Seward Park Clay Studio Winter Holiday Sale

With the closing of the Northwest Craft
Center in the re-do of the Seattle Center, there is now no single location for
Puget Sound residents to see a representative sample of the variety of ceramics
being produced in this area.  That is, except during the Thanksgiving -
Christmas window of the annual Winter Holiday Sale at Seward Park Clay Studio
(SPCS).

This working studio, usually the creative home for a score of resident artists plus 120+ students, transforms
into a retail clay paradise, this year running from Dec 6 - Dec 24.

 What is on view, and available for
purchase, is not just the product of those professional and hobbyist potters
currently associated with SPCS (including

Mercer Island resident June Lindsay), but also art from an additional

nvited two-dozen local clay artists. These range from such luminaries in the

field as Carol Gouthro, Randy Silver, Tip Toland, and Sam Scott to local

favorites including Damian Grava, Pat Colyar, and Carol Ann Bauer.  

 Also impressive is the range of work:
 sculpture, majolica, functional stoneware, delicate porcelains, raku,
wood-fire, wall hangings. Even if you aren't in the market for purchasing (and
prices are remarkably affordable!), just surveying the range of expression in
clay is worth a trip to this event.  

 A fundraising opening night party, with
a suggested donation at the door of $10 occurs on Friday evening, Dec 6, from
6:30 - 9:30 pm.  Attendance gets you first crack at the full shelves, plus
a wide selection of finger foods and wine/beer.

The sale continues every day through
Dec 24.  M-F, noon - 7 pm and Sat/Sun
from 10 - 6.

 Join us in celebrating the diversity of
Puget Sound
ceramics!