Mt. St. Helens, 40 years ago

Do you remember where you were on May 18, 1980?

YakimaArt.com & Oak Hollow Custom Framing & Gallery are honoring this majestic force of nature with a special Reminiscing On The Eruption: Mt. St. Helen’s 40th Anniversary exhibit.

YakimaArt.com is providing a sneak preview online then when the “Shelter-in-Place” order is lifted, you can visit Oak Hollow Custom Framing & Gallery in person for the entire show. (Any purchases are made through Oak Hollow.)

A special thank-you to Oak Hollow Custom Framing & Gallery and the participating artists…
Jane Gutting, Mike Hiler, Michelle Wyles, Betsy Bloomfield, Rachel Dorn, Jackie Prout, Rob Prout, John Kane, Marty Lovins, Joan Cawley Crane, and Delma Tayer.

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Mt. St. Helen’s Ash to Ceramic Glaze

Download your own copy of St. Helen’s Ash Glaze recipe!

Turns out, what everyone calls St. Helens Ash is actually pumice and pumice glazes aren’t that common. Working together, Mike Hiler, Rachel Dorn, and Jane Gutting turned common a feldspathic glazes into a pumice glaze. Here are the results…

Mike Hiler

All with St Helen’s Ash Glaze…

St Helen's Ash Glaze
St Helen's Ash Glaze
Soap Dish by Mike Hiler
St Helen's Ash Glaze

Jane Gutting

What was that? $130
What was that?
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Michelle Wyles

Mt. St. Helens glaze, both celadon and bronze.
Laughing Dog
Mt. St. Helens glaze, both celadon & bronze
~ SOLD ~

Michelle Wyles & Jane Gutting Collaboration

Calm Yourself, Helen a collaboration by Jane Gutting and Michelle Wyles
Calm Yourself, Helen
a collaboration by Jane Gutting & Michelle Wyles
~ SOLD ~

Rachel Dorn

Mt St Helen's Story Time line
Mt St Helen’s Story Time Line
(The Eruption, Plume, and After Boxes all have some ash glaze.)
St Helen's, the original
Before Box, without cats
low fire ceramic
4”h x 7” x 6”         $40
Helen wide awake now
Plume (1982) Box
low fire ceramic
6.5”h x 5.5” x 4.5”        $55
Helen Waking up
Eruption Box
low fire ceramic
5.5”h x 7” x 5”            $65
The new Helen
After Box
low fire ceramic
~ SOLD ~
Box, with cats, 2020, low fire ceramic, 3.5”h x 6.5” x 5.5”       $40
Before Box, with Cats
low fire ceramic
3.5”h x 6.5” x 5.5” $40

Process photos…

Rachel Dorn - Progress photos. Still needs to be fired...
In the beginning…
Rachel Dorn - Progress photos. Still needs to be fired...
Progress photos. Still needs to be fired…
Rachel Dorn - Progress photos. Still needs to be fired...
QC assistant

Texture, Paint & Ink

Betsy Bloomfield

“The Mountain God is Hot for Helen” Mixed Media, 11x14" $200
The Mountain God is Hot for Helen
Mixed Media, 11×14″ $200
“Helen Signs the Magma Carta", Collage 11x14" $200
Helen Signs the Magma Carta
Collage 11×14″ $200
Volcanic Hare   10x12” framed Mixed Media
Volcanic Hare
10×12” framed, Mixed Media
~ SOLD ~

Delma Tayer

I Dreamed I Drove To The Mountain  Japanese paper collage 20 x 24” $700  
I Dreamed I Drove To The Mountain
Japanese paper collage, 20 x 24” $700  
Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980 20 x 36”, collage, $700
Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980
20 x 36”, collage, $700


Joan Cawley Crane

The below are all monoprints, with Mt. St. Helen’s ash mixed into each ink

monoprints, with Mt. St. Helens ash mixed into each ink
#3
monoprints, with Mt. St. Helens ash mixed into each ink
#2
monoprints, with Mt. St. Helens ash mixed into each ink
#7
monoprints, with Mt. St. Helens ash mixed into each ink
#6
monoprints, with Mt. St. Helens ash mixed into each ink
#4

Photography

John Kane

Moderate Roadside Volcano photographic print on kozo paper 9 x 11", by John Kane
Moderate Roadside Volcano
photographic print on kozo paper
9 x 11″, by John Kane
Eruption photographic print on kozo paper, 15 x 15, by John Kane
Eruption
photographic print on kozo paper
15 x 15″, by John Kane

Rob Prout

by Rob Prout
Photo Composite by Rob Prout

Personal Creations

Jackie Prout

Turbulence $425     15.5 x 31.25"
Ashfall
$475     16.75 x 40″
Turbulence $425     15.5 x 31.25"
Turbulence
$425     15.5 x 31.25″
Fabric art by Jackie Prout
Into The Valley (Triptych)
$475     44 x 14.75″
by Jackie Prout
Eruption
14.75 x 28.5″
~ SOLD ~

Marty Lovins

St Helen's Pin #!
St Helen’s Pin #1
(1 x 1 3/8 x 1/8″)
~ SOLD ~
St Helen's Pin #2
St. Helen’s Pin #2
(1 x 1 3/8 x 1/8″)
~ SOLD ~
The Dome. Mixed medium, by Marty Lovins
The Dome – Mixed medium,
(2 1/2 x 4 x 1/2″)
$230

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