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Favorite travel destination
Budapest
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My work is
The playful search for beauty
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Inspiration comes from
Lovely gardens, the human body
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Greatest lesson learned
After spending 16 months in a Stalinist prison, I felt that all life after that was a gift
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I love
A rounded shape that fits nicely into the hand
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Mentor
Angel Zárraga, a Mexican painter I met in Paris in the ’20s, who guided me when I painted my self-portrait
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Recently completed products
Plexiglas picture frames, pendant lamps, flatware, and handblown glass vases for Gump’s San Francisco (shown)
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My most successful design
Hallcraft, now reproduced as Classic Century by Royal Stafford
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Every tabletop should have
A centerpiece or vase
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Color of choice
Orange
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My happy place
In my studio/country house sitting in front of the fire
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