Frank Giorgini

Frank Giorgini is an artist specializing in ceramic techniques, including tile and percussion instruments. He teaches courses on architectural tile design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York.

Passages mosaic

Giogini was commissioned by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to design a mosaic for the Whitehall St. subway station. Passages was installed in 2000. His book, Handmade Tiles: Designing, Making, Decorating (ISBN 9781579902711), is a standard reference for making ceramic tiles.

He studied the traditional ceramic techniques of Nigeria. In collaboration with percusionist Jamey Haddad developed a modern Udu drum. Some of his hand-made drums are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.