Handmade in America Exhibition at Singing Stone Gallery Tampa

   Three of my mosaic wall art pieces have been juried into the Handmade in America exhibition at the Singing Stone Gallery in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida.

   This multi-media show exhibits a wide array of the handmade, which is rich in traditions and expressive of regional craft artisans, and their contributions to America's cultural heritage. The juried exhibit will showcase contemporary jewelry, photography, paintings, glass, wood, ceramics, metals, and mixed media handcrafted by American artists.

    The exhibit opens Friday, July 4, 2014, with an opening reception from 6-8:30, and continues through August 31, 2014.

    If you will be in Tampa on July 4th,  join us for the reception - refreshments and apple pie will be served.  After the event, artists, collectors, family and friends, are able to travel on Tampa’s Trolley Car, located steps from the gallery (Stop # 1), to Channelside for fireworks and live entertainment.

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Shell Mosaic Bird and a Gallery Show

Last weekend I finished a new mosaic wall art piece just in time for it to be included in a gallery show. The inspiration for this piece was a photo I took of an Egret bird who visited a waterfront gathering I attended this summer. He (she?) sure seemed interested in our event, though perhaps because there was food involved! 

"Whatcha Doing"?

 The bird is pieced from sections of shells mostly found locally here in Florida. My Dremel was instrumental in shaping these shells. If you try this technique, I recommend wearing a dust mask and doing this outside!! The background is mostly stained glass but with a section of stone pieces depicting the sea wall.

The gallery show this piece is included in is at the Crawford Gallery in our regional library, It is a Painting and Mixed Media theme show with three artists. Myself, Jeanine Tatlock, a student who showed works in a variety of media, and Harriet Rollitt, a paper collage artist.

Artist Linda Pieroth Smith (right)

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