Sharing memories of a dear and gentle soul.
This is a sad time for many of us at The Potter’s Wheel, with the loss of our dear friend and potter, Tom Scuto. He connected with clay after his retirement from his pharmaceutical career and his new-found passion became a joy for us also.
Please share your comments and stories.
I remember Tom as a caring, compassionate, irreverent person. He loved pottery, baking, and travel. He eagerly shared his travels to China as well as techniques for a new glaze. I remember his pumpkin cheese cake (and he shared the recipe and I make it for Thanksgiving) and tri-color Italian cookies. Sometimes he wielded the torch in order to put together several pieces of pottery without having to wait a week for them to get leather hard.
Tom approached clay with curiosity, wonder and gusto!
His many travels and lively interest in art history informed his work and inspired us all to think in new ways about our own work.
Baci i abracci, Tom–you are in my heart.
Funny, curious, irreverent. Hater and lover of “Bullshit”.
such a sweetie pie. I miss him a lot!
My free time in the studio didn’t overlap often enough with Tom’s, my loss, but every once in a while I had the treat of watching and listening to Tom as he would plan an elaborate underglazing design on one of his carved pots. He would have all his underglazes in those beautiful colors spread out and he’d work it out like a puzzle. Tom’s enthusiasm and creativity was so much fun and his passion was inspiring. Such a lovely gentleman!
I am Tom’s niece. I really enjoyed watching the video and seeing my uncle so involved in something that gave him such joy. I can’t tell you how much it means to our family to know that my uncle had such a wonderful, caring and supportive community that appreciated and loved him.
Tom’s neice Theresa wrote a beautiful piece on Tom for her blog. Beautiful stories and pictures. You can find it here:
http://www.redoakroad.com/2012/11/my-fantastic-uncle-i-will-love-you.html