He didn’t think he was good enough for the college so after just one semester he left but ended up returning in the spring of 1952 and graduated 2 years later with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He got a job at a high school where he would be expected to teach a wide variety of arts including ceramics which was his weakest area of training. He took a second class to develop more skill as a potter but that too seemed too tough for him and it ended up being the second time he was unsuccessful. It wasn’t until his second year, spring of 1956, as a teacher that he started enjoying ceramics and that June he entered summer school at San Jose College for ceramics. He didn’t believe they taught him much that summer so the next summer he returned to Arts and Crafts in
He didn’t think he was good enough for the college so after just one semester he left but ended up returning in the spring of 1952 and graduated 2 years later with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He got a job at a high school where he would be expected to teach a wide variety of arts including ceramics which was his weakest area of training. He took a second class to develop more skill as a potter but that too seemed too tough for him and it ended up being the second time he was unsuccessful. It wasn’t until his second year, spring of 1956, as a teacher that he started enjoying ceramics and that June he entered summer school at San Jose College for ceramics. He didn’t believe they taught him much that summer so the next summer he returned to Arts and Crafts in