This is the first exhibit featuring the work of Blair Rieckmann and Elizabeth Brandt together. Through over 30 years of marriage, they’ve shared a love of artwork and mid-century modern design, filling their home with both. But it wasn’t until they found mentors that they began to create artwork of their own. In 1999, Elizabeth gave Blair the gift of a copper bowl forming class with Ed Gray at Ox-bow in Saugatuck, MI. This workshop was a turning point for Blair who was able to let go of the precision he had learned as a machinist and to use welded or blacksmithed scrap steel to create expressive new forms.  In 2006, Blair gave Elizabeth a book by contemporary artist and quilt maker Nancy Crow. The idea that one could use fabric to create such powerful art intrigued her, so she began studying at the Crow Timber Frame Barn in Ohio in 2010. She has attended workshops there ever since.  In this exhibit, Blair and Elizabeth are showing a range of their work which highlights their love of improvisational composition, form, color, balance, and texture.