2020 August Exhibition

Exhibit Sponsors:
David Fiske – Edward Jones
Puget Sound Energy

Main Gallery & Mezzanine:
Time S T R E T C H – Crista Ann Ames, Karl Schwiesow

Time Stretch may bring to mind the drawing out of a singular moment, a lengthier period of time, or, in the case of this exhibit act as the denominator under which Crista and Karl examine combinations of linear and non-linear, representational and abstract, divergent and convergent modes of thinking and making. Their creative partnership has allowed them to share a little of each other’s making practice and conceptual strategy over the past several years. Though their works remain distinct, they share impetus through materiality and concept stretched over time between them.

Crista Ann Ames is a sculptor working primarily in ceramics, wood and textiles. Through the layering of mythology, iconography and personal narrative, Crista explores how our own animal nature relates to the ways we establish and sustain personal relationships. Raised on a small hobby farm in Washington State, Crista often draws on her own experiences to explore pastoral life, animal husbandry, women’s craft and fertility.

Karl Schwiesow explores the coding of objects through interactions of ceramic forms and multimedia objects. As a maker, he allows himself to curate, to appropriate material, pull it from context, transmute it, and dissolve its previous purpose and meaning. His works often explore functional fixedness through post-structuralist modes which employs found and altered objects with ceramic components. Karl often draws on his visceral experiences as a commercial fisherman, builder, outdoor enthusiast, and educator to inform his approaches and concepts.

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