Soleyne Profile: Ron Mello

• Name: Ron Mello
• Interests: Ceramics, Glass, Mixed Media
• Location: Middleboro, MA, UNITED STATES
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Ron Mello's bio:

I was raised in East Boston, Massachusetts. I am the product of a working class family. My grandfather and father were cabinet makers and carpenters, my brother Jim is a creative tool and die designer, younger brother Charlie is a talented woodworker. I received my BFA at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts in Art Education and Painting. My Masters degree as well as advanced graduate study degree are from Bridgewater State College, (Fine Art, Ceramics). I have worked for over 30 years as an artist/teacher in many capacities, including: teaching art in the Brockton, Massachusetts Public Schools, graduate ceramics at Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts and 12 years of teaching drawing/painting at the Brockton Art Museum. I became involved in ceramics at Bridgewater in 1986. I have been working steadily in this medium since that time. Ceramics, especially Raku, is a combination of the skill the potter possesses and the random effects of the fire, it is the ultimate test of the clay and the artist.