mid-winter gallery displays, part 2---

The American Gallery

This coming Saturday, 2 February, from noon til 3 pm (what could be easier!), the American Gallery will be having its 8th annual jewelry trunk show! (they also carry my pottery, pictured above)

Sale of Edith Franklin's final works, tools, memorabilia, and donations of other artists' works

Around three years ago, 2009, perhaps, Edith came out to my studio.  I had just been filming a video of my throwing on the wheel, and the camera was already set up. We decided, quite on the spur of the moment, to do a video, ourselves---and to talk about the beginnings of pottery:  How we would start a new student, what the importance of a pinch pot was, ------and so, without any further preparation, I set the camera, and started the process.  Here is Edith, so clearly herself, and so quintessentially Edith  (you really shouldn't eat that much!), while holding out a pinched pot the size of a hummingbird's nest.  I will always remember her.  Come to the sale of the last of her works, this Sunday,

• • Sunday
  • 1:00pm until 4:00pm

• The Secor Gallery, 425 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, OH 43604

• Celebrate the life of Edith Franklin and help support Edith's  life and work, and the Youth Arts Fund she created to ensure the promise of Toledo's young artists of the future. Join us as we celebrate at the Secor Gallery, 425 Jefferson Ave., Toledo on Sunday, November 11 from 1-4 p.m. Selected archival works by Edith and personal mementos will be sold at her request, along with other local artists' works donated in her honor. All event proceeds go to the Edith Franklin Youth Arts Fund at the Toledo Community Foundation. Donations to the fund may be made at the event or mailed to The Arts Commission (1838 Parkwood Ave., #120, Toledo, OH 43604). RSVP requested, 419-254-2787.

My work at the Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH

I have work at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, OH, http://ohiocraft.org/  and Ann Starr, in her recent blog, reviewed the work--here is the link for her blog!   http://starr-review.blogspot.com/

Waiting for the wax

Soon, I'll be setting up for the Art-O-Matic show in downtown Toledo--This year it's in an old building on Washington Street, right across from the 5/3 Mudhens Baseball Stadium!

"For three consecutive Saturdays in April, more than 300 Toledo-area artists will take over two vacant buildings in Downtown Toledo, transforming them into the largest, most comprehensive and eccentric multi-media galleries in Northwest Ohio. From beginners to seasoned professionals, Artomatic 419! offers a vast array of painting, sculpture, photography, dance, live music, performance art, theatre, one-of-a-kind installations, live art demonstrations and much, much more. See it. Believe it. This is Toledo's arts scene in action.

April 2nd, 9th & 16th, 2011, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

407 Washington & 25 S. St. Clair (across from 5/3 Field)
Downtown / Warehouse District, Toledo Ohio

Be sure to join us for the Artomatic 419! After Party at The Event Center,
23 N. Summit St. 9:30 - midnight, each Saturday"

FREE & Open to the Public www.artomatic419.org

Candleholders, tiles, mugs and bowls

       I'm doing the show with Margaret Mazur and Carol Lehmann, and we have, thanks to Margaret's adroit choice, a 6 foot long countertop.  Carol and I painted the underside on Sunday, and did a reality check  (Margaret had photographed it, and I had taken measurements, but it's always good to see it in person.)  I'm doing some tall candleholders to go on top of the counter---they're here, on the AV cart, fresh from the fired bisque kiln, waiting to be unloaded, waxed, dipped in water and then dipped in glaze.  The stacks of 6" tiles, next to the candleholders, are also waiting to be waxed and will go with me to Ann Arbor on Saturday for a Maiolica glaze class at the Ann Arbor Potters' Guild.