William Harper is an American jewelry artist who was born in Bucyrus, Ohio

Bucyrus, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,224 people, 5,559 households, and 3,552 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,812.0 people per square mile . There were 5,955 housing units at an average density of 816.0 per square mile...

, in 1944. He received a BS in 1966 and an MS in education in 1967, both from Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...

 in Cleveland, Ohio. He also studied advanced enameling techniques at the Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland Institute of Art

The Cleveland Institute of Art is a private college of art and design located in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women. From 1891 until 1948 it was named Cleveland School of Art. During the Great Depression the school...

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Harper began his career as an abstract painter but in the early 1960s switched to enameling. Many of his creations relate to mythology and ritual objects.

William Harper currently resides in New York City. His work was included in the exhibition One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 in New York City, December 22, 2006-September 3, 2007.

This artist should not be confused with the Afro-American sculptor and painter William A. Harper (1873–1910) or the American painter William St. John Harper (1851–1910).