Sara Swink, creator of quirky ceramic figures, is now one of the great artist showing at the 9th Street Gallery! We would really love for you to come an experience Sara's gift of sculpture, humor, and insight--her work is a must see.

Beaded Beads

Lisa Gastelum makes her exquisite jewelry by weaving tiny beads into larger spheres which have up to 400 individual beads in them. Her pieces also include contemporary silver work and designs, making each piece a wearable work of art. Come see the rich colors and textures in her earrings, bracelets, and necklaces.

McCoy Opening

Here are a few shots from the opening for Donna McCoy. A great time was had by all. Many thanks to all who showed up, Lumos Winery, the musicians (Eddie St. Claire and Evans Longshore), and Donna McCoy!

Katy was showing her fused glass work at the Seattle Flower and Garden Show this past weekend and while there she picked up a few new art pieces for the gallery. Here is a picture of one of the items she got, a rooster by Gunter Reimnitz. She also came back with some of his crows and ravens and an owl too.

Donna McCoy Photography

The photography of Donna McCoy is going to be featured at the 9th Street Gallery from Feb 17th through March 31 with an artist reception being held on Feb 21st from 3 to 6. We will have live music with Eddie St Claire and Evans Longshore playing jazz, Bossa Nova, & gypsy swing. We will also be tasting some of the fabulous wines made by Lumos Winery.

Here are a couple of links of interest:

http://www.mccoyphoto.com
http://www.lumoswine.com

I had the opportunity to join Donna yesterday as she went out to photograph tube worms in the lower intertidal zone. What a dynamic day with dark clouds, sunbursts, and great wave action. I can't wait to see some of her pictures, here are a couple of mine. I was not able to get any tube worm shots, just some of the waves and sky and a few anemones in some of the pools in the higher intertidal zone.

Wooden Tiles

Wow, what a summer, time to start getting caught up on the postings.

When Katy was at the Bellevue Arts Festival she met Allen Kinast, an artist working with reclaimed wood. She picked up some of his hand painted wooden tiles for the gallery. In describing his work, Allen says, "In many ways, these wooden tiles function as a somewhat labor-intensive “sketchbook” for me, a place where I can explore new shapes, textures and colors."

Allen teaches a woodworking course at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts and also designs and builds custom furniture out of reclaimed wood.

Family time

Its been a while since my last post, we have been on vacation! Had a great time and am now ready to start updating the blog. Katy has been to several fairs in the last few weeks and that means lots of new product at the gallery. I will be adding pictures over the next few days to get everyone caught up on what we have. Today I will share a few pictures from our trip to the San Juan Islands in Washington. There were hundreds of dragonflies flitting about and a few that liked to pose, as did this tree frog.