Molly Hueffed: See Molly’s beautiful ceramics–and work from many other ceramicists–at the Jefferson Community Center Ceramics Sale, 1600 South Dakota Street, Seattle (on the east edge of Jefferson Park) at Friday’s preview sale, 5-8:30pm, and on Saturday, 10am-4pm.

Molly is also part of Seward Park Clay Studio Holiday Show, starting with a preview on Friday, 6:30-9:30pm ($10 suggested donation) and continuing through December 24. (Hours: Monday – Friday, noon-7pm; Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm. Free entry.)

Head to the Phinney Neighborhood Association Winter Festival this weekend where both Christine Stoll Jewelry and Wish Poosh Designs will be Saturday & Sunday, 10am–5pm. Christine will bring her reinvented and repurposed vintage and found object jewelry, and Aiko and Poul will bring their collaborative work, as well as Aiko’s kiln-formed glass garden art, tableware, and home decor items, and Poul’s hand carved masks and bowls created from reclaimed woods and natural fibers. 

Tiarani Studio: In the Redmond Town Center Winter Market , look for Tia Samsi‘s elegant batik scarves and whimsical ceramics in the old Border’s space on the corner of 74th and 166th, Saturday & Sunday, 10am-6pm.

Steph Mader:  For a fun studio experience, check out the North End Arts Tour, Friday 4-9pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm. Tour six Seattle homes and studios, each location with multiple artists. Steph will be at Site #1, Seymour Stained Glass Studio, 5415 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle–just off Phinney by the Woodland Park Zoo. She’ll be showing her particle glass landscapes and also offering some great deals on her sgraffito glass!

Theresa Neinas: On Saturday from 2 to 9pm, printmaker Theresa is just one of many talented artists at the South Park Arts 10th Annual Art Under $100, to be held this year at its new location in the Seattle Design Center in Georgetown, 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle. Featuring artists representing a variety of media, along with art raffles, beer & wine, food trucks, live DJs, and the Makery.

Glass Elements: If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, be sure to visit Marja at the Triton Museum of Art‘s Holiday Gift Fair in Santa Clara on Friday, 5:30pm-9pm, and Saturday, 10am-5pm. On Sunday, 12-3pm, Marja will be at the AMS Arts & Crafts Fair in Albany, CA.

Whew! Where are you headed?

Stay tuned for more Flying House artists’ activities and holiday sales!

Head north to the Anacortes Arts Festival, Friday and Saturday, 10am-6pm, and Sunday, 10am-5pm. Marja of Glass Elements (Booth #405W) is back in town for this event! Aiko and Poul of Wish Poosh Designs (Booth #811W) will also be there. All three artists have been taking suggestions from customers and working on new designs, so be sure to take a look at their new creations.

On Friday evening from 6 to 9pm, Tiarani Samsi and Christine Stoll will both be part of  the August Issaquah Art Walk. Tia will be there with her original design batik scarves and whimsical ceramics, and Christine will be showing her latest repurposed and reinvented vintage jewelry. Find them both near the Issaquah Library at the corner of Front and Sunset.

In case you miss the Art Walk, Christine Stoll Jewelry will also be at Common Folk Co. Art in the Street, 325 Parkplace Center, Kirkland (next to Purple Cafe) on Saturday, 10am-6pm. Vintage enthusiasts will appreciate the selection of vintage dishes, silver plate, frames, linens, wall shelves, jewelry, and furniture.

I see many great artists and activities scheduled for these events, so I hope you can make it to at least one of them!

Anything else I should know about?

p.s. Just to add some other interest to this post, here is what I was listening to while I wrote it. Have you seen the film? Here’s more about the soundtrack, and here’s the trailer for the film. It’s a Jim Jarmusch film, so it’s not standard Hollywood fare. Jeff and I loved it.

Molly Hueffed: Want to see some artist studios and wonderful art, as well as take a nice drive in the country this weekend? Check out the Snoqualmie River Arts Tour, which includes Molly’s new pottery inspired by Aboriginal art. She will be at Cynthia Gerdes‘s studio, Fall City Wax Works, 35 292nd Ave NE, Fall City, from 10am to 6pm both Saturday and Sunday.  [Side note: Cynthia was featured in one of the Art & Sustainability shows I curated at Sightline Institute.]

Sweet Coconut Bakery: Hazel will be at the Fremont Fair again this year. Her booth will be located in south end of the Phinney Block, where she was last year. Saturday, 10am-8pm; Sunday, 11am-6pm.

In addition, this week Hazel officially announced her family’s move back to California later this summer:

“Later this summer, my family and I are moving back to California. There will be a short hiatus as we look for a commercial kitchen and obtain the necessary permits. Our target time for reopening is mid October. In the meantime, we are committed to vend at a few more festivals and fairs (http://www.sweetcoconutbakery.com/p/markets-and-shows.html). And we are taking online orders until July 10th. Thank you!”

Glass Elements: As you may know, Marja moved to California last year, so I hope this isn’t a trend! Seriously though, the Bay Area is fortunate to have both of them. Marja is keeping busy–this weekend she will be part of an SF Etsy Pop-Up Shop, 5-9pm on Friday, June 20, at West Elm in Emeryville at 5602 Bay Street.

Theresa Neinas: On Saturday only, Theresa will be the Fremont Fair as well–over at the Seattle Art Car Blowout with her “One Way” prints for sale at $20 each.

And here’s a reminder about the Redmond Saturday Market, Saturdays, 9am-3pm:  Marilyn Rank (By Marilyn handbags) and Tiarani Samsi (Tiarani Studio ceramics and batiks) are on this season’s list of vendors there. You can see weekly booth assignments here to see when they will be there.

Anything else I should know about?

Christine Stoll Jewelry: Christine will be debuting her newest line of jewelry (re:circuit) at Art on the Fly!, a dance and arts street fair on the Amazon campus in South Lake Union on Friday the 13th, 4:30-7:30pm, and on Saturday the 14th, 12-6pm. 

Glass Elements: If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, you will find Marja and her latest glass jewelry designs at the Novato Festival of Art, Wine, & Music on Saturday, 10am-7pm,  and Sunday, 10am- 6pm.

Heather Pasqualino: At the Kirkland Art Walk on Friday the 13th, 5-8pm, Heather will be demonstrating a new abstract oil painting, while showcasing smaller works, at Simplicity ABC, 107 Park Lane. Heather encourages you to bring your kids!

Heather also is a featured artist at Rocco’s (2228 Second Ave, Seattle), where she currently has ten of her abstracts on view through July 5th via representation by Ghost Gallery.

Sweet Coconut Bakery: Hazel will be at the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market with her signature cookies and candies, and probably a few new creations, this Saturday, 10am-2pm. It will be her last market appearance this season. (Stay tuned for festivals.)

Theresa Neinas: TONIGHT, Thursday, June 12, 6-9pm, block printmaker Theresa will be in TWO places for the West Seattle Art Walk:

West Seattle Cellars, 6026 California Ave SW, Seattle
[Here will be "loose prints at affordable prices."]
AND
Windermere, 4526 California Ave SW, Seattle
[Here will be her artwork that was awarded honorary mention in the West Seattle Garden Tour poster contest.]

Wish Poosh Designs: Aiko and Poul will be at the Edmonds Arts Festival with Poul’s hand carved masks and bowls created from reclaimed woods and natural fibers, along with Aiko’s kiln-formed glass garden art, tableware, and home decor items, as well as  their collaborative work. The festival runs Saturday, 10am-8pm, and Sunday, 10am-6pm.

And finally, do check out the Redmond Saturday Market, Saturdays, 9am-3pm:  Marilyn Rank (By Marilyn handbags) and Tiarani Samsi (Tiarani Studio ceramics and batiks) are on this season’s list of vendors there. You can see weekly booth assignments here to see when they will be there.

Whew! Anything else I should know about?

A number of Flying House artists will be in the June Issaquah Art Walk, the first of the season, continuing every first Friday of the month through September. As many of you know, there are plenty of restaurant choices in downtown Issaquah, and there will be live music to entertain as you visit each of the art venues between 6 and 9pm. More information about the Art Walks here.

Tiarani Samsi, who has been part of Flying House Art & Craft Sale since its beginning, will be at Painted Ladies Art Studio, 485 Front Street North (Mercantile Building), with both her elegant batik scarves and whimsical ceramics.

Christine Stoll, who first joined us last year, will have her fabulous reinvented and repurposed vintage and found object jewelry at So, There! Clever Handmade Gifts and More, 195 Front Street North (next to Art By Fire Glass Studios). Be sure to check out Christine’s upcoming schedule here.

Ellen Borison, talented figurist whom I featured in one of the Art & Sustainability shows I curated at Sightline Institute as well as had a few pieces (and some delicious plum jam!) at Flying House a few years ago, will be part of the Figure Art Show & Sale this weekend at artEAST. During Art Walk, Ellen and other artists will be drawing a costumed model  in the artEAST studio classroom. Selected drawings will be displayed as they are completed, and offered for sale.

It should be a wonderful night for an art walk, so enjoy!

This year artEAST, Issaquah’s wonderful local non-profit arts organization, encouraged collaboration on the artwork submitted for the 150 Feet of Art Auction, and I collaborated with two artists to ultimately create a total of three pieces.

Michelle Brode and I proceeded by passing  the requisite 12″ x 12″ canvas back and forth to complete it. I created the background with torn paper from a flower-arranging guide and a couple glazes of color, from which Michelle determined the subject, adding her own carefully cut shapes from a photocopy of an interesting map. On the next pass, we had a short discussion on possible ways to complete it. Responding to Michelle’s focal point, I then finished the piece by adding more color as well as the butterfly wings to tie the piece together. The clear gems and a final radiating layer of acrylic self-leveling gel added dimension, and we titled it “Preservation.” All bidding is online, and you can bid on it here.

Liz Ruest summed up our process in a blog entry on her site. (Take a minute to go read it, and then come back. There you can view our original pieces as well as our two final pieces—click on each image to see a larger version.) Back on this page, I have added a few more photos of the process. As you can see, we decided to use circles within our basic grid idea. You can bid on “Depends on the Month” here and on “Healthy Tension” here.

What fun! Each collaboration was a completely different process and learning experience. It’s fascinating to see how our different styles got combined, and yet you can see the influences on each final piece.

Five other past Flying House artists have artwork in the auction, all of them collaborations with other artists. Click on the name to go to their auction item: Sue Danielson, Molly Hueffed, Jamie McKay, Gretchen Van Dyke, and Rickie Wolfe.

The auction ends Saturday night, May 17, so if you can, be sure to go see the display in person at 95 Front Street North in downtown Issaquah and get your bids in! All proceeds benefit artEAST.