European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              And wears Down tie tools very fast he said but has the advantage of requiring no other surface treatment once the piece is  the surfaces of Rickey s precisely engineered constructions Are not Mirror smooth instead their Dull Sheen reacts to Light and Shade making them seem naturally vibrant. The invitation to live and work in the divided City on a Fellowship extends to Only one year but Rickey already is contemplating to extend his stay on his own. I am going to give it serious  the time comes he said. The first weeks in Berlin he said were spent picking a suitable place to work and live locating local sources Fortis raw materials and finding competent craftsmen to work from his de signs. Rickey came upon an airy  in the quiet Dahlem Section of town and he and his wife settled in rambling furnished apartment in a once Splendore Villa two blocks away. If there were apprehensions that there would be too Many social demands on his time at the Start of his Berlin tenure Rickey shed them soon. The people have been very Nice about that he said. As a matter of fact Back Home you never really get away from it All. Here 1 can work in comparative  the Berlin artists program was instituted after the Wall went up in 1961 to safeguard the City s role As a world Cul Tural Center. Until 1966 it was heavily subsidized by the Ford foundation nowt la carried on by the City and Federal governments and directed by the Ger Man academic Exchange service Daad. One year fellowships Are extended to foreign Junior artists who have to apply for them while established senior artists selected by a Board get an invitation to come to West Berlin. Eligible though Are Only creative artists painters sculptors compos ers writers not performing artists like singers or actors. Rickey s fellow countrymen in the International artists in residence program in past years included composers Igo Stravinsky and Elliott Carter and writer Eric Bentley. Asked How he decided to pitch his tenting Berlin for a while Rickey smiled very simple. One Day i got an invitation in the mail and it was just too tempting to turn  stainless steel stilettos change patterns in slightest Breeze. Y my 968 the stars and stripes two views of Model of Slob sculpture Rickey will exhibit in Kassel this summer. Page 13