Ron Mello

Biography to Display:

—Born, Shirley, Massachusetts

EDUCATION

—BFA Art Education and Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts

—MAT Fine Art, Ceramics, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—United States Air Force, 4 years

—Art teacher, public schoolsBrockton, Massachusetts

—Graduate ceramics Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

—Taught drawing and painting, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts

BIOGRAPHY

Ron Mello’s work ranges from functional pieces made with stoneware and porcelain to sculptural pieces based on the vessel form. The functional pieces are fired in gas or electric kilns. The sculptural pieces are burnished before being bisque fired and then fired in atmospheric conditions including saggars, naked raku, and raku.

Other creative work includes brush making, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Mello is interested in mixing media, including pottery, painting, glass, and computer imaging.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Tourtillott, Suzanne. 500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design, v. 2. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2013.

WEBSITE(S):

http://www.ronmellostudioarts.com/

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