The Art of Inocente…prints available at the gallery
Exciting news at the gallery for April! The prints of Inocente, the subject of an Academy Award winning film will be available at the gallery during the weekend of the Ashland Independent Film Festival April 5-7. Inocente will be in the gallery for the First Friday Art Walk. The film will be shown at … Continue reading
Plaza Mosaic moves forward
The Plaza project is moving forward, the slabs are complete, freeing up some space for the layout to begin. The colorful wave forms will be set to a tile mesh, with mosaic elements interspersed between. Deep greens, light blues, golds, terra cotta, greys and moss integrate into a ceramic frieze of flow and movement. … Continue reading
March update City of Ashland Plaza Project
The slabs are stacking up in the studio, greens and golds, terra cotta and blue, glossy and matte. They are ready to go to the waterjet cutting company to be made into the “waves”. After being cut, the waves will be laid out with mosaic, between and around the tiles. All the elements will be laid out on … Continue reading
Ashland Plaza Public Art Update
The studio is full of wet slabs these days, giving my trusty slab roller a good workout. It is interesting how wet clay has been formed for centuries, a little more mechanized than a rolling pin, not by much. The slabs go through the firing cycle are glazed and high fired. These fired tiles will … Continue reading
The Jefferson Agrarian
The Jefferson Agrarian, extraordinary blog from the State of Jefferson… http://www.jeffagrarian.com/?p=1650 Illahe Studios and Gallery Call for Artists • Fourth Annual Artist Book Exhibit.
Artist Mark Oliver creates Mosaic “Book” sculpture to honor Joaquin Miller
Northern California artist Mark Oliver has created a monumental tribute to the poet Joaquin Miller in a McCloud California park. Extraordinary combination of the written word, history, poetry and art. Artist creates tribute to Joaquin Miller in McCloud see link: http://www.redding.com/news/2012/aug/14/artist-creates-tribute-to-joaquin-miller-in/
Your Kitchen Trash Reborn As Abstract Art : The Salt : NPR
This photography project brings to mind the Recology/Ashland Sanitary Service recycled mosaic just waiting for good weather to finish. Your Kitchen Trash Reborn As Abstract Art : The Salt : NPR.
Ashland Plaza Project December Update
I am beginning the Ashland Plaza Public Art project in earnest now, with some short breaks for the holidays and a bit of holiday travel. The first stie is designing the ceramic “wave” shapes that can be set together to create the pattern or opened up with mosaic to break up the line. Currently, the archaeologist … Continue reading
City of Ashland approves Public Art for the Plaza
Read about our new Public Art Project in Ashland http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121207/NEWS02/212070305/-1/NEWS City of Ashland; Downtown Plaza project I envision a colorful ceramic frieze along the base of the new seat walls in the revitalized Downtown Plaza. The artwork would be made of interlocking curvilinear forms with bright mosaic elements breaking up the pattern. The historic … Continue reading
Gordon House A Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian House
When a family purchased their dream property, they realized that they loved the piece of land but didn’t care at all for the location of the current residence. As they were about to demolish the house, it was discovered that the house had been designed by renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.The house has since been … Continue reading
Sue Springer 