COMING TO LIGHT, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Coming to Light, a 225-foot-long mural at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, brings Melchert's experiments in ceramics to a larger scale while responding to the building’s architecture and to the forms of research conducted within the University. Melchert made the tiles while an artist-in-residence at the Tile Guild Inc. in Los Angeles.
Coming to Light (detail), 1994, 168" x 2700", hand-glazed ceramic tile, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Richard Barnes
Coming to Light (detail), 1994, 168" x 2700", hand-glazed ceramic tile, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Richard Barnes
Coming to Light (detail), 1994, 168" x 2700", hand-glazed ceramic tile, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Richard Barnes
Jim Melchert painting tile for Coming to Light at the Tile Guild, Los Angeles, California, 1990
Peter Voulkos (left) and Jim Melchert (right) at the Tile Guild, Los Angeles, California, 1990
Creating tile for Coming to Light at the Tile Guild, Los Angeles, California, 1990