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ROY HANSCOM
HOUSTON
Roy Hanscom grew up on Long Island, NY. He began his ceramic studies in 1972 at
Friends University in Wichita, Kansas where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts. He
continued with his studies at Institute de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. In 1980 he received his Master of Fine Arts in
Ceramics at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Roy has been a
professor of Art at Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX since 1989. Roy has
shown in numerous state and national juried competitions. He has won several awards
along with being included in the private collection of the San Angelo Fine Art Museum.
About the work: I enjoy working with clay because it is a material that sets no limit and
has practically no boundaries in its ability to adapt to my ideas and designs. My latest
body of work “Floral Wall reliefs” is the exploration of a complex embrace of textural
diversity and multi-dimensional layering of organic forms. Constructed of porcelain and
stoneware clay, the forms are oxidation fired to cone 9 in an electric kiln.
