Two week Artisan spotlight show featuring the artwork of Eileen Flory
There will be a two week Artisan spotlight show featuring the artwork of Eileen Flory at the Yaquina Art Association Gallery in Nye Beach (Newport,Oregon). The show will run from August 30 through September 12, 2014 on the pedestals and the gallery is open from 11 to 4 pm daily.
Eileen Flory loves to work with and will be showing art made from clay, pressed seaweed and paper crafts. She says, “I like the feel of all the materials I work with. Clay is so plastic and cool in the hands, and it’s very forgiving. It takes impressions nicely, from nautilus shells to leaves to the ends of thread spools. When I work with clay I feel as though I am collaborating with Mother Nature, using earth, fire, water, and air. -In both clay and textile work, I am inspired by native techniques and designs, especially those of Mexican artisans.”
Eileen moved here from Eugene where she had a career in museum and aquarium exhibit work. Her education is in Spanish, anthropology and music. She has traveled for work to the Grand Canyon, Antarctica, and the Amazon. She also loves spinning, dyeing and weaving wool and playing music with other people twice a week. She plays the viola da gamba. She has taken many trips to Mexico as a child and for anthropology and her craft purchasing.
Plaque Cascara by Eileen Flory
