Born in New York City , Rady was the daughter of Lily Mehlman Rady , a former dancer for Martha Graham , and Simon Rady , a record executive and producer . By the age of seven she was taking ceramics classes with her older sister , Jane . From 1962 until 1966 she studied at the Chouinard Art Institute , where her instructors included Ralph Bacerra and Otto and Vivika Heino . She worked for two years in the 1960s at Interpace , returning there from 1898 to 1994 , and designed pieces for the Swid Powell company as well . During the 1994 Northridge earthquake she lost 70 works , valued at $ 225,000 , despite packing them in carpet tubing as a precaution . Rady kept a studio in Venice , California for many years . She died in Culver City after suffering from health problems for some time
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Elsa Rady