Gettin' Stuff Done!

I'm excited to announce that the two pieces above have just been accepted into the "Illinois State Fair Professional Art Exhibition!" These two piece have been dubbed with the titles of "Obesity Jar" and "Obesity Jug."
"Bruce Grimes, professor and raku artist at Cedarville University, in Cedarville, Ohio. He has
juried many professional shows in Ohio, and Texas when he lived there. Work is to hang in the exhibition August 14- 23, 2009 at the Artisan Building on the fairgrounds."

The above piece and the group shot below were a collaboration with local florists "Blossom Boys." I worked with Ryan and Steve just last April as they produced the floral arrangements in my vases for the "Steak Night" event we held. The center pieces that night were beautiful and a big hit, as we raffled one off and sold the others.

These pieces are now for sale at their shop in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago.
9911 South Walden Parkway,
Chicago, IL 60643
773.779.4400

Fountain Square Arts Festival 2009

This past weekend i exhibited work at the Fountain Square Arts Festival in Evanston, IL. Last year at the fair, there was a horrible storm that destroyed a large number of artists booth displays and their works; as well injured many people from debris flying around.
This year on the other hand was the yang to last years ying. Brilliant weather; hot bright sun and a cool strong breeze. On Sunday, the winds picked up in the morning and were very strong and so, caused great hassle and scare to many venders, but soon calmed down.

Above is a picture of my booth display.
I was able to slip away from my booth for a moment to snap a picture of a friend from Eastern Illinois University, Jacob Grant's booth.
Also, I stumbled across this potters shop by happenstance in Hannibal, MO maybe a year ago, and so it took me a minute to connect the dots when i came across it again so far away; Steve Ayers below and his booth display.













"Jacob Grant pottery display"














"Ayers Pottery display"