Ohio Designer Craftsmen: Best of 2019 (McGregor Gallery)
Sep 20 – Dec 15, 2019
Kaska Firor | URSULA NECKLACE AND EARRINGS | Fine silver, sterling silver, labradorite, freshwater pearls, wire, woven
Susan R. Ewing | MEMENTO MORI: VESSEL WITH GHOST, 2019 | Earthenware, bone, chalk paint, beeswax, handbuilt, coated interior
COLLECTORS' AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE | Cody F. Miller | THE WAY HOME VI | Cut paper, acrylic, deconstructed silk screen, linoleum print, cloth, paint markers, collaged
DIRECTOR'S AWARD | John Lauer | RAM | Watercolor paper, glue, computer modeled, flattened into pattern shapes, digitally cut, hand assembled and glued
$1000 OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD | Patricia Kennedy-Zafred | THIS LAND WAS OUR LAND | Cotton fabric, procion dyes, textile ink, image transfer materials, cotton batting, cotton and rayon threads, hand-dyed, hand silkscreened, image transfer, machine pieced and quilted
BRIAN LONSWAY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN CRAFT | Laurel Izard | 7 OF WANDS | DMC floss, cotton twill fabric, hand embroidered
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE | Jennifer Marcson | PLEXUS | Aluminum, sterling silver, gold leaf, pigment, cotton, vintage aluminum bowl, textured and formed, shell-formed sterling silver strung with t-shirt yarn
Sebastian Coleman | DANCER SERIES - AQUAMARINE | Hand blown glass; multiple layers, threading, reduction finish, cold-finished bottom
ED HONTON MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE | Isabel Zeng | VOICE | NuGold, transparent resin, 3D printed
FUNCTIONAL CERAMICS WORKSHOP AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE | T R Steiner | ORDOVICIAN'S CULTCH | Stoneware, hand built using slabs, pinching and impressions, soda fired, cone 10, reduction
RUTH LANTZ AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FIBER | Megan Musci | BREATHE 2 | Wool and black anneal steel wire weft, cotton warp, dye, copper-plated holder, 2 canvases woven, dyed, disassembled, then rewoven
BROOKE HANNAN MEMORIAL EMERGING CRAFTSMAN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD | Rebecca M. Szparagowski | PEARLESSENCE | Glass, hand blown, and cold worked
LABINO AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GLASS | Jennifer Dunlap | SYNAPSE AND LIGHTNING STRIKES | Glass, enamel, sandblasted
OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD | Todd Celmar | UNTITLED | Padauk wood, Danish oil; hand carved using gouges & mallet, circular saw for grid cuts, oiled
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE | William R. Bowen | METAMORPHOSIS | Brown stoneware, metallic glazes; wheel thrown & hand sculpted, fired to 2230 degrees in electric kiln
Michaela N. Monterosso | UNTITLED | Hollow candy cane toppers, brass, aluminum, steel, cubic zirconia, cut and textured, tube and prong setting, cold connection
Kaname Takada | MULTI-WALLED BOWL (3018) | Earthenware, wheel thrown and assembled, colored slips and glazes, fired to cone 05
Janet Thomas | BLOOD BRAEMBEL | Handmade Cuban paper, ink, linen slub thread, iron tacks, Chine colle intaglio handpulled prints, assembled and stitched
Tom Muir | FLOWER OF SENTIENCE – ELEPHANT SNOUT BELT BUCKLE | Copper, bronze, sterling silver, 3D resin print, fabrication, 3D digital modeling, electroformed, cast
Michael Nashef | BYBLOS BY THE SEA | Concrete, brass, copper, alder wood, vitreous enamel, poured concrete, 3D printed molds, fabricated metal and parts, enameled
Char Norman | FILET | Linen, driftwood, loom woven, coiled
Adwowa P. Obeng-Osei | OUR IDENTITY IS WHAT IS WRITTEN OR SAID | Copper, NuGold, acrylic, prints, piercing, fabricating, stamping, texturing, soldering, 2D screen printing
Adwowa P. Obeng-Osei | UNTITLED | Copper, brass bolts and nuts, compressed sponge, powder coat, fabricating, piercing, cold connection, forming, powder coating, and 2D printing
Matthew J. Paskiet | LAGOON DESERT WEB | Blown glass
Diana Pemberton | WEIGHT OF GRIEF | Hand-painted wool yarn, mussel shells, pocket double weave technique, shells inserted during weaving process
Ann L. Rebele | THE SHELL GAME II | Cotton fabric, textile paints, dyes, fusible web, cotton batting, polyester batting, pearl bead, hand painted and dyed, three layered - 3D "shells" machine pieced and quilted
tOm G. Robbins | ANGEL FLIGHT | Natural edged applewood, turquoise filler, lathe turned
tOm G. Robbins | VOID NO LONGER | Natural edged maple, gold metallic fill, waxed linen and polymer beads, lathe turned, hand carved feet
Franco Ruffini | TALK IN CODE, TALK IN SIGNS | Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, patina, double walled tumbler: raised copper, hammered liner, chased, inlaid
Elizabeth Runyon | TWO TO TANGO | Reed, woven using traditional Appalachian ribbed basketry technique
Gail Russell | RED SASH BOTTLE | Porcelain, copper red glazes, wheel thrown, high fired, glazed
Marissa L. Saneholtz | THEY HAD TOLD HER IT WOULD BE EASY. | Copper, vitreous enamel, pearls, silk, sifted, application of custom ceramic decals, fabrication, stitching
Susan Skoczen Southard | BLOCK BROOCH | Wood, zinc, steel, paint, carved and painted, formed
Meagan E. Smith | EASTER VOMIT | Cotton, dye, woven on Dobby arm loom
Gwendolyn D. Surratt | MAPPING LOST CONTINENTS | Linen, cotton flannel backing, cotton and silk thread, hand-dyed thread, hand stitched and embroidered
Mary Ann Tipple | FRAGMENTS: SARAH ROSE | Personal image, chiffon, lace, upholstery fabric, printed, machine stitched
Robert Troup | BLACK CHERRY HALL TABLE | Black cherry wood, steel, shaped, polished, fire blackened, waxed, welded
Jennifer Whitten | PATCH THINGS UP | Found object, glass seed beads, vintage painted glass cabochons, polyfiber interfacing, thread, beadwork assemblage, embroidery
Mark T. Wiesner | A FLOWER FOR VINCENT | Corrugated cardboard, acrylic paint, assemblage construction
Mark T. Wiesner | EYES, LOOK YOUR LAST – ARMS, TAKE YOUR LAST EMBRACE | Acrylic paint, collaged map, cloth, assemblage construction
Benjamin Johnson | IMPRESSION WANDERING | glass
Benjamin Johnson | OPTICAL SEQUENCE | Glass, cut sheet glass, layered, fused, cut again, refused, blown, engraved
Molly L. Johnson | NEST | White stoneware, thrown, deconstructed, altered and reassembled
K Dana Kagrise | TEN WEEKS | Cough-drop wrappers, cotton thread, grosgrain ribbon, created by sewing onto tapes using the kettle stitch bookbinding method
Donalee J. Kennedy | BRISK FALL DAY | Cotton, cotton batting, polyester thread, machine pieced and quilted
Ana M. Lopez | LONDON BOLLARD | Aluminized bronze, steel, 3D modeled, printed, fabricated chain (Replica of actual bollard encountered in London, England)
Ana M. Lopez | VIENNESE HYDRANT AND BOLLARDS | Sterling silver, digital design, printed in wax, hand altered, cast and fabricated
Barbara Mann | HEIRLOOM OAK SEED CONTAINER | Sterling silver, copper, bronze, peridot, fabricated, soldered and roller printed, cast adornments, set gemstone
Marissa L. Saneholtz | HER ROGUE ACTIONS ACHIEVED THE DESIRED EFFECTS. | Copper, vitreous enamel, sterling silver, stainless steel pin wire, champlevé enamel.
Barbara Mann | METEORITE NECKLACE | Sterling silver, 22K and18K gold, meteorites, rubies, diamonds, garnets, cubic zirconia, cast cuttlebone design, layered, fabricated, soldered, set gemstones
Tom Marino | ALCHEMIST'S CRUCIBLE | Porcelain, glaze, silver and copper tint, high fired, glazed, tinted
Tom Marino | CRUCIBLE SERIES: FIREFALL | Porcelain, glaze, silver and red tint, high fired, glazed, tinted
Carol McDonough | BLUE WAVE | Glass, clay, glaze, resin, slumped, mounted
Sandy Miller | SAGGAR FIRED WITH WOVEN NECK | Clay, wire, waxed linen, glass seed beads, sagar-fired and fumed-raku body, woven and beaded neck
Michaela N. Monterosso | NONSTOP | Copper, threaded rod, acorns, rubber, balsa wood, blue topaz, cubic zirconia, fabricated, set gemstones
Sarah A. Compton | FLOWER SERIES: WOLFSBANE | Copper, enamel, steel; hydraulic pressed, enameled, sawed-out copper frame, steel fibula
WATKINS PRINTING POSTER AWARD AND YASSENOFF FAMILY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE | Vicki M. Cook | DON'T TOUCH ME BROOCH | Copper, brass, honey locust thorns, sawn, formed, soldered, mounted on brass pins
Scott R. Dooley | TWO TEAPOTS | Porcelain, handbuilt from slabs, black copper oxide wash underglaze, cone 5 oxidation
Vicki M. Cook | SERVICE FOR ONE | Sterling silver, bronze, forged, cast
Jennifer Dunlap | APACHE BLOOM | Glass, enamel, aluminum, sandblasted
Carol Green | CRANE TRIO | Earthenware, midnight blue mica glaze, copper, hand thrown, hand drawn and etched copper
Michael B. Hays | DROP | Sterling silver, patina, raising and sinking of flat sheet metal with hammer
Sarah Heins | BLACK AND WHITE SQUIGGLE | Ceramic, plaster, extruded, bent, formed, placed in pedestal
Michael W. High | GUARDING THE PAST | Ceramic, iron oxide wash, oxidation fired to cone 6
William C. Brouillard | STEAM-PUNK PUNCH BOWL, AIR | Red earthenware, underglazes & crackle overglaze, plywood, steel girder & hardware fasteners; wheel thrown and slab constructed, slip cast bolts, fired to cone 04 oxidation, constructed base
$1000 CHALLENGE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE | William C. Brouillard | STEAM-PUNK BUDDHA | Red earthenware, white base glaze, overglaze stains; wheel thrown, overglaze paint in the Majolica tradition, fired to cone 04 Oxidation
Mary L. Alexander | BIG BANG # 9 | Hand-dyed cotton sateen; machine pieced & quilted
Amy Beeler | A MOTHER'S LOVE | Sterling silver, dyed jade pieces, plastic; hand-fabricated neck piece & car
Amy Beeler | BEACH FLOWER | Sterling silver, petrified wood, freshwater pearls; cast, set on beach-found petrified wood, handmade chain
The Springfield Museum of Art is pleased to accept applications for exhibiting work. Please complete the following information in full and Submit it. You will be contacted within 6 weeks of receivng your application.
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