Dirt on Your Skirt Studio
Carrollton, Texas
972-446-7707
| Lori and Dan have collaborated in art since they met in 1988. They first enjoyed hours together watercoloring handmade Christmas cards for friends and family. Dan designed props for theme parties while Lori decorated show rooms at the World Trade Center and each would assist the other. Dan's love for cartooning soon turned into an animation business and Lori became project manager for Dan Dudley Cartoons which they co-owned for 11 profitable years. Meanwhile Lori studied massage therapy and rediscovered clay, a skill from her 20s in West Virginia. As the demand for 2D animation waned Lori drew Dan into collaborating with clay for a "Day of the Dead" show at the Bath House Cultural Center in 2000. Now, they participate in this annual event every October.
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Lori Dudley designed children's clothing in the 80s and was an event coordinator and floral designer in the 90s. Clay then resurfaced as a creative medium for Lori to express her love of form. Throwing on the wheel is a very centering experience for Lori and is usually the base form on which she or Dan builds.  |
Dan Dudley views everyday images with a humorous twist. As a child Dan went on watercolor painting field trips with his mother, a serious artist. The landscapes Dan painted always had Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck running through them. After many years of commerical cartooning and animation, Dan is using his twisted view now in ceramics and translating detailed characters into clay. He says it feels like he's telling a story and creating a ceramic illustration. |
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