Literary Statement RENOWNED CERAMIC ARTIST CAPTURES HIS CAREER IN A BOOK
Tony Natsoulas Photo by Linda Smolek
JL By Jessica Laskey Open Studio
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t’s only when you sit down to write a book about your life that you realize you didn’t take enough pictures. “In the 40 years since undergrad, I have photos of almost nothing,” says celebrated ceramic sculptor Tony Natsoulas. “I have no photos of me and (Robert) Arneson, none of me and Wayne Thiebaud. Manuel Neri and I were good friends—I have no photos of that. “These people coming up now are so lucky that they’ve taken so many pictures of everything. They’ll be able
