Thanks Tom!Hi Everyone:
On a somber note, we lost one of our most prolific Art-o-matŪ artists last week. Tom Rohr was a potter and teacher in Pleasant Hill, Oregon. In addition to his creativity and skills, he was a cool guy.
For the Art-o-mat project, Tom created a series called "ARTBAR". These were small faux chocolate bars made of clay that also served as an anagram game. If the letters pressed into the clay spelled ARTBAR, the buyer would receive one of his larger works from Pleasant Hill Pottery. Just recently during our premier of our Polk Museum machine, a buyer purchased a lucky ARTBAR.
Happy ARTBAR recipient, click here.Since his involvement in our project, Tom would always keep us well stocked with his work. I called him once to express my concern that his production could lead to burnout and I also wanted him to feel comfortable with the $$ return that he received from Art-o-mat. Basically, he laughed and said that Art-o-mat was nowhere near "worth the money". But, he believed in our mission and that being involved in the project made him happy. He would joke around with Carol and say that he and the "Oompa Loompas" would watch baseball and wrap ARTBARS.
Tom's Family Tribute Page, click here.Pleasant Hill Pottery, click here.We are very grateful to have had Tom involved in our project.
Sincerely,
Clark and AIC
