A year into making sculptures based on the crucible form, Rick Hirsch saw what Meyer was doing. He had been making forms based on the Japanese purification vessel, the tsubai. He suggested a collaboration. Ultimately, a “band” of four artists committed to work jointly, making pieces that owe to the group, much like a musical group. Subsequent exhibitions presented the work of each individual artist along with the collaborative pieces. With each artist’s unique skill set available to the group, “The whole may be greater than the sum of its parts”. Gestalt. This was one of several collaborative involvements teaming Meyer with Hirsch. As both observed the compatibility of clay and bronze, their work lead to an NCECA event called Clay to Bronze.
"Ring", 2009, Kenneth Basking and Scott Meyer, Reduction-fired Stoneware
"Beaker and Bird", 2013, Kenneth Baskin, Scott Meyer, and Michael Rogers, Anagama, Stoneware-fired Clay and Glass
"Crucible Project Collaboration", 2013, Kenneth Baskin, Richard Hirsch, Scott Meyer, and Michael Rogers, Anagama, Stoneware-fired Clay and Glass
Collaboration, 2009, Kenneth Baskin and Scott Meyer, Anagama, Sagger Fired Stoneware and Steel
The Crucible Project in Action
Artists Scott Meyer, Rick Hirsch, Kenneth Baskin, and Michael Rogers
