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If metal, jewelry or metal jewelry is your thing, then feast your eyes on Sim Luttin’s sumptuous collection. Luttin has put her Masters in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design to good use – particularly with the Melancholy Series, which “poetically explores notions of beauty, nostalgia and passing time.”
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I’m running late this morning – the rain kept me awake last night – that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Kyle Fokken, who is fascinated with antique toys, has just the thing to wake me up. His brightly colored, distressed toy sculptures (all with working parts) speak to my playful side.
The kinetic sculptor’s small works, seen here, are his ‘bread and butter’. Made from repurposed materials, they keep him afloat financially so that he can work on the larger pieces that feed his soul. It’s a fact of life for many artists and I’ve heard several variations of this way of working from artists here in DC.
Train made from an old carved wooden shoe
Fokken often makes work in a series, explaining his logic this way:
“I refer to making pieces along a series akin to choking off the end of a garden hose in a manner that increases the force and direction of the stream. Series are a way of focusing the mind and the work.”
You can see many more of his small sculptures in this Facebook album.
Even more images – and an article about the artist - here.
Cruise around his site and the other links above – I’ve got to get ready to go to the Washington Glass Studio (see you soon guys).
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With an M.A. in Glass Design (Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea) and an M.F.A. in Studio Glass (School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL), Korean artist Hyunsung Cho set out to capture childhood memories of towering cityscapes in glass.
The Color Of The Sunset In The City, blown glass, enamel, metal
Powerlines, tall buildings, traffic lights and cars on busy city streets dominate the imagery he incorporates into colorful blown glass forms that are sometimes surprising and always interesting.
Midsummer Night, blown glass, enamel, 36″x 6″ x 6″
Daily Round, blown glass, enamel, wood, metal, 16″ x 8″ x 36″
University Street, blown glass, enamel, magnets, metal, 24″ x 5″ x 13″
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Saturday night, thanks to Margaret Boozer, I attended the Washington Project for the Arts Gala Auction. More than 100 artists donated artwork to this fundraiser for one of Washington’s premiere arts organization and the room was packed with hundreds of people viewing the art before bidding.
This untitled sculpture was one of the auction items.
Seductive, sensual, lovely form.
Among my favorite pieces in the auction (which consisted mostly of fine art) were Amy Chase’s ceramic sculptures. Chase constructs the forms by hand, pushing and pulling the walls to create a sense of volume.
Dissolution
“The surface consists of intricate patterns that are applied using precise slip and glazing techniques. These choices in pattern address personal experiences, while at the same time evoking the viewers’ own memories. The patterns I use are representations of familiar imagery found within my childhood.” Amy Chase
If you live in the DC area you will likely read about the event in the papers here, complete with the requisite pictures of attendees talking the talk about the amazing art that surrounded us.
These shoes walked the walk at the WPA Gala
The evening was clearly about the art on the walls, but I chose to focus my camera on the very thing that helped the attendees walk the walk. . . right to the bidding. Here are a few of my favorite images (best watched in full screen mode):
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