Gallery in the Loft on Camano Island presents “A Different Twist in Glass – Contemporary Marble Making,” a lecture and discussion by glass artist Steve Powers.
Powers will walk guests through the process of making a contemporary marble. Starting out with imported Italian glass rods and heat produced by an oxygen-propane torch, different colors are incorporated then twisted, and finally rounded into finished marbles of different sizes. Once annealed for many hours in a hot kiln, the pieces are cooled down slowly which releases any stress in the glass so it will not fracture.
Powers’ styles range from simple solids to magnificent dichroic and goldstone combinations. Glass collectors are invited to attend and consider adding marbles to their collections, while die-hard marble collectors can come learn more about Powers’ one-of-a-kind creations.
The event starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Gallery in the Loft, 848 N. Sunrise Blvd (Terry’s Corner), Camano Island. For more information go to www.galleryintheloft.com. Space is limited so RSVP to Doris Platis at 360-631-0688 or e-mail her at doris@galleryintheloft. com.
“A Celebration of Artists”: Art at Marymoor is this weekend in Redmond, providing an opportunity for the public to interact with more than 150 of the region’s finest and most creative artists and the chance to discover unusual handcrafted artwork to satisfy a wide variety of tastes and budgets.
Mediums include basketry, ceramics, clay, dolls, fiber-fashion, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, painting, paper, photography, printmaking and wood.
Featured artist Birgit Moenig of Everett has made a name for herself by creating hand-dyed silk scarves that she emphasizes as “everyday, wearable art.” Because most dye available in the United States is made using some type of toxin, Moenig gets her non-toxic, water-based dye mostly from her home country of Germany.
Art at Marymoor runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Marymoor Park, 6046 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway NE, Redmond. Admission is free. For more information: 206-525-5926, www.nwcraftsalliance. com.
“Henry Darger: Highlights from the American Folk Art Museum”: Henry Darger (1892-1973) was a self-taught reclusive artist who created and inhabited an imaginary world through extensive writings, paintings and drawings. After Darger’s death, his Chicago neighbor and landlord discovered and made public Darger’s previously unknown volume of work.
The solitary artist left behind several diaries and manuscripts including a six-part weather journal, an autobiography in eight volumes, and his 15,000-page illustrated epic, “The Story of the Vivian Girls,” in what is known as “In the Realms of the Unreal.”
Accompanied by watercolor paintings and collages, the novel focuses on a band of girls’ heroic efforts to free enslaved children held captive by an army of adults. The novel and its illustrations are whimsical and sinister in their depiction of war and peace and good vs. evil.
Drawn from the American Folk Art Museum’s Henry Darger Collection, a traveling exhibition opening Saturday at the Frye includes 20 paintings, drawings and tracings by the artist, source materials -including newspaper clippings, magazines, comic books, cartoons and coloring books -and Darger’s personal documents and other ephemera. One bound volume of the original typewritten manuscript for “In the Realms of the Unreal” will also be exhibited.
The exhibit runs through Oct. 29 at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle.
A documentary of Darger’s work, “In the Realms of the Unreal,” will be shown at the Frye in the fall.
“Summer Introductions 2006”: The Seattle Art Museum’s annual Summer Introductions show presents eight artists who are new to the Rental-Sales Gallery. This year, visitors to the gallery will see works by Thomas Anderson, Stacie Chappell, Kinga Czerska, John Dempcy, Bryan Smith, Cheryl Gail Toh, Andrea Voinot and others.
Hours for the show are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays through Sept. 2 at the Rental-Sales Gallery, Seattle Tower, 1220 Third Ave., Seattle. For information call 206-343-1101.
Glass artist Steve Powers at work and several examples of his vibrant glass marbles.
A colorful, double-layered hand-dyed pleated chiffon silk scarf made by Everett artist Birgit Moenig.
A detail from one of Henry Darger’s drawings.
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