The Edmonds Arts Commission presents an exhibit featuring sterling silver jewelry by Patty Cokus and blown and fused glass by Sean Albert in its Display Case at the Frances Anderson Center through March 30.
Patty Cokus, originally from New York state, received a BFA in small metals from the Massachusetts College of Art, and then moved to Seattle. Her work is inspired by the world around her — both natural and man-made (especially bridges). As a child she was fascinated by the collapsible plastic cup her mother kept in her purse. The cup’s ability to expand and collapse was due to its assembly of “frusta-truncated” cones, nested into each other but capped at the narrow end to prevent them from falling apart. The pieces in this exhibit are from the Articulated Frusta series which explores this construction technique for wearable objects in metal that shift and change shape with the wearer’s movements. Cokus is an active member of the Seattle Metals Guild and currently head of Public Relations for the 8th annual Northwest Jewelry/ Metals Symposium.
Sean Albert is also from the East coast and received a BFA in glass from the Massachusetts College of Art. He has studied at Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts with a number of established glass artists. Since moving to Seattle he has worked as a freelance glass blower and is currently a faculty member at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle. He has become fascinated with the delicate, yet direct relationship that colors have to the forms they encompass. His new series titled “Concept: Subtle” utilizes a simple, clean and non-obtrusive form as a canvas on which he highlights the fine differences in value between two or more similar colors. The exhibit includes both blown glass using the Encalmo process and fused (sheet) glass work.
The city of Edmonds Arts Commission Display Case is located near the main entrance of the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main Street in Edmonds, which is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For further information, call 425-771-0228.
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