Jonathan Balderston, Berkeley Artist and Founder of Derby Street Studios, Dies at 66
The Berkeley High and UC Davis graduate died Aug. 8 after a long battle with cancer. He studied ceramics, worked as a carpenter and built his Hodgepodge Lodge studio, making painted art furniture and sculpture.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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Jonathan Balderston, a Berkeley-born artist, carpenter and founder of Derby Street Studios, died Aug. 8 at 66 after a long battle with cancer, Berkeleyside reported, publishing a family announcement.
Born and raised in Berkeley, he graduated from Berkeley High in 1977 and earned a B.S. in Resource Management, with a minor in art, from UC Davis in 1983, where he studied ceramic sculpture with Robert Arneson. He continued ceramics and sculpture studies with John Roloff at the San Francisco Art Institute, then worked as a carpenter and launched Derby Street Studios. He built his studio, the Hodgepodge Lodge, and made painted art furniture, utilitarian and decorative wooden art and sculptures, the announcement said.
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