Clayton Lewis

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Clayton Scott Lewis (March 15, 1915 – September 15, 1995) was an American artist, known primarily for his work as an envelope artist and jewelry designer.

Life and career

Clayton Lewis began his professional life as a furniture designer in the late 1940s with his firm, Claywood Designs, which led to coverage in magazines such as

Venice, California office. There he helped implement designs by Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, and George Nelson
.

After a tenure at Herman Miller, he left his position and moved his family to

Point Reyes Peninsula
in 1964, where he designed a large collection of sculpture jewelry while working with Judy Perlman. After they disbanded their partnership of Perlman-Lewis in 1973, he continued working on his own as a sculptor, painter, and water colorist.

Between 1980 and 1985, he produced over 1000 pieces of mail art, mostly sent to his mother in the final years of her life. The envelopes have been shown in one-man and group shows in San Francisco, Pasadena, and Paris, among other locations.

His work can be found in the permanent collections of the

Paris, France
; among others.

For the last 31 years of his life he lived in a group of

Lairds Landing, on Tomales Bay, fifty miles north of San Francisco.[1]
There he built a spacious sculpting and painting studio with a substantial foundry to work in. In order to help sustain himself, he worked as a carpenter, fisherman, and boat builder, as well as an artist.

Clayton Lewis was born in

California School of Fine Arts (later the San Francisco Art Institute
).

Clayton Lewis was married to Virginia Harding Lewis from 1942–1962. They had four children, including the composer, Peter Scott Lewis.

References

  1. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  • The Envelope Art & Ardor of Clayton Lewis, Alyson Kuhn, Felt & Wire, May 3, 2010
  • Lairds' Bohemian Decades, Jacoba Charles, Point Reyes Light, August 8, 2008
  • Saving Clayton’s Place, Dan Fost, Marin Independent Journal (Feature Story), December 10, 1995
  • Artist & Fisherman Clayton Lewis Dies, David Rolland, Point Reyes Light, September, 1995
  • Un Americain a Paris: Clayton Lewis, rue Guenegaud, Catherine David, Le Nouvel Observatuer, December 26, 1985
  • Les Envelopes De Clayton Lewis, Catherine David, Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris, France, June 29, 1984
  • The World of Clayton Lewis,
    J.S. Holliday
    , Magazine of the California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA (Feature Story), Fall, 1983

External links
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