Artist’s Reception

Saturday

December 6th

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Edmonds Art Walk

Thursday

December 18th

5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery North is excited to present master potter and collage artist Mara Sparks as our featured artist for December 2008. Her show, “Shapes and Layers” displays two mediums: wheel thrown altered clay and paper collage. The artist’s pottery celebrates traditional utilitarian forms with natural colors of layered clays and whimsical alterations such as tiny feet or overextending handles that both exaggerate and balance the form. Her paper collages are bold in color but comforting in subject matter, whether landscape or flowers. Together, these two art forms express Mara’s love of playful exploration of form and functional in decorative works of art.

Gallery North invites the public to meet Mara Sparks at her artist’s reception Saturday, December 6th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm and during the Edmonds Art Walk on Thursday, December 18th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Mara Sparks completed her BA at the University of Texas in 1992. In 1993 she began an apprenticeship in Tennessee in the ‘Craftsman's Valley’ at Dollywood and became the Master Potter two years later. Mara then completed one year of graduate study in Fine Arts at East Tennessee State University with the late Lynn Whitehead. She also studied with other accomplished potters including the well-known clay masters Steven Hill and Robin Hopper.