Artist

Thomas P. Muir

born Atlanta, GA 1956
Also known as
  • Thomas Muir
  • Thomas Patrick Muir
Born
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Active in
  • Perrysburg, Ohio, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Since 1991, Thomas Muir has been on the faculty of Bowling Green State College in Ohio. Before that, he taught at the Center for Creative Studies in the College of Art and Design, Detroit, Michigan. He is the past president of the Michigan Silversmiths Guild and a Distinguished Member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. His work is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

White House Collection of American Crafts exhibition (Washington D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1995)

Luce Artist Biography

Thomas Muir teaches jewelry at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio. He creates tea infusers, coffeepots, and other domestic items from silver, combining natural forms with precise mechanisms to show his fascination with both nature and technology.