ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The American Association of Woodturners' Gallery of Wood Art Professional Outreach Program has announced its 2017 annual international exhibition, The Sphere-Second Round. The exhibitions bring an international mix of smaller-scale works by established and emerging wood artists to the AAW gallery in St. Paul. The exhibition runs through June 4, 2017.
The works in the show showcase imaginative and individual interpretations. Using a wide variety of woods and techniques, the artists met the challenge of working within a small scale (6 x 6 x 6 inches maximum) and a tight title theme with pieces ranging from wryly humorous to highly personal to apocalyptic.
The Sphere-Second Round is at the AAW Gallery of Wood Art, Landmark Center, 75 W. 5th St, St. Paul, before traveling to the 2017 AAW International Woodturning Symposium, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri, June 22-25. All works will be sold in a simultaneous live/online auction on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Artists include:
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Jennifer Anderson, California Benoit Averly, France David Belser, New Hampshire Jerome Blanc, Switzerland Michael Brolly, Pennsylvania Miriam Carpenter, Pennsylvania Pat Carroll, Ireland Luc Deroo, Belgium Jeanne Dourphrate, Texas David Ellsworth, Pennsylvania Melissa Engler, North Carolina J. Paul Fennell, Arizona Nicholas Flaherty, Pennsylvania Michael Foster, Vermont Dewey Garrett, Arizona Vivien Grandouiller, France Cliff Guard, Virginia Keith Holt, Maryland Mike Hosaluk, Canada Katie Hudnall, Indiana Yuri Kobayashi, Massachusetts Pat Kramer, Hawai'i Marete Larsen, Denmark |
Craig Lofton, Texas Zina Manesa-Burloiu, Romania Yann Marot, France Terry Martin, Australia Al Miotke, Illinois Phillip Moulthrop, Georgia John Mydock, Hawai'i Joss Naigeon, France Andrew Potocnik, Australia Graeme Priddle, New Zealand Bob Rotche, Virginia Avelino Samuel, U.S. Virgin Islands Merryll Saylan, California Betty Scarpino, Indiana Anthony Smith, Canada Paul Texier, France Neil Turner, Australia Gerritt Van Ness, Washington Marjin Wall, Oregon Derek Weidman, Pennsylvania Hans Weissflog, Germany Kimberly Winkle, Tennessee Leah Woods, New Hampshire |
The AAW Gallery of Wood Art is located in historic Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. The gallery features 4-6 exhibitions annually of contemporary sculpture and craft in wood, as well as educational displays and a gift shop. Live woodturning demonstrations are presented the 3rd Sunday of each month from 12-3pm. To learn more, visit galleryofwoodart.org.
Rice Bowl by Michael Hosaluk. (Tib Shaw photo)
Femi sphere by Luc Deroo, Belgium. (Tib Shaw photo)
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