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Into The Forest In Pittsburgh

By: ornamento.blog November 16, 2017November 15, 2017

Art, Art Shows, PittsburghArt, IntoTheForest, Pittsburgh, Travel1 Comment

02.1_2 — Spinning Plate Gallery Pittsburgh

We drove across the state last week to attend the opening of Into The Forest. There was so much to look at! And the opening was packed. I’m glad I was able to go back to the gallery the next day and get another look. I was constantly seeing things I hadn’t noticed the night before. What a treat! But I’m afraid I have run out of words about now so here are some pictures from Into The Forest.

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You can buy the exhibition catalog which contains a picture of every contribution along with the name and locale of the artists. For more information, press here. But the pictures and the catalog are not a substitute for walking into the forest yourself. The exhibit runs until December 3 and is worth a trip to Pittsburgh.

Into The Forest Opens This Friday

By: ornamento.blog November 9, 2017November 10, 2017

Art, Philadelphia Polymer Clay Guild, polymer, Polymer Clay, Public ArtArt, Emily Squires Levine, IntoTheForest, Julie Eakes, Laura Tabakman, polymer, spinning plates gallery1 Comment

Into The Forest, the long-awaited collaborative polymer installation spearheaded by Laura Tabakman, Julie Eakes and Philadelphia’s own Emily Squires Levine opens this Friday at the Spinning Plate Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA.

I can scarcely believe that it’s been more than a year since Laura announced the project at Eurosynergy and requested contributions from the polymer community. They responded with enthusiasm: polymer artists from 27 countries around the world and 37 States around the US sent an abundance of hand-fabricated floral and faunal elements inspired by their geographically-diverse environments. Into The Forest is more than an art installation; it is a celebration of diversity and unity. A virtual global forest.

A small version of Into The Forest had its first public showing in Philadelphia as part of a larger “Constructing Organics” show which ran at the Park Town Place Gallery from September 2 to December 30, 2016. Emily, Laura and Julie have spent this past year working to make Into the Forest come to life in Pittsburgh.

Here are pictures of contributions from the Philadelphia polymer community that we made under Emily’s instruction at a meeting of the Philadelphia Area Polymer Clay Guild.