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Lots of great new work has come into the gallery in the past week including these great skull rattles by Joe Kowalczyk. We have also received new wood fired pieces by Bryce Brisco, colorful functional pieces by Dawn Dalto, wonderful raku pieces by Shirly Cadmus, recycled metal jewelry by Marissa Saneholtz, incredibly realistic ceramic sculpture by Kenneth Adams and some really fine wood fired work from the Asheboro, NC area by Joseph Sand.
Crimson Laurel Gallery has been nominated to receive a NIche award for top retailer 2010! The editors of NICHE magazine will announce the winners at a breakfast ceremony during the summer Buyers Market of American Craft. This year's Top Retailers will be chosen from a very diverse group of nominees: They include jewelry boutiques, artist-owned galleries and museum stores. They cover the map, from Alaska and Hawaii to the U.S. Virgin Islands, and several cities in Canada. Most importantly, they are dedicated supporters of U.S. and Canadian fine craft artists.
Wish us luck and thanks to all of our customers and friends for your support. We appreciate you all more than you...
Congratulations Jason "Cakeboy" Burnett on Crimson Laurel Gallery's first completly sold out exhibition. We have had several nearly "sold out exhibitions" only to be stopped just short by a piece or two. But, with Jason's great marking skills combined with our great web site we were able to close out this exciting show yesterday.
Jason is a core student at the Penland School of Craft in Penland NC. He has shown us through his work and actions just how imaginative, hard working, and professional a young up and coming artist can be. We have be privledged to work with him and hope to carry his incredible work for many years to come. Thanks Jason!
Have a closer look at several new pieces we recently received from Mark Knott. For those not familiar with Mark, he lives in Suwanee, Ga. His ceramic lineage traces back to Kansas City and Ken Ferguson. His time at Kansas City allowed him to build a strong ceramic foundation and a deep personal well. His work at present is grounded in the historical ceramic tradition of functional pottery. The forms that interest him most reflect his love of the ocean: boats, water, continual movement, and repetitive patterns. These forms are softened by an ever changing color pallet and the atmosphere of his soda kiln. In contrast to the looseness of his forms are the inherent vertical...
We just received several great new pieces from Mark Knott. He brought in four new platters and several new jars, teapots and pitchers. If you like Mark's work you will certainly want to stop by and see these pieces. Email us and we will be happy to send you images of his new work.
We have many of the pieces for our exciting new July exhibits in the gallery and we have been photographing each of them for the website. Jason Burnett's pots are fantastic and Tom Spleth and Jerilyn Virden have also brought in some really great pieces. We also just received nearly 300 pounds of pots from David Eichelberger. We haven't unpacked those yet but we're really looking forward to having a look at David's latest pieces. The image to the right is of a skull piece by Tom Spleth.
Clayton Keyes is a sulptor who assisted Cristina Cordova recently at Penland School of Crafts during the spring concentration. He brought by this piece and it has received a great deal of attention in the gallery. It is entitled "Heavy Things". $2,200.
Chris Baumann was in the gallery recently bringing in some new pieces of his and some great new pieces by Stacy Stanhope too. Among the pieces he brought in was this teriffic large bird platter. It is approximately 25"x19". $440.
We just received some great new pieces from Kent McLaughlin and Suze Lindsay of Fork Mountian Pottery. Two beautiful platters by Kent McLaughlin were expecially nice.
We just received several new pieces by Molly Lithgo including butter dishes, salt and pepper sets, large bowls, some really great jars and mugs and tumbers too.
Just in. A collaborative sculpure by Cristina Cordova, Clayton Keyes and Ben Lambert. This piece was completed during a recent workshop by Cristina at the Penland School of Craft. The piece is 26" tall. $3,495.
We just received five new small sculptures by Lisa Clague. The head of each piece is a removable cup form and they are all fantastic! They range in price from $750 to $1,195.
We just received some great whimsical pieces from Erik Haagensen of Decatur, GA. These creative and colorful pieces have been a real hit with visitors of all ages. Erik's intricately detailed and quirky artwork add a wonderful element to these beautifully made ceramic pieces.
This fall we had the smallest guest in our gallery to date. A painted box turtle found it's way to the entrance of our gallery and made itself at home in a quiet corner behind an antique shovel. After a short visit to the gallery the turtle was released in a wooded area along Cane Creek just across the road from the gallery. It seemed happy to return to nature after its unanticipated tour.
We just received several great pieces from Julie Wiggins. They are porcelain pieces that she decorates by carving them with a knife then filling the carved spaces with three to four layers of black slip and then she finishes the pieces with a blue celadon glaze. The delicate designs and patterns on the pieces are simply incredible.
