The ceramic work of Putney alums Paula Shalan ’81 and Richard Foye ’65 will be on display this spring in the Currier Center. Foye’s work is inspired by 12th-century Persian glazes and a Japanese Raku style he will demonstrate during Parents Weekend, smoking the pieces in an old-fashioned washing machine drum in order to produce his stunning finishes.

Shalan also smoke-fires her work and hand-builds each piece based on observations gleaned from the smallest details found in nature, “in order to distill and highlight the astounding beauty and quiet wisdom of fields and forests.”