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December 5, 2012
Link to Website: www.georgiagerber.com
You can also view this letter online in the
“Latest News” section of the website
Holiday Greetings,
Welcome to our fifth
annual Holiday letter, where we share news of the year’s doings and feature new
sculpture that Georgia has created since our last mailing. You made it onto our
list one way or another, but if you would prefer not to receive any further
mailings let us know – and please excuse any multiple mailings.
We are going heavy on
photos and light on words this year, with headings for each section so you can
scan down and see what might interest you. You are always welcome to write or
call for more information or request a visit to the studio. Contact information
is below and on the website.
We wish you a happy
Holiday Season,
Georgia Gerber and Randy
Hudson
gerber@whidbey.com / 360-341-6382
“Latest News” Section of
Website – Give it a look
You can reach the “Latest
News” section of the website from the home page. This is a site where we can
put up current information and photos very easily. It ends up containing a lot
of material not on the main site, like installation photos, casual shots from
around the studio, and a video of a bronze pour. You can access all of the individual
postings from the “Archive” section on the right hand side. You can also get
back to the main home page from a link on the top right. It is a great adjunct
to the main site, so consider spending some time perusing what’s already there
and then watch for new material. We are starting to make additions more
frequently now that we have the hang of it.
New Edition Work
More photos of each piece
are on the main website
Knees Up Mother Brown / 2012
20"H x 22"W x 9"D
Edition of 15
Field Mouse / 2012
13”H x 8”W x 10”D
Edition of 15
Snow Hare / 2012
Two Versions:
32”H x 37”W x 23”D
11”H x 18”W x 15”D
Both Versions Editions of 15
Rabbit Row / 2012
9"H x 13"W x 6"D
Edition of 15
Common Crow / 2012
10"H x 5"W x 10"D
Edition of 15
Standing Otter / 2011
27"H x 22"W x 16"D
Edition of 15
Polar Bear / 2012
7"H x 5"W x 12"D
Edition of 25
A Scattering of Joy / 2012
11"H x 18"W x 15"D
Edition of 15
Young Hawk / 2011
22"H x 12"W x 14"D
Edition of 15
Arctic Mother with Cub / 2011
15"H x 20"W x 13"D
Edition of 15
The Bench Series / Take an Artful Load Off
The Uline Corporation commissioned
Georgia to create a sculptural bronze bench for their Wisconsin campus. They
were so taken with the originality and whimsy of her three proposals they
wanted them all. All three have been delivered. Since molds now exist for the
full size clay versions, individual benches will be available as limited
editions. Many thanks to our partners, Reinmuth Bronze, for their patience and
skills in casting these difficult pieces
Stumbley Duckling
Commissioned by the City of
Oak Harbor as part of the Pioneer Street Improvement Project.
A memorial to the chimpanzee
who was the first non-human
to communicate in a human
language,
the American Sign
Language.
Washoe lived for many
years at the
Human Communication
Institute at
Central Washington
University in
Ellensburg. This
commission was a
gift to the City from the “Friends
of Washoe”. She is signing
“Friend”.Spouting Frogs and Turtle Fountain
Installed in August at the
“Grove at Shrewsbury”, a very nice Shopping Center in
North Eastern New Jersey.
This was a great opportunity to work with the folks at Metrovation,
who developed the
Crossroads in Bellevue. We also worked with Turnstone Construction on the rocks
and fountain infrastructure. Georgia sculpted the figures directly on the
stones so the bronze versions would fit naturally, and the stones were shipped with the
sculptures already attached.
Timber Wolf Mascot, Henry M. Jackson High School
Installed at the entrance to the school in Mill Creek, Washington, the sculpture is a gift
from the Honor Society and the combined efforts of the last three Senior Classes.
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA
A special commission for us,
commemorating
the life of a
community
leader and long time
friend and supporter.
friend and supporter.
We continue to love
visiting Cannon Beach.
This year the owners of a cluster
of
downtown buildings known
as “The Village”
did some beautiful
renovation and
purchased the “Seal Twist”
as a finishing
touch. As part of the deal
we were persuaded
to spend a leisurely
three-day weekend
installing the piece.
The Northwest by Northwest
Gallery is located
in town, which provides us
with good reasons
to visit. A listing of the
rest of the Galleries
that represent Georgia can
be found on our
website.
Woodinville Fields,
Woodinville, WA
Installed in late 2011, we
did not have photos of the finished sculpture for last year’s letter.
Westcott Bay Sculpture Park
Georgia continues to show
several sculptures at the outdoor
Sculpture
Park at Westcott Bay, on
San Juan Island.
If you have never made it out
to this park near Roche Harbor it is
worth a visit.
This year we installed the Young Hawk in in a setting near the pond.
This year we installed the Young Hawk in in a setting near the pond.
Private Installations
We helped install sculptures at two
private residences this year and got permission to use these photos. The Boy’s
Night Out and the Arctic Hare.
Will you be in the California Desert Valley this January?
Whidbey Island is home to
many Snowbirds who head south to the California desert every winter. One of
these is our friend Victory Grund, who was profoundly inspired some years ago
by her introduction to working with clay, and went on to create the Old Town
Artisan Studio. Located in La Quinta, the studio provides facilities where
persons of all ages can reveal their artistic expressions through the medium of
clay and fused glass. Studio use, blended with fee exempt instruction, is
offered to numerous charities serving the interest of youth, special needs and
seniors in the desert valley.
On Sunday, January 6,
2013, the Studio is presenting a “Hearts for Art” Gala Banquet at the La Quinta
Resort’s Flores Ballroom. The goal is to raise funding to take art to schools
and other non-profit organizations and low income areas in the valley. Georgia
will be a special guest at the Gala, with a live sculpting demonstration and
slide presentation of her work. On the following Wednesday the Grunds will also
be hosting a casual pot-luck gathering at their home for any of Georgia’s
clients and friends who may be in the area. So if you will be there, please
come join us for either or both of these events. For information contact us
and/or the Old Town Artisan Studio (www.oldtownartisanstudio.org).
Randy and the Rural
Characters
In May the Rural
Characters held their tenth annual Concert at the Whidbey Island Center for the
Arts in Langley. It featured all their favorite songs of Island life from over
the years. They posted a number of clips on YouTube – search on “Rural
Characters”. One of the songs Randy wrote was adopted by the city of Langley
and used in a full-on music video production to promote the Island. Hear him
sing and appear in a cameo role as the Produce Man. On YouTube: “Do the Langley
Loop”.
Laura Hudson
(www.laurahudson.net)
Our daughter Laura has
stayed on in Baltimore after earning her Masters of Fine Art at the Maryland
Institute college of Art. She has had remarkable attention this past year. It
started with a four page feature in the prestigious “New American Paintings”,
which led directly to an exhibition at the TEMP Gallery in Manhattan. She was
chosen as a semi-finalist for Baltimore’s Sondheim Artscape Award, and had two
solo exhibitions, at The Arlington Arts Center in Virginia and City Arts in
Baltimore.
Moving large paintings in Manhattan
Seattle Metals Guild Lecture Series
We will be presenting to the guild on March 14, 2003, at Seattle Pacific University.
Watch for more information on this site and at: Seattle Metals Guild
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