TWO SILENT AUCTION

Eric Pedersen is a glass artist living and working in Seattle. His work is inspired by his time spent climbing and hiking in the mountains. To create this piece, he first blew the plate form, then designed the pattern and sandblasted it into the glass. The finished product resembles a topographic map, or a river basin viewed from above. Eric was the recipient of the Jon and Mary Shirley Scholarship in Glass in 2022. This piece was created at Pratt Fine Arts Center.

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2009 Susan Balshor (1949 – 2013)

Celtic Knot | $2500

Color Changing Glass | 18 x 11 x 1 5 | 1999

Susan Balshor was a glass artist, performance artist, and sculptor. She held master’s degrees in both sculpture and philsophy. This dichroic celtic knot changes from blue to purple when placed in direct light. Susan taught kilncasting, mold-making, and hot-casting at Pratt Fine Arts Center;

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2012 Karen Buhler

Gifts from the Moon | $1500

Flameworked Glass Mixed Media | 12 x 8 x 3 25 | 2017

Karen Buhler has been working with glass since 1978. She studied and taught at Pratt Fine Arts Center and Pilchuck Glass School and and led a Master Artist workshop at Pratt in 2009. She writes, “the more I work with glass the more

I learn, as it encompasses chemistry, physics, invention, technique, history, fine art, craft and design.”

2013 Robin K. Oakes

Go with the Flow | $2500

Fused and Blown Glass with Stand | 20 x 8 x 8 | 2023

Robin Oakes is a Seattle-based glass artist and instructor who has been teaching at Pratt Fine Arts Center for over 25 years. Starting with flat glass, Robin fuses different colors of glass into pattern bars, which are sliced and rolled up in the hot shop. By starting with flat glass and letting it flow and move, she creates organic patterns that are then blown into beautiful kaleidoscopes of color.

2014 Philip O’Reilly

Untitled | $1500

Blown Glass | 18 5 x 15 5 x 7 | 1996

Philip O’Reilly is a Seattle-based glassblower. This archival blown form features rich color and evocative lines.

2015 Bill Baber

Earth is Full | $3750

Glass, Wood, Paper, Digital Files | 20 x 11 x 8 | 2023

Bill Baber is represented by the Gallery IMA. Earth is Full rests with a black box containing its 3D parameters. With these blueprints this glass piece can be recreated in any size and with a multitude of materials. The digital files (.obj, .plo, .svg, .psd, and .jpg) and printed nets anticipate a journey for this work’s future. Bill is an instructor at Pratt Fine Arts Center.

2101 Cheryl Zahniser

Shontina | $1500

Charcoal on Paper | 40 5 x 30 5 | 2014

Cheryl Zahniser attended the University of Oregon and earned her BFA in Painting. She worked as an illustrator and designer in Portland then moved to Seattle and worked in fashion advertising. After retiring, she pursued her passion for painting and drawing at her studio in SODO. Shontina Vernon modeled for these portraits.

2102 Ayelet Shalev

Memory Bubble 3 | $850

Multimedia Photo-Art Print on Birch | 16 x 16 | 2022 studio-shalev com

Ayelet Shalev practices architecture and exhibits her art in Israel, the UK and the United States. This series is based on her childhood memories from Jerusalem, its pine trees and magical golden light. The Memory Bubbles series exhibited at SODA ART in Occidental Square during September 2022.

2103 Charles Spitzack

Last Stop | $275

Woodcut | 9 x 6 | 2022

Charles Spitzack is an artist and carpenter residing in the Pacific Northwest. Committed to communal aspirations, equality, labor rights, and leveling the playing field, Spitzack has found woodblock printmaking to be an excellent way to express his thoughts and feelings. He enjoys teaching at Pratt, and is represented by Davidson Galleries. charlesspitzack com / @spitzattack

2104 Daphne Minkoff

Dreamhouse | $850

Collage, Oil on Board | 12 x 12 | 2021 daphneminkoff com

Daphne Minkoff received her BFA from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in painting. She currently teaches painting and drawing at North Seattle College and shows her work at Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle, Washington.

2105 Leslie Nan Moon

Foothills | $359

Jigsaw Linocut | 18 x 24 | 2021

Leslie Nan Moon is a printmaker from Seattle, Washington. She received her BFA in printmaking from University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She writes, “Art saves my soul. Making it and teaching it. My 22-year-old son has Autism and Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Due to the extreme lack of services, he is with me most of the time. We drive around visiting landmarks, parks and looking at wildlife. My art is narrative in style and whether real or reimagined, it’s very Pacific Northwest.”

2108 Charles Spitzack

Disintegration | $325

Woodcut | 12 x 9 | 2021

Charles Spitzack is an artist and carpenter residing in the Pacific Northwest. Committed to communal aspirations, equality, labor rights, and leveling the playing field, Spitzack has found woodblock printmaking to be an excellent way to express his thoughts and feelings. He enjoys teaching at Pratt, and is represented by Davidson Galleries. charlesspitzack com / @spitzattack

2109 Brooke Borcherding

Evening Commute | $2200

Acrylic | 40 x 1 5 x 30 | 2022

Brooke Borcherding paints the landscape in a colorful and distinctive style. She responds to what she sees with energetic mark making, either outdoors or in the studio from photos. She paints full time, has received numerous awards for her work and currently exhibits with Gray Sky Gallery in Pioneer Square.