Art Patrons Examine Works at Glass Ranch.(Tomasito photo, 2009)
Yesterday we visited an open house show by a local artist couple--Garry and Cherrie La Porte Cohen.
The exhibition was held at their house which has a nice location in a kind of hippy enclave of what looks to me like "K" Zone (homemade) houses overlooking Hodges Lake on the southwestern end of Escondido town.
Glass Ranch, they say, "is a blend of eclectic vision of glass, metal and nature worth visiting".
I think so.
There was a crowd of about fifty people on the scene to watch a demonstration of glass blowing and to nibble the cheese and crackers, taste the wine and maybe buy something for Mother's Day.
I very much like the fact that these two successful artists hire other talented craftspeople to help them. I also like the fact that their hand made creations are all one of a kind labor intensive artifacts--not imported factory copies.
Tomasito, 2009
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