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Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - Arts & Events
WSU Vancouver Library Gallery Features Employee's Woodworks
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- Erin Dengerink Madarang, WSU Vancouver, 360-546-9551, dengerie@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - An exhibition of Kathleen Duncan's masterfully crafted, turned woodwork is on display until Nov. 7 in the library at Washington State University Vancouver.
Wood turning artist Kathleen Duncan is exhibiting a number of her crafted wood bowls, tops, ornaments and vessels. Many of Duncan's pieces are functional, some are purely decorative.
The woods she uses "are mostly Washington or Oregon salvage woods - wood that would otherwise be burned or end up in our landfills," said Duncan. "This is wood from trees cut down for construction, trees blown down in storms, or trees that are diseased and dying."
Duncan, a long term WSU employee, said that as she began to be known for her woodworking, people started to bring wood to her when they had a downed tree. Wood for a few of the pieces in this show came from people in the WSU community. Some of the lidded boxes, and one of the large bowls in this show came from trees that were on WSU professors' properties.
Entry to campus exhibits is free. WSU Vancouver galleries are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Parking is available at parking meters or in the blue lot for $3 per day.
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. We offer 16 bachelor's degrees, nine master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 36 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at www.vancouver.wsu.edu.
Photo: Woodwork by Kathleen Duncan on display at the WSU Vancouver library through Nov. 7.
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