The Island Gallery FLIES into FALL The Island Gallery’s fall season features two shows celebrating the artistry of Northwest wood. Erik Lindbergh’s unique wood and bronze works capture mankind’s expanding horizons of fl ight and space in Dreams of Flight in October and in November, On the Edge brings us the grace and DREAMS OF FLIGHT: THE SOARING ARTISTRY OF beauty embodied in the sculpture and furniture of several Northwest wood artists. ERIK LINDBERGH • SEPT. 30 – OCT. 31 Far left: Erik Lindbergh, Opening Friday, September 30, 6-8 p.m. Flame Rocket, Cedar, dogwood, madrone and maple ON THE EDGE: GROUP SHOW OF NORTHWEST WOOD ARTISTS • NOV. 4 – 30 Left: Erik Lindbergh, Opening Friday, November 4, 6-8 p.m. Floatplane Cradle, madrone, copper and velvet, 80” x 73” x 39.” CHRISTIAN BURCHARD, madrone baskets

grew up on Bainbridge Island and lives in an environmentally-effi cient On the Edge straw bale house in the area. On the Edge features the sculpture and furniture of a Dreams of Flight refl ects his twin passions of fl ight and art. Wood group of Northwest wood and bronze airplanes and rockets artists. Their work explores a take off toward rustic satellites and continuum from pieces that planets. A unique wooden baby seek to reveal the natural cradle brings these soaring dreams fl ow of the wood to those Dreams of Flight to a new generation. Eric notes, “Last who strive to impose man’s THE ISLAND GALLERY year, Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne vision on the material. They Erik Lindbergh’s grandfather, Charles Corner of Winslow Way & Madison captured the $10 million Ansari are constructed from wood Lindbergh, fl ew the fi rst solo, nonstop 100 – 106 Madison Avenue North XPRIZE, inspiring the next generation and bamboo and range from fl ight across the Atlantic Ocean in Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 of astronauts, entrepreneurs, and natural to mathematical in 1927. Eric continues his grandfather’s 206.780.9500 • www.theislandgallery.net explorers to once again dream style. The furniture refl ects legacy through adventures in space Fall hours are Monday - Saturday 11AM to 6PM and about our future in space. I feel like Pacifi c Rim style – lines and artistry. In 2002, he retraced his Sunday 1 to 5PM. First Friday Gallery Openings, I am one step closer to a childhood associated with Asian temple grandfather’s New York to Paris fl ight 6-8PM. Quarterly Bainbridge Island Arts Walks, fi rst dream of fl ying into space – a part architecture juxtaposed with in a small single-engine aircraft. This Sundays of August, November, February, and May. of me did fl y. Burt carried seven of pieces revealing natural live journey, documented by the History my bronze sculptures into space on edges of the trees of origin. Institute for Cross Cultural Art (ICCA) Channel, raised money for charity and X2, the fi nal XPRIZE winning fl ight Island Gallery owners, Susan Swannack-Nunn and prompted a call from the President of SpaceShipOne.” One of these Featured artists include sculptors Christian Burchard, Gregory recognizing his fl ight as inspiring Jack Nunn, have established a non-profi t institute, sculptures is exhibited in the show. Glynn, and Debra Greiner. Burchard and Greiner are new to affi liated with the Gallery, whose purpose is to promote the country after the tragedy of the Gallery. Burchard, from Oregon, uses madrone burl to create The Island Gallery exhibit coincides the preservation and development of traditional art September 11. spherical vessels and wall sculptures. “My objects are an attempt to with both the 2005 X Prize Cup Erik is vice-chairman of the tell stories. They give glimpses of possibilities or act as metaphors forms in diff erent cultures and facilitate interaction of Week held in New Mexico during Lindbergh Foundation, a non-profi t serving as a transport for ideas and things alike. A little fantastic, a artists practicing these art forms. An ongoing eff ort is the fi rst week of October and organization dedicated to furthering little odd. Some are solely because they were a lot of fun to make. assisting batik artisans in small villages in Indonesia worldwide celebrations of World his grandparents’ vision of balancing They are highly unlikely, with lives of their own.” with textile and marketing technologies to help sustain Space Week, marking the anniversary technological advances with the traditional art form of producing hand made batik of SpaceShipOne, the fi rst private Greiner’s work draws inspiration from the birds of the western environmental preservation, and a manned winner of the Ansari X Prize United States. Her blue-hued bamboo sculpture grows from textiles. The fi rst artistic exchanges occurred this past trustee of the X Prize Foundation, in 2004, and Sputnik, the fi rst orbital observations of the Steller’s jay. Glynn is well known on Bainbridge summer, with the help of corporate sponsors including which promotes commercial and launch in 1957. for his ability to use local woods in sculptures and in creating large- Starbucks Coff ee International and Frontier Bank. private passenger space fl ight. He scale installations in park settings. All photos courtesy of the artists. THIS PAGE PAID FOR BY ISLAND GALLERY Arts News Fall 2005 11

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