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Archives for 2023

PNWS at The Troutdale Arts Festival

   This year the annual Troutdale Arts Festivalhttps://troutdaleartsfestival.org/ occurred on the weekend of the opening of the PNWS show in Newport, and members that would have occupied a demonstration booth were busy out on the Coast. PNWS did however, present a face to the public by scheduling the Raku firing piece of a Maskmaking/Raku workshop […]

PNWS Wisdom of the Coast

    Our group was founded in Portland, but we are right at home on the Oregon coast. Pacific Northwest Sculptors has just opened the group show, Into the Depths at the Newport Visual Arts Center (NVAC) There are almost too many Thank Yous to give to all for this opportunity. My first thank you […]

WANDER/WONDER: a sculptured dance happening at Price Sculpture Forest on August 19 2023

The big WANDER/WONDER professional dance event will be making an encore this August 19 1-3pm at the Sculpture Forest! Famed choreographer Eva Stone is bringing 11 national caliber dancers into the Forest with all new choreographed performances that enhance and re-interpret selected sculptures. Visitors can stroll from any performance to any other performance throughout the event, which will consist of short dances at each sculpture repeated frequently so visitors can wander through on their own schedule and at their own paces. All donation proceeds will be split between Gifts From The Heart Food Bank and the Sculpture Forest.

New PNWS member Philip Robertson exhibits sculptural statements at PDX

Philip Robertson is a new PNWS member who moved from New York recently and is in the process of reestablishing his sculptural career on the West Coast. His day job is as an arts educator at Catlin Gabel in Portland and his artistic passion is to involve our various cultural diversions into unifying conversation, inviting […]

Filed Under: Members Author: Russell Ford

IS Day PDX 2023 was a Magical Evening!

Oh what a fun group! International Sculpture Day is a blast every year, and this year may have been the most fun of all! On April 29th we gathered at SCRAP, with many wearable sculptures partly built, and curiosity as to what they could become.  As we looked though all of their cheap and quirky […]

New Work!

Making this “Wise One” has been a deepening experience. Getting up close to really see the details of this Great Horned Owl and his intense eyes, brought a sense of awe while scratching into the glass. I combined several reference photos to create this image, and visualized trees as feathers in the chest, which follow the shape of […]

Upcoming Online Workshop in May!

Upcoming Online Workshop in May! Presented by Silvera Jewelry School Explore new Ground – Enameling on Steel Forms with Alisa Looney Four Tuesdays, May 9, 2023 – May 30, 2023; 2:00PM – 5:30PM PT (Pacific Time) – Online  Do you have a desire to add glass enamel imagery or marks to steel forms? Curious how to begin […]