Changes at Circle City Industrial Complex include the closing of Wug Laku’s Studio & Garage and the opening of new spaces such as M10 Studio and Litmus Gallery.
via Last Fri at Wug’s, First Fri at M10 and Litmus.
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A few pictures from the recent First Friday Gallery Tour held Friday, November 6, 2009. Things were hopping at the Circle City Industrial Complex, where I share studio space with Wug Laku. It’s Wug’s name that is on the gallery, but we both put on a pretty good show for First Friday. In fact, I was quite happy that Wug’s own paintings were on the walls this month, as he typically shows works from other artists. I had a lot of new work to show, including the Jelly Roll series, so it was fun to see people’s reaction to those pieces as well as to Wug’s work.
And, as luck would have it, there was a lot to see in the building. Brilliant sculptor and painter Matt Davey was open for the first time since spring, Pilar Lopez from the Pastry Station served up her popular artisan pastries, Martha Nahrwald’s Five Seasons show with Bonnie Ramirez and Carolyn Mabry, Cadaverous Muse with Drew Cadaver and Jerod Kienitz, Dianbaar African fair trade goods from Kimberly Harwell, and Exodus Refugee Immigration Center with their fall open house featuring live music, food courtesy of Jeff Reuter of J.S. Reutz Cafe on 10th St. (inside the Boner Center), we had it going on! Enjoy the photos. As always, your comments are appreciated!
If you missed the show, you are still in luck. Open hours are Fridays and Saturdays from 12:30pm – 3:30pm. Show hangs through November.
I love round things, and rings, scrolls, spirals and circles show up in my jewelry often. Lately though, I got inspired to create even more – in two different ways in a very short time span.
First was Lydia’s Fire, inspired by the work of artist Lydia Burris, who happens to be showing her work in my partner’s gallery (wUG LAKU’S STUDIO & gARAGE). I was at the bench while she and her boyfriend Dave were delivering her work to the studio. I sat there with triangle-shaped bar stock in my hand, ready to make it do something. I heard her voice and got images of her work going in my brain, and I started seeing all of these (you may have guessed it) spirals – spiral shapes are often suggested in her work. Very subtly, understated at times, but you can definitely follow them through many of her wonderful, dreamlike paintings. And it occurred to me that I’d like to incorporate that very fluid aspect of painting a spiral – only in metal. Heating it up multiple times and hammering away is the only way to achieve the tight curve I sought. The artist, Lydia, and the process, heating with fire, gave me the name for this series. Over the next 48 hours I created a pendant (shown), five pairs of earrings in three different styles, a hammered cuff bracelet, and a ring.
Then came Saturn. Or, the rings of Saturn. I had created a bracelet I called “Saturn” some time ago. It just sits there, I think, waiting for company. As I was working on some companion earrings and pendant based upon the Saturn designs, I set out all of the components on a tray together. All of a sudden I got the bright idea to sacrifice multiple pairs of earrings and pendants into one-grand-neckpiece. It reminded me of something I read about Willa Cather – a wonderful writer who often weaves minor – yet no less compelling – stories into her novels. She said she often sacrifices a very good story idea at the altar of the bigger story – to make them both better. Have a look and let me know if I’ve made the right decision. And please forgive my picture quality – simply snapshots.
This new work debuted yesterday, at the First Friday Gallery Walk opening at my studio. I’d like to know what you think of it! your comments are always appreciated.
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