"Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be"
Stoneware
Functional pitcher

Vicki McComas Biography
I have worked with clay most of my life. I was six when my aunt gave me my first piece of clay and it was love at first touch. My works deals with my dreams, fantasies, and the legends and stories of my childhood. I enjoy telling stories about the world I inhabit. Things that go bump in the night, Asian fairy tales, Celtic legends and of course cats wind their way through my work, imbuing these sculptures with whimsy and joy. Making these sculptures brings me much joy and gladness – thinking hands to heart.  I create these wonderful characters each one a new chapter or a new part of my story. Many of the pieces are recreations of those close to me, my great grandmother, my cat Bear, birds that roost nearby etc. some having tea, some just caught in the act of playing, each part of the daily and nightly life we often don’t have time to pay attention to. Poetry often inspires images that soon become pieces, which in turn have poems carved into them. My pieces are my children and I send them out into the world to bring laughter and warmth into the lives of others.                                                           Exhibitions:
Continuing Studies Student Show – Baltimore, MD September 2003
15”x15”  MICA Alumni Show – Baltimore, MD May 2003
Continuing Studies Student Show – Baltimore, MD September 2002
15”x15”  MICA Alumni Show – Baltimore, MD May 2002
Shoal Creek Gallery Solo Exhibition – Austin, Texas April 2002
15”x15”  MICA Alumni Show – Baltimore, MD May 2001
Gudelsky Gallery Solo Exhibition – Silver Spring, MD July 2001
Elzeard Gallery Solo Exhibition – Fells Point, MD July 2000
Tomlinson Craft Collection - Baltimore, MD 1990-1994
Bird’s of a Feather Solo Exhibition - Baltimore, MD March 1984-1996
Fell’s Point Art Gallery – Fells Point, MD April 1978
Private Collections:
Dr. & Mrs. Tonkonow       Doylestown, PA
MR. & Mrs. Rifkin             Kennet Square, PA
Edward Polochik               Baltimore, MD
Iota Gallery                        Dallas, TX
Education
1985 - 2003 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, Md
Ceramics Independent Study
1978 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, Md
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
1972 - 1975 University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Ct
Liberal Arts
Employment
1990 - present Saratoga Trunk – 1704 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, Md
Proprietor of antique shop & ceramics gallery
1985 - 1992 Maryland Display Service  Baltimore, Md
Created displays for trade shows
Accounts department & customer relations
1981 - 1985 Bertha’s Restaurant Baltimore, Md
Baker & line cook