KARA HAMMOND: OPEN STUDIO

Drawn using hand-foraged inks: acorn cap and oak gall, gathered from the Piney Hollow Farm and made in the cottage kitchen.

@629 N. Trade St. W-S, NC. Through the end of February.

Featuring the work of Carolyn Capps, entitled: “Vastly Empty and Infinitely Full”.

“Vastly Empty and Infinitely Full” is a series of drawings and paintings investigating the idea of complexity as it relates to the ocean and also to our own minds as they are impacted by The Information Age.

The colliding narratives of competing concerns coalesce to form a unified whole which makes plain how our fates are connected and how even the most chaotic of systems divulges patterns if we are patient. When people look at the work they respond to the whole but interest is sparked when I point out- Rachel Carson testifying before congress, Admiral Shovell’s ring, Saint Brendan The Navigator..

-Carolyn Capps, 2022.

For more information, contact Kara Hammond.

kara_hammond@hotmail.com

(843)810-1812 c/t

What to look for in January 2023 @629 N. Trade St.:

Weekly Studio Hours

Rotating Window Gallery of Quality Artists

Open Drawing Sessions

Fresh New Work

Two new books, including Monster Holiday, and Bird Song Mnemonics, in addition to the storybook, Coco In The Garden.

Original hand-pulled prints for suitable for framing, or send as note cards.

A variety of card designs to choose from, $11 each for large, $8 each for small.

As well as many affordably priced drawings using handmade inks or watercolor,

from $195 – $295 framed.

Kara Hammond: Open Studio,

located at 629 N. Trade St., W-S, NC,

will be open Wednesdays and Fridays,

from 11am – 5pm, through Dec. 23.

Beginning December 14, 2022, Kara Hammond Open Studio will be keeping regular hours on Wednesdays and Fridays, from 11am til 5 pm. Check out the new window design, and stop in to see this season’s most recent artist-made books of lino-cut images and prints, along with drawings, watercolors, holiday cards, and conversation.

We will be having a special Open House with the upstairs artists, Melrose Buchanan, and Barbara Lister-Sink on Saturday, December 10, from 2 – 5pm.

The address is 629 N. Trade St., W-S, NC.

Through the end of the month.

Beginning in mid-October, I will be teaching botanical drawing again,

this time with autumn harvest and fall colors as our inspirations.

Please join us!

41015. Botanical Drawing in Pen and Ink

Schedule:
Thur 10/13/22 – 11/3/22
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Contact The Sawtooth Center to sign up.

http://www.sawtooth.org

With the goal of creating accurate, yet vibrant depictions of living plants.

Approaches to botanical drawing we will explore:

Gesture – searching for the life force inherent in the subject. A quick study in which the artist looks to record what the subject is doing, to capture the essence, the verb within. Without this, the drawing will remain lifeless, inert.

Structure – searching for the basic shapes of the different elements of the subject, determining the arrangement of shapes, as well as its overall form and direction.

Layout – determining the composition of the drawing. May use a viewfinder to decide arrangement of spaces around the subject.

Observation –looking carefully, to learn how the plant is put together, to bring it to life on paper through two methods: Contour – slow, deeply observed lines which connect edges of surfaces. Looking for details which will help define the particular characteristics of the subject. Value – using cross hatching or stippling to enhance the sense of volume and form to a two-dimensional drawing.

Value – using cross hatching or stippling to enhance the sense of volume and form to a two-dimensional drawing.

Some Botanical Art Web Sources:                                   

botanicalartandandartists.com

asba-art.org

mymodernmet.com/history-of-botanical-illustration

kew.org/read-and-watch/what-is-botanic-art

kew.org/read-and-watch/what-is-botanic-art

Some famous botanical artists through history:

Maria Sibylla Merian, German (1647 – 1717)

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, French (1766 – 1854)

Marianne North, English, (1830 – 1890)

Ernst Haeckel, German (1834 – 1919)

Currently in production: Coco in the Garden

A wordless story of the explorations of a small cat in a big world.

Each book contains 23 distinct original lino-cut prints.