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Lisa Schumaier was born and raised
in Alexandria, Virginia. Since her first encounter with play
dough in the early 60s she has been fascinated with sculpting.
Her Public school education began at Lyles Crouch elementary
school where Mr. Davenport taught art. He never said that
the sky should not be green and he let everyone use as much
tape and glue as they needed. She earned her BFA from Radford
University in 1982. After graduation, a career in retail took
her away from art but the suicide of her 1st husband in 1996
brought her back to ceramics as a way of healing. At first
she produced lots of small brown bowls but gradually she began
to explore hope and human strength as themes. Many of her
works now deal with relationships and interdependence with
a strong cord of humor running through all of it. You have
to laugh even when it hurts. Laughter is very strong medicine.
Lisa now lives in Del Ray with one husband,
one cat, and one dog. She can be found working in her studio
at the torpedo factory most Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays (call her cell if you want to know for sure).
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