Eight Hand Formed and Glazed Alex Marshall Studios Dinner Plates. Good Condition, each 10". All are signed. Weight on all 12 pds 3 oz. Alex grew up in New Jersey where her family instilled in her an appreciation for modern art and design. On Sundays, her grandmother would take Alex to New York City to visit the galleries and shops in SoHo. Her Grandmother?s enthusiasm for contemporary art was contagious. The family house was filled with modern art and furniture; the idea that one be allowed to hold and touch something yet value it as art was instilled at a very young age.n the late-1980?s during high school, Alex started taking photography and painting classes. Her first attempt at ceramics occurred during her freshman year at college. Within the first semester she had dropped the class and within the first year had dropped out of college. In 1991 Alex moved to New York City to live with her sister, rented a painting studio in SoHo, got a job in retail and tried her hand at ceramics again. This time at Parsons School of Design. Her Grandmother introduced Alex to the ceramic artist, Toshiko Takaezu who showed Alex that working with clay is making art. In 2000 Alex Marshall Studios was begun

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