Steven Sylvester - Contemporary Clay Artist

Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954, Steven Sylvester was mesmerized by the city's public art at an early age. Sylvester recalls feeling excited anticipation about going downtown for any reason that would take the family car past several prominently displayed pieces of large scale outdoor public art. As an adult pursuing an art centric life he is grateful that his parents enjoyed an appreciation of the visual arts. They exposed him to museum art throughout his childhood and teens. Sylvester states that he has always held museum space to be sacred grounds for nurturing the spirit and the mind

Still proudly in possession of the first two clay items that he made, he occasionally includes them in Show & Tell type discussions. They are a small hand crafted whale on waves with blue colored glaze, made at age 8 and an ashtray made at age 10

Driven by an appreciation for uncommon uses of materials Sylvester continues two avenues of his work. His current work-in-progress series of life size ladies dresses made from clay and wire continues to amplify this drive as it develops into the travelling museum show for which it is slated. In addition, Sylvester became a member of Architectural Ceramic artist Peter King's StoneHaus Team.Along the side of world renowned artist Peter King, Sylvester worked on numerous public and private commissioned art projects, thus further feeding the drive for uncommon material use in addition to large scale public works