Earth, Wood & Fire Artist Tour
October 24 & 25, 2009
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The Artists
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Sandhill Designs • Bill Bale - Furniture Designer
N3163 Co. Hwy. J, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 568.0333 • www.sandhilldesigns.com
  Jorn Lynae Mork - Jeweler, Printmaker
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Home studio: Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 397.7384 • jornmork@earthlink.net
Combining carefully selected hardwoods and clean lines, Bill Bale designs furniture in the Arts & Crafts (Mission) style.   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 Painter
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Home studio: Monona, WI 53716
(608) 221.8692 • www.dawndarkmountain.com
  Toby McCullogh - Wood Turner
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Home studio: Sun Prairie, WI 53590
(608) 837.9354 • tobybowl@chorus.net
Working transparent watercolor, Dawn allows the white of the paper to be the whites. Native American heritage & nature is her subject matter.   Toby McCulloch Using windfall or distressed trees, Toby creates bowls from blocks that are dried, finished turned, sanded and polished with beeswax and oil.
   
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Pratt Clay Studio • Mary Pratt - Potter/Sculptor
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Home studio: Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 568.8574 • prattclaystudio@gmail.com
  Suzanne M. Modjeska-Seffrood - Pastel Artist
Exhibiting at the Sandhill Designs location
Home studio: Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(608) 279.0170 • www.love-to-pastel.com
Mary’s work is hand-thrown and hand-sculpted. White stoneware claybody and a variety of glazes are used for a classic, contemporary style.   Suzanne’s work is highly photorealistic with a slightly abstract twist focusing on reflections. Color is her tool to bring her pastels to life.
   
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Fiberholics
W7867 Riedel Lane, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
(920) 563.1466
  White Dove Farm • Mary Wallace - Fiber Artist
173 Co. Rd. A., Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 884.4301
Eve West, Dorothy Davenport, Ellen Haukom and Stephanie Funck are basket weavers and fiber artists, weaving art with a variety of materials.   Mary Wallace creates scarves that are made using the wet felting process to produce wearable and elegant art.
   
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Broadwing Clay Studio •  Ric Lamore - Potter
503 Co. A., Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 884.8099
  Rock Eagle Pottery • Michael Schael - Potter
2297 Clearview Rd., Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 423.7026 • www.woodfiredpots.com
Over the last thirty years, Ric Lamore has explored high fired stoneware and wood fired stoneware.   Michael’s work is hand thrown, glazed then fired in a wood burning kiln, allowing flame and ash of the firing to imprint itself on each unique piece.
   
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Cambridge Wood-Fired Pottery • Mark Skudlarek - Potter
10 Tranquil Lane, Cambridge, WI 53523
(608) 423.4507 • www.cambridgepottery.com
  Traveler’s Alley Studio • Kevin Beth - Goldsmith
106 Main St., Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920) 648.6947 • www.travelersalleystudio.com
Celebrating 20 years in business, Mark produces a wide range of functional wood-fired pottery inspired by European and Asian folk traditions.   Kevin Beth creates one-of-a-kind, assorted designs in his Lake Mills studio. He specializes is hand fabricated jewelry and custom gemstone cutting.
   
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EF Watercolor Studio • Peggy Furlin - Watercolor Artist
213 W. Madison St., Lake Mills, WI 53551
(414) 648-2604 • www.artid.com/efstudio
  Bruce Johnson Clay Studio •  Bruce Johnson - Potter
302 Campus Street, Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920) 648.3049 •  www.brucejohnsonclaystudio.com
Peggy has developed a style that is loose, colorful and uses fractured space, geometric shapes, patterns and color shifts in transparent watercolor.
  Bruce's pieces are wheel thrown and hand built. He is best know for his copper matte raku and ash glazes.
   
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Karen Calkins Ragus - Painter/Printmaker
N6778 Shorewood Hills Rd., Lake Mills, WI 53551
(608) 237.1712 • www.ragus.com
  Town Hall Studio •  Leslie DeMuth - Painter
N8016 County Highway G, Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920) 390.9341 • www.lesliedemuth.com
Karen creates large contemporary water media paintings, some abstract, some figurative. Some are very colorful, others are monochromatic.
  Leslie DeMuth is a landscape painter that captures in paint the rural and natural vistas of Wisconsin.
   
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Will’s Woodworking •  Will Wipperfurth - Woodworker
Exhibiting at the Town Hall Studio location
Home studio: Lake Mills, WI 53551
(920) 648.2563 • www.designsbywill.com
  Marvin Hill Block Prints • Marvin & Wendy Hill - Printmakers
Exhibiting at the Town Hall Studio location
Home studio: Johnson Creek, WI 53038
(920) 699.5540 • www.marvinhill.com
Will Wipperfurth designs and builds quality wooden boxes that have everyday functionality in addition to natural beauty.   Marvin and Wendy Hill’s hand-carved, printed and painted wood and linoleum block prints are full of spirit.
   
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Bur Oak Pottery •  Ed & Laura Klein - Potters and Sculptors
W6202 Klein Lane, Johnson Creek, WI 53038
(920) 648.4549 • www.buroakpottery.com
  Johnson Creek Clay Studio •  Rick Hintze - Potter
140 1/2 N. Watertown St., Johnson Creek, WI 53038
(920) 699.2529 • www.rickhintze.com
Ed & Laura Klein make a variety of wood-fired pottery. Inspired by Art Nouveau, pieces range from sculptural to functional.
  Rick Hintze makes wheel-thrown functional and decorative stoneware and porcelain as well as some handbuilt clay sculpture.