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A Letter From Your Publisher HEY THERE, ART CONNOISSEURS OF ARVADA. This month’s issue is all about what you love to make and collect.

Libby Furns | libby.furns@lifestylepubs.com STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Evan Deuvall L AYO UT DESIGNER

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Do you have a special talent for jewelry making, pottery, painting, baking, carpentry, or something else? Maybe this month you take a leap and start your own Etsy store online! Or maybe you already have a side gig in the works. We’d love to see what it is you do. Tag us in your posts so we can support you and share the incredible makers in our community.

Is there a particular style of art or home decor that you are in search of? Flip through these pages to be inspired by stories of local artists in our area and find some new small businesses to check out.

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INSIDE THE ISSUE FEBRUARY 2021

FEATURES 10 Serendipitous, Holy, Cool Meet Ethan: A Memorable Man and Artist

18 Patrick Swayze Style Your Hands Familiar with Every Curve and Ridge

24 Vino E Buono!

The Art of Making & Tasting

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MEET ETHAN: A MEMORABLE MAN AND ARTIST ARTICLE ETHAN HOEKSTRA | PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTT LEBARON

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AM ETHAN HOEKSTRA, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPOR-

TUNITY TO TELL MY STORY IN THIS MONTH’S ARVADA LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE! I am a Native Coloradan, am 31 years old, and have been painting for about twelve years. I have always enjoyed pushing the envelope with new styles and new surfaces to paint on. I also enjoy teaching, which I started doing as a paint and sip instructor, and subsequently developed a desire for one-on-one sessions as well as fun workshops.

When I start a painting, there is little that comes to mind on what the final product will be. I tend to uncover the possibilities in the

“I love creating distance and depth.” midst of painting. I begin with a color that suits the sky; I either make the sky busy with gradients of colors, along with clouds, or I make it a single bold color.

Then I move along to the land masses that are far in the distance, clouding them oftentimes in the same hue as the sky, then add mountains, large trees or even flat plains in the foreground. I love creating distance and depth.

The motive behind all of my landscape paintings is to immerse the viewer into a happy setting that brings peace and joyfulness. This is achieved by adding interesting compositions using rocks, trees, rivers, lakes and even animals. These things are always so common in a landscape painting, but it’s the positioning that delivers the intended and desired feel. Complemented by the mood of

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the color, I end up composing something more serendipitous than intentional.

I have always believed that God has guided the creative process when it comes to my landscape paintings because so often I get feedback that describes the Fruit of the Spirit.

I often hear something like there is a feeling of love, joy, peace, it has a kindness to it, the colors are gentle, it has symbolism of faithfulness, or what a work of patience.

My journey has been led and taught by God, and I am always eager to share that process with others and to do it with the same joy and patience that I was given when I was learning.

It goes full circle: the same wisdom that God gave me through kindness and patience, I get to demonstrate to others. My biggest influence and muse has always CONTINUED >

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LOCAL’S CHOICE (CONTINUED) been through Jesus Christ, because everything He demonstrated through his life and ministry are the same qualities that I want to emulate. I deeply hope the result of my art is a product of that. The glory goes to Him because without Him, I would very likely have given up the brush and gone onto doing something less creative and less fulfilling.

During my journey, I realized that my favorite pastime, video games, stole so much time and energy from my creative process. I discovered that, while it’s a fun way to spend time with friends and relax, it squandered my time and dulled my creativity. So I cut video games out of my life and what blossomed from that was a renewed attention span and devotion to the process of my own work.

The best creative atmosphere for me is good music such as instrumentals, Christian rock, audio of scripture or sometimes even good ol’ silence. I work mostly at my gallery in Olde Town Arvada. Before it was Ethan’s, the gallery was called Light Rail Gallery, and I displayed my art there and taught sip and paint classes. The owner decided to pursue other avenues and asked me if I’d be interested in taking over. I was surprised and hesitant whether I could own and run a successful gallery… and to afford it? Forget about it!

But I heard a still, small voice say, “do you trust Me?” I knew God wanted to demonstrate His faithfulness to me. So despite how unsure of myself I was to take on this mantle, I chose to trust Him with this journey of unfamiliar ground and uncomfortable circumstances. And God came through! I was never cut out for business ownership; my mind was always in the creative cloud.

The beginning was gentle with everything coming in manageable doses, and along the way, helpers came who were so generous with their time and expertise. I have family who believes in me and friends who have my back, as well as wonderful, loyal patrons who tell their friends about the gallery! I have learned so much about galleries, artists, business and finances. I would never have believed I could manage these things, but….GOD! Along with a very gracious landlord and his vote of confidence in my vision, this has helped to turn this small business into a dream come true for me.

God has been so good with the growth of Ethan’s Gallery and Studio, and I will endeavor to continue to be a good steward.

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PATRICK SWAYZE STYLE

ARTICLE LIBBY FURNS | PHOTOGRAPHY GRIFFEY MARSH AND KOOS BADENHORST

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To glaze, I put a line of tape just above where the black glaze would be so that when I dipped it into the glaze it would not cover the area to be glazed in green. After they had dried enough to handle, the tape was taken off and the inside of the cup was glazed and turned upside down. The saucer was glazed in a similar way, and then all glaze was cleaned from the foot of the cup and the saucer and it was ready to be fired again.

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RESIDENT ARTIST AT THE ARVADA CERAMIC ARTS GUILD.

NECESSARY 4 DAY PROCESS.

She’s been an artist her whole life but took her first throwing class,

+ Day 1 is loading the kiln (3-4 hours).

discovering her love for clay, at the age of 40. She’s talented and ear-

+ Day 2 is firing (about 10 hours).

nest, and finds great joy in making art: “My passion is for functional

+ Day 3 is cooling (a time to clean up the glaze mess in the studio).

pots that you can hold and caress and that have meaning in your everyday life – coffee in the morning with a favorite mug, your hands familiar with every curve and ridge.”

+ Day 4 is unloading the kiln, which takes much less time than loading the kiln.

For the cup and saucer, this particular green is best placed in the parts of the gas kiln that cools slower so that the gold crystals

1. DESCRIBE, IN DETAIL, A SPECIFIC PIECE OF ART FROM

have time to grow. If the kiln gods are kind, it turns out just the way

INCEPTION TO FINAL PRODUCT.

I had envisioned it.

CONTINUED >

I wanted to make a cup and saucer that would best show the glazes I would use on it. For the cup, I intended to scribe lines on the surface that would give the impression of bamboo. I planned on using a green glaze that is slightly translucent and has gold specks and breaks over edges creating lighter and darker areas. I wanted to combine this with a semimat black glaze on the bottom third of the pot. The green would cover the pot down to a transition line where the form narrowed. From the transition line to the bottom there would be the black glaze. To create a saucer that matched the cup, I included

“My studio is my world.

I go there every day, 7 days a week for 3-4 hours a day.”

the scribed lines and I glazed in a similar manner.

In the center, where the cup would sit, there would be the black glaze to mirror the black on the bottom of the cup. On the wide rim would be the scribed lines with the green glaze, and on the foot of the saucer would be black- the same as the cup.

This was all carefully thought out before throwing the cup and saucer so I would know how tall I wanted the cup to be for the lines, as well as where to put the transition from the side to the bottom where the black would be. Then I threw the cup and saucer, trimmed them and scribed the lines. After they had dried, they were bisque fired in an electric kiln to a little over 1800 degrees- this makes the work easy to handle but still porous enough to absorb the glaze.

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to potters/artists around the U.S. and other countries. I have an online class through Teachinart.com where I have students from around the world and it’s nice to have that connection. I am quite an introvert and being a potter is my life and is the major source of interaction with other people, mostly potters.

6. TO YOU, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN ARTIST? Being an artist, to me, can be calming, soothing, frustrating and rewarding. To know that someone is drinking coffee from one of my mugs every morning because it is their favorite mug and no one else can use it, is rewarding.

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ARVADA LIFESTYLE READERS TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING ART? 2. WHAT INSPIRES YOUR THINKING AND MAKES YOUR WORK UNIQUE?

A well made piece of art goes through many processes: preparing the clay, throwing, trimming, loading the electric kiln for a bisque

It takes awhile for a potter to develop a style that is unique to them.

firing, firing, unloading, mixing glazes, glazing, loading the gas kiln,

I am inspired by Asian esthetics, nature, the color green, clean lines

firing, unloading, inventorying, and delivering. Even if the accumu-

and also a shino glaze that goes from orange, gold, white to black -

lated time handling of a piece was 1 hour, it is really 30 years of expe-

colors of the sunsets on the Oregon coast.

rience and 1 hour. My sister once wanted to make a spaghetti bowl, and she thought if I could do it, so could she. She ended up with a

3. WHAT IS YOUR WORLD LIKE AS AN ARTIST?

lumpy dog dish and much more appreciation for hand-made pottery.

My studio is my world. I go there every day, 7 days a week for 3-4

There is the cost of learning and the cost of having a studio - studio

hours a day. Some days I’m throwing or trimming pots, preparing

rent, a $10,000 gas kiln, a $3,000 electric kiln, a $2,500 pugmill, tools,

clay, loading a kiln, firing, cleaning pots and pricing, delivering to gal-

chemicals, a wheel, and many more items I have accumulated in my

leries, staring at the walls thinking, glaze testing and again, staring

studio. It’s a large investment, and this is why handmade pots cost so

at the walls thinking.

much. I want people to recognize a well made piece and appreciate the many processes it has undergone to reach the final state.

4. WHAT IS MOST SATISFYING ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY AND YOUR WORK? I like that I’m my own boss and I set my own hours. It’s not just sitting at a wheel throwing pots, so it’s never boring. When I was growing up I wanted to be either an artist or a scientist, and this covers both. I enjoy testing and altering glazes and this involves chemistry. I fire my work in a gas kiln in a reduction atmosphere to around 2300 degrees, and that atmosphere affects the oxides in the glazes. Different chemicals in a glaze also affect the oxides and there are chemicals that will make a glaze more mat, or runny, or translucent, or opaque, or textured, or soft, etc. I like putting all of this together and creating glazes that appeal to me.

I also used to be in graphic design until I discovered clay when I was close to 40. I put those skills to use in creating my pottery website: http://www.conniechristensen.com/.

5. HOW DOES YOUR WORK LIFE BLEED INTO YOUR PERSONAL LIFE? Especially this year, my work life is my personal life. Even in a normal year, it’s very intertwined: being on social media, I am connected

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vino e buono!

THE ART OF MAKING & TASTING

ARTICLE LIBBY FURNS PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTT LEBARON

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"For C lyde and June Spero, it 's all about t he experience: t he congregating of f amily, friends, young lovers and old sweet hearts."

THE PHRASE “WINE IS GOOD!” SEALS

the individual and varies greatly. If you dare

EACH AND EVERY BOTTLE AT SPERO

to ask June her favorite wine, you’ll likely

WINERY, AND WHO CAN ARGUE WITH

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THAT? No one! The family owned and oper-

your favorite child?” How can she possibly

ated winery is rich with tradition, knowledge,

choose a favorite among so many special

and love. Roots from Potenza, Italy drive

creations, and furthermore if she could, it

the everyday art and craft of this business

wouldn’t matter! Our palette’s are unique,

and give it its old world feel that attracts

and June honors that intimate and personal

wine-lovers everywhere.

experience, letting each customer decide for

For Clyde and June Spero, it’s all about

themselves, their favorites.

the experience: the congregating of family,

For over 22 years, Spero Winery has

friends, young lovers and old sweethearts.

been making wine and serving custom-

The joy of sipping new wines, delighting in

ers. Though June grew up watching her

conversation, and laughing and making mem-

mother cook with dry Muscat wine, and

ories. Despite the challenges of 2020, June

Clyde was raised with the family favorite

Spero isn’t worried. She’s got her husband

red Zinfandel, Spero Winery manufactures

right beside her, her unwavering values to

over 20 varieties. Their process is special

ground her, and endless hope and happiness

and holds true to the old world style of

that accompanies each new day. She’s real

wine making featured and adored in Italy.

and she’s full of flavor, and she savors each

In this process, fermentation on the husks

day’s possibilities. June is energetic, centered,

of the grapes is key. While many American

and full of life, and she looks forward to the

trainings teach that same technique, it is

future when she can again extend the invita-

typical for it to last only the first couple of

tion to the community to join her and Clyde

days. Spero Winery’s fermentation on the

for the optimal tasting experience.

mash lasts the entirety of the fermentation

“You dress for other people; you eat for

process; their wines are then aged in oak bar-

yourself,” June tells me, her grandmother

rels for a minimum of 2 years. This European

in her ear. June recognizes that the wine

foundation makes the winery a real gem, right

tasting experience, like food, is unique to

here in Colorado.

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VINO E BUONO! (CONTINUED) WINE TASTING TIPS FROM THE EXPERT! Our expert, June Spero, tells all! If you have it, grab your crystal! It will provide the optimal tasting experience! Start with white, and finish with red. Go lightest to heaviest (viscosity and tannic structure), and move from dry to sweet. Let’s start! + Start with a small amount of wine in the bottom of your glass, 1-2 ounces. Don’t settle for less! You need a decent taste! + Swirl the wine several times- this opens the wine, allowing oxygen into the wine. + Get your nose in the glass! Smell it! Get a nice breath of the aromas- the nose of the wine. For the untrained, ask yourself: “Does it smell like it’s going to be delicious?” If it smells yummy, you’ll probably enjoy it! + Take a small sip, letting it rest in your mouth for a few seconds so it can reach all of your taste buds. + Go back for more! Salute!

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Before I made these cute gold leaf dishes, my jewelry was a tangled mess. Now I actually enjoy keeping it organized and displayed! Don’t let gold leaf intimidate you – it’s a game changer. Check out the tutorial to learn how to make some of these pretties for yourself or for gift giving.

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I turned these toys into some fun photo holders, but they are also super fun used as table place settings at a kid’s birthday party.

They double as a party favor!

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It doesn’t get more fun than yarn pom poms – ok maybe I need to get a life, but nonetheless ....

In this tutorial , I show you just how easy it is to make your own pom poms and pull them together to make the cutest wall hangings.

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