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Vera Lightstone started as a potter and evolved into a sculptor, first in clay, then in bronze, and now in silver. Trained as a musician, she came to the visual arts in her thirties, and has been working in clay and teaching sculpture and ceramics ever since. She currently teaches ceramics at the Crafts Students League and in her loft studio in midtown Manhattan, in New York City. She discovered silver clay (PMC) eight years ago and took it as a new challenge, as it demands a very different scale. In method as well as in concept, her work is about motion. She literally throws a slab of clay in the air, controlling its shape and the direction of its landing. Its weight, density and flight give it form. She will then adjust and assemble the resulting forms into abstract or figurative sculptures. Her work has been shown extensively in museums, galleries and stores throughout the country. |
