Where Water Meets Land | Katie Hudnall, Amy Putansu, and Sarah Vaughn
June 25 – August 3, 2024

Woodworker Katie Hudnall grew up along the Potomac River and spent childhood summers on the South Carolina coast. Her fanciful, sometimes functional, sometimes impractical, painted wooden objects are inspired by furniture, illustration, tools, toys, and all things nautical. Katie prefers using recycled and found wood whenever possible as it sparks new discoveries and encourages an openness to change and adaptation.

Textile artist Amy Putansu spent her childhood growing up on the Atlantic Ocean along the rugged coast of Maine. Her hand woven “paintings” use a rare weaving technique called ondulé which allows her to manipulate threads into wave-like patterns that suggest the fluidity and movement of water. These contemplative works keep Amy connected to her heritage and homeland while serving as personal meditations on the impermanence of all things.

Glass artist Sarah Vaughn has always been drawn to rivers, lakes, and anywhere she could become lost in a sea of smooth stones. She creates recollections of rocks, small moments that are not meant to last, in materials that are permanent yet fragile. Her perfectly composed and stacked groupings of glass and porcelain rocks serve as a metaphor for personal experiences and the precarious nature of life.

Items purchased online will be shipped at the close of the exhibition April 13th.