Creative Crafts Council

Creative Crafts Council The CCC is an umbrella group of fine craft guilds in DC, MD & VA. Since then, the Exhibition has been held at museums and galleries throughout the region.

The first Biennial Exhibition was held in 1954 and throughout the Sixth Biennial each was held at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History. The Creative Crafts Council’s 27th Biennial show will be held at the Strathmore Arts Center in North Bethesda, Maryland.

LAST TWO DAYS!!! Today and Saturday are the last days of the Creative Crafts Council's Biennial. Come see some of the f...
05/23/2025

LAST TWO DAYS!!! Today and Saturday are the last days of the Creative Crafts Council's Biennial. Come see some of the finest fine craft in the DMV! Jewelry, ceramics, wood, mixed media, book art, metal, glass, and fiber art. Free entry, free parking, Red Line metro stop right next door.

It would be difficult to find three works that appear more disparate than these by Nancy Jakubowski, Jan Goldstein, and ...
05/22/2025

It would be difficult to find three works that appear more disparate than these by Nancy Jakubowski, Jan Goldstein, and Julia Zhang, yet they are all made of clay and are hand built. Nancy added acrylic paint to her wall work, Jan added crushed brick to her piece, and Julia's work sits on a pedestal. They are on view through this Saturday at the Mansion at Strathmore.
www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/exhibitions
www.nancyjakubowski.com
www.montgomerypotters.org

Alison Sigethy: These kinetic sculptures are oil-filled glass cylinders I call Sea Cores. The name and shape are loosely...
05/21/2025

Alison Sigethy: These kinetic sculptures are oil-filled glass cylinders I call Sea Cores. The name and shape are loosely based on core samples scientists take to study the ocean, but I make no attempt to represent any known sea life. Instead, I invent my own inhabitants for these magical worlds.
www.FantasticalGlass.com
www.ncagg.org

Four classic wheel-thrown forms with very different inspirations and surfaces, all on view through May 24 at the Mansion...
05/19/2025

Four classic wheel-thrown forms with very different inspirations and surfaces, all on view through May 24 at the Mansion at Strathmore for the 35th Biennial, by Jill Meltzer, Kay Richman, Tasneem Kabir, and Adele O'Dowd.
https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/exhibitions

There are two fascinating glass sculptures by Andrew Lang in this year's Biennial. "I fashion dichroic blown glass using...
05/18/2025

There are two fascinating glass sculptures by Andrew Lang in this year's Biennial.
"I fashion dichroic blown glass using centuries-old methodologies combined with space age finishes. My goal is to create objects that both intrigue and delight.
While the body of each of my pieces is little more than sand, the surface is a true wonder of technology.
Dichroic glass (dichro) is a multi layer coating of quartz crystals and metal oxides deposited on glass. The process takes place in a vacuum deposition chamber that relies on an electron beam gun to vaporize the crystals and metal oxides. The resulting surfaces can be produced in thousands of permutations, each of highly reflective saturated color, frequently in complex patterns. The coating is approximately one 35th of a millionth of an inch thick!
It is only in the last several decades that dichro has become widely available. Like most artists who use dichro I began with small pieces as highlights. However, over a period of months, the dichro began to take over larger and larger portions of the surfaces of pieces, to the point that now I try always to produce pieces entirely covered in dichro.
The end result is a single unit, but the shape of the body will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the surface characteristics, especially the sparkle, of the glass."
www.andrewlangglass.com
www.ncagg.org

These three artists—Ellen Krieger, Silvia Souza, and Alice Kresse—use unconventional techniques and materials to form th...
05/16/2025

These three artists—Ellen Krieger, Silvia Souza, and Alice Kresse—use unconventional techniques and materials to form their jewelry. Krieger's process involves a complex web of silver, enamel, and 24kt gold foil. Souza's work is made with leather-like paper, paint, embossing powders, and thread. And Kresse's work is made with paper, silver, and steel.

https://www.potomacfiberartsgallery.com/sylvia-souza
www.paperifils.com
https://akresse.com/
washingtonguildofgoldsmiths.com
potomacfiberartsguild.org

SATURDAY MAY 17 FROM 11 TO 2MEET THE MEMBER MAKER MEET UPA casual reception with light refreshments hosted by JRACraft. ...
05/15/2025

SATURDAY MAY 17 FROM 11 TO 2
MEET THE MEMBER MAKER MEET UP
A casual reception with light refreshments hosted by JRACraft. Chat with some of the artists in the show who are members of the James Renwick Alliance: wood artist Joe Barnard, fiber artists Hilary Steel and Dominie Nash, ceramicists Kevin Hluch and Kanika Sircar, jeweler Anna Nava-Liess, and mixed media artist Rebecca Ravenal.

www.jracraft.org

There are three of David Bunk's raku pieces in the exhibition, and the first one shown here, Eau de Copper, was awarded ...
05/14/2025

There are three of David Bunk's raku pieces in the exhibition, and the first one shown here, Eau de Copper, was awarded Excellence in Ceramic by the Washington Ceramic Guild. It is a stoppered ceramic bottle, inspired by vintage perfume bottles, and glazed with both matte and glossy copper-based glazes.


www.scopegallery.org
www.kilnclubwdc.com
www.scorchedearthpottery.com

There are many beautiful examples of kiln-formed glass in this year's Biennial, and here are three of them, by Joseph To...
05/13/2025

There are many beautiful examples of kiln-formed glass in this year's Biennial, and here are three of them, by Joseph Toole, Karen Wallace, and Sherry Selevan.

This beautiful turned cherry wood bowl by Patrick O'Brien has a thick bark natural rim, offering a wonderful contrast to...
05/12/2025

This beautiful turned cherry wood bowl by Patrick O'Brien has a thick bark natural rim, offering a wonderful contrast to the smooth body.
www.ohbewood.com
capwoodturners.org

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