Thomas Dimig

Thomas P. Dimig received a B.F.A. from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, a master’s degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and an M.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred. Since 1985, he has headed the Ceramic Department at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Tom’s work has appeared in shows at the Spirit Square Art Center in Charlotte, North Carolina; The Branch Gallery in Washington, D.C.; and the Dawson Gallery in Rochester, New York, among others, and has traveled with the 1986-87 “NCECA Juried Members Show and Traveling Exhibition.” When asked about his residency, Tom said, “It was the most intoxicating work cycle I have ever been privileged to experience.” The freedom to set all else aside and concentrate fully on making art was for Tom, as for so many others, the only stimulus he needed. Having previous experience as a slip caster and mold maker, Tom quickly assimilated the procedures in the Pottery where he made “building units” from a case mold with interchangeable model components. In addition to affirming the validity of his own studio practices, the residency allowed him to adopt methods developed through a century of industrial practice, procedures that are now part of his daily workings. As a result of his residency, Tom conducted workshops on mold making which incorporated information he gathered at Kohler.