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About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 2018)
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 // 21 David Campiche: a life well sculpted PHOTOS COURTESY ASTORIA ART LOFT Shon Frostad’s painting ‘Depth,’ which depicts the side of a ship. Rust and decay, fused glass at Art Loft ASTORIA — In September, the Astoria Art Loft hosts two very different, and very striking, artists. If you are fascinated by ships and the sea, enjoy the work of Shon Frostad, a mixed-media artist with a love of Puget Sound, the ocean and the marine world. His current work focuses on the organic processes of rust and decay, the corro- sive forces of living marine organisms and minerals on steel-bodied ships. These stresses are illustrated in vivid detail, producing paintings both abstract and realistic — as if sections of a hull have been cut away and hung on the wall. The work of Christine Kende, a fused-glass artist, is also on view. Her pieces consist of land- scapes, butterflies, birds and pieces reminiscent of medieval stained glass. If you lived in ancient Egypt or Rome, you would have decorated your home with colorful fused glass items. This was a favored method of creating glass until the advent of blown glass, around 79 A.D., which became the preferred method of creating decorative glass. In the 1900s, fusing glass became popular again and its popularity continues today. The technique involves stacking thin sheets of glass, or powdered glass, or crushed glass and exposing them to high temperatures. The glass is then cooled for 10 to 12 hours. It is used to form art objects, tiles and jewelry, including beads. Kende will teach classes for intermediate glass artists later in the fall. Each class will be about two and a half hours, with the objects fused at Kende’s studio. For more information, call the Art Loft: 503-325-4442. ‘Birches,’ a work of fused glass by Christine Kende. ILWACO, WASH. — Join us for a special “Afternoon with the Artist” gallery talk at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. Ceramic artist David Campiche will guide us through four decades of his work on display in “Form and Fluidity: Eric Wiegardt and David Campiche.” Campiche grew up on the Long Beach Peninsu- la and studied art and art history at Lewis & Clark College. In his last year in school, he had a class with professor and ceramicist Ken Shores, an encounter that set Campiche on his artistic path. He has spent a lifetime exploring the forests, mountains and waters of the area. His ceramics res- onate with the textures and hues of the Columbia-Pa- cific region. “Form and Fluidity” is a retrospective of more than 40 years of work by two prominent Peninsula artists. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, Oct. 6. The talk is free and open to the public thanks to support from the Port of Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 • 12:30 - 5:00 p.m. Adults $ 14 00 • Children under 10 $ 8 00 Beef $ 8.50/lb. Highway 202, Astoria • Public Welcome Ilwaco. The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum is at 115 S.E. Lake St. in Ilwaco. For more information, call 360- 642-3446 or visit colum- biapacificheritagemuseum. org. A garden tower sculpted by David Campiche. COURTESY COLUMBIA PACIFIC HERITAGE MUSEUM Annual Customer Appreciation Picnic SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 · 11AM-2PM at Bayshore Animal Hospital BAYSHORE ANGEL FUND QUILT RAFFLE Olney Grange BEEF BAR-B-QUE DWIGHT CASWELL PHOTO David Campiche at the potter’s wheel. Food, Prizes, Quilt Raffle and Giveaways! &!'#/.+- %+1. #$&*/ ,) 0*"2.%+1../-/./ ,) ,+*.+-#" 2 #(*"-.+* &!'#/. +-!+./#-/%#/-#!+) #)(+!'/-##/**+*#!% Tickets are $1 each or buy 10 get 2 free! On sale now until September 22 nd Need not be present to win All donations go towards Bayshore Animal Hospital’s Angel Fund, a fund for animals for treatment due to homelessness and/or neglect 325 SE Marlin Ave., Warrenton Phone: 503-861-1621 bayshoreanimalcare.com
