PORT ANGELES — Studio Bob will feature “Friends and Neighbors,” the drawings of Ruth Kaspin, during Second Weekend-Saturday Art Walk.
Opening night for the exhibit at the studio upstairs at 118½ E Front St. will be from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Those unable to attend Saturday’s opening can see the show at Studio Bob from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Ruth Kaspin is a painter working in traditional and digital media. She studied at Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, earning her master’s degree in painting with a minor in lithography.
Her experience includes a wide variety of art- and design-oriented fields, including illustration, fabric design, jewelry design and fabrication, digital animation and freelance work in the motion picture industry.
Kaspin has had solo shows and participated in juried and invitational shows nationwide.
The constant at the core of all of these pursuits is drawing, said Bob Stokes, studio owner.
“For Kaspin, drawing is the most complete form of seeing and understanding the forms and structures of things and the most demanding and fascinating is drawing from life.”
This group of drawings wasn’t done specifically with an eye toward a show; they were all done at Drink and Draw sessions from 2015 through 2018.
A no-host bar will serve beer and wine in The Loom, next door to the studio.
For information, see Studio Bob’s Facebook page at /www.facebook. com/Studio-Bob- 143921825679092.
Other art walk events:
• Harbor Art invites the public from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to visit its new location, 114 N. Laurel St.
This month, Harbor Art features Susan Kantowitz. Her fused glass work ranges from signature pieces to earrings and pendants.
Since childhood, Kantowitz has enjoyed making things, she said. When she discovered glass, she knew this is a medium she wanted to explore.
Kantowitz has taken classes at Eastern Michigan University and various workshops through the country including Bullseye Glass in Portland, Ore., and at Barbara Lewis in Tucson, Ariz.
Fused glass starts as sheet glass that can be either cut, crushed or pulled. The pieces are arranged in a kiln and heated at temperatures as high as 1,550 degrees.
At first glance glass appears to be stiff and rigid, but with the application of enough heat this static characteristic can be changed to flow.
It is this flow activity of glass that has been challenging to explore, she said.
• One of a Kind Art Gallery in The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., Suite 105, will host demonstrations by its artists of the month, Kris Neff and Kim Willoughby, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Neff is a local artist who has been creating artistic pieces for many years. She is proficient in various mediums but has recently focused her talents on designing jewelry, specifically wire-weaving stones. She lives in Tacoma with her husband and three pets.
Willoughby and her husband moved to Port Angeles from Mt. Hood, Ore., in 2016.
She is new to the art world, this being her first experience showing her work to the public.
She began her art exploration at the age of 50 mostly doodling. When someone suggested she find a medium for her doodling it sent her on a journey a couple years long, experimenting on different mediums.
Willoughby has doodled on glass, gourds, tiles and her favorite, old used wood pieces, to transform and give new life.
Art by Ruth Kaspin in an exhibit at Studio Bob this weekend.
Susan Kantowitz’s colorful fused glass work ranges from signature pieces to earrings and pendants and will be on exhibit at Harbor Art.
