Wall "Teapots" at Caffe Vita in the Seward Park neighborhood, November, 2016. Three of these sold at the Seward Park Clay Studio Holiday Sale
"Ceci n'est pas une theiere (This is not a teapot)" This is a pot currently showing in the juried show, "Cut It Out" at Gallery One in Ellensberg, WA, opening March 4, 2016.
The show theme is 'Collage' - so I covered this hand-thrown teapot with cartoonish pictures and poems of the children's rhyme: "I'm a Little Teapot...." However, this piece is not functional, so is it a teapot?... it does have all the other properties of a teapot - spout, handle, lid. Its title is a reference to the Magritte painting of a pipe entitled "Ceci n'est pas une pipe (This is not a pipe)". |
Two-person (with Gretchen Siegrist) ceramic show and sale at Caffe Vita, 5028 Wilson Ave. So.
running Nov 1 - 30, 2015. http://www.caffevita.com/locations/wa/seward-park
I have ceramic tiles that are designed to be used as chalk boards, but are decorative on their own (based on paintings by Piet Mondrian, Joseph Albers, and Mark Rothko). Also coffee mugs with a chalk-friendly surface so you can vary your message to the world with your changing mood.
Gretchen has three large bowls (one shown below) and a multitude of small cups, all with a strong pro-environment message.
running Nov 1 - 30, 2015. http://www.caffevita.com/locations/wa/seward-park
I have ceramic tiles that are designed to be used as chalk boards, but are decorative on their own (based on paintings by Piet Mondrian, Joseph Albers, and Mark Rothko). Also coffee mugs with a chalk-friendly surface so you can vary your message to the world with your changing mood.
Gretchen has three large bowls (one shown below) and a multitude of small cups, all with a strong pro-environment message.
These three vases, titled "The Magi" were on view at BiLinear Art Gallery. Although they are not still on display, they are available for purchase thru the artist (me!).
Exciting news.....I had some pottery of mine accepted into the very competitive Artist Trust 2014 Fundraising Auction event. It is a family of large raku vases titled, "Three Graces." http://www.artisttrust.org/
Update - these sold!
Update - these sold!
Seward Park Clay Studio Holiday Show & Sale
With the closing of the Northwest Craft Center in the re-do of the Seattle Center, there is now no single location for Puget Sound residents to see a representative sample of the variety of ceramics being produced in this area. That is, except during the Thanksgiving - Christmas window of the annual Winter Holiday Sale at Seward Park Clay Studio (SPCS).
This working studio, usually the creative home for a score of resident artists plus 120+ students, transforms into a retail clay paradise, this year running from Dec 6 - Dec 24.
What is on view, and available for purchase, is not just the product of those professional and hobbyist potters currently associated with SPCS, but also art from an additional invited two-dozen local clay artists. These range from such luminaries in the field as Carol Gouthro, Ricky Silver, Tip Toland, and Sam Scott to local favorites including Damian Grava, Pat Colyar, Carol Ann Bauer, and Eric Newman.
Also impressive is the range of work: sculpture, majolica, functional stoneware, delicate porcelains, raku, wood-fire, wall hangings. Even if you aren't in the market for purchasing (and prices are remarkably affordable!), just surveying the range of expression in clay is worth a trip to this event.
A fundraising opening night party, with a suggested donation at the door of $10 occurs on Friday evening, Dec 6, from 6:30 - 9:30 pm. Attendance gets you first crack at the full shelves, plus a wide selection of finger foods and wine/beer.
The sale continues every day through Dec 24. M-F, noon - 7 pm and Sat/Sun from 10 - 6.
Join us in celebrating the diversity of Puget Sound ceramics!
Seward Park Clay Studio
5900 Lake Washington Blvd So
Seattle, WA 98118
206-722-6342 www.sewardparkart.org
With the closing of the Northwest Craft Center in the re-do of the Seattle Center, there is now no single location for Puget Sound residents to see a representative sample of the variety of ceramics being produced in this area. That is, except during the Thanksgiving - Christmas window of the annual Winter Holiday Sale at Seward Park Clay Studio (SPCS).
This working studio, usually the creative home for a score of resident artists plus 120+ students, transforms into a retail clay paradise, this year running from Dec 6 - Dec 24.
What is on view, and available for purchase, is not just the product of those professional and hobbyist potters currently associated with SPCS, but also art from an additional invited two-dozen local clay artists. These range from such luminaries in the field as Carol Gouthro, Ricky Silver, Tip Toland, and Sam Scott to local favorites including Damian Grava, Pat Colyar, Carol Ann Bauer, and Eric Newman.
Also impressive is the range of work: sculpture, majolica, functional stoneware, delicate porcelains, raku, wood-fire, wall hangings. Even if you aren't in the market for purchasing (and prices are remarkably affordable!), just surveying the range of expression in clay is worth a trip to this event.
A fundraising opening night party, with a suggested donation at the door of $10 occurs on Friday evening, Dec 6, from 6:30 - 9:30 pm. Attendance gets you first crack at the full shelves, plus a wide selection of finger foods and wine/beer.
The sale continues every day through Dec 24. M-F, noon - 7 pm and Sat/Sun from 10 - 6.
Join us in celebrating the diversity of Puget Sound ceramics!
Seward Park Clay Studio
5900 Lake Washington Blvd So
Seattle, WA 98118
206-722-6342 www.sewardparkart.org
Living in Port Townsend, WA for 7 weeks of rehearsal and performance of "Much Ado About Nothing" (see Acting News), I thought I might want to keep my pottery skills sharp. So I got in touch with Todd Stephens of Millbrook Pottery in nearby Chimacum, WA and we arranged a fee and time schedule whereby I could use his studio, clays, kiln, etc.
I made these mugs to sell at the performances, and will split the proceeds with the theatre. They are dishwasher and microwave safe, hold at least 16 oz, and cost only $28, including sales tax.
I made these mugs to sell at the performances, and will split the proceeds with the theatre. They are dishwasher and microwave safe, hold at least 16 oz, and cost only $28, including sales tax.