Dan Mehlman is a freelance designer/craftsman who develops products for the ceramics and glass industry. Plaster is the traditional material for modelmaking and moldmaking in ceramics, and Dan has a lifetime of experience with this versatile medium. In this talk, Dan will show images selected from his diverse body of commercial work in design, models, and molds of dinnerware, vessels, and sculpture, as well as his personal art work. Heʼll discuss how product design and production tooling are facilitated by the craft of plaster work.
