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Featured Art & Artists: Articles
Most articles found in this section have been reprinted with permission from Sound Publishing, The Islands Weekly. The articles are divided into two subjects, The Art Process and the Artist Profiles.

Also, the images that accompany the articles have not yet been added, but by May 2006 those will be included.

The Art Process
Articles from the Art Process series cover a 101 Art prospective for each topic. Within those topics we explore a particular angle to that subject as seen from our local artist community.

Stone Sculpture - March 2006
A quite rewarding, and at times can be very intimidating process.

Mixed Media - February 2005
The art of thinking differently: Overcoming boundaries within any art form by means of mixed media.

Metal Sculpture - March 2005
Turning found metal into sculpture
Just cut, pound, and grind.

Plein Air Painting - April 2005
Gearing Up for Plein Air Painting - It's springtime
Painting on location, out of doors.

Ceramics - May 2005
Is it Earthenware, Stoneware or Porcelain?
Part One: The Ceramic Building Process

Ceramics - July 2005
Part Two: The Ceramic Building Process
Glazes and Kiln Firing.

Kiln Fired Glass - August 2005
Kiln Fired Glass: the fused glass technique or kilnforming glass.

Monotypes - November 2005
Monotypes in the Printmaking Process.

Transfers - December 2005
Photographic Transfers - Not Just for Photography.

Artist Profiles
Our Artist Profiles are a series of interviews cover local artists and their work and their relationship to their art. Most articles are reprinted with permission from The Islands Weekly Newspaper, and others are coverage by the SJiAC covering special projects and accomplishments by local artists.

Annie Adams - Winter 2005
Oil painting at the Morris Graves Foundation

Matthew Grey Palmer - Spring 2005
San Juan Island: Bronze Sculpture.

Dwight Duke - February 2006
Orcas Island: Bronze Sculptures.

Rita Elliott - April 2006
Lopez Island Island: Artist, painter, and jeweler.

Yvonne Buijs-Mancuso - July 2006
San Juan Island: A new expression in glass she calls “Transflection.”

Andrea Simmons - September 2006
San Juan Island: Specializes in luster glazes on ceramics and created the Mud to Magic juried show.

Jill Trear - October 2006
San Juan Island: Specializes in luster glazes on ceramics and created the Mud to Magic a juried show.

 
Joe Symons - Orcas Island Potter Joe Symons - Orcas Island Potter - Featured in Part Two: The Ceramic Building Process - July 2005