SmartSale on October 9
Your opportunity to purchase the furniture that you have seen at the SmartHome throughout the summer is near. On Sunday, October 9, we are hosting a SmartSale from noon – 4pm at the PNC SmartHome at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The fine art and furniture in the SmartHome is based on the fundamentals of sustainability. The pieces are made from natural or reclaimed materials, created in a studio where environmental processes are in place and/or reflect in content or theme about our world and environment.
Here are the details
- The SmartSale will be held on Sunday, October 9, from noon to 4 pm.
- Artwork and selected furnishings will be available for sale to the public.
- Walk away with your purchase or pay to have it delivered.
- Check, cash, Visa, Mastercard and Discover will be accepted.
- A portion of the proceeds will support the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
- Pre-sales are welcome.
- Contact RED DOT Project for inquiries and purchases. Email: christy@reddotproject.org or (216) 664-9600.
First Floor
| Artist: Tricia Lazuka Title: Random Thoughts 12, Random Thoughts 13 Medium: painting Size: 12” x 45” Price: $1100 each Location: A and B, entryTricia Lazuka’s paintings are created on cloth from the Carnegie Textile Mill, sourced through ZeroLandfill, mounted on wood panels. The circles were painted using stencils made from vinyl wall covering from ZeroLandfill. |
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| Artist: Fred Gearhart Title: Fibonacci’s Spire Medium: Limestone, steel Size: 64″ x 10″ x 10″ Price: $700 Location: C, EntryMost of Fred Gearhart’s sculptures are of earth materials: stone and wood. The carving chips produced in their making yield good materials for mulch and garden paths. Fibonacci’s Spire spent one year outdoors so the wires could rust and patinate the stone. The spacing of the wires follows the Fibonacci sequence of numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc. |
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| Artist: Susie Frazier Title: Meander Medium: Ornamental Grass, Encaustic, and Salvaged Oak Frame Size: 25.5″ x 78.75″ x 2.75″ Price: $2800 Location: D, Living RoomDried grass, gathered from Westlake, Ohio, has been embedded in a mixture of natural beeswax and resin from the damar tree. This labor intensive process is known as “encaustic painting using found objects.” |
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| Artist: Susie Frazier Title: Meditation Coffee Table, Console Table and Side Table Medium: Coated Metal, Reclaimed Gingko Wood, and River Rocks Size: Meditation Coffee Table – 20″ x 46″ x 28″ Meditation Console Table – 32″ x 48″ x 16″ Meditation Side Table – 24″ x 26″ x 22″ Price: $900 (coffee table), $800 (console table), $600 (side table) Location: E, F and G, Living RoomGingko trees were around when dinosaurs walked the earth, making it the sole remnant of a group of plants more primitive than conifers. Thriving in China, then exported to England and the U.S. in the late 1700′s, the gingko became a popular urban street tree. When this one was cut down by a local municipality, it was saved from being turned into mulch and transformed into this table top. |
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| Artist: Gina DeSantis Title: Cherry Blossom Ceramics Medium: Ceramic Stoneware Price: $125 for each 4-piece place setting; 4 place settings available Location: H, KitchenWith quickly shifting seasons and temperatures and a balance of green space versus industrial landscapes I find my environment has greatly impacted my work. Cherry blossoms traditionally represent the transience of life and I feel this symbol is in direct relation to my surroundings. Other natural elements and floral motifs are slowly making their way into my work. This is coupled with the consideration of how a piece will function. Sustainable practices are maintained within my studio. In addition to all unfired clay being recycled and reclaimed for future use I also maintain a slurry bucket. This is where all glaze and clay tools are rinsed. This limits the chemicals and heavy metals being washed down the sink and into the water supply. This recycled slurry is used for future glaze tests. A mosaic artist in my studio recycles all damaged work. These practices help limit my impact on the environment. |
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| Artist: Freddy Hill Title: L7 table Medium: Steel and bamboo plywood Size: Price: $1950 Location: 2, Dining RoomIt’s a real dichotomy to be a woodworker. Freddy Hill loves building in wood, but he hates to see trees come down. For that reason, he doesn’t use any commercially harvested hardwoods. Hill uses a sawyer who mills locally felled trees and dries them in a solar kiln. He’s also proud to use the urban harvested lumber from APOC. |
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| Artist: Judy Brandon Title: Atlantis is Sinking Medium: Mixed Media Size: 54″ x 40″ Price: $4000 Location: J, KitchenEarthquakes, tornados, tidal waves, volcanoes: the Earth is teeming with what seems to be a new era of extreme weather. Is it true? Is the planet changing? Where do we all fit into these new environments? I have always felt a strong connection to the planet, and I am constantly evaluating these questions when I sit down to work. When I work I am having a dialogue with the planet and my tools. I think of myself as a sponge for the natural world, absorbing the drama, beauty and sadness, and reinterpreting it in ink and charcoal on paper. I portray an emotional connection in multiple layers of random washes, honed down into one narrative moment of nature. |
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| Artist: Freddy Hill Title: Tansu Medium: Walnut and hickory wood from cutoffs from a molding mill Size: Price: $1950 Location: 3, Dining RoomIt’s a real dichotomy to be a woodworker. Freddy Hill loves building in wood, but he hates to see trees come down. For that reason, he doesn’t use any commercially harvested hardwoods. Hill uses a sawyer who mills locally felled trees and dries them in a solar kiln. He’s also proud to use the urban harvested lumber from APOC. |
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| Artist: Nicole McGee Title: Pop Flowers Medium: Location: K, KitchenNicole McGee is the reuse artist behind Plenty Underfoot, her small business that brings together excess waste/materials, creativity, and community. Nicole reuses materials that are otherwise waste and builds them into flowers, jewelry, art and functional items. Reuse, the kid brother of Recycling, is Nicole’s passion and she feels lucky it has also become her full time work. |
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| Artist: Michel Ina Title: Piece 68 m+s Medium: Black walnut wood Size: 11/16″ x 10 ¾” Price: $12 Location: L, KitchenA length of salvaged black walnut that is ergonomicall and functionally shaped for mixing and stirring. |
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| Artist: Susie Frazier Title: Reveal, Aspire, Initiate Medium: Natural materials Size: 41” x 11” x 3” ea Price: $1100 ea Location: M, StairwellReveal: Driftwood, Encaustic, and Salvaged Oak Frame Various driftwood logs, gathered from Edgewater, Clifton and Huntington Beaches, have been cut into discs to expose the patterns on the inside. The collection was coated with a mixture of natural beeswax and resin from the damar tree, a medium known as encaustic. Aspire: Palm Paddles, Encaustic, and Salvaged Oak Frame Initiate: Salvaged Wood Blocks, Encaustic, and Salvaged Oak Frame |
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Second Floor
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| Artist: Rosalyn Gaier Title: Two Measures of Forte with Peculiarities Medium: Collagraph Print Size: 28″ x 38″ Price: $1020 Location: N, Top of StairsI keep my print process environment as “green” as possible by printing on acid free/pH neutral stock with a hand operated press, replacing traditional studio organic solvents with nonvolatile materials, and heating my studio with a wood pellet burning stove. In my work with collagraph prints, I collage mostly recycled fabric, papers, chipboard and other materials onto a rectangular or freeform shaped base. People interested in my art have given me much of this collage material, something I view as an earth-friendly effort that helps fulfill the need for beauty vital to us all. |
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| Artist: Chris Zielski Title: Large Copper Branch Medium: Copper, Zinc Size: 9″ x 24″ Price: $385 Location: O, Hallway by Bedroom 2Copper Leaf Studios features copper art, custom maps, and etched metal wall art by Chris Zielski. Her piece “Copper Branch” was created using a non-acid etching technique and hand-cut recycled copper. |
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| Artist: Nancy Richards-Davis Title: Bleaching – Part of the 1º of Change series Medium: Encaustic Size: 36″ x 24″ Price: $1700 Location: P, Home OfficeBleaching is a piece created for a series of six encaustic paintings on various aspects of Climate Change, in collaboration with artist/photographer, Bradley Hart. Using pigment and beeswax, along with collaged photographs, I explored the theme of the rising temperature of the sea water and its effects on the coral reefs. |
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| Artist: Michel Ina Title: 52 Spin Medium: oak, glass, and s.s. elements Size: 17″ x 29″ Price: $795 Location: 4, Home OfficeThe table has three identical square oak legs, a glass top, and metal hardware. The support legs spin and unfold creating a stable and 3D construct. This allows a more efficient use of labor and material. A tapered pin fixes and secures the assembly. |
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| Artist: Nicole McGee Title: flowers Medium: Vinyl floor base from ZeroLandfill Price: $17 Location: Q, Home OfficeNicole McGee is the reuse artist behind Plenty Underfoot, her small business that brings together excess waste/materials, creativity, and community. Nicole reuses materials that are otherwise waste and builds them into flowers, jewelry, art and functional items. Reuse, the kid brother of Recycling, is Nicole’s passion and she feels lucky it has also become her full time work. |
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| Artist: Freddy Hill Title: Marin Desk Medium: Formaldehyde-free MDF, white oak veneer, lacquer Size: Price: $750 Location: 5, Home OfficeIt’s a real dichotomy to be a woodworker. Freddy Hill loves building in wood, but he hates to see trees come down. For that reason, he doesn’t use any commercially harvested hardwoods. Hill uses a sawyer who mills locally felled trees and dries them in a solar kiln. He’s also proud to use the urban harvested lumber from APOC. |
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| Artist: Fred Gearhart Title: Wrapped Egg Medium: Marble, aluminum Size: 11″ x 5″ x 5″ Price: $175 Location: R, Home OfficeMost of Fred Gearhart’s sculptures are of earth materials: stone and wood. The carving chips produced in their making yield good materials for mulch and garden paths. |
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| Artist: Bradley Hart Title: Lifelines – Part of the 1º of Change series Medium: Photography Size: 36″ x 24″ Price: $1700 Location: S, Home OfficeBradley Hart is a professional photographer and artist. In his travels across the country he has photographed the landscape and illustrated his perception of the beauty and power of nature, while documenting the subtle but irrevocable consequences of humanity’s dominion over the Earth. Part of the 1º of Change collaboration with Nancy Richards-Davis. The purpose of 1º of Change is to engage viewers and initiate reflection and dialogue about the vast consequences of incremental climate change taking place on our planet. Through the unique language of visual art, the artists hope to raise awareness of the sensitivity and delicate balance of our environment. |
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| Artist: Fred Gearhart Title: Struttin’ Medium: Limestone Size: 27″ x 6″ x 4″ Price: $400 Location: T, Home OfficeMost of Fred Gearhart’s sculptures are of earth materials: stone and wood. The carving chips produced in their making yield good materials for mulch and garden paths. This sculpture is a collaboration with painter, Molly Zimmerman. The carved limestone surface has been polychromed with acrylic paints and sealed. |
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| Artist: Michel Ina Title: AV d+d Medium: Black walnut wood, s.s. rod Size: 19″ x 3″ x 13 ¾” Price: $85 Location: U, Home OfficeThis absolute and variable study has a pair of 6 holes on its surface. One pair of holes has a fixed depth but varies in diameter. The second pair of holes is fixed in diameter but varies in depth. A relation is made between the depth and diameter of the holes and the effects incurred on the circular patterns of the s.s. rods when placed in the holes. |
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| Artist: Liz Maugans Title: Take Me Home Medium: Mixed Media Size: 30″ x 15″ Price: $150 Location: V, Bedroom 2This work which I call Scrap Crap comes from ephemera that I picked up or found along the roadside or ends and pieces from other work I have created. I feel guilty purchasing wood anymore. This work was created during the Recession and I felt commented on the work begging for people to take it home and keep them company. |
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| Artist: Fred Gearhart Title: Candlestone Medium: Granite Size: 3.5″ x 6.5″ 5.5″ ea Price: $35 Location: W, Master BathroomMost of Fred Gearhart’s sculptures are of earth materials: stone and wood. The carving chips produced in their making yield good materials for mulch and garden paths. |
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| Artist: Susie Frazier Title: Root Swag Light Medium: Tree Root, Ceramic Fixture, Cathedral Chain Size: 4″ x 3′ x 3′ Price: $200 Location: 6, Master BedroomStraight from nature, this authentic tree root was collected from Cleveland’s west side, power washed, and rough sanded before being converted into a one-of-a kind light fixture. Takes 100 watt bulb or smaller. |
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| Artist: Charlotte Lees Title: Falling Leaves Medium: Wood, paint, photo transfers Size: 33″ x 28″ x 3″ Price: $1100 Location: X, Master BedroomFalling Leaves is a reflection of Charlotte Lees’ immediate environment. Using basic materials, she recreates the feeling of walking through layers of woodland leaves. |
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| Artist: Anita Tucker Title: wine2wick candles Medium: reclaimed bottles and soy-based wax candles Size: 7.5″ x 3″ Price: $18 each Location: Y, Master Bedroomwine2wick repurposes wine, beer & liquor bottles into handcrafted, clean-burning works of candle art, rescuing bottles from trash cans/landfills and using farm-supporting, earth-friendlier soy-based waxes. We proudly leave restaurants and friends’ homes toting empties and admit to buying wine based solely on the cool-factor of the label. |
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| Artist: Johnny Coleman Title: A Landscape Medium: Mixed Media Size: 40.5″ x 34.5″ x 4.5″ Price: $1500 Location: Z, Master Bedroom”A Landscape” is a component of a larger installation composed as a prayer welcoming my newborn daughter, Nyima in 2000. The installation, “A Landscape Convinced” responded to Toni Morrison’s text, “Beloved,” focusing upon one passage drenched in sunlight among blueferns along the edge of the Ohio River. Materials include: recovered red oak, found wool blanket, sun flower from my garden, found infant’s shoes, sculpted back from found chair, beads, found tin flour scoop w/carved wooden handle. |
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Thanks for the heads up about the sale in Oct. I really like the Tree.