PORT TOWNSEND — A reception for three artists will be conducted from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Port Townsend Galley, 715 Water St., during the First Saturday Art Walk.
The artists are Nancy Pascoe, Pat Herkal and Andrea Guarino- Slemmons.
Guarino-Slemmons will exhibit photography featuring birds of the Pacific Northwest.
The exhibit will include hummingbirds that she’s photographed in her own garden alongside owls spotted in the wilds of British Columbia and Oregon.
Pascoe, a Port Townsend-based bag artisan, creates crafted pouches and purses for everyday life.
She draws inspiration from the patterns and negative space of Japanese woodblock prints, vernacular Northwest architecture and the indigo and grays of the Puget Sound waters and sky.
The exterior fabrics are Japanese cottons and the interior fabrics are selected to either reflect the outside or to surprise the user.
She often uses fabrics inherited from her mother for the linings, and many of her purses are hand-quilted using the Japanese style of embroidery called sashiko.
Each piece is meant to be handled and viewed from all angles.
Herkal is a fiber and bead artist who follows the philosophy “more is not enough.” She creates three-dimensional birds, mostly out of silk, with some made of upholstery or wool fabrics.
After she sews the bodies, she embellishes them with embroidery, beads, feathers and wire.
She uses photographs in books and magazines to help create her patterns.
Pascoe, Herkal and Guarino-Slemmons will be the featured artists throughout August. Their work can be viewed at the Port Townsend Gallery from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
For more information, call the gallery at 360-379-8110 or visit www.porttownsend gallery.com.
This photograph of a hummingbird in flight, by Andrea Guarino-Slemmons, will be on exhibit throughout August at the Port Townsend Gallery.
