June Kudos First Friday Activities
Face painting will be offered outside Kudos by etched glass artist Gail LaBenne from 5-8pm . Soap maker Jami Ingledue will be inside Kudos to greet customers and answer any questions they may have. As always, there will be yummy treats for our customers.
At First Friday, Kudos is also pleased to feature new artist Virginia Birchfield's art. Virginia is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design where she studied Interior Design. It was while taking furniture and wood sculpture classes that she discovered her passion for creating pieces for her spaces. She combines her knowledge of wood with the metalworking and painting skills that she accrued while working for her father's auto restoration business and applies them to her work today. Virginia blends materials such as wood, metal, and concrete which are integrated into sculptural pieces that can be functional or simply aesthetic. Her workshop is located in rural Knox County, Ohio where her wood is salvaged from locally sourced trimmings that are cut from decomposed or naturally fallen trees. She draws inspiration for her designs from the character of decay and deterioration and captures these processes by slicing or carving into it to reveal the unique beauty of each piece of wood.
'My work is about the harmony that happens when you juxtapose raw organic shapes with sleek geometric forms. It's about balancing the materials and the beauty in the simplicity.'
Hope to see you this First Friday, 5-8 pm.
Visit Kudos on our Facebook page at Kudos Art Co-op and on our blog at kudosart.blogspot.com.
Marsha Ernst, Kudos Manager
740-501-8586
