A ceramic artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his B.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1975 and his M.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics in 1977. He taught in the ceramics department at the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1977 to 2016 and is now Professor Emeritus. His works are held in the collections of major institutions worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.