Jim Lux

As a computer science major at NCSU in the early 1980s, I needed a break from the science and math.  To relieve some stress, I enrolled in a pottery class at the NCSU Craft Center.  Half way through the semester, I stopped attending my classes and started spending most of the days making pots in the Craft Center.  Those early days working in the studio and pit-firing with a group of potters were cathartic.  I learned that the focus of my life could be focused on art: It was time to change the direction of my education.  A year later, I transferred to ECU and earned my degree in Studio Art.