Seattle Day 2, March 29

Day 2: Seattle
Weather: Rain, some more rain, and finally rain…all day

Pics: Fitness center in its entirety, Ginny Ruffner outdoor piece, work by artists we own or would like to own (like the gigantic ceramic drone), two restaurants + Macrina Bakery, and DB’s dyed (not bruised) feet after a day walking the town

Fitness center, such as it is: 3 pieces of equipment and a mirror. Breakfast at the hotel: lousy whole wheat pancakes for THB and granola and yogurt for DB, one coffee, $38 minus a daily food credit of $25 for a total of $13…and THB thinks we overpaid!

Catch a local (free) bus to the convention center (CC) and start our day of hunting down as much ceramics as possible.
- Airstream Gallery (CC)
- Santa Fe Clay Gallery (CC, pic of Lisa Clague piece)
- 10 ceramics artists working in 2D (CC, great show)
- 40 years of Seattle ceramics (CC, also a great show with early work by many well-known local artists)
- Barney’s window (See pic of Beth Lo plate)
- Facere: ceramics jewelry
- Fancy Gallery
- Friesen Abmayer Gallery
- Paper Hammer Gallery
- Patricia Rovzar Gallery
- Grover Thurston Gallery
- Suyama Space: architecture firm, we’ve seen Kiff Slemmons and Trimpin shows here in early trips. This time: a pipe configuration with “piped” in music
- Traver Gallery
- Foster White Gallery for the Archie Bray Foundation reception
- And several more, including a cupcake outlet (damn, we were too full to try the local fare)

Memorable work (for sale):
- Display Nick Blivin of dinner ware that crossed the lines of design, art and craft (sorry, no pic)
- Predator/drone plane in ceramic by Adam Shiverdecker (see pics)
- At a pop-up gallery in Pioneer Square, a piece by Susie Lee that lights up filaments when you send a text message that is “received” by the device, with the piece expecting a regular interchange (it sends text messages out as well). Fascinating!!
- A set of small biographical figures with bees by Judy Hill

Lunch at Serious Pie (another repeat): Two pizzas (sausage; artichokes and green garlic), kale salad, two brewskies and one Mexican coca cola: $76 for 4. See pics

Snack at Macrina Bakery: 4 cookies, consumed throughout the day and as dessert at dinner, $10

Dinner at Tin Table, up a long flight of stairs and across from an active ballroom (damn, too tired to stay for the $7 for all night dancing), and not noisy (a pleasure!): Burger and shoestring fries, lentil soup and two orders of chickpea fritters (falafel in another life), salad, and steelhead on ratatouille (THB, fish slightly overcooked, dish very good otherwise). $100 for 4