Monday, January 19, 2009
Corkscrews and Bottle Stoppers Exhibition
Stevie B. is happily amazed to be participating in
Corkscrews and Bottle Stoppers Exhibition
The Wood Turning Center is putting together a juried/invitational traveling exhibition of corkscrews and bottle stoppers. Internationally known artists Boris Bally and Michael Hosaluk will curate this exhibit. We are looking for original corkscrews and wine bottle stoppers for a show scheduled for May 2009 in conjunction with the 2009 SNAG Annual Conference in Philadelphia.
More images are available in the resin & more gallery of my main web site.Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I'm a laughingstock!
Stevie B. is very happy to be participating in
LAUGHINGSTOCK - Humor in Art & Craft
Luke & Eloy Gallery
5169 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
"Laughingstock: Humor in Art & Craft"
Exhibition: November 15, 2008 - December 23, 2008
We explore how artists use irony, goofiness, satire, and sarcasm in their work. Can humor and satire stimulate laughter as well as serve as a vehicle to explore serious subjects, such as feminism, the natural environment, the excesses of consumer culture, religion, sexuality, social injustice, and war ? Can artwork be "funny" and critical at the same time? How does the artist's choice of materials affect the outcome so that the work is perceived as "funny"? What are the boundaries in humor and who gets to decide what these are?
Are there topics we are not allowed to laugh about ?
Various Media.
Participating artists:
Cheryl Eve Acosta
Stevie B.
Karen Bondarchuk
Sally Bozzuto
Chun Chun
Michele Cleveland
Gabriel Craig
Wendy Emery
Karen Gallup
Mindy Herrin
Rumi Ishino
Katrina Kosturko
Dan Krueger
Julia Lowther
Heather McCalla
James Obermeier
Deanna Ooley
Tod Pardon
Kerianne Quick
Corliss Rose
John Rose
Demitra Thomloudis
Amy Weiks
R. Weis
Colette Zilka
Monday, October 13, 2008
Finished that Martini!
The Lover's Bench (with removable brooch)martini glass created for Art of the Martini VII,
Zaruba & Zaruba gallery, Frederick, MD
Sterling silver, PVC, aluminum foil, resin, pigments, Prismacolor, charcoal, gesso, polyfiber, 23K gold leaf, yellow sapphire, Burma rubies, found objects, steel
The Lover's Bench (brooch)removed from martini glass created for Art of the Martini VII,
Zaruba & Zaruba gallery, Frederick, MD
Sterling silver, PVC, resin, pigments, Prismacolor, 23K gold leaf, yellow sapphire, Burma rubies, found objects
Well, it's finally done :)
It was a very challenging project, and that's a bit of an understatement.
I've had millions of ideas buzzing in my head recently, none which would work with the glass, which only served to make matters worse. When my brain finally decided to give me a usable idea I quickly found Stainless Steel much harder to work with then I first imagined, and had to completely abandon my favorite idea because of time restraints. Silly brain.
Still, I am very happy with the way the glass and brooch turned out. I hope I have a chance at another glass next year, before this idea completely burns a hole in my head.
Visit ZaRUBa & ZaRUBa for more information. You can even go and buy my glass if you wish ;)
Friday, September 19, 2008
Foiled!
The Collector's Gambit : from the Foiled! Series, Brooch, 2008
Sterling silver, Faux Bone™, aluminum, epoxy resin,
pigment, pastel, charcoal, marker, patina
This is the first piece from the "Foiled!" series, one of the three series I am working on. I need to re-shoot the picture at some later date but it's alright for now.
There's a meaning to the series but I'll leave that to interpretation...
...Have to run anyway, need to finish something else...
Hope you enjoy it :)
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