Earth, Wood & Fire Artist Tour
October 22 & 23, 2011
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The Artists
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Rock River Gallery
205 S. Main St., Jefferson, WI 53549
(920) 541.3322 • rockrivergallery.com
  Sandhill Designs • Bill Bale - Furniture Designer
N3163 Co. Hwy. J, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 568.0333 • sandhilldesigns.com
Featuring a variety of work by Amy Weh, Caleb Kasper, Rick Santovec and Richard Arfsten. Work features mosaic, stone and metal sculpture, collage, and paintings.   Combining carefully selected hardwoods and clean lines, Bill Bale designs furniture in the Arts & Crafts (Mission) style.
   
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Mary Pratt • Potter/Sculptor - Pratt Clay Studio
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Studio: Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 728.0528 • prattclaystudio.com
  Jorn Lynae Mork - Jeweler, Printmaker
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Studio: Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 397.7384 • JornsStudio.com
Mary works with white stoneware, using fresh, classic images, incised and sculpted with a contemporary twist. She calls it “Reality in Detail.”   Incorporates etching and printmaking techniques in her hand made jewelry, using various materials to create pieces which are narrative in nature.
   
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Dawn Dark Mountain - Watercolor Painting
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Studio: Monona, WI 53716
(608) 221.8692 • darkmtn@gmail.com
  Suzanne M. Modjeska-Seffrood - Pastelist
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Studio: Edgerton, WI 53538
(608) 279.0170 • love-to-pastel.com
Working in transparent watercolor as well as block prints and "sculptural" watercolors, Dawn's Native American heritage and nature are her inspiration and subject matter.   Suzanne’s highly photorealistic pastels focus on the play of colors, patterns and distortions that exist in highly reflective surfaces like water, glass and metal.
   
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Fiberholics - Basket Weavers
W7867 Riedel Lane, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 563.1466
  Mary Wallace • Feltmaker/Fiber Artist - White Dove Farm
173 Co. Rd. A., Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 884.4301 • whitedove@jvlnet.com
Eve West, Dorothy Davenport, Ellen Haukom and Stephanie Funck are basket weavers and fiber artists, weaving art with a variety of materials.   Mary Wallace makes wearable, colorful and decorative artwork (including some one-of-a-kind scarves) using wet and dry feltmaking techniques.
   
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Ric Lamore • Potter - Broadwing Clay Studio
503 Co. A., Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 884.8099 • ric.lamore@gmail.com
  Michael Schael • Potter - Rock Eagle Pottery
2297 Clearview Rd., Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 423.7026 • woodfiredpots.com
Over the last thirty years, Ric Lamore has explored high fired stoneware and wood fired stoneware.   Inspired by his passion for food and gardening, Michael’s pottery evokes colors of earth, sea and sky. These colors combined with a sense of form create pottery, which enriches one’s life.
   
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Mark Skudlarek • Potter - Cambridge Wood-Fired Pottery
10 Tranquil Lane, Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 423.4507 • www.cambridgepottery.com
  Glen Cutcher • Potter - Glen Cutcher Studio
218 Spring Street, Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 335.9194 • glencutcher.com
Celebrating 20 years in business, Mark produces a wide range of functional wood-fired pottery inspired by European and Asian folk traditions.   Glen’s pottery is contemporary with an organic feel to it, using a multi-layer approach in decorating, to achieve depth and texture.
   
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Karen Calkins Ragus - Painter/Printmaker
Lake Mills Arts Center
100 Water Street, Lake Mills, WI 53551
(608) 843.33087 • ragus.com
  Peggy Furlin • Watercolor - Watercolor Outside the Lines
Exhibiting at Lake Mills Arts Center
Studio: Lake Mills, WI 53551
(414) 510.8087 • artid.com/efstudio
Karen creates large contemporary water media paintings, some abstract, some figurative. Some are very colorful, others are monochromatic.
  Peggy's paintings use multiple layers of transparent watercolor. She takes liberties with traditional subject matter – abstracting it adds a level of interest by fracturing the space and adding unexpected geometric shapes, patterns and color shifts.
   
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Bruce Johnson • Potter - Bruce Johnson Clay Studio
302 Campus Street, Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920) 648.3049 •  brucejohnsonclaystudio.com
  Leslie DeMuth • Landscape Painter - Town Hall Studio
N8016 County Highway G, Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920) 390.9341 • lesliedemuth.com
Bruce's pieces are wheel thrown and hand built. He is best know for his copper matte raku and ash glazes.   Leslie DeMuth is a landscape painter that captures in paint the rural and natural vistas of Wisconsin.
   
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Ann Long Fisher • Handweaver
Exhibiting at Town Hall Studio
Studio: Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920)945.0122 • ponyweaver@charter.com
  Will Wipperfurth • Wood Artist/Woodworker
Exhibiting at Town Hall Studio
Studio: Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920) 648.2563 • designsbywill.com
Ann weaves limited production scarves, shawls and fabrics for clothing or home furnishings. She dyes many of the yarns used in her hand woven fabrics.   Will Wipperfurth designs and builds quality wooden boxes that have everyday functionality in addition to natural beauty.
   
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Ed & Laura Klein • Potters/Sculptors - Bur Oak Pottery
W6202 Klein Lane, Johnson Creek, WI 53038
(920) 648.4549 • buroakpottery.com
  Rick Hintze • Potter - Johnson Creek Clay Studio
140 1/2 N. Watertown St., P.O. Box 454, Johnson Creek, WI 53038
(920) 699.2529 • rickhintze.com
Ed & Laura Klein make a variety of wood-fired pottery. Inspired by Art Nouveau, pieces range from sculptural to functional.
  Rick Hintze utilizes several techniques to create his functional and decorative stoneware and porcelain. For his larger pots and sculpture, Rick uses the process of coiling.