Barbara Dunshee at Art in the Alley by Columbia City Gallery

I'll be showing small new works like this tiny face at
Art in the Alley by Columbia City Gallery
Friday, August 13th, 2010 4-9pm

Southeast Seattle's only outdoor arts festival takes place from 4-9pm on Friday, August 13 near Columbia City Gallery. This free event features the work of 40 local artists, craftspeople and jewelers, including paintings by Aba Diallo and Jacqui Beck, “art-cycled” mosaics by Darcy Thompson, prints by Sonya Stockton, sculpture & wearable art by Barbara Dunshee, soap works by Heidi Risse and jewelry by  Alexa Allamano. Art in the Alley is held in conjunction with the Columbia City Beatwalk.

Hope to see you there!

Columbia City Gallery
4864 Rainier Ave S | Seattle WA 98118 |
206.760.9843 | www.ColumbiaCityGallery.com http://www.ColumbiaCityGallery.com

French Butter Dish (or Butter Bulb™ as I call my design!)

I just mailed off this custom ordered Butter Bulb™. It's red iron oxide over my delicate ray pattern with a big aqua dot on top. It's glazed clear on the inside.
I love the way the red iron oxide looks and feels, especially over the texture!

If you're looking for a french butter keeper (also called french butter crocks or jars) I've listed them MADE TO ORDER at my Etsy shop.

French Butter Keepers, a sweet trio!

This trio of French Butter Dishes (I call mine Butter Bulbs™ as I designed the butter compartments to be bulb shaped) was a commission for a woman and her two sisters. They each hold 1/2 cup of butter (one stick, as we get them in Seattle). In bright yellow, with a big happy red dot on top. They are all clear glaze on the inside surfaces. I sell these through my Etsy shop and currently they are made to order so you can choose your colors.

The sound of ceramic bells!

Sweet sound of my ceramic bells, available for purchase at my Etsy shop.

ART.FOR.ALL at Annie's Art and Frame in Seattle

Annie's Art and Frame hosts ART.FOR.ALL (small art, under $100) this coming Saturday, December 12th, 6-9pm. I'll be selling tiny Faces, small lidded vessels, bells and luminaries. There will be much flat art (painting, printmaking, etc) too and I'm getting there early to BUY!

"Tongue Man" (4" tall if that)

"Forthright" (4 inches tall if that)

"Spot" (5 inches tall if that)

Holiday Pottery Sale!

In Seattle? Please join me this coming week, December 4th-6th (Fri-Sun) for my Winter Pottery Sale at my studio!

I’ll have a great selection available in stock and I’ll also be taking custom orders.
French butter keepers, ornaments, bells, candle luminaries, bowls of all sizes, mugs, tumblers and much more.

A selection of my work is also online at Etsy
Everything you see there is 10% off in person at my studio.

December 4th-6th
Friday through Sunday (please note: Husky Game on Saturday afternoon so plan accordingly!)
11am-4pm each day.
Or call for appointments 206.229.3311

Barbara Dunshee’s Home Studio
1060 26th Ave E.
Seattle, WA 98112
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I look forward to welcoming you to the studio!
-Barbara

Ceramic bell making, stringing together the parts, by Barbara Dunshee

This video is the FINAL installment of my ceramic bell making lesson. It shows you one way of stringing the bells together. Of course, you can always buy finished bells from me, in person at my Studio (Sale Dec 4th-Dec 6th), or online at my Etsy shop.
Preview of the bells in action!!


NOTES:
-I used 20lb test fishing line for stringing the clapper to the stop. Other strings will do, but you don't want them too stiff.
-I used thin copper wire as a threader for getting the soft ribbon through the holes in bell and stop.
-If the holes are too small for your ribbon, you can use string between the stop and the ribbon and tie the ribbon to the top of the bell (of course it can get a little trickier if the holes are too small for the ribbon to pass through).