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Florida CraftArt presents: Beautiful Bountiful Bowls Exhibition of Fine Craft

May 2, 2021 by Post

John Mascoll, of Safety Harbor, has been woodturning for 30 years. This unusually patterned bowl was fashioned from a mixture of woods called “GlueLam” and sells for $1,450.

Exhibition Dates:  May 14 –  June 26, 2021

Virtual Opening Reception: May 14, 6 p.m.

Beautiful Bountiful Bowls is a juried exhibition of handmade bowls by outstanding contemporary fine craft artists. From around the state, 33 artists created 100 pieces in ceramics, fiber, glass, metal and wood.  Community programming (virtual and in person) includes a singing bowl sound healing and demonstrations about creating bowls in clay and wood. Glass artist and gallery owner Duncan McClellan will present an in-depth look at glass blowing bowls.

At the virtual opening and awards reception on Friday, May 14 at 6 p.m., people will have the opportunity to virtually meet the artists and the show’s judge Catherine Bergmann (curator of Dunedin Fine Art Center). 

John Mascoll’s eye-catching bowl was created using woodturning structural GlueLam wood. He enhanced it with an East Indian Rosewood foot and finished the surface with a high-quality catalyzed lacquer.

Artist Rebecca Zweibel says of her abstract ceramic bowls, “My pieces serve as canvasses for my use of line and color, and their various forms allow me to express different ideas of volume and function. The use of dark clay beneath the applied color layers enables me to use sgraffito to outline and scratch and scribble, which expresses my feelings of freedom and abandon. I work instinctively and thoughtfully, with no preplanned design in mind.”

Dan Alexander’s blue and green glass bowl features graceful, waving lines. He says, “My bowls are an exploration of the beauty found beneath the surface. Many objects in the natural world have hidden treasures if one looks deeper than the outer layer.”

Several members of the Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild fashioned bowls from fiber. Elizabeth Neily’s bowl, “Florida Hogfish,” is made from hand-dyed fabric and adorned with beads and raw-edge applique.

Eric Folsom hand-forges and brazes his bronze and copper bowls. He says, “These bronze and copper bowls contain ideas and stories. Within each of these bowls, I have tried to place stories about things that I have learned, seen and experienced. Each hand-wrought piece is a word or a phrase that is a part of a sentence that tells the story. The bowls are also containers for objects which will continue to add to the story as time moves on.”

“As engaging the community is part of Florida CraftArt’s mission, the public is invited to attend the exhibition and programming free of charge,” said Florida CraftArt’s Board President Tyler Jones. “For instance, on May 25, woodworking artist Nick Reale and I will present “Throwing and Turning” where people can learn about the art of throwing clay on a wheel  and woodturning bowls.

The show runs through June 26 when the People’s Choice Award will be presented. People can vote for their favorite work of art in the Florida CraftArt Exhibition Gallery and on Facebook. The exhibition’s sponsor is Tyler Jones of Premier Sotheby’s International Real Estate, along with support from Perry and Lisa Everett,  the City of St. Petersburg, and Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs. 

Florida CraftArt is located at 501 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. For more information, visitwww.FloridaCraftArt.org or call (727) 821-7391. Fine craft art is presented in its 2,500-square-foot retail gallery and curated exhibitions are featured in its adjacent exhibition gallery. Florida CraftArt is a nonprofit organization founded in 1951 and headquartered in St. Petersburg. Its mission is to grow the statewide creative economy by engaging the community and advancing Florida’s fine craft artists and their work. Florida CraftArt is the only statewide organization offering artists a platform to show and sell their work.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Friday, May 14, 6 p.m. Virtual opening with artists and judge Catherine Bergmann, Curator of Dunedin Fine Art Center 

Tuesday, May 25, 6 p.m. “Throwing and Turning” Learn about throwing clay on the wheel with Tyler Jones and woodturning with Nick Reale at this virtual event.

Tuesday, June 8, 6 p.m. Singing Bowls sound healing with Master Gopali, virtual and in person (space is limited to 10, reservations are required.) 

Saturday, June 12, 5:30-9 p.m. Second Saturday ArtWalk – Visit ArtLofts on our second floor!

Tuesday, June 22, 6 p.m. Renowned glass artist and gallery owner Duncan McClellan talks virtually about creating bowls in glass.

ARTISTS IN THE FLORIDA CRAFTART EPICUREAN DELIGHTS EXHIBITION

Dan Alexander, St. Petersburg

Danyell Bauer, St. Petersburg

Joanne Taylor Brown, Holmes Beach

Joan Clear, St. Petersburg

Kimberli Cummings, Tampa

Renee Davis, Palmetto

Katie Deits, St. Petersburg

Kathryn Erickson, Punta Gorda

Renee Farr, Cape Coral

Eric Folsom, Gulfport

Susan Gott, Tampa

Nancy Gray Griffin. Cape Coral

Kayla Harbeitner. St. Petersburg

Berit Hines, Largo

Tyler Jones, St. Petersburg             

Patricia Knapp, Sun City Center

Leeann Kroetsch, Tampa

Sue Kutno, Sarasota

Betsy Lester, St. Petersburg

Susan Lumsden, Brooksville

John Mascoll, Safety Harbor

Wolfgang Mueller, The Villages

Elizabeth Neily, Gulfport

Victoria Nikkel, Pinellas Park

Suzy Pease, Gulfport

Emilie Pritchard, Panama City

Nick Reale, St. Petersburg

Jan Richardson, St. Petersburg

Rebecca Skelton, St. Petersburg

Barbara Ellen Williams, Ruskin

Catherine Wineland, Lakeland

Mary Ann Zeigler, Largo

Rebecca Zweibel, St. Petersburg

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