Kathy Pallie originally grew up doing a career in commercial art, in which she made products that would be shown on retail windows and displays inside interiors of shops. Once she retired from that profession she then began experimenting with clay and now continues it to this day. She uses clay coils to create sculptural shapes.
Artist 2: Gary Scott
Gary Scott is a plaster artist who gave up his career he had at the time to embark on a diploma course at an Art Academy. His various sculptures has earned him much success including the Art Academy Mixed Media Sculpture Prize in 2013.
Artist 3: Clea Carlsen
Clea Carlsen is a ceramic sculptor who grew up going to a liberal art school in New York, and also spent one year of University in New Mexico. During her time in college she would go Italy every year for her summer holidays in which she would interact with Renaissance Art. Eventually she would get a BA in studio arts and then worked in designing theatre sets for 9 years before eventually starting working with clay.
Artist 4:Nicola Hicks
Nicola Hicks is a sculptor who's main prowess is in using plaster and straw for her sculpting. She started studying at the Chelsea School of Art in 1978 till 1982 and then studied at the Royal College Of Art from 1982 till 1985. She has achieved a lot of success, including being chosen for an exhibition of her work at Angela Flowers Gallery and having her sculptures presented at the Yale Centre for British Art.
Artist 5: Kathleen Dustin
Kathleen Dustin is a clay artist that is well known for her work worldwide. She grew up in western Michigan where she initially dreamed of becoming a jazz pianist whilst her mother wanted her to be an artist. She got a major in mathematics before eventually moving to Germany for her junior university year, where she got introduced to polymer clay products and has worked with clay ever since.
Artist 6: George Segal
George Segal is a sculptor best known for his plaster cast life size figures. He was born in New York in the 1920s, he gained a degree in teaching and spent his life on a chicken farm with his wife. He designed his body casts by wrapping a model with bandages before removing the hardened forms them placing them back together whilst using more plaster to form a hollow shell. His wife continues his work in the George and Helen Segal Foundation.
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