Creative Crafts Council 34th Exhibition Listing and Preview Images

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Creative Crafts Council

34th Biennial Exhibition

at the Mansion at Strathmore

May 9 - July 29, 2023

Listing and Preview Images

About the Creative Crafts Council

The Creative Crafts Council (CCC) is a non-profit umbrella organization of twelve crafts guilds that produces an Exhibition of fine crafts biennially and supports and promotes craft-making across Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Creative Craft Council 34th Exhibition in 2023 presented some of the region’s top work in wood, glass, clay, metal, fiber, and more. The CCC’s first exhibition was in 1954 and biennial exhibitions continue through today at the Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD.

Jurors for the 34th Exhibition

A panel of three outstanding crafts experts made selections for the Exhibition and awarded prizes. The experts were:

Jaimianne Jacobin, the Executive Director of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering American craft. Formerly, she was the Executive Officer for the Creative Crafts Council, Executive Director of the Shenandoah Arts Council, and owner of The Gray Gallery.

Lynda Smith-Bugge, a wood artist who reconstructs nature into evocative abstract sculptures that have been exhibited locally and internationally in the Arts-in-Embassy program; her commissions are in private residences, senior facilities, and hospitals. As Project Coordinator at the Zenith Community Arts Foundation, she directs a Mobile Woodshop program preparing young unemployed DC residents for jobs in the building trades.

April Wood, a metalsmith, sculptor, and jeweler based in Baltimore, MD. She is a co-founder of the community arts education space the Baltimore Jewelry Center and has taught extensively at craft schools and universities around the country.

The Creative Crafts Council member guilds Capital Area Woodturners   Fiber Art Study Group

Guild of Book Workers, Potomac Chapter

Kiln Club

Montgomery County Woodturners

Montgomery Potters

National Capital Art Glass Guild

National Enamelist Guild

Potomac Fiber Arts Guild

Washington Ceramic Guild

Washington Guild of Goldsmiths

Washington Woodworkers Guild

This listing with images and prices of all artworks from the 2023 Creative Crafts Council’s 34th Exhibition is organized by jewelry and by type of media for non-jewelry items and artists’ last names.

Catalog design by Shirley Gromen

Cover artwork by Margaret Polcawich

www.creativecraftscouncil.org

email: CreativeCraftsCouncil@gmail.com

34th Biennial Creative Crafts Council Exhibition Awards, 2023

BEST IN SHOW

Paul Swartwood

Drifter Glasses

BOOK ARTS

Guild of Book Workers Potomac Chapter

Excellence in Book Arts Award

Matt Leedham

Long Days/Long Nights

CERAMIC

Creative Crafts Council

1st place in Ceramic

Clarissa Yeap

Snow

Creative Crafts Council

2nd place in Ceramic

Nada Romanos Abizaid

Forest

Washington Ceramic Guild

Excellence in Ceramic Award

Christine Goh

Harmony

Montgomery Potters

Excellence in Ceramic Award

Polina Miller

Art Deco Vase

Kiln Club

Excellence in Wheel Throwing Award

Eunkyung Han

Moon Jar in Blue

Kiln Club

Excellence in Hand Building Award

Lisa Battle Contours

FIBER

Creative Crafts Council

1st Place in Fiber

Hillary L. Steel

Sheltered

Creative Crafts Council

2nd Place in Fiber

Karen Schulz

A Thousand Day, A Thousand Nights

Potomac Fiber Arts Guild

Excellence in Fiber Award

Susan J Lapham

Bidonville 1

Fiber Arts Study Group

Excellence in Craftsmanship Award

Saaraliisa Ylitalo

Flooding In

Fiber Arts Study Group

Innovative Use of Materials Award

Hillary L. Steel

Losses

GLASS

Creative Crafts Council

1st Place in Glass

Paul Swartwood

Drifter at Dusk 4/8

Creative Crafts Council

2nd Place in Glass

Gayla Lee

Pentagon Study No.3

Creative Crafts Council Glass

Honorable Mention in Glass

Karen E. Werth

Diminishing Returns

National Capital Art Glass Guild

Excellence in Glass Award

Matthew Fuchs

Brio

The Weisser Glass Studio

Kiln-Glass Exploration Award

Sheila Rosa

My Choice!

JEWELRY

Creative Crafts Council

1st Place in Jewelry

Anna NavaLiess

The S Ring

Creative Crafts Council 2nd Place in Jewelry

Jody Sachs

Swans in the Forest

Washington Guild of Goldsmiths

Excellence in Jewelry Award

Nadia Hewchuck

Hammer Brooch

Washington Guild of Goldsmiths

Innovation in Jewelry Award

Jowita Allen

Blue Wreath

National Enamelist Guild

Excellence in Enamel Award

Nan Lopata

Kelp Brooch

METAL

Creative Crafts Council

1st Place in Metal

Dan Houston

Ferroglyphs Two Together

MIXED MEDIA

Creative Crafts Council

1st Place in Mixed Media

Ruth Becker

Indigo Waves

Creative Crafts Council

2nd Place in Mixed Media

Linda Colsh

Par Hasard

WOOD

Creative Crafts Council

1st Place in Wood

David Knopp

Chrysalis

Creative Crafts Council

2nd Place in Wood

Michael Jury

Asa-no-ha Hall Table

Montgomery and Capital Area Woodturners in honor of Phil Brown Award

Dick Ratcliff

Jax

Jurors’ Choice Award

Patricia de Poel Wilberg

Le Linge

Jurors’ Choice Award

Ian Zipfel

Charged with Heresy

Juror’s Choice Award

Margaret Polcawich

Para Vessel

People’s Choice Award

Decided at end of July by counting votes from visitors

JEWELRY

Jowita Allen

Blue Wreath, 2023

100mm x 100mm x 20mm

Blue Wreath bracelet was created from a plastic water bottle and sterling silver.

$370

Jowita Allen

Eternal Flower, 2022

68mm x 70mm x 18mm

Eternal Flower pendant made out of recycled plastic, silver and amethyst beads.

$350

Elisabeth Arzt

Cicada Pendant, 2022

63mm x 38mm x 13mm

Made from sterling cutlery and wood scraps, this pendant is a reminder that beauty is in all scraps.

$650

Elisabeth Arzt

Rectangular Signet Ring, 2021

76.2mm x 38.1mm x 38.1mm

Wood burl is sourced a fallen tree from my childhood farm and is processed and milled by the artist.

$210

Natalie Barat

Rain Drops, 2021

68mm x 13mm x 8.5mm

Pink lady is what I refer to this pink tourmaline & 18k gold necklace, but her name is Rain Drops.

$1,850

Lucy Louise Derickson

Potato Root Ring 1, 2022

20mm x 13mm x 30mm

Sterling Silver (Fairmined).

Cast. The ring form was a vintage wax model. Roots cast from life.

$280

Lucy Louise Derickson

Potato Root Ring 3, 2022

25mm x 13mm x 25mm

Sterling Silver (Fairmined). Cast. The ring form was a vintage wax model. Roots cast from life.

$250

Dale L Feuer

Sedona Cliffs, 2023 6.5 in More than 2,700 beads and 50 feet of beading thread went into this brick and turquoise cuff.

$240

Holly Hague

Enamel Cuff Links, 2023 21mm x 16mm x 16mm Blue and black geometric champleve enamel cuff links with 1.7mm diamonds in 10K gold.

$1,800

Holly Hague

The Danica, 2022

17mm x 22mm x 24mm

An Art Deco fountain inspired this ring design, a scaffold for playing with luscious, vibrant colors.

$2,850

Nadia Hewchuck

Hammer Brooch, 2022

50mm x 75mm x 7mm

A geometric arrangement of hammers pays tribute to this favorite tool

$450

Nadia Hewchuck

MC Hammers, 2022

25mm x 20mm x 15mm

Created from wax molds and casted into silver, this ring is an ode to the hammer

$350

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Nadia Hewchuck

We The People, 2022

101mm x 101mm x 13mm

Fabricated medallion that serves to remind us of the importance of equality

$850

Alice Kresse

Biomorph Earrings, 2022

75mm x 30mm x 30mm

Sterling silver and hand printed paper earrings

$175

Alice Kresse

Printmaker’s Necklace, 2022

135mm x 480mm x 15mm

‘Washable’ paper printed on an etching press with archival inks; stainless steel, silver, glassbeads

$180

Nan Lopata Kelp Brooch

2020

30mm x 50mm x 15mm

The brooch imagery was inspired by water flora I sketched on a walk by the Scuppernong River.

$250

Anna Nava-Liess

Groovy, 2022

30.48mm x 19mm x 58.42mm

1970s-inspired miniature sculpture, Groovy statement ring.

$6,000

Anna Nava-Liess

Sidewalk Flower, 2022

26.6mm x 24.07mm x 61.8mm

A finger ring AND a miniature sculpture? Yes and Yes.

$5,500

Anna Nava-Liess

The S Ring, 2022

27mm x 21mm x 58mm

It’s a mini stiletto shoe sculpture. No, it’s a ring. It’s Stiletto Shoe Ring/Sculpture!

$5,500

Jenny Peng

Calypso, 2023

630mm x 43mm x 4mm

Pendant can be worn front or back, on adjustable, natural silk cord.

$450

Jody Sachs

Swans in the Forest, 2021

2.5”

Swan-lake inspired, sterling silver, die-struck, forged, carved, patinated earrings

$850

Jody Sachs

Twined-Leaf Forest Cuff, 2022

1.5”

Botanical inspired plated bronze cuff

$855

Carol Samour

Eating Escargot, 2023

495.3m

Lovely example of what can be done with Venetian glass beads in a contemporary style necklace.

$450

Gladys Seaward

Coastal Visions, 2021

431.8mm x 101.6mm x 12.7mm

The beach inspired my necklace which reminds me of the items deposited on the coast; peyote stitch.

$550

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Laura Summer

Scrunchy, 2022

520mm x 25mm x 25mm

Necklace of scrunchy little polymer clay sculptures, black and ecru with a dramatic splash of coral

$225

BOOK ARTS

Paige Billin-Frye

Botanical Wonders, 2023

11” x 6” x 1”

A handmade book celebrating changing the color of blue cyanotypes using botanical matter.

$700

Matt Leedham

Long Days / Long Nights, 2022

17” x 63” x 2”

Long Days / Long Nights conveys the feelings many of us had as the days wore on during the pandemic.

$875

Kanika Sircar

Pacific: Parts Unknown, 2022

6.5” x 24” x 0.025”

Artist’s book, fired porcelain tiles and paper. 18th century maps of S. Pacific. Rachel Carson quote

$350

CERAMICS

Nada Romanos Abizaid Forest, 2021

21” x 12” x 9”

Hand built stoneware sculptural form.

$1,350

Nada Romanos Abizaid

Rhythm, 2022

21” x 14” x 10”

Nature inspired hand built wood fired stoneware sculptural form.

$2,500

Elka Adamowicz

Waves, 2022

8.5” x 4.5” x 3”

Ceramic jar/box with wave design

$150

Lisa Battle

Contours

2020

60” x 16” x 3”

Contours explores the beauty in patterns of erosion when earth and stone are exposed to the elements

$1,500

Lisa Battle

Ritual II, 2019

33” x 16” x 12”

Ritual II is inspired by the dance of flame, calling to mind the fire in a sacred ceremony

$4,000

Charles Berk

Heaven Above and Below, 2022

10” x 7” x 7”

This piece seeks harmony in the heavens and on earth. It’s tipped top evokes a house of worship.

$325

Charles Berk

Summer Heat, 2022

12” x 11” x 11”

I see and feel summer sun and heat at times while working in the studio. This is the result.

$475

Shannon Brownlee

Frogs at the Sepulcher, 2022

9” x 9” x 9”

This urn was part of a series funerary vessels I made after my parents died.

$240

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Ana Cavalcanti

Forest, 2023

7.5” x 5” x 5”

Lided jar thrown on a wheel as one piece. The lid is detached from the pot later during trimming.

$585

Ana Cavalcanti

Moringa, 2023

7.5” x 5.5” x 5.5”

This form reminds me of a moringa, a vessel used in Brazil to conserve water fresh all the time.

$585

Cynthia Deitch

Faceted Jar

2020

7” x 4” x 4”

Inspired by stained glass windows.

$90

Laura Fall

Beehive Highway, 2023

22.5” x 7” x 5.75”

Beehive highway stoneware lamp

$365

Marilyn Feldman

Colossus of Roads, 2022

8” x 13” x 3”

Oval modified shape, decorative elements added to perimeter. Colossus of Rhodes image.

$200

Christine Goh

Harmony, 2022

2.5” x 12.5” x 12.5”

Harmony, stoneware platter, hand painted budding flowers in a harmonious flow symbolizing renewal.

$200

Janet Gohres

Crows in a Rocky Landscape, 2023

8” x 8” x 8”

Two Crows on rocky bases. Handbuilt and carved stoneware fired to cone 6 in oxidation.

$710

Tracie Griffith Tso

Year of the Rabbit Butter Dish, 2023

4.5” x 7” x 4”

Hand painted Year of the Rabbit butter dish with longevity bamboo and blossoms welcomes 2023.

$550

Eunkyung Han

Moon Jar in Blue, 2022

5.75” x 5.5” x 5.5”

Moon jar is soda fired and has two tone matte gradation and small beautiful sparkles.

$250

Dee Harris

Solo Tumbler, 2023

6” x 4” x 4”

A hand-thrown porcelain tumbler, with fine sgraffito carving and slip trailing on black underglaze.

$155

Greg Holmes

Copper 5-Tube Finial Chatsubo Lidded Jar, 2022

7” x 7” x 6

Wood-fire”d concave/convex ceramic lidded jar with a unique, soldered 5 coppertube finial and lid.

$475

Nancy Jakubowski

Ruffled Feathers, 2022

12” x 6” x 7”

A wood fired sculpture of the beautiful complexity of a barn owl’s feathers and penetrating stare

$3,200

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Peter Kosa

Message from the Sea, 2022

9” x 4” x 4”

Stoneware with slip decoration, fired to cone 10 in soda kiln.

$140

Lisa Kowalewski

Mackerel Mantle Vase, 2023

7” x 10” x 3”

Porcelain mantle vase with hand painted mackerel fish. Slab construction. Fired to cone 6.

$185

Lisa Kowalewski

Three Bird Vase, 2023

8” x 6” x 3”

Victorian style porcelain vase, hand built slab construction. Underglaze painting of three birds.

$185

Lisa Kowalewski

Three Fish Vase, 2023

8” x 4” x 2”

Victorian style hand built porcelain vase. Slab construction with three hand painted fish.

$165

Lisa Kowalewski

Victorian Insect Mantle Vase, 2023

6” x 8” x 2

Victorian style porcelain mantle vase with hand painted insects. Hand rolled slab construction.

$150

Marsha Lederman

Life in the Grasses, 2022

6” x 4” x 3”

I am continually inspired by the small creatures in nature, as well as the wind in the tall grasses

$340

Katie Maciocha

Kiss the Sky, 2023

6” x 10” x 10”

Pedestal Bowl. Glazed using tape-resist and fired in cone 6 oxidation.

$275

Katie Maciocha

Midnight Blues, 2023

6” x 5” x 5”

Ceramic Vessel. Glazed and fired in cone 6 oxidation.

$210

Katie Maciocha

Tomorrow Was Great, 2023

7” x 5” x 5”

Ceramic Vessel. Glazed and fired in cone 6 oxidation.

$265

Polina Miller

Art Deco Vase, 2023

10” x 7” x 4”

Tulip-shaped vase is inspired by Art Deco designs with its geometric lines and aerodynamic curves

$160

Polina Miller

Banded Agate Bowl, 2023

4.5” x 16” x 15.5”

Organically-shaped decorative bowl, inspired by the alternating layers of banded agate.

$250

Maddox Lynne Palmer

Blue Rabbit Jar, 2022

14” x 8” x 10”

A sculptural jar in the silhouette of a blue rabbit. Made using a white stoneware clay.

$1,200

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Cathie Polak

Cobalt Blue, 2022

7” x 5” x 5”

Cobalt blue porcelain sculpture

$225

Michael Poness

Displacement Vessel IV, 2021

11” x 8” x 3”

One of a series of wheel thrown and altered ceramic vessels

$750

Michael Poness

Displacement Vessel V, 2021

14” x 11” x 5”

Wheel thrown and altered stoneware clay fired in soda kiln to cone 10

$1,200

Phyllis J Roderer

Broken Branch, 2022

12” x 4” x 7”

Horsehair Raku lidded vessel with driftwood finial.

$600

Kit Ruseau

Kiss, 2021

11” x 8” x 5.5”

Handbuilt ceramic vessel covered with a refined liquid clay and fired in a wood/soda kiln.

$500

Catherine Satterlee

Cachepot VI, 2022

9.5” x 8.5” x 5.25”

The inspiration for the pattern was the backsides of emergency vehicles parked on 23rd St in DC!

$700

Loren Scherbak

Leaf Sketches, 2022

8” x 17” x 1”

Pair of wall plates with oak and maple leaf impressions. Woodfired for three days.

$300

Marsha Slater

Sail Away Storybox, 2022

10” x 3” x 3”

Porcelain storybox with ‘day’ and ‘night’ scenes inspired by Japanese woodblock prints.

$200

Dominicus So

Caribbean Breeze, 2022

5” x 14” x 14

Thrown, altered, carved; brown stoneware; mishima yellow slip, blue glazes, soda-fired, cone 10.

$550

Dominicus So

Planet Earth, 2022

7” x 4” x 4”

Brown stoneware; thrown; yellow slip; sprayed with blue & white glaze layers, soda-fired to cone 10.

$250

Lorene Slater Steinberg

Bowl in Turquoise and Gold, 2022

2” x 8” x 2”

Hand-painted wheel-thrown stoneware bowl

$375

Lorene Slater Steinberg

Center Star Bowl, 2021

3” x 7” at rim” x 3”

Hand-painted wheel-thrown stoneware bowl.

$400

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Bikki Nguyen Stricker

Tuscany, 2022

7” x 5” x 5”

Wheel thrown crystalline vase

$250

Okcha TeSelle

Mother, 2022

23” x 11” x 8.5”

The “Mother” is, as name sake, is a representation of mother, the queen.

$1,600

Clarissa Yeap

Snow, 2022

16” x 12” x 12”

Snow is a rabbit, snug in its winter coat, popping its head to see if spring is near.

$350

Robin D. Ziek

My Special-Tea, 2021

6” x 13” x 6”

How to make tea drinking special? With thoughtful tea service and time to enjoy it.

$225

Bonnie Zuckerman

Fish and Songbirds Vase, 2021

7” x 6” x 6”

This piece was inspired some of my favorite flora and fauna, as well as Tuscan landscapes.

$695

Bonnie Zuckerman

Ginkgo and Red Berries plate, 2022

8” x 8” x 1”

This piece was inspired by a visit to the Ginkgo Grove at the VA State Arboretum.

$395

FIBER

Janet Thomas Barnard

Stairways, 2022

22” x 15” x 1”

The difficulties of people who cannot manage stairs is reflected here.

$300

Kendra Biddick

Survivor, 2022

35” x 40” x 0.5”

Cut fabric restitched in black reflects emotional and physical wounds and scars we all carry.

$1,960

Helen Blumen

Drawing Lessons, 2020

36” x 12” x 0”

This quilt is based on my sketchbook from a beginning drawing class at Montgomery College.

$200

Holly Cole

The Beating of Wings, 2021

43” x 57” x 0.3”

I wanted to capture the cross-currents of emotion in the swarming of a flock of disappearing birds.

$1,200

Linda Colsh

Elsewhere, 2021

58” x 72” x 1”

Like people disappearing during the pandemic, the lone woman vanishes into the fog.

$12,600

Linda Colsh

Wander, 2021

58” x 48” x 1”

The introspection of thinkers forms islands of thought amid background noise as minds wander.

$8,400

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Eileen Doughty

E Pluribus Unum, 2022

28” x 42” x 1”

The concept of unity, the core of our national identity, which we still strive towards

$700

Barbara Eisenstein

Hawaiian Flora, 2022

34” x 23” x 0”

The image comes from photographs taken on a family trip to Hawaii in June, 2022.

$725

Ruth Gowell

Series II, #7, 2022, 2023

15” x 17” x 2”

Woven hand-dyed rayon wall

hanging

$750

Cindy Grisdela

Balance, 2021

20” x 20” x 2”

Contemporary quilt for the wall

$750

Cindy Grisdela

Unfurling, 2022

20” x 16” x 2”

Contemporary quilt for the wall

$525 Clover L Kemp

Indigo Shibori Collage, 2022

45” x 38” x 0.5”

Shibori, Fabric collage

$750

Susan J Lapham

Bidonville 1, 2021

61” x 40” x 1”

Improvisational

$4,800

Susan J Lapham

Bidonville 2, 2021

61” x 41” x 1”

Picture the creativity of those who navigate the complex network of alleys by donkey.

$4,800

Heather Larsen

Caprice, 2019

24” x 18” x 1”

The inspiration for this tapestry was my beautiful friend and coworker, Caprice.

$4,000

Debra M. Lee

We Are Individuals, Not Stereotypes, 2021

5” x 5” x 1”

Hand-stitched and appliqued embroidery of two opposing Asian stereotypes that recur in U.S. history.

$250

Debra M. Lee

Why Perpetual Foreigners?, 2022

6” x 6” x 1”

Hand-stitched embroidery questions why Asian Americans continue to be treated as foreigners.

$300

Verena Levine

Migration, 2019

35” x 42” x 0.5”

Migration. Snow geese fly day and night migration in huge flocks

$800

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Verena Levine

Moth, 2019

24” x 18” x 0.5

Moth are just ”as varied and beautiful as butterflies.

$500

Maureen Melville Carnival, 2023

52” x 56” x 0.25”

Pieced quilt

$1,600

Myania Moses Step Out of Line, 2022

36” x 36” x 1”

Silk screened on fabric, one in a series using the human figure as a source of inspiration.

$3,000

Dominie Nash Big Leaf 45, 2021

31” x 30” x 0”

Impressionistic fabric collage of prints of large leaves

$2,000

Karen Schulz

A Thousand Days, A Thousand Nights, Floating in a Sea of Time, 2020

68” x 73” x 0

The pandemic distorted our sense of time. This piece was completed in early 2020.

$9,000

Karen Schulz

Read the Tea Leaves, 2022

27” x 18” x 0”

Pay Attention! The Seas are Rising!

$900

Joni Seidenstein

Nitty Gritty City, 2021

63” x 49” x 1”

Inspired by a dream to weave the 2 central fabrics, I attempted to appease it and made this.

$1,195

Hillary L. Steel

Losses, 2021

72” x 21” x 6”

Losses - a statement about senseless gun violence in America and especially its impact on children.

$15,000

Hillary L. Steel Sheltered, 2020

54” x 45” x 4”

My work addresses global, national, and local concerns such as migration and displacement.

$15,000

Dianne Miller Wolman Study in Stitches, 2020

12” x 12” x 1”

The red, white and blue show the effect of increasing the thickness of threads and blending colors.

$600

Saaraliisa Ylitalo Flooding In, 2022

54” x 16” x 2”

Indigo dyed paper threads, hand netted and knotted

$1,500

GLASS

Varda Avnisan

Green Planet Art Glass

Sculpture, 2021

19” x 16.5” x 4”

Blue and green glass mingle in this kiln-formed art glass sculpture inspired by our planet.

$1,450

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Michaela Borghese

Romance in Pink, 2022

10” x 7” x 7”

I like the movement of colors in this piece.

$575 Michaela Borghese

White Lace on Cool Folds, 2023

3” x 15” x 11”

Cool folds comes from looking into frozen water and the lace are memories of my mother.

$925

Anne Clark

Forest Pool Bowl, 2023

10” x 10” x 2”

A layer of clear glass and penwork add depth and detail to the sparkling scene in dichroic glass.

$300

Matthew Fuchs

Brio, 2022

14” x 14” x 3”

Large fused-glass square dish with geometric pattern

$1,500

Matthew Fuchs

Céleste, 2023

10” x 10” x 5”

Multicolor, geometric fusedglass bowl

$350

Mark Hill

Lumen 06 2022, 2022

6” x 10” x 10”

Blown, sandblasted, and fire polished glass

$1,080

Mark Hill

Ravenna 03 2022, 2022

3” x 10.5” x 10.5”

Fused, blown, sandblasted, and fire polished glass

$1,440 Amie Hoeber

Orange Swirl, 2022

7” x 8” x 8”

Squat blown glass vase with white interior and orange swirls enhancing the shape.

$300

Amie Hoeber

Red Swirl, 2023

6” x 8” x 8”

Squat blown glass vase with white interior and bright red swirls enhancing the shape.

$300

Allan Jaworski

Blue Green Spiral Vase, 2022

11” x 5” x 5”

Blown glass rollup vase with transparent strips of color twisted into a spiral

$450

Allan Jaworski

Flat Ribbon Vase, 2020

9” x 8” x 3”

Purple blown rollup vase

$450

Andrew Lang

Heart of the Comet, 2022

7” x 7” x 7”

Dichroic glass similar to this piece can only be seen in a couple of municipal museums, none in DC.

$1,350

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Gayla Lee

Blue Dodecahedron, 2022

8” x 8” x 8”

This sculpture is made from 12 kiln-formed glass faces, soldered together to form a dodecahedron.

$425

Gayla Lee

Pentagon Study No. 2, 2022

12” x 12” x 1”

Kiln-formed glass panel depicting a ruler and compass pentagon construction.

$225

Gayla Lee

Pentagon Study No. 3, 2022

12” x 12” x 1”

Kiln-formed glass panel depicting a ruler and compass pentagon construction.

$225

Gayla Lee

Pink Dodecahedron, 2022

12” x 12” x 12”

12 kiln-formed glass faces are soldered together to form this dodecahedron sculpture

$950.

Michelle Rial Arise, 2022

11” x 15” x 1”

Layered powdered fusing glass form a water lily base with varying patterns and textures.

$1,290

Rachael Rice

Fall in the Forest, 2019

25.25” x 19” x 1.5”

Stained glass mosaic wall hanging

$2,000

Sheila Rosa

My Choice!, 2023

8” x 8” x 0.05”

With politicians deciding what a women can and can’t do with our bodies, women feel like drowning.

$250

Michele Rubin

Sheltering 2020

10” x 8” x 8”

Represents the illusion of finding total shelter, as shelter is porous as revealed by the portals.

$950

Sherry G Selevan

Cattywampus, 2023

6” x 10” x 7”

This piece is neither straight nor symmetrical . . .cattywampus!

$650

Sherry G Selevan

Wings, 2023

12” x 12” x 8”

Chemistry and heat create this wonder texture.

$450

April G Shelford

Gravity’s Loom, 2022

13” x 6” x 5”

Exploring the possibilities of a new shape and negative space

$450

Becky L. Snider

Emergence #1, 2022

13” x 16” x 2”

An abstract representation of a microscopic view of plants & organisms in the natural world.

$850

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Becky L. Snider

Line Dance, 2021

8” x 12” x 1”

Whimsical abstract figures made with pattern bars are surrounded with strips of sheet glass.

$350

Paul Swartwood Drifter at Dusk 4/8, 2022

12” x 8” x 8”

Blown glass sculpture representing a single cloud absorbing light from dusk.

$1,150

Paul Swartwood Drifter at Dusk 5/8, 2022

13” x 12” x 12”

Blown glass sculpture representing a single cloud absorbing light from dusk

$1,150

Paul Swartwood Drifter Glasses, 2022

8” x 4” x 4”

Drifter Glasses by Paul Swartwood

$860

Paul Swartwood

Toadstool, 2023

20” x 16” x 16”

Naturally colored Toadstool table lamp, using a variety of glass blowing and sculpting techniques.

$3,200

Karen E. Werth”

Diminishing Returns, 2021

1.5” x 12” x 17”

This piece is inspired by climate change and its impact on nature.

$800

Karen E. Werth

Teal Phlox, 2022

3.5” x 12.5” x 12.5”

Fused glass teal bowl with silk screened ovals of phlox images.

$600

Karen E. Werth

Zen and Chaos, 2020

1.5” x 12” x 17”

This piece was influenced by the pandemic and the wish for calm during a time of uncertainty.

$750

Karen Lerohl Wilson

Honoring Agam, 2022

14.5” x 13.5” x 1.25”

Kiln formed glass, stringer sheets, strip cuts into shorter pieces to create Agam-like patterns.

$695

Karen Lerohl Wilson

We Are One Mandala, 2022

19” x 16.25” x 9”

Mandala inspired by travels in India and the sacred geometry in spiritual works there.

$1,200

METAL

Dan Houston

Ferroglyph: Wise Woman, 2022

6’ x 34” x 15”

A woman’s form made from forged and welded steel, inspired by drawings on rocks called petroglyphs.

$25,000

Dan Houston

Ferroglyphs: Two Together, 2021

7’ x 47” x 10”

Two ancient figures walk together. The steel figures were inspired by petroglyphs, drawings on rocks.

$48,000

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Anne Jordan

Wood-Grain Box w/Floral Panels, 2022

4” x 11” x 7”

Hinged copper box with woodgrain texture and quilt-inspired floral plaques riveted on $3,500

MIXED MEDIA

Ruth Becker

Eon, 2022

16” x 20” x 3”

36 layers of laser-cut paper & inkjet prints

$1,750

Ruth Becker

Epic, 2022

20” x 16” x 3”

36 layers of laser-cut paper & inkjet prints

$1,850

Ruth Becker

Indigo Waves, 2020

16” x 20” x 3”

24 layers of laser-cut paper & inkjet prints

$1,475

Linda Colsh

Par Hasard, 2020

9” x 28” x 14”

The selection game RockPaper-Scissors depends on chance by hiding, then showing one’s choice

$3,240

Patricia de Poel Wilberg

La Licorne, 2022

30” x 36” x 2”

Contemporary portrait of woman on glass inspired by medieval tapestries, The Lady and the Unicorn

$3,500

Patricia de Poel Wilberg

Le Linge, 2022

25” x 24” x 2”

Contemporary portrait of woman on glass inspired by medieval tapestries, The Lady and the Unicorn

$3,500

Ruth Gowell

Striped Series #12, 2023

15” x 10” x 2”

A combination of weaving and kiln formed glass

$1,050

Margaret Polcawich

Para Vessel

2019

12” x 10” x 10”

Para Vessel is an exploration of growth, wear, aging, and the effects of time.

$700

Rebecca Ravenal

Red Converse, 2022

3” x 4” x 8”

Homage to the classic red Converse shoe. Recreated with glass beads on an antique shoe mold.

$350

Carol Talkov

Lime Fizz, 2022

23.5” x 9” x 2.25”

A swirling mosaic using classical techniques in a contemporary style using natural materials

$2,500

Carol Talkov

Quartetto, 2022

10” x 10” x 1.75”

Pushing the boundaries of traditional mosaics using the abstract nature of natural materials

$1,500

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Saaraliisa Ylitalo

Murmurings, 2023

45” x 39” x 0”

The calm within depicted with felted paper, stitching, and indigo dyed.

$9,000

Ian Zipfel

Charged with Heresy, 2022

60” x 15” x 0.5”

Remembering those, both ancient and modern, who have been silenced for challenging dogma.

$2,500

WOOD

Joseph Barnard

Elevated Burl Form, 2022

11” x 5” x 5”

This elevated Maple burl piece required a stable African Blackwood base for balance.

$737

Joseph Barnard

Troubled Waters of a Red Sea, 2022

4” x 5” x 5”

This scene evokes water distinct from the atmosphere above while both are disturbed by the storm

$227

Michael Jury

Asa-no-ha Hall Table, 2022

29” x 36” x 12”

The Asa-no-ha Table is made of walnut and basswood and is inspired by Shaker and Japanese designs.

$2,280

David Knopp

Chrysalis, 2020

32” x 60” x 24”

Baltic Birch plywood, stack laminated and carved.

$5,000

David Knopp

Phoenix, 2020

63” x 48” x 27”

Baltic Birch plywood, stack laminated and carved.

$8,500 Ken Lobo

Neptune, 2022

9” x 9” x 8”

Pedestal bowl

$695

Cristian Muresan

Birdseye Maple Jewelry Box, 2022

4” x 11” x 5”

Birdseye Maple Jewelry box with Bubinga lid, Bocote feet and handle and half lapped Ash dividers.

$400

Cristian Muresan

Cantilevered Keepsake Box, 2022

3” x 14” x 4”

Cantilevered box with Quilted Maple sides and laminated cubes of Maple and Mahogany.

$400

Patrick O’Brien

Fluted Maple Bowl, 2021

4” x 11” x 4”

Hand-fluted Maple salad bowl

$300

Tim Raines

Large Maple Burl Bowl, 2022

21” x 17” x 6”

Large maple burl bowl. Flowing grain with striking heartwood inclusions.

$1,350

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Tim Raines

Sycamore Bowl, 2022

17” x 8” x 6”

Sycamore knot bowl with bark inclusion. A message within.

$500 Dick Ratcliff

Jax, 2022

8” x 8” x 8”

Multi directional turning

$975

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