I spent Saturday in Baltimore attending this year's American Craft Show presented by the American Craft Council (unfortunately, Laura couldn’t join me). It's the premier craft show in the country and featured over 700 artists this year. Laura and I never miss it. My primary reason for going this year was to visit the artists we represent at Migration who were exhibiting. Since most of our artists live all over the country (and not often close to Charlottesville), it's a terrific opportunity to visit with them when they come to Baltimore.
I got to see Jeremy Newman & Allison Ciancibelli. They are our glass artists from Twisp, Washington. Laura and I took their work to SOFA Chicago this past November and did extremely well with it. Jeremy had planned to come to Chicago but ultimately was not able to make it. So it was especially great to see him and his wife, Allison, Saturday. As usual, their work looked great. And, in just the few minutes I hung out with them, a collector bought Ancestry (no doubt, an excellent addition to their collection). I can report that Jeremy and Allison are moving their work to an even higher level. Great to see.
Next, I dropped in on Michael Bauermeister. We also took Michael's giant wood sculptures to SOFA - and he joined us there. Michael is from Missouri, so it has been a real treat to see him twice in the last three months. Michael's booth looked great. Of special note were his wall sculptures. I particularly loved his new water piece. Wood made to look like the ripples moving across water. Beautiful and majestic.
My next stop was to check in on Karin Worden. Karin is a jeweler from California, one of our favorite artists, and someone we always love to chat with. Karin reported an active weekend - no surprise since we think her work is so special and crowd pleasing. Also good to see how her work has developed and where she is placing her focus. Meticulous.
I also stopped in and said hi to Harry and Wendy Besett. They came down from Vermont for the show. Other than talking about - and plotting to resolve - the world's problems, Harry gave me a great tour of their newer work. Most significant is the inclusion of new hues to their landscapes. Really nice art. FYI: We are down to only one of their pieces left at the gallery. It would be a nice addition to anyone's home.
For those of you who may have missed the Baltimore show and don’t regularly travel across the country to look at art, I encourage you to drop by our gallery, Migration, in Charlottesville. We have a wide collection of these artists’ work. Stop in or give us a call.
Having visited our artists, I spent the rest of my time cruising the show aisles with my eye peeled for new talent and other beautiful art. The following are my highlights.
Finally, I was able to say hi to Washington, DC glass artist Erwin Timmers before he started a live demonstration of his eco friendly "green" glass art (an extremely large crowd gathered for it). We talked a bit about the current show he is in called Glass 3. More on this later.
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