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This past Friday was spent helping Raven Skyriver make is amazing work up in Sedro Wooly, Washington. We worked at Rik Allen and Shelly Muzylowski-Allen’s Hot shop out in the country side. About an hour and a half from Seattle, Rik and Shelly’s shop is an ideal place to get away from the hustle and make work with much focus. Not to mention the rocket ship motif, this place is truly space aged!

Raven was working on some pieces for an upcoming show in February at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle.  He is a true sculptor and has an amazing approach to the glass. Raven has worked with many amazing artists including William Morris and Karen Willenbrink-Johnson. Originally from Lopez Island, Washington his work is inspired by the quest to find balance in nature.

I love working with Raven because his approach the material is so different from mine. His approach is organic, but calculated. Each step along the way to the finished piece is considered; pushing, pulling, heating and re-heating until the glass takes on a new form completely.  A new mantra is born; one that describes a being so clearly that its personality cannot be denied.  I am inspired by his hands and his ability to materialize his vision in the glass.  He will be doing a demo at the GAS conference in Seattle in June, so don’t miss that. Oh yeah, Raven and his love Kelly O’Dell just started working on the collaborative master work entitled “Wren Amor Skyriver.” I know we all are looking forward to seeing how this little sculpture turns out!