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Elementals: Earth, Wind & Fire

May 1 @ 11:00 am - May 31 @ 6:00 pm

Picante!’ kilnformed glass flared bowl with all the hot moves by Sandi Martina of Woodbridge, Va. (17.5 x 15 x 10.5″)

Artists are cruisin’ with the elements offering funky forms, nifty finishes in pottery, glass and more at Fire On Studio 22.

Get groovy with architectural aspects in sculpture with natural woodfire and carbon black pitfire finishes. Or embrace radical vase centerpieces, maxi statuesque gyrations, mini organic buds and fab flashy crystalline glazed work.

Mother Earth woodfired sculpturettes boogie with the best of ’em by Elke Seefeldt of Arlington, Va.

Chill with functional stoneware dishes from tumblers and mugs to fruit bowls and servers. Put a hot dish in hot dishes with trippy oval casseroles and offset platters. Give espressos a shot, too.

Explore glass to the max with kilnformed trays and platters with far out sparkle and radical ethereal patterns and grain. Dig layered peace bowls while a trippy kalediscope expresses light and love.

handmade green and gold artisan mug and espresso cup

Funky-handled drinkware includes mugs and espresso shots that jive by Scott Kaye of Arlington, Va.

Get down with some slammin’ bling like glass amulets, micro-painted porcelain jewelry and handmade printed patches. Bring on good vibes with hall-hung botanical reliefs and prints, abstract experimentals and topographic-inspired tiles. 

Come to our crib of creativity, go crazy with clay, get groovy with glass and find your personal shining star.

3-D gallery Fire On Studio 22 offers various treatments of glass and pottery and more on the first floor of the Torpedo Factory Art Center 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and will be open 11 a.,m. ro 10 p.m. on Friday May 9 for the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s  Late Night Block Party event.. The gallery’s “Elementals: Earth, Wind & Fire” show runs May  1 through 31, 2025.

Bring home an original from potters Brian Grow @b.d.grow Scott Kaye @scottkayepottery Bikki Stricker @cerambik Elke Seefeldt @rayelke Tracie Griffith Tso @traciegriffithtso and glass artist Sandi Martina @sandimartina_glass. Fire On is pleased to welcome visiting artist Mayfox for May!

To take a peek in the Gallery follow us at @studio.fireon

Original mini contemporary sculptural piece ‘Worrybot’ by May visiting artist Mayfox.

Crystalline-glazed starstruck pitcher by Bikki Stricker of Falls Church, Va.

From left: Fresh vegetal EcoPrint on music paper bumps to the bio beat by Elke Seefeldt; ‘Ruddy Cuddler’ red-hot firebox/red panda bamboo artist-signed, limited-edition print of ink on rice paper painting by Tracie Griffith Tso; Raw and rustic celadon tea bowl by Brian Grow; Smooth and cool sculpted rocks that roll made from blending notes of natural clay and porcelain by Elke Seefeldt.

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Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 N. Union St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
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