Being an artist was not the career Patti Warashina's parents had in mind for her when she was growing up in Spokane. Warashina enrolled at the UW intent on becoming a dental hygienist. However, one day she took a required elective in beginning drawing. Another art class introduced her to clay. That did it! She switched majors and went on to become one of America's foremost ceramic artists.
Patti Warashina, Professor emerita
