SOFA CHICAGO 2009
My pals Shelley, and Leah and I went with some other friends down to the fabulous Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) show held at Navy Pier in Chicago. The show was about 1/4 smaller this year. They went really heavy on the glass this year as well. I did manage to see almost all of my favorite artists’ work there. Here are some pictures. More to come.
There were a series of these sculptures- by Keld Moseholm I really liked them:
Mixed Media Sculpture
I’ve seen this next artist a few times Steffan Dam. These marvelous sea life creations are within panes of glass:
Sea life creations in glass This artist, Barbro Aberg had the most amazing ceramics!amazing ceramics
I am a huge William Morris fan. Here is an amazing tribal piece that was included in the show:
Glass by William Morris
This piece made from rusted metal by Mary Giles completely entranced me:
Rust piece by Mary Giles
Here’s a detail:
Another artist I absolutely adore is Gilles Payette:
glass sculpture by Gilles Payette
One of the most amazing artists at SOFA is Lesley Richmond. She uses a fiber process that combines eating away some of the fabric and then uses metal pigments on them. The results are exquisite, my picture, not so much:
Here’s a detail of one of her pieces:
Detail Lesley richmond piece
and some gorgeous thread painting by Carol Shinn:
Work by Carol Shinn
Ther was some beautiful wood carving by Milo Mirabelli:
Wood carving by Milo Mirabelli
and some really lovely glass work by Eoin Breadan:
Glass work by Eoin Breadan
I loved this horse sculpture and even talked with the artist for a few minutes. She does these sculptures with her partner. The artists are Kirk H. Slaughter and Elisabett Gudmann
Horse Sculpture
here’s another one of their beautiful sculptures:
Another great sculpture
Here is one of Elisabett Gudman’s gorgeous metal pieces. She makes the most amazing colored metal patinas!
etched metal piece
more photos later!
