Artist Statement "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~ Pablo Picasso |
| Robin Sadek Ascher 7 Oakstwain Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 (914) 725-4036 roba24@aol.com |
I have been trained and trained and trained to throw the perfect pot, in Japan and California and New York.
I grew up and still live surrounded by things of great beauty and perfection. Yet the ceramic pieces that call
to me are the ones made by children. I like the finger marks, the precarious balance, the innocent swirling
of colors. I like to remember the pride on their faces when I opened the package and first wondered at the
object found. The other pieces of art I love are the ones with a story attached, a handed down story from a
friend or relative, or something made by someone I know. Preferably, someone I love. Isn’t that what we are
all looking for when we read the information on the museum wall, check the title, read books and watch films
about artists’ lives? We are looking for something personal.
I am a fabric designer and sometimes it shows in the patterns and textures of my artwork. A lot of the time
however, my artwork is a reaction to all the years of cleaning up designs and putting them in perfect repeat
These very personal one-of-a-kind pieces are me in 2009, still discovering the wonder of the ceramic
medium thirty-seven years after going to Japan. I have finally let go of trying to make something that could
have been made better in a factory. What sends me is the reflection in the clay of the child in me and the
joy of my creative process.
Robin Sadek Ascher
I grew up and still live surrounded by things of great beauty and perfection. Yet the ceramic pieces that call
to me are the ones made by children. I like the finger marks, the precarious balance, the innocent swirling
of colors. I like to remember the pride on their faces when I opened the package and first wondered at the
object found. The other pieces of art I love are the ones with a story attached, a handed down story from a
friend or relative, or something made by someone I know. Preferably, someone I love. Isn’t that what we are
all looking for when we read the information on the museum wall, check the title, read books and watch films
about artists’ lives? We are looking for something personal.
I am a fabric designer and sometimes it shows in the patterns and textures of my artwork. A lot of the time
however, my artwork is a reaction to all the years of cleaning up designs and putting them in perfect repeat
These very personal one-of-a-kind pieces are me in 2009, still discovering the wonder of the ceramic
medium thirty-seven years after going to Japan. I have finally let go of trying to make something that could
have been made better in a factory. What sends me is the reflection in the clay of the child in me and the
joy of my creative process.
Robin Sadek Ascher