Scott Rench
You never know what chance meeting will change your life. My name is Scott Rench and some time around 1992 I met a graphic design major named Larry Geiger while attending graduate school. This chance meeting would have a profound affect on my life.
Larry told me about this program called Photoshop and all the things he was able to do. I was so intrigued by the process, when I saw the computer and all the things he could do I was hooked.
I really wanted to explore this computer thing. It was not until a Christmas break, when the chair of the art department, gave me his building key, that I got to really sit in front of the computer. For the next 30 days me and my friend Jim would spend 15 or more hours a day in front of the computer. It was during this time that I taught myself Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress, to this day about 90% of what I know I learned during those 30 days.
This chance meeting would open a career in advertising and shape the direction of my artwork.
My ceramic work, consists of computer generated images that are printed with a ceramic glaze onto a large canvas of clay. Creating and collecting images, I scan them into the computer and manipulate them to fit the concept. The new image is output onto transparent film that acts as a stencil for transferring the image to a silk-screen. Glaze is then used (instead of ink) to print the image on to a slab of clay. Once completely dry the slabs are fired in a kiln, producing an image that will stand the test of time indoor or outdoor.
A ceramist for more than 15 years my work has been featured in exhibits and publications nationally and internationally. I have an M.F.A. degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. I currently work out of my Chicago studio. Self-taught in computer design, I also work as a freelance art director/graphic artist.