Riverssance fest brings in art fans
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By Tamara Fudge | Saturday, September 20, 2008 |
Betty Morlane of Weaver, Iowa, looks at miniature thrown pots at the Schwarz Pots of Decorah, Iowa, booth during the Riverssance Festival of Fine Arts on Saturday at Lindsay Park in the Village of East Davenport. Buy this Photo
Rick Hall came all the way from Grand Lake, La., to show his images of angels in cemeteries, public parks, downtown areas and churchyards to visitors at Saturday’s Riverssance festival in the Village of East Davenport.
The photos are printed on canvas, adhered to wood and then textured. A majority of his works for sale this weekend are from photographs taken in the New Orleans area, recently damaged by Hurricane Gustav.
Hall plans to look around the Quad-Cities for angels to photograph before going home.
“Some pop up in the most unlikely areas,” he said.
Robert Sjostrom of Rockford, Ill., combines photography and pottery. Black-and-white darkroom photographs are printed on stoneware instead of paper, he said.
“It’s the chemistry of the photographic paper coating,” he said. “The color of the clay seeps through and gives it a sepia tone.”
The result is an old-fashioned look to the photographs, “a way of preserving history,” said Sjostrom.
“I used to be a potter,” said glassblower Daniel Edler of Cedarville, Ill., “but the work process (of glassblowing) is more spontaneous.” His vases and other work are opaque or transparent, depending on the desired effect.
Peggy Furlin of Lake Mills, Wis., creates unusual watercolors. “I take a typical scene or still-life,” she said, “and fracture the space, adding geometric forms and others things to make it more interesting.”
Furlin uses a new kind of canvas for her watercolors. The final products are sprayed with a fixative so that they can be hung without the glare of glass. “It makes a stronger impact,” she said.
Not all the 98 participating artists had to travel many miles. Ellonyia Yenney of Bettendorf specializes in traditional weaving techniques, but her works are not the typical basket.
Using natural materials such as pine needles, gourds and rocks, she creates artwork that blends the “new and old together.”
Yenney brought many of her creations, but also took orders on Saturday. “I love homework assignments,” she said.
The event has been held at Lindsay Park for many years. “When we first came up with Riverssance, we were looking to create a gallery without walls, a comfortable place,” said co-director Larry DeVilbiss.
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