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.
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