Why do I LOVE Stumptown? Where else can you find the macabre mingling with shear elegence in absolute harmony while sipping an overpriced coffee and kickin it in your flannel with flippy flops…

Clifford Rainey’s Retrospective @ the Bullseye Gallery

I’m stiff, I’m sore and my tootsies are filled with blisters, but sweet mother of pearl inlay… it was worth it to tramp around the Pearl and check out the amazing glass sprucing up my home turf. Nathan Sandberg’s textural genius was well worth the stop at PSU’s Autzen. I couldn’t decide which was my favorite piece but anyone who can make Styrofoam look intriguing (at least I think that’s how he got that texture) deserves some blog space…

Seriously though… HOW does he DO IT! Thank goodness he teaches a class just about textures in kiln glass or this would haunt me forever, now I just have to wait for the next offering…