Chelsea Gallery » Functional Art

New for the Holidays

Admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:42:59 +0000

Chelsea Gallery’s artists have been delivering special pieces just for the holidays. New original art includes charming and ever-popular handmade pins by Gini Robison, hand dyed silk scarves by Lenore Orlowska-Warren, and fiber Santas, elves and flying angels by Charlie Patricolo. Other items to consider for your guest list are wooden hand mirrors by John Knapp, holiday folk-art sculptures by Marlene Dusbiber and any of the jewelry, pottery, glass and metal sculptures on hand. Each piece carried by the Chelsea Gallery is an original work of art, with prices starting at under $10.

John Knapp, Wooden Hand Mirrors

Admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:17:46 +0000

John Knapp has always loved working with wood and has returned to this passion since retiring from Chrysler Provings Grounds in 1996. He especially likes to finish pieces in their natural colors rather than staining. He uses jatoba, wenge, red heart, bubinga, zebra, lacewood, birdseye maple, curly maple along with walnut and cherry. He makes beautiful assymetrically hand mirrors that are heirloom quality, as well as jewelry boxes, end tables, sofa tables and wall mirrors. He also does commission work, such as making nine walnut benches for the McKune Library.

Susan Pickering Rothamel, Assemblage

Admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:38:40 +0000

Susan Pickering Rothamel is a highly creative artist who makes original cards, clocks, check book covers and tables. She uses a variety of materials for her collage and assemblage creations.

Ron Bishop, Forged Iron

Admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:54:16 +0000

Ron Bishop’s work is blacksmithing designed with the hands of a craftsman and the eye of an artist.

Annette Baron, Glass

Admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:03:27 +0000

In 1998, Annette Baron designed and built her own glass studio, where she teaches and creates her art. Baron has a bachelors degree in Music from Western Michigan University and has studied glass at the Toledo Museum of Art and Tidal Wave Glass in Toledo, Ohio and at Michigan Hot Glass in Detroit, Michigan. The mystery of glass, either classic or abstract, has always fascinated Baron. Her works are draped like honey, shaped with wood, steel or paper, and shaped by intent or serendipity. While she is a musician by training, she has created textures on form that writhe and twist around a vessel, while others dance into their own shapes. Baron’s goal in her art is to combine color and light, forms both classic and aleatory; glass is time and rhythm.