open studio update

ok .. doors open in 3 hours .. kit still has to set up her jewelry, but the case is in place and she should have plenty of time ... the shops are REALLY clean, and i have just a few last minute details to attend to ... prices, road signs, sweep the office .. etc.  the weather is beautiful though hot ... come by if you can ...lots to see.

the big claro table is still here .. and isaiah finished the leather yesterday .. the benches still 

need finishing on the wood but the curved steel bases by sam are ready to go.  and there is a partially finished claro slab in the foreground, looking for a home ..

we have another area with a few smaller pieces for sale ..

i've got my paintings hung for their first public appearance .. nice to see them all lined up

panoramic of the metal shop

 another shot of the claro walnut slab for sale

 

the cnc area is cleaned up pretty nice .. that's will shop in the background

a guitar will finished recently ... had to learn some new skills, like metal spinning for this one ..

and the jewelry is out!

light turnout yesterday .. hoping for more folks today ...

open studi0 2016

ok ... here we go again .. it's open studio time .. kit and sam and i are going to have a good time setting up for open studio this year .. there will be lots to see from jewelry to metal working to woodworking, pottery and possibly a few of my paintings and sculptures ..  here's just a sample .. i'll ad more as we get it together ..

this coming saturday and sunday, 10-5 both days .. come by if you can ...

there is a map to our studio here

we are one mile up danby mountian  road from route 30 in dorset, vt .. 23 goodwood lane, one the left ..

click the photos to enlarge them ...

some of kit's new pieces in labradorite and kyanite ..

i'll have this slab available to be something .. also some base sketches and suggestions .. 

this is a model, but the actual slab will be here and sam will have the base in process. 

this one is a work in process, but it will definitely be finished by the weekend ..

more photos as the week progresses .. stay tuned ..

 a cherry 'bethlehem stell' bureau

steel and painted oak coffee table

some of my paintings will be hung up and for sale

 and some pottery

sculpture

below are some links and open studio photos from previous years.
open studio 2015

open studio 2013

open studio 2012

open studio 2011

open studio 2010

open studio 2009

open studio 2008

it's that time again .. open studio weekend

ok, we have been doing open studio pretty much since the beginning, and this is the 22nd year that this event has taken place.  this year there are over 230 vermont artists and craftsfolks who will be cleaning their workspaces friday and emailing their neighbors to stop by this weekend.  as usual, we'll be open saturday and sunday from 10 to 5.  it looks like we could get some rain, which could be good, could be bad.  you never know.  if you haven't seen sam's new metal shop, this weekend would be a good time.  he'll be fishing on the rapid river in maine for the weekend, but kit or will or i will be happy to show you around.  kit will have her jewelery on display, and will will we be there at least in the afternoons to talk banjos.  come by if you can.  

below are some links and photos from my earlier blog posts.

open studio 2013

open studio 2012

open studio 2011

open studio 2010

open studio 2009

open studio 2008

 look for the yellow signs !!

 i'll have a few small pieces for sale

 and the shop will be pretty clean 

unlike the 2010 open studio, mr. lucky will not be in attendance this year

open studio ... another year goes by

one more time .... every year, as i'm lugging stuff around the shop, i threaten to swear this event off, (it's almost 20 of those threats now), and every year, once we're all cleaned up and set up, i'm looking forward to it getting under way again ... it's a chance to catch up with the friends and neighbors who might not stop by if they know we're working, and a chance for the thousands of folks who come to vermont for the event to maybe stumble across our studio and buy or order something from one of us. lots of woodworkers come by, and sometimes, even mr. lucky stops by, and, well, that's always fun too. click the photos to enlarge them ...
look for the yellow signs ...
see the amazingly clean office
and the (almost) sawdust free workspace ...
this year we got some lucky free publicity in one of the local shoppers ...
and we have a few new versions of old pieces
and kit and penny get to hang out in the finish room for the weekend
with her paintings and kit's jewelry ... (rush photos here; much better in person ... )
gold wire and lots of precious stone beads
banjos 4, 2, and 1
and an expanding recycled chestnut table ready for finish next week
you can admire the freshly mowed the lawn and the freshly smoooothed driveway ... sam's steel lily in the foreground ...
and check out the mountain pinks (wild azaleas) down by the pond ...
and this year, due to our superior organization (hah) and early start, we even had time left at the end of the day for a beer .... just woke up from my nap ... bedtime now ... see you this weekend. if you're in town, come on by ... dan

Open Studio Weekend This Weekend

Come by and set a spell ...
It's Memorial Day Weekend again. Open Studio Weekend in Vermont, this coming Saturday and Sunday, 10-5 both days. Across Vermont hundreds of artists and craftspeople will be cleaning up and then opening their studios to their neighbors and visitors from out of state. It's the 17th year for this event and Kit will be here with her handmade jewelry and Penny Viscusi will be showing her landscape pastels, and I will be here at my shop with my stuff, old and new, both days. Sam will also be in and out and you may catch him and he can show you his metalwork. I plan to have a small number of pieces that have been on hand for a while offered at negotiable prices as I've got a ton of new ideas I want to explore, both furniture and in the sculptural mode I've been fooling with for the last year or so ... So come on by ... We're friendly ...

New Artisans of Southern Vermont Website
That's my shop door on the rack card ... Photo by George Bouret Lots of info about the event on this new site ... Click to enlarge the photos ...


Kit's Jewelry

Penny's Pastels

Sam's Belt Buckles





Dan's Sculptures and Furniture

Open Studio Weekend

This weekend, May 24th and 25th was the 16th annual Vermont Open Studio Weekend. Almost 300 artists statewide opened their doors to the general public Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 5. At our studio there was lots to see. Kit will be showing her handmade jewelry, Penny Viscusi will again be hanging her local landscape and animal themed pastels, as always there will be some paintings by Horst Rodies, and this year for the first time, our son Sam will be on hand to talk about his metal work and our other son Will will be on hand working on an acoustic resonator guitar that he is building. I have several interesting projects in various stages of completion including some really nice Art Deco stlye pieces, (in the March posts below), a "Lotus" bed, (see post below), a bathroom vanity piece with some interesting turned legs, some funky slab wood tables, sculptures and, for the first time, framed prints of my pen and pencil drawings. Come on by if you're in the area. Within a mile or two, there are two other high end woodworkers, Steve Holman and Bill LaBerge, other blacksmiths, Jay Hathaway and Pat Quinn and potter Georgeanna Gay at Flower Brook Pottery.

Will's resonator guitar

Paintings by Penny, Jewelry by Kit

Paintings by Horst

Inside the woodshop

Outside .... new painted wall sculpture