Bronze sculptures made by Georgia Gerber will be shown at Northwest By Northwest Gallery.
Northwest by Northwest Gallery
Jeffrey Hull’s art will be shown at his gallery, Jeffrey Hull Gallery.
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There will be some live events outside,
though attendance will be limited. Fri-
day afternoon, painter Hazel Schlesinger
will paint in the sculpture garden in front
of Northwest by Northwest Gallery. Don
Stastny and sculptor Ivan McLean will be
in attendance to talk to visitors on Satur-
day and Sunday.
Icefire Glassworks
Kingwell is looking forward to glass-
blowing with his friend and fellow glass
artist Mark Gordon in front of a small
audience. Gordon has traditionally led the
live glassblowing session, while Kingwell
assists.
“It’s just been a joy being able to blow
glass with Mark again. We have very few
opportunities to work together again and
it’s always a joy when he, (artist) Suzanne
(Kindland) and I can be in the same hot
shop.”
Gordon will also participate in a Q&A
about his newest collection of glass-
blowing works. The pieces were created
by carving into the surface of the glass
to achieve different textures and reveal
layers.
Kingwell promises new collections that
will inspire one to think, he said. Many of
the artists he represents, including himself,
honed and created new works from a dif-
ferent perspective during the pandemic.
“The work is still going to be brand
new and fresh — a continuance of birth
of new work,” Kingwell said. “We didn’t
want to see the annual festival fade away
because of those limitations. So we’ve
learned to adapt to it. And of course, one
of the adaptations the artists made stay-
ing home throughout this last year was to
make new work.”
Northwest by Northwest Gallery has
participated in the festival since its begin-
ning. The gallery, which is commemorating
its 34th year, will feature its largest collec-
tion of bronze sculptures yet. The sculp-
tures were created by artist Georgia Gerber.
Her latest collection, “Otter Sphere,” will
be featured alongside her collections “Owl
on Stone” and “Kingfisher.”
Gerber has been represented by North-
west by Northwest Gallery for more than
a decade. She treasures her relationship
with gallery owners Joyce Lincoln and Bob
Necker.
Gerber primarily works with bronze to
construct her interactive sculptures. Her
husband contributes to her sculpture work
by putting it through a temperature-induced
chemical process called a patina to achieve
a greenish color, she said.
“Otter Sphere” is one of her many col-
lections that involve otters. However, Ger-
ber said this particular series has been
one of her favorite directions she has
discovered.
“I love pushing the forms a little bit and
working with shape and line,” Gerber said.
“The otter is an animal that I feel gives me
a lot of room to play around with that kind
of form and still capture their expressions.”
Gerber is no stranger to making sculp-
tures depicting wildlife. Animals have
inspired her artwork for years since her
youth.
“I always had animals — they were my
buddies and friends, and I always watched
them and studied them,” Gerber said.
“What I love about sculpting them is being
able to finally express something that I
knew from my path from being around the
animals — and just having them connect
with you through the clay.”
One of Gerber’s most recognized pieces
includes “Rachel the Pig” in front of Seat-
tle’s Pike Place Market. Others are scat-
tered around Pacific Northwest landmarks.
Though Gerber works and lives in her
foundry in Whidbey Island, Washington,
she has continuously showcased her work
at the festival.
“It’s such a great weekend to see a lot
of art and a lot of different directions that
people approach their work, especially
checking out the gallery owners that are so
friendly and sharing about each of the art-
ists whether the artist can be there or not,”
Gerber said.
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