Madison Park Art Walk, Friday, September 9th, 2016

Madison Park Art Walk 2016! Friday, September 9th, 5-9pm 

I'm debuting a new series of Bowl Faces at Home Street Bank.

Whimsical expressions, emerging from the wonderfully rotund bowl form. Come meet them, they're friendly!

Sandy Haight, watercolor artist will also be showing her beautiful flower painting. 

Friday, Sept 9th, 2016, at 5pm-9pm

Home Street Bank

4036 E. Madison St

Seattle, WA 98112

Whimsical sculpture by Barbara Dunshee

 I decided to see what I could do with a lighter mood of expression on some smaller faces. These quickly took on a carnival feel and demanded a spot more color.

Kobo at Higo to display Barbara Dunshee sculptures

"Hero" by Barbara Dunshee
Immature ceramic, milk paint, wood
18" tall x 7" wide x 7" deep

My sculpture is now on display at the fantastic Kobo at Higo, in a window that faces Jackson Street in the International District of Seattle. Walk the International District ArtWalk, Saturday August 15th, 5-8pm (live music 6:30-7:30pm) and see for yourself!
Anybody who knows either of the Kobo locations knows they show an array of amazing works, ceramics and all things desirable, including modern hip pop and traditional treasures. They are worth many visits.

Urban Mermaid

She's off to the show this afternoon.

Okay, a little more sneak

We're a work in progress.....

And we didn't explode in the kiln.
Being a little silly before painting (dressing my sculpture with glasses).
The third image is the one that really had me the most concerned in the kiln. All those bubbles? Pop, pop, pop! But that didn't happen.

Annie's Art and Frame

2212 NW Market Street

Seattle, WA 98107

Opening Party

July 11th, 6-9pm (during Ballard Art Walk)

July 11th-August 4th, 2009

http://anniesartandframe.blogspot.com/

Seattle artist Barbara Dunshee's sculptural and functional ceramics will be featured in our front windows. Barbara's porcelain sculptures runs the gamut of the whimsical to the enigmatic, with disembodied faces and crowned babies contributing to a highly original and inspired body of work. Also featured in our side window will be her brilliantly colored functional and decorative ceramic vessels. Come enjoy the complementary techniques of these gifted Northwest artists!

Sneak Preview of new sculptures

Can't show any more than this and ruin the anticipation.

2009 June Tacoma sculpture set up

We installed our sculpture yesterday at Gallery 301, in Tacoma, WA.
In this pic I've got wall faces and baby kings. Those are baby kings crawling down the wall and more sitting on the pedestal. In total there are 20 baby kings. All can sit or hang.
I've got the South and East walls and managed to snap a pic before we closed up for the night.
We open again this Saturday , June 20th, 2009, Noon-4pm.

Must. keep. posting.

Am turning the studio upside down again. I like to shift things about, rethink the ergonomics. Am always surprised when I didn't figure this stuff the last time I inverted the studio.

Am making many French Butter Dishes, god they're cute, posting them to Etsy http://www.barbdunshee.etsy.com and trying to get the rest of my works up there too, including my Lively Vessels (formerly just called Lidded Vessels). My sculptural work now has its own Etsy "gallery",
http://www.barbaradunshee.etsy.com
I decided "barbdunshee" versus "barbaradunshee" would have to do to distinguish between my whimsical versus my fine art stuff. Works in a pinch. Can't change them now. Well, could but I'd have to start over with building up the shoppes (some people don't like that word, shoppes.)

Have decided I can't part with one of the faces. She's called "Marshmallow Princess". Actually she's the huge image at the beginning of this posting. Didn't mean to put her up there that big, but then I liked seeing her there. When I started using this face as an "Avatar" or icon for my Etsy site I started using some magnified detail images of her eyes. That and her surface texture really sucked me in.