GORGE ARTISTS

7 Abigail Merickel

1229 29th Street, Hood River, OR

541-280-5275 abigail.merickel@gmail.com www.abigailmerickel.com

Medium: Printmaking

Directions: Take 1-84 to exit 62. Turn south onto Cascade (right turn from Portland, left turn from The Dalles). Turn right on Rand Ave. Turn right on May Street. Turn left on 29th street. Go to the end of 29th Street. Studio is in the blue house on the left #1229.

Parking: Parking is available on all of 29th Street.

Description of Work: I create hand-pulled prints on a hand-turned printing press experimenting with monoprints, collagraphs, woodcuts and solarplate etchings. Each design is either carved in a block, painted on plexi-glass, etched on a metal plate or constructed out of recycled materials. I am an European trained printmaker with an American Folk Art sensibility. Vivid in color, and rich in story, my work conveys a childlike whimsy and wonder at our magical world. My adventures and the stimuli of children, travel, music, foreign cultures and the natural world inform my life’s work as an artist.

8 JONES & JONES

(Kenton & Liza Jones)

1192 21st Street, Hood River, OR

541-386-5535 jonesandjones1@charter.net www.custommade.com/by/jonesandjones/

Medium: Wood

Directions: Take 1-84 to exit 62. Turn south onto Cascade (right turn from Portland, left turn from The Dalles). Turn right onto 13th Street. Turn Right onto May Street. Turn left onto 21st Street. Studio is the big red steel building on the right side of the street

Parking: Available on driveway and on the property as well as 21st Street.

Description of Work: Furniture and home accessories handcrafted out of reclaimed lumber from houses and barns found primarily in the Columbia Gorge area. The structures are carefully deconstructed and the vintage wood is saved from the landfill and the burn pile. All our designs are original and influenced by aesthetic simplicity and function. Each piece is hand signed and preserved with a natural oil wax finish.

Open year-round