Frank Giorgini (born 1947) was an artist and educator specializing in

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techniques, including

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and

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s. He taught courses on architectural tile design at

Parsons The New School for Design The Parsons School of Design is a private art and design college under The New School located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhattan art ...

in New York.

Mosaic tiles

Giorgini was commissioned by the

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to design a

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for the Whitehall St. subway station. ''Passages'' was installed in 2000. His book, ''Handmade Tiles: Designing, Making, Decorating'' (), is a standard reference for making ceramic tiles.

Hand percussion instruments

He studied the traditional ceramic techniques of

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. In collaboration with percussionist

Jamey Haddad Jamey George Haddad (born July 2, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American percussionist who works primarily in the fields of jazz and world music and specializes in hand drums. Biography Haddad is of Lebanese ancestry. From the age of four, he ...

developed a modern

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drum. Some of his hand-made drums are in the permanent collection of the

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in New York.

Personal life and education

Frank Giorgini grew up at his parents house at 40 Verrazano Ave Copiague, New York in 1947 and Graduated From Copiague High School in 1965 and then went for his bachelors in Education and his in masters in arts .

References

External links

Meet The Artist: Frank Giorgini
��biographical page at his company * —photographs of ''Passages'' * 1947 births 20th-century American ceramists Parsons School of Design faculty {{Ceramics-stub