Garden Dinner and Library Tour for Two

Birchtree Catering with Allegra Derengowski and Rasa Stirbys Benefico

Spring emergence, No COVID resurgence!

*Weather permitting

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Helen Drutt

Helen W. Drutt English (Helen Drutt) was Founder/Director of her eponymous gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1973-2002), which was among the first galleries in the United States to make a commitment to the modern and contemporary craft movement. In 1973, she developed the first syllabus for a college-level course in the history of the field. Drutt has published numerous essays; organized exhibitions, i.e. Poetics of Clay, Brooching It Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madelaine K. Albright, and Challenging the Chatelaine!; and curated American studio jewelry for the Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza, Italy (2016-18). She has built a permanent collection of contemporary crafts for The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, and she is currently building a collection for the National Museum of Sweden. The Helen Williams Drutt Collection of international studio jewelry has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and internationally, and in 2002, 800 works entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Drutt has received numerous awards and three honorary degrees, from the University of the Arts, Moore College of Art, and Alfred University. She is a trustee of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Fellow of the American Craft Council; and a recipient of the Distinguished Educator's Award 2018, James Renwick Alliance, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Aerial Landscape

Lexan and wood box with porcelain landscape

Fair Market Value: $4,200

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 5" x 9" x 9"

Porcelain in wood

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Paula and Robert Winokur

Porcelain is a material usually thought of as delicate, fragile and transparent. Considered the primary clay from which all other clays are derived, it comes from the earth as pure white, strong and durable. Fired it can resemble both snow and ice, depending on surface texture and treatment. Porcelain attracted me because of these qualities, rather than it's transparency. I have chosen to work with this clay because it has allowed me to explore issues in the landscape without making literal interpretations.

My work has been influenced by information gathered at various "sites", places in the natural environment that I have responded to visually. The earth itself particularly cliffs, ledges, crevices, and canyons: the effects of wind, earthquakes, glaciers and natural phenomenon such as geological "shifts" and "faults" interest me.

Untitled

Turned Bowl

*Purchaser Agreement: Upon deaccessioning, purchaser must agree to gift this work to The Center for Art in Wood in memory of Ron Kent.

Fair Market Value: $2,200

Dimensions: 7" x 12" Diameter

Norfolk Pine

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Ron Kent

Ronald E. Kent (1931-2018) was an American woodturner who was, as the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website puts it, "best known as a turner of remarkably thin, translucent bowls made from Norfolk Island pine, a wood indigenous to Hawaii, where he live[d]. His graceful forms are complemented by the purposeful selection of logs that include knots, textures, and contrasts; when light shines through, the intrinsic beauty of the patterned wood is revealed." Kent's works are in numerous permanent collections, including those of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (New York City), the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), the Mint
Museum (Charlotte, N.C.), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), the Museum of Arts and Design (New York City), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), and the White House (Washington, D.C.).

Helen Drutt

Helen W. Drutt English (Helen Drutt) was Founder/Director of her eponymous gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1973-2002), which was among the first galleries in the United States to make a commitment to the modern and contemporary craft movement. In 1973, she developed the first syllabus for a college-level course in the history of the field. Drutt has published numerous essays; organized exhibitions, i.e. Poetics of Clay, Brooching It Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madelaine K. Albright, and Challenging the Chatelaine!; and curated American studio jewelry for the Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza, Italy (2016-18). She has built a permanent collection of contemporary crafts for The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, and she is currently building a collection for the National Museum of Sweden. The Helen Williams Drutt Collection of international studio jewelry has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and internationally, and in 2002, 800 works entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Drutt has received numerous awards and three honorary degrees, from the University of the Arts, Moore College of Art, and Alfred University.

One Midweek Overnight Stay at The Deacon

Fair Market Value: $1,200

Maximum 26 people on a Monday-Thursday night

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The Deacon

Located in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood of Philadelphia, The Deacon is an innovative multi-use space housed in a historic building and reimagined with modern amenities. With minimalist design touches and Bauhaus-influenced features, our space meticulously and thoughtfully pairs old and new. The dynamic setting, encourages creativity, connection, and collaboration, offering each guest a memorable experience.

Tangerine Windsor

Made by students using turning, carving, and joinery

Fair Market Value: $1,250

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Dimensions: 34" x 15"x 15"

Painted maple, poplar, and oak woods

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Craft and Material Studies students from University of the Arts under Don Miller's instruction

In the study of Wood/Furniture at UArts, students gain a mastery of tools, methods and materials to create meaningful, unique pieces-and have many opportunities to display your work in studio, on campus and in the neighborhood.

Don Miller's sculpture and furniture works are inspired by a broad range of historical woodworking practice and have been shown in New York, Boston and the upper Midwest. A background as a stringed instrument maker and a developing interest in fiber-based processes augment his long practical woodworking experience.

This Windsor chair was made in 2016 as a collaborative project by C+MS/Wood juniors and seniors. It is constructed in traditional materials and by traditional methods- turning, carving, joinery.

Cylinder with Posts

Salt glazed vessel

Fair Market Value: $2,200

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 11" x 7" x 7"

Salt glazed stoneware

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Robert Winokur

I don't know when it was that I became fascinated and enthralled by artwork done by children and in particular with the drawings and paintings done by them of houses. What I find truly compelling about theses works was their innocence, exuberance and spontaneity

Those qualities and elements of children's art that inspired me to work with the house surface every now and then but the sense of joy, euphoria, playfulness and spontaneity has been replaced by a kind of somber introspection. Perhaps it is the color of the clay coupled with the construction process I use to make the houses that moves me in this direction this.

Like sculptures of Equestrian Horsemen or Madonna's with Child the houses have become, a form, a kind of abstraction that expresses, on one level, a formal study of variations on the theme and, on another, an exploration of the possibilities that can be wrung from the symbol. The ladders and the asparagus are recent elements that I have taken to. They do all sorts of neat things to modify and alter the way in which the houses are seen

For me what looks right determines whether a piece "works" or not. There is no conscious intellectual mechanism and certainly no pre-existing manifesto at play here. As the little girl told the psychologist who asked her to tell him about her drawing said. "This is not a story this is a picture to be looked at".

Interpenetrating Linkage, Double

Fair Market Value: $800

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 35" length

3D printed nylon necklace

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Rod McCormick

Rod McCormick is a metalsmith, sculptor and jeweler. His original passion was for metal (copper, bronze, aluminum, steel, silver, gold) and for metalworking (fabrication, hammering, casting, chasing, repoussé, soldering, welding). Since 1990 he has also been involved with the application of computer-aided design and computer-aided making to the work of the individual craftsperson, and now much of his work is executed using 3D printing.

He draws his inspiration from process-from 19th century sheet metal pattern-making as well as contemporary 3D computer modeling programs. His current work is jewelry-sensuous forms designed digitally and printed in plastic, aluminum and stainless steel.

SHIFT

Fair Market Value: $3,500

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 29 1/2" X 10 1/2" X 10 1/2"

Hand blown glass, found objects, and other mixed media

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Harry Anderson

Harry Anderson's work has always involved the recycling and reuse of objects. They were used first in site specific installations then in the 1980s the pieces became unified objects in the form of a lamp or light sculpture.

Harry is a full time artist whose past teaching credits include Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA, North Country Studio Conference, Bennington, VT, Pilchuck, Stanwood, WA and Haystack, Deer Isle, ME. Anderson received his BFA from the University of Illinois and MFA from the Pennsylvania State University. He has received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts among others. His light sculptures, installations, artist books, prints, and photographs have been widely seen in both solo and group exhibitions and are included in numerous private and public collections.

Woven Acrylic & Chain Statement Necklace

Limited Edition

Fair Market Value: $300

Dimensions: 20.5" length, 7" drop

Gold plated brass and steel chains, acrylic, and crystals

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John Wind

John is the founder and designer of John Wind Jewelry, an internationally known fashion jewelry and gift brand based in Philadelphia. Pieces can be found in the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The company was founded in 1985 upon Wind's graduation from the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Giving back has always been integral to the company's mission through the years.

Axial Tilt Vase

Fair Market Value: $1000

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 15"

Tinted porcelain with glaze

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Joshua Hebbert

This ceramic vase is made by layering black and white casting slip in highly textured molds. The surface is then carved and sanded smooth, revealing the graphic black and white pattern. The separate components are combined to create an elevated orb whose equator mirrors the tilt of the earth.

Joshua Hebbert is a maker and educator living in Philadelphia, PA. He earned his MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder and his BFA from Creighton University. He has worked for a variety of cultural craft institutions, including Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and the Museum of Contemporary Craft. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. He makes slip cast ceramic vessels that explore the potential of the process. He currently teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art and recently completed a residency at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia.

Grace

Porcelain wall piece of female form

Fair Market Value: $400

Dimensions: 20" x 14" x 5"

High-fired porcelain

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Marianne Tebbens

My work is clay has evolved over the years from mostly functional, with the vessel as the predominant form, to an increasing number of sculptural pieces, with the human face, hands, torso, and elements of nature emerging. This evolution has occurred in conjunction with my work as a Psychotherapist and Art Therapist, as well as through my own personal growth experiences.

I create my pieces with a variety of clays and processes. I work in stoneware, porcelain, Raku and earthenware clays and fire in reduction, wood, salt, Raku, and primitive types of kilns. Process excites me, and the Alchemy of clay, form and fire offer me infinite possibilities. This is what has stimulated my creative energies for so many years, and keeps me fired up!!

Miami Blue

Silver brooch with botanical theme

Fair Market Value: $400

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 2 1/2"x 1 1/2"x 3/16"

Sterling silver, photograph, mylar, and stainless steel

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Marjorie Simon

I was trained as a sociologist but I've been an artist all my life. I've made jewelry since I was a child in summer camp, but detoured into academia, earning a BA and MA in sociology and teaching it at the college level for several years before returning to my true love as a maker.

I have been making jewelry and metalwork for over 40 years, studying with the excellent faculty at community based institutions and crafts communities that exist in the United States. For several decades I sold my work at craft shows and produced edition work as well as one-of-a-kind pieces.

Although I no longer travel around doing shows, I continue to sell my work in select galleries. In 1995 I began to use vitreous enamel on copper and this has become a large part of my studio practice.