aka. Jerry Berta, The Rainbow Professor – United States
Jerry has an extensive ceramics background. He states: "Since the early 70’s, I have been made my living as a studio clay artist. I started with 'funky' clay cars and trucks. I moved on to porcelain room scenes and buildings, which led to creating my ceramic and neon diners. Now, I make Tiki Mugs, using my 50 years of experience of working with clay."
He was the head and chief designer of Max's South Seas Hideaway In-House Production/Ceramic Studio from @2021-2022 and worked closely with Gecko during the opening of Max's to set up in-house ceramics production of Gecko's designs.
As of 2024, Jerry is independently making his own tiki ceramics under the Bertiki label.