Roots Organic Brewing Company

May, 10^th 2008 – June 7^th 2008

Artist; Gale Nagle

Gael Nagle has been batiking for over thirty-five years and is largely self-taught.

Batik is an ancient fabric art developed thousands of years ago in China and India. Batik has been used in Asian, Middle Eastern and African areas for thousands of years. Evidence of batik has also been found in Pre-Columbian sites in Peru. Indonesia and Java are famous for their batik. While it has traditionally been used as a way to decorate clothing, it is an art form in its own right.

The unique characteristic of crackles is a result of the wax cracking and dye from subsequent dye baths getting in the cracks. Controlling the cracking is very important to the overall appearance of a piece.

Gael’s work is done in the traditional method of waxing with beeswax and submerging in a cold water dye bath; working from the lightest dye to the darkest dye. Each piece must dry between each dying in order to absorb the hot wax. The wax is applied with brushes. The area that has been waxed resists the dye when submerged in the next dye bath. When this process is done with each successive dye bath, the result is many different colors being held by the wax. None of the color (dye) is painted on. At the end of the process, the wax is boiled out leaving only the dyed cloth.

A unique aspect of Gael’s batiking work is the full spectrum of color used. All final pieces have been boiled out four times at a minimum and usually many more times. Each time the wax is boiled out she can introduce a new primary color, and with overlaying of colors is able to achieve the entire color spectrum in each piece.

Gael’s batiks and prints have been featured at In Her Image in Portland, Made in Salem in Salem, Carnegie Hall in Oregon City, the Cliff Scharf Gallery in Sisters and are currently shown at Lunaria in Silverton, Oregon, and at Breitenbush Hot Spring Retreat and Conference Center in Detroit, Oregon.

She has participated in Folklife Festival in Seattle, Festival of the Arts in Lake Oswego, Oregon Country Fair in Eugene, and both the Oregon State Fair and Salem Arts and Crafts Fair in Salem, Oregon.

April, 12^th 2008 – May, 10^th 2008

Artist; Jeff Langa

March, 8^th 2008 – April, 12^th 2008

Artist; Nicole Linde

My artist name Brittlestar, was inspired by the deep sea and cosmos. When I am creating I try to connect to something mysterious, supernatural, and fantastical.

I make mixed media artwork. My process involves many different materials including; drawing, painting, photoshop, high quality prints all mounted on wood finished with a resin glaze.

When I’m not residing in my imagination, Portland Oregon is my habitat.

I am lucky to share a studio in the collective Boxlift Building Art Studios.

www.nicolelinde.com www.nicolelinde.com

Jan, 12th 2008-March, 8th 2008

Artist; Jason

American painter

I grew up in a consumer society with a TV to sell me beliefs. My family has given me the independence to think for myself. I am a self taught painter trying to unlearn the damage of 30 years of American capitalism. The hardest part is being honest with myself, as I examine my role and impact within our system. Sharing my experiences with the world is both a responsibility and a privilege that I have only begun to actualize.

Process

My paintings go through a texturing process and are predominately done on alternatives to canvases. I usually get an idea and one painting leads to 2-3 more on the subject. My goal is to keep transmitting a truthful message and to inspire an honest reaction. I take a deep look into my place in this world in relation to every subject I study, and am trying my hardest to change the destructive ways of thinking that I have inherited as related to art. This painting process is an expression of my own evolution.