While primarily a Designer in Metals, I have designed anything from automobiles (Ford Motor Co) , to products(Scherr & McDermott, International) to Toys,(Sun RUbber) Co) to Fashion ( Stern manuf) to Book Illustration (Safield Publishing CO) to a life time of Academics as Assoc. Professot, kemtSatate University; Chair Parsons School of Design, Product Design, New York City. Instructor metals, Duke UNiversitty,, Instructor Metals, Meredith College; Instrictor Metals North Carolina State University. Currently, desigener/maker Full time studio in Raleigh North Carolina. ArtWorks in PermantanenrCollection of: Metropoliton Museum of Art. NYC; Vartican contemporary art, Rome, Italy; Goldsmiths Hall, London: Museum of Art & Design, NYC; Yale Museum. New haven, Conn.; Boston Museum of Fine Art. Boston.; Houston Museum of Fine Art,Texas; Akron museum of Art, Ohio; Wm. Penn Museum of History, Pitts. Penn.; www.maryannscherr.com