Born April 11, 1950 in Hsin-Wu, Taiwan, Gaylord Ho spent most of his free time helping, along with his brother, with the chores of scratching out a living on a small rice farm in middle Taiwan. His parents were accepting & loving of their children & believed strongly in education. Gaylord was sent off to the public school system as soon as he was of age. After attending the local school system, Gaylord entered & graduated from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts. Gaylord was "called" and would not sway from his goal to be an artist. Gaylord graduated at the top of his class. His student sculptures won the National Sculpture Exhibition.

He traveled to Seto City, Japan, outside of Nagoya, and lived as an apprentice there during 1975 and again in 1977. The experience gave him sharpened sculpting skills and an in-depth knowledge of the techniques of porcelain and ceramic manufacturing. Back in Taiwan, he used these newly acquired skills to gain employment at a well-known porcelain factory. During this period in 1979, he and his life partner, Lucia, established the Nomiso Porcelain Design Center. In 1986 the name was changed to Gaylord Design Corporation. Gaylord Design is celebrating their 25th anniversary of business this year.

Gaylord particularly likes to sculpt with the morning light coming through the window at his back. It is his favorite time to create and complete the fine detail that he has become famous for producing. Over the years, Gaylord has enjoyed much commercial success. He has been nominated "Artist of the Year" many times by the collectibles industry. He has been honored by such groups as the National Association of Limited Edition Dealers for his award winning sculptures. He has won awards for his individual sculpts almost every year for the past 20 years. Gaylord spends a lot of his time teaching other sculptors & student sculptors about the fine points of his profession. He teaches students in Taiwan and in Shanghai, China.

Gaylord has just completed a new five-story design studio in Taiwan. It is his long dreamed of design center where he can bring together the many skills needed for accomplishing design jobs. He will teach sketch artists, painters and sculptors how to improve their skills. The main theme in all of his personal sculptures and in all of his teachings is "Emotion". How to show the emotion of a particular moment in time is his theme. He is a master at being able to translate these emotions into the body, pose and character of his sculptures. Gaylord Ho is a masterfully skillful sculptor and an inspired artist. His goal in every sculpture is to bring to life the emotion of the moment being frozen forever in clay.