Invitational Trunk Show at the Harman Center for the Arts

Seven master craftsmen will present new work April 14-15 at an Invitational Trunk Show at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. The event, which is free and open to the public, coincides with the first two days of the Smithsonian Craft Show.

The participants include fiber artists Pamela Bracci, Fritelli and Lockwood, and Mina Norton; and jewelry artists Ford/Forlano, Rob Greene, Valerie Hector, and Roberta and David Williamson.

Steve Ford and David Forlano will be showing new, collaboratively made jewelry with a tube theme. Ford/Forlano work remotely in a remarkable process that sees the work travel back and forth between Forlano’s studio in Santa Fe and Ford’s studio in Philadelphia. Their website is www.fordforlano.com.

David and Roberta Williamson collaborate across a large studio table to fabricate nature-based pieces from sterling silver, found objects, and images from antique lithographs and postcards. The work often transcends the individual object as they incorporate the pieces within larger vignettes that continue the themes of nature, garden and home.

Jeweler Valerie Hector from Evanston, Illinois will be showing work from her new “Thistle” series which sets beaded structures of varying dimensions and degrees of opacity in sterling silver structures.

Rob Greene of Marshfield, Vermont presents his beautifully created jewelry featuring hand cut stones and high karat gold.  The stones, like miniature paintings are dramatically set in yellow gold compositions.

Cecilia Frittelli and Richard Lockwood of FRITTELLI AND LOCKWOOD, will be showing their line of men’s and women’s handwoven clothing and accessories in eco-friendly fabrications including bamboo, hemp and soy. Their contemporary collection features vests, jackets, shirts and coordinating accessories including scarves, bags, caps and neckties.

Designer Mina Norton of New York city will show her dramatic fiber designs.

Pam Bracci, known for her beautifully hand painted silk wearables will be showing her new collection. Pam is coming from West Newbury, Mass.

The private, intimate setting of the Harman Center provides a perfect environment for all of the artists’ new work. The three-year-old center is home to D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company.

INVITATIONAL TRUNK SHOW
Harman Center for The Arts
610 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. (one block from the National Building Museum)
Thursday, April 14 and Friday, April 15, 2011
9am-9pm (one hour before and after the Smithsonian Craft Show)