Twist and Shout: Steel and Wire Sculptures

Steve Lohman’s
Twist and Shout: Steel and Wire Sculptures

Opens June 7, 2013 at Amiro Art & Found

Amiro Art & Found will feature innovative wire sculptor, Steve Lohman’s work, Twist and Shout: Steel and Wire Sculptures on June 7, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. as part of  the First Friday Art Walk.  Amiro is located at 9C Aviles Street in Saint Augustine. Lohman’s steel and wire sculptures are best described as three dimensional drawings in space. Graceful and whimsical, his lyrical creations capture the subtleties of life and form in a single line of wire.

Lohman ranks among the preeminent wire sculptors in America. His original, adventurous sculptures are singular, often humorous creations - a couple in a warm embrace, a man at a grand piano, a coffee cup resting upon a cafe table. Lohman's work is distinct in both its craftsmanship and elegant simplicity; it possesses a dreamlike, kinetic quality, often presenting the illusion of forms suspended in air.

Using one continuous line of steel, Lohman creates innovative, graceful sculptures.  His work is done completely by hand and his creations range in size from small "wire sketches" only a few inches in diameter to large scale sculptures fifteen feet long fabricated form solid 3/4" steel. Influenced by the line drawings of Picasso and Matisse, Lohman continues to pioneer and push forward a style of wire sculpture that is uniquely personal and appealing to museums, galleries, and collectors around the country.

Over the last 30 years, Lohman has created works for public, private and corporate commissions including Spalding International, Louis Vuitton, the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Abbott Vascular Europe, the Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Boston Symphony Celebrity Series. He recently completed a large-scale installation, “The Big Brain Cell” for Stanford University.

Amiro Art & Found offers the diverse artwork of artists Ginny Bullard, Estella Fransbergen, Deane Kellogg, Wendy Mandel McDaniel, Jan Tomlinson Master, and Marcia Myrick Siany as well as the works of guest artists. The ever changing artwork is comprised of an eclectic and colorful array of jewelry, mosaic creations, pottery, sculpture, vintage finds, paintings, mixed media collages, and more.

Amiro is open Thursday through Monday from 11a.m. to 6 p.m.and on Fridays and Saturdays until 7:00 p.m. The gallery also offers gift registry services for Bridal parties and other celebrations. For more information about Amiro, call 904-824-8460, e-mail amiroartandfound@hotmail, or visit their website at www.amiroartandfound.com .

All Artwork by Steve Lohman



Flagler Student Art at Amiro During May 3 First Friday Art Walk

Artwork by Grace Shipman

Flagler College Student Art Show Opens at Amiro Art & Found on May 3 During First Friday Art Walk

Is it a student take-over? Not at all, Amiro Art & Found has graciously invited 15 Flagler College students to display their artwork from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. during the May 3 First Friday Art Walk.  Included will be student artists: Grace Shipman, Brielle Jenkins, Sean Cusick, Stephanie Marotta, Maja Jydbom, Pernilla Stellgren, Gabrielle Hekhuis, Chryssha Guidry, Douglas Stearns, Eileen Pagan, Rachel De Cuba, Andrew Hollingsworth, Alex Jackman, Alexander McNutt, and Camille Seiler. The   artwork will include their sculptures, jewelry, photography and paintings.

Amiro Art & Found is located at 9C Aviles Street. The gallery offers the diverse artwork of a core group of artists, Ginny Bullard, Estella Fransbergen, Deane Kellogg, Wendy Mandel McDaniel, Jan Tomlinson Master, and Marcia Myrick Siany as well as the work of an evolving roster of guest artists. The ever changing artwork fills the gallery with an eclectic and colorful array of jewelry, mosaic creations, pottery, sculpture, vintage finds, paintings, and mixed media collages.

Amiro Art & Found is open Thursday through Monday from 11a.m. to 5p.m.with extended hours on Fridays and Saturdays until 7:00p.m. and during  First Friday Art Walks, until 9:00p.m. Amiro also offers a special gift registry for Bridal parties and other celebrations. More Information about the registry can be found in the gallery and on their website www.amiroartandfound.com.

The gallery will also be open until 9:00p.m. during Romanza  on Aviles Street. The Aviles Street Merchant’s Association sponsor special events including exhibitions at the galleries, dining al fresco, and music on the street.

For more Information about Amiro Art & Found call 904-824-8460 or email amiroartandfound@hotmail.com.

Artwork by Grace Shipman

"Abiding" Opens During April 5 First Friday Art Walk

                                                       Three Jewels by Nancy Hamlin-Vogler

Abiding, a collection of artwork and artifacts inspired by the Buddha, will be on display from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m at Amiro Art & Found during the April 5th First Friday Art Walk. Amiro is located at 9C Aviles Street in Saint Augustine.

The art exhibit will feature the Buddha-inspired artwork of resident gallery artists, Ginny Bullard, Estella Fransbergen, Deane Kellogg, Jan Tomlinson Master, Wendy Mandel McDaniel, and Marcia Myrick Siany The exhibit will also include silk screened prints by Nancy Hamlin-Vogler, carved coral Buddha heads from China, prayer malas, and carved wood Buddhas from Thailand. .

The word, wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and revering authenticity, can be used to describe the process used in the creation of many of the art and artifacts found in the upcoming show.. Wabi-sabi celebrates the human rather than the manufactured, as well as the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Amiro is filled with a unique collection of jewelry, mosaic creations, paintings, pottery, sculpture, vintage finds, and mixed media collages that resonate with the spirit of the artists’ hands and hearts. Many of Amiro’s artists use recycled or broken materials to create original new pieces that have a comfortable and familiar feel.

Amiro Art & Found is open Thursday through Monday from 11a.m. to 5p.m.with extended hours on Fridays and Saturdays until 7:00p.m. and during First Friday Art Walks until 9:00p.m. The gallery at 9C Aviles Street is located on the oldest street in the nation’s oldest city. Abiding will remain on display throughout the month of April. For more Information about Amiro Art & Found or to learn more about their new bridal registry call 904-824-8460, e-mail amiroartandfound@hotmail.com or visit www.amiroartandfound.com.

boho blvd, Bohemian Inspirations with a Twist

boho blvd, Bohemian Inspirations with a Twist  Featured During March 1^st  First Friday Art Walk at Amiro Art & Found

 A showing of Lori Hammer’s unique jewelry, boho blvd, Bohemian Inspirations with a Twist, will be the featured artwork during the March 1^st Friday Art Walk at Amiro Art & Found.  Amiro is located at 9C Aviles Street in Saint Augustine and will be open from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. during the Art Walk. Boho blvd will be on display throughout the month of March.

Over the years, Hammer has collected a wide variety of vintage materials that she uses to create her distinctive jewelry.  Vintage materials that have ageless appeal are given   new life in the form of jewelry, belts, and other accessories. Hammer mixes the surreal and whimsy, vintage and modern; often using bright colors alongside stark black and white in her pieces. “I love both creating and building, and my jewelry pieces allow me to do both,” explains Hammer. “I have a fondness for vintage clocks and watch parts, and have incorporated this love into my unusual jewelry and belts.”

Resident gallery artists Ginny Bullard, Estella Fransbergen, Deane Kellogg, Wendy Mandel McDaniel, Jan Tomlinson Master, and Marcia Myrick Siany will also be showcasing their unique selection of jewelry, mosaic creations, paintings, pottery, sculpture, vintage finds, and mixed media collages. Refreshments will be provided by Creative Juices Natural Café.

Amiro Art & Found is open Thursday-Monday from 11a.m. to 5p.m.with extended hours on Fridays and Saturdays until 7:00p.m. and during  First Friday Art Walks, until 9:00p.m. The gallery at 9C Aviles Street, is located on the oldest street in the nation’s oldest city. 

For more Information about the gallery and their new bridal registry call 904-824-8460, e-mail amiro@hotmail.com or visit www.amiroartandfound.com. Creative Juices Natural Café is located at 846 Anastasia Blvd. in  Saint Augustine.

Music from the HeART opens February 1, 2013

Amiro Art & Found announces the opening of a special exhibit, Music from the HeART,  by local artist and musical instrument designer Dick Bozung (aka Frog) during the February 1^st First Friday Art Walk. His unique and colorful musical folk art is inspired by the harmony of the natural world and has been exhibited  galleries and festivals throughout the Southeast. The public is invited to celebrate the opening and meet the artist during the February First Friday Art Walk from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. at  Amiro Art & Found  located at 9C Aviles Street in Saint Augustine. Peterbrooks Chocolatier from Anastasia Island will provide chocolates in celebration of Music from the HeArt and the upcoming Valentine’s Day.

A native Californian, former engineer on the Apollo Program and a maverick City Councilman in Ventura, CA, Bozung was living in Charleston, South Carolina  during the 80’s when he created his unique style of musical instruments. After Hurricane Hugo brought what Bozung calls “the  big splash,” a sixteen foot storm surge that washed over his life and took most everything with it out to sea, he left South Carolina in 1989 to pursue other interests. During this period, he developed a tool and method to simplify playing the guitar and other fretted instruments, wrote a children’s book on living in harmony with the earth, developed a cooperative sports model, worked as a music therapist,  and dabbled here and there at instrument design when he had access to a workspace.

Bozung moved to St. Augustine a few years ago and became inspired to refine some of his earlier instrument designs.  He set up a simple, wheeled workshop on his girlfriend’s front porch and has been creating his musical folk art  ever since. The result is the new exhibit, aptly titled Music from the HeArt. Designed to be simple to play, they are also intended to be exhibited as decorative art and are crafted to resemble birds, flowers and other natural objects. Bozung coined the  word "ear’idescence" to describe the way his instruments are created to be played in direct contact with the body and ear, and produce what he calls a most esoteric effect. Most of the  instruments are tuned in one key, and are designed to be comfortably held and played with the eyes closed resulting in the  carefree creation of naturally harmonizing heartfelt music. His musical folk art creations  have received numerous awards including the South Carolina Arts Commission Annual Juried Exhibition. 

For a preview of Bozung’s instruments, visit his website at www.SevenArrowsMusic.net. For more information about Amiro Art & Found, visit www.amiroartandfound.com or call them at 904-824-8460.

   

                                                                                                   

First Friday Art Walk January 4, 2013

                                             Photo by Tin Roof Photography

First Friday Art Walk Friday, January 4, 2013

The holiday spirit continues at Amiro Art & Found during the January 4 First Friday Art Walk. Here's an idea. Why don't you come in and spend some of that holiday money you received on something for yourself. With our collection of functional and whimsical  creations, there is sure to be something that

will catch your eye.

Come on out, stroll the oldest street and treat yourself to an original locally made piece of artwork created by:

Marcia Myrick Siany

Ginny Bullard

Estella Fransbergen

Deane Kellogg

Wendy Mandel McDaniel

Jan Tomlinson Master

AMIRO=ABUNDANCE and Art on Aviles

Photo by Tin Roof Photography

Two Great Events on Aviles Street in December!
Amiro = Abundance on  December 7th
Art On Aviles, a Holiday Truck Show on December 8

Amiro = Abundance! The name Amiro derives from the Timucuan word meaning much, many, or plenty.  Since the holidays are a time of gratitude and giving, it’s only fitting that Amiro Art & Found be filled with an abundance of artistic and unique gift items for the December 7 First Friday Art Walk.

Their selection of holiday gifts, both functional and whimsical, will include jewelry, mosaic creations, pottery, sculptures, vintage finds, paintings, and mixed media collages. Among the many new offerings will be porcelain mugs by Betsey Carter, knit scarves by Ejo Fox, and holiday cards by Nancy Hamlin-Vogler. Resident gallery artists Ginny Bullard, Estella Fransbergen, Deane Kellogg, Wendy Mandel McDaniel, Jan Tomlinson Master, and Marcia Myrick Siany have also gotten into the spirit of the holidays and will be showcasing a variety of specially created holiday gift items.

 Amiro=Abundance! will be held during the December 7th First Friday Art Walk from 5:00p.m. until 9:00p.m. at Amiro located at 9C Aviles Street in Saint Augustine.  .

Amiro Art & Found is open Thursday-Monday from 11a.m. to 5p.m.with extended hours on Fridays and Saturdays until 7:00p.m. and during  First Friday Art Walks, until 9:00p.m. The gallery at 9C Aviles Street, is located on the oldest street in the nation’s oldest city.  

Scroll down to get some ideas for your holdiay gift giving and to read about Art on Aviles, A Holiday Trunk Show to be held Saturday, December 8th from 1-4p.m.

Art on Aviles, a Festive Holiday Trunk Show to be

Held December 8^th on Aviles Street

Get your holiday shopping done as you support small business owners and artisans during Art on Aviles, a local holiday shopping event to be held Saturday, December 8^th from 1:00p.m. to 4:00p.m.. Five Aviles Street galleries including Plum Gallery, Aviles Gallery, Worley Faver Pottery Studio and Galley, Amiro Art & Found, and Natural Reflections Glass will offer hand crafted treasures during this special street-wide Holiday Trunk Show.

Enjoy the Old world charm of the nation’s oldest street as you purchase unique and one of-a-kind gifts created by the talented artists of Saint Augustine. Shopping doesn’t have to be a hectic and hurried affair. Stop to take a break and recharge at one of the many great Aviles Street cafes.

The idea of Art on Aviles started with Plum Gallery owner, Karen Sheridan. “Our gallery was having a trunk show and I though it would be a good opportunity to join with the other Aviles galleries and turn it into a festive event, says Sheridan. “It’s also a fun and easy way to get your holiday shopping done while supporting our local small businesses and artists.”

Each of the five galleries will provide light holiday refreshments and feature a selection of unique distinctive works.

Start your shopping at Natural Reflections Glass gallery. They will be open at their new holiday season location on the corner of King Street and Aviles Street.  Enjoy holiday treats as you cross off names on your gift list when you purchase their hand blown glass art.

Plum Gallery will be highlighting Swamp Flower Designs, creative treasures by Pamela Fausset. Sample their holiday offering of  Champagne and chocolate as you view the wide variety of jewelry on display.

Next door at Amiro Art & Found Gallery, their Amiro=Abundance show continues with the addition of wearable art by Ejo Fox. Meet Fox and peruse her hand loomed scarves and unique men’s ties as you sip on holiday teas provided by The Spice and Tea Exchange. "Teas the Season to eat, drink and buy art on the oldest street in St. Augustine!” says Amiro co-owner, Ginny Bullard.

Walk a little farther down the street to Worley Faver Pottery Studio and Gallery where they  will be highlighting the fine art photography printed on canvas of Georgia Gayle Nick. Sample their holiday punch and cookies as you view Nick’s elegantly framed small images of favorite St. Augustine landmarks and streets.

Complete your holiday list at Aviles Gallery where they will be featuring their newest artist, Rick McAllister, and his distinguished photographs of botanicals.  Aviles  Gallery will also be offering a tempting variety of holiday cookies, and the music of Cuban guitarist Luis Mario Peral.