the group will enchant audiences both young and old with their craft in the annual Arts First Magic Show. The group has talent, Miller says, and past shows have been...
...Artists had their skill to display, and they did so with gusto: combining many figures for maximum drama - see the Florentine Ewer with the Triumph of Neptune (circa 1721) - or freeze-framing a body falling into ecstasy or death, as in a small Bernini clay sketch for Tomb of the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (circa 1761-74). Baroque went way over the top and beyond, and this exhibition is the perfect way to revel...
...Peonies and tomatoes were her home. When my family moved from Manhattan to a well-heeled neighborhood on the fringes of urban Cincinnati, it was my grandmother who braved the mosquito and chigger colonies of our hilly backyard and put trowel to the clay-packed soil. She drove wooden stakes into the ground for the tomato vines, and bared small circles for the peonies. The garden was complete with a compost pile, and when turned out with a shovel, spilled dark black soil and worms. It was as if a patch of her hometown of Zilpo, Kentucky had been...
...Clay A. Dumas ’10, a former Crimson associate editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House. His column appears on alternate Thursdays...