shannyn joy potter

1.4.12

shannyn — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:29:07 +0000

still on holiday break, at least at the studio. so, i will not be open for open studio this thursday the 5th. please email if you would like to schedule a visit.

until then, happy new year!

10.21.11

shannyn — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:42:49 +0000

Been preparing for the annual Art Attack, November 4th, 5th and 6th at Northrup King. More to come about that later

Very excited about about the new piece, loblolly pine, that is being worked out on my floor. With some help from James will be adding fake bark, almost as a garland, this will better be seen instead of described here. Pinks, charcoals and white are floating around within the options. New territory opening up. . .

7.21.11

shannyn — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:11:22 +0000

have two new 2011 pieces to add to the site, Beyond and Sap, yet to be photographed. currently laboring over a big vertical. gray, copper and yellow tie wire. .?
big deep veins moving through a lovely, gnarly piece of elm. another week or two to go. it clearly still has more to say. more soon.

5.22.11

shannyn — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:31:16 +0000

thanks to all who attending the recent open studio event. in case you missed it, due to the abundance of rain and tornado’s, the studio will be open for Thursday June 2nd, from 5 to 9pm. showing two new pieces that are not on the site yet: beyond and sap. beyond is pom pom’s, cedar, and gina louise. and sap, a slow moving quiet vertical filled with just a little yellow. come see.

also now showing molt and one at abitare design studio at 527 glenwood ave. in Mpls. they look lovely in their new space. take a look if you are in the neighborhood. open M-F, 10 to 4 and Saturday 11-4.

5.7.11

shannyn — Sat, 07 May 2011 18:55:11 +0000

The new work is finally uploaded, ( thank you again kim jones! ) Now preparing for the annual open studio exhibition known as Art-A-Whirl. Will be showing at least two new pieces that are not yet finished, including a collaboration with the lovely gina louise. Please stop by studio 341 by a take a look. Opening night is Friday, May 20th from 5 to 10pm and it continues Saturday from 12 to 8pm and Sunday 12 to 5pm.

for directions go here

unfold

shannyn — Sat, 07 May 2011 18:21:00 +0000

unfold

elm
39w x 24h x 2d in.

axis

shannyn — Sat, 07 May 2011 18:14:25 +0000

axis

black walnut
25w x 47h x 2d in.

connect

shannyn — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:54:19 +0000

connect

maple + steel
78w x 21h x 3d in.

4.14.11

shannyn — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:04:54 +0000

making new work and continuing to talk with one that’s been lingering for months. moving on to a 5′+ vertical, very excited about. it’s been awhile since i’ve gone up, horizontals have dictated for some time, but with this one there is no other way for this board to be. it’s a piece of red oak from James, again, (thank you). so thin it’ll be, will try hard not break it, as i have done so easily in past. gentle little cracks and not always so delicate chisels.. .

3.6.11

shannyn — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:42:42 +0000

thanks to all who made VD11 a great show! three new pieces to add to the site. coming soon.

1.5.11

shannyn — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:31:19 +0000

get ready. it’s coming. . . VD11

12.24.10

shannyn — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:29:48 +0000

happy and safe holidays all!

10.30.10

shannyn — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:10:42 +0000

ART ATTACK! !! ridicules name but it is what is it. over 200 artists showing in one building, NKB, for a weekend exhibition. stop by studio 341 and see the new work. two big mama sculptures making their debut. opening night is Friday November 5th, 5 to 10pm, Saturday 12 to 8pm and Sunday 12 to 5pm.

for directions and more info, go to NKB, NORTHRUP KING BUILDING

10.11.10

shannyn — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:58:06 +0000

please come.

10.5.10

shannyn — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:59:44 +0000

it’s open studio time again. another month has crept by. hello october. thursday the 7th, the new moon, 5 to 9 pm. doors open. we will be there. one new piece up, relent. NFS at this time, kinda attached to it these days. later, maybe. preparing for art attack, first weekend of november, at least one new big mama sculpture and maybe another. come see.

9.28.10

shannyn — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:22:08 +0000

Collaborations made with Caroline Keefe will be on display at the Northrup King Building, third floor gallery #332. We will be part of the Fine Craft Exhibit and Design Event. Opening is Friday, October 1, 5 to 8 pm. Mound, Rub and Untitled will be up . Show runs through October 9th. please come.

relent

shannyn — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:03:03 +0000

relent

oak + steel wire
96w x 18h x 1d in.

give way

shannyn — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:54:27 +0000

give way

pine
48w x 15h x 1d in.

9.2.10

shannyn — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:16:39 +0000

open studio happening again, tonight in fact from 5 to 9. come on by. two new pieces will be up. relent and give way. photo’s to come.

DO THE DEAN

shannyn — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:49:00 +0000

almost a year to date, another well deserved benefit for our friend Dean Magraw. please come. Celtic Junction. 836 Prior Ave. N. St. Paul

8.17.10

shannyn — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:54:30 +0000

now exhibiting four pieces at Design Within Reach in Minneapolis: swoon, surge, fresh and one. various years covered here but unifying motifs pull them all together. swoops and curves it seems. very harmonious fit with the overall aesthetic of their studio. please stop by and take a look if you are in the neighborhood. open monday through saturday 10-6, and sunday’s 11-5. thank you James. thank you Susan.

8.4.10

shannyn — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:37:55 +0000

just a reminder that the studio will be closed for the first thursday of august event. i am listening to the ocean. . . be back soon.

relent

shannyn — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:04:54 +0000

the first all black piece. thinking i may have to live with this one, we’ll see. relent, it is.

6.29.2010

shannyn — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:42:20 +0000

yes, the studio will be open this week for first thursday. 6 to 9, i will be there.

so close

shannyn — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:17:50 +0000

so close

oak
73w x 18h x 1d in.

swoon

shannyn — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:10:30 +0000

molt

collaboration with caroline keefe
pine, felt and copper
74w x 10h x 3d in.

molt

shannyn — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:40:19 +0000

molt

pine and steel
47w x 71h x 4d in.

6.22.10

shannyn — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:24:07 +0000

happy solstice. bunch of new work coming soon. three finished and documented, three underway.

thank you to James for giving me so many wonderful, useful, and inspiring materials and all of your help over the last several months . . .
it was much appreciated.

5.11.10

shannyn — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:03:09 +0000

finishing up three new pieces for art-a-whirl, molt, swoon and so close. what do those titles tell you? come and see. i’ll be in the studio all weekend, one form or another.

4.11.10

shannyn — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:30:13 +0000

baby blue fades into gray and lighter gray, and then into dirty white and bone white. what was i thinking with baby blue? spring under my skin. how suggestible i am sometimes. never was much for pastels but i have always been into fading. fading away, fading lighter and lighter until it’s worn out or through. the heaviest piece i’m now making is going to look so light is might even lift off the wall. the name is changing along with the color, as they sometimes do. leaving a piece underway and going traveling always radically shifts it. i change and move and with that the sculpture. the title has been nine and then became seam, moved into glimmer and back to seam, and now resting and staying with molt. after all that, molt couldn’t be more fitting.

4.04.10

shannyn — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:25:30 +0000

working, working, working. . . art-a-whirl sneaking up fast (see studio page). goal is to have three new pieces for the show. one of which will be a collaboration with ms. keefe, if all works out. lots and lots of color. reds continue as they have for years, but baby blue and gold? that’s right, baby blue. spring is here and it’s under my skin.

03.21.10

shannyn — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:43:44 +0000

A friend recently told me that all that glimmers isn’t gold. I don’t need it all to be, just every once in awhile.

03.09.10

shannyn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:24:02 +0000

Just spent a little over two weeks in New York. Every time i leave Mpls. my eyes changes and inevitably my work too changes. Love that cities and it’s energy. Missed it before i had even left. Maybe it was the wonderful time i had or maybe i’m wanting to counterbalance the straight lines of the buildings, either way, curves are emerging in the studio. Swooping, bending and giving is how it is. Parts of circles in my head. Curves enveloping the merging straight lines and i am bending to it. Thank you New York.

bound

shannyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:13 +0000

bound

pine and copper
10w x 12h x 10d

02.09.10

shannyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:24:08 +0000

i have moved my work to the floor. this is a first, with wood anyway. the piece is so big that is would not fit on my work table in one piece. so i’ve been working on it in two sections, chiseling, shaping, slowly moving, but i could no longer see what i was doing. so to the floor we moved and onto to the ladder to attempt to see and it seems to working. have to say that it’s strangely satisfying to be able to sit on the work as i carve it. strange and satisfying, yes, it’s true.

one

shannyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:48:16 +0000

one

cedar and steel
10w x 88h x 3d

shift

shannyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:47:39 +0000

shift

pine and steel
19w x 57h x 10d

turn

shannyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:38 +0000

turn

black walnut
16w x 61h x 2d

extend

shannyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:39:38 +0000

extend

black walnut
28w x 7h x 3d in.

bend

shannyn — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:37:41 +0000

bend

black walnut
14w x 7h x 3d

move

shannyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:22:01 +0000

move

maple
47w x 5h x 4d

one

shannyn — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:18:41 +0000

more images coming soon for ‘09 and the start on 2010.

bound

shannyn — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:28:21 +0000

more white and shiny copper holding it together. sometimes our connections shine. calling it bound.

01.22.10

shannyn — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:54:44 +0000

working on a little piece, ( 10″w x 12″h x 10″d, little ) for the ‘foot in the door show’ at the MIA here. it’s funny to me that regardless of size, moving from the last one being quite large and heavy, to now small and mobile, it all remains the same. one piece moves into another. colors, motifs, movement, they all continue to the next, as a stream of consciousness, as a breath. they continue until they are exhausted or replaced, whichever comes first. white now has returned and persists and continues to satisfy. so it goes.

12.28.09

shannyn — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:36:18 +0000

mulling over and mulling over the newest, nine, it’s working title, due to change. not often do i switch directions so much as i have lately. the horizontal has become vertical. i am looking at the piece on the floor from a ladder, attempting to gain perspective. so far i remain in the dark with constant change. everything moves.

nine

shannyn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:50:01 +0000

nine pieces of basswood staring me down. have rearranged them until they now feel settled. intertwined rusted sheet metal. all waiting to do something. contemplating curves. in this process of subtraction the direction must be clear, so i wait and watch and draw.

shift

shannyn — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:28:08 +0000

drawing and drawing and drawing on the sides of shift, slowly moving.rusty steel becoming brighter as the days keep getting shorter.

like this

shannyn — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:17:10 +0000

like this. shift.

bare

shannyn — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:05:10 +0000

bare

silver maple
14w x 49h x 2d

mend

shannyn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:41:07 +0000

mend

basswood and steel
91w x 20h x 4d

mend

shannyn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:48:48 +0000

a detail from one of two new pieces. this is a close up of mend, the largest sculpture i have made to date, around seven and half feet long. becoming particularly fond of metal these days. love the changes of color in steel. love the weight, the reflection, the texture. newest one underway at the studio is holding steel in it’s seam. don’t think this combination will be going away anytime soon.

trophy

shannyn — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:29:21 +0000

trophy

black walnut
8w x 14h x 3d

multiply

shannyn — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:23:22 +0000

multiply

fishtail oak
24w x 12h x 1d

still

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:37:58 +0000

still

mahogany
8w x 17h x 2d

bind

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:34:50 +0000

bind

black walnut
12w x 15h x 3d

refrain

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:28:23 +0000

refrain

poplar
11w x 60h x 4d

exude

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:24:21 +0000

exude

poplar
14w x 36h x 3d

stay

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:14:34 +0000

stay

poplar
48w x 15h x 1d

hold

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:08:34 +0000

hold

hard maple
48w x 14h x 2d

miss

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:58:42 +0000

miss

black walnut
43w x 15h x 2d

reach

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:53:11 +0000

reach

poplar
48w x 12h x 4d

seclude

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:49:56 +0000

seclude

poplar
39w x 10h x 2d

succumb

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:16:44 +0000

succumb

mahogany
30w x 11h x 2d

release

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:13:26 +0000

release

poplar
20w x 9h x 1d

fill

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:02:45 +0000

fill

wenge
17w x 8h x 2d

surge

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:52:34 +0000

surge

cherry
11w x 36h x 2d

wait

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:45:49 +0000

wait

black walnut
12w x 19h x 3d

preserve

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:28:05 +0000

preserve

black walnut
6w x 27h x 4d

cave

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:11:23 +0000

cave

black walnut
26w x 9h x 3d

break

shannyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:05:54 +0000

break

black walnut
26w x 9h x 3d

contain

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:11:11 +0000

contain

hard maple
39w x 14h x 4d

drop

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:07:10 +0000

drop

maple
11w x 47h x 4d

dangle

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:01:36 +0000

dangle

black walnut
9w x 39h x 4d

cease

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:06:27 +0000

cease

hard maple
53w x 14h x 2d

ooze

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:06:19 +0000

ooze

cedar
26w x 40h x 5d

spread

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:06:10 +0000

spread

cottonwood
56w x 11h x 3d

rub

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:05:58 +0000

rub

collaboration with caroline keefe
black walnut and felt
15w x 9h x 3d

peak

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:05:49 +0000

peak

pine and steel
38w x 11h x 2d

mound

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:05:39 +0000

mound

collaboration with caroline keefe
cottonwood
15w x 14h x 3d

pass

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:05:22 +0000

pass

maple and black walnut
16w x 8h x 3d

snug

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:04:11 +0000

snug

collaboration with caroline keefe
douglas fir and felt
22w x 3h x 3d

soak

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:03:56 +0000

soak

pine
39w x 14h x 4d

sliver

shannyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:00:54 +0000

sliver

cottonwood
19w x 14h x 3d

ripe

shannyn — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:39:23 +0000

ripe

pine
39w x 14h x 4d

fresh

shannyn — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:44:26 +0000

fresh

poplar
36w x 10h x 3d

disclose

shannyn — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:53:01 +0000

disclose

black walnut
56w x 13h x 2d

funnel + gush

shannyn — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:06:03 +0000

Funnel + Gush

pine
95w x 11h x 10d

deviate

shannyn — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:47:53 +0000

Deviate

maple and copper wire
25w x 49h x 1d

tread

shannyn — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:10:55 +0000

Tread

basswood
83w x 21h x 4d

murmur

shannyn — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:09:15 +0000

Murmur

collaboration with caroline keefe
cottonwood and felt
21w x 15h x 3d

Untitled

shannyn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:56:33 +0000

Untitled

collaboration with caroline keefe
basswood, copper and felt
10w x 26h x 4d

Benefit for Dean Magraw

shannyn — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:00:47 +0000

Our long time friend Dean is suffering from MDS, a cancer related illness. A benefit to raise money for his medical and living expenses will be held on Sunday, August 30th, 2009 at The Celtic Junction in St. Paul.

If you have never experienced Dean live, you’ve really missed something…

There is a suggested donation of $15, but any support is appreciated. If you cannot make the show but still would like to make a donation, please email helpdeanmagraw@yahoo.com.

Sunday, August 30, 2009
12:00pm – 10:00pm
@ The Celtic Junction

LINEUP: ( tentative. more are being added! )
12:00—12:30 DAKOTA DAVE HULL
12:30—1:00 EASTSIDE
1:15—1:45 LEHTO AND WRIGHT
2:00—2:30 ERIC JAHN TRIO
2:45—3:15 AXIS MUNDI
3:30—4:00 THE PETERSONS
4:15—4:45 MARCUS WISE AND SITTAR PLAYER
5:00—5:30 MARCUS WISE/Nirmala Rajesakar
5:45—6:15 LAURA MACKENZIE AND DAITHE SPROULE
6:30—7:00 MARC ANDERSON, JT BATES AND JIM ANTON
7:15—7:45 CAFÉ ACCORDION ORCHESTRA
8:00—8:30 GREG HERRIGES TRIO
8:45—9:15 PRUDENCE JOHNSON AND DAN CHOUINARD (PIANO)
9:30—10:00 BOILED IN LEAD

Please spread the word.

ripple

shannyn — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:37:07 +0000

Ripple

collaboration with caroline keefe
basswood, copper and felt
7w x 44h x 7d