First Thursday Meet & Greet the Artist at Garden Essentia

Meet November's Artists:

  

Scott Szloch (Metal Works)

Michael Prendergast (Wood/Metal)

Jaime Young (Photography-Cuban Collection)

November 6 4-8pm Open House

Garden Essentia

20152 Ballinger Way NE / Shoreline 206-453-3920 

Garden Essentia is proud to present the work of Scott Szloch and Michael Prendergast, two local metal and wood artists. Their masculine art is a blend of the traditional and the modern. 

Complementing their work we are showing the 'The Cuban Collection' by photographer Jaime Young. Their art will be available in our gallery for the month of November. 

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Scott Szloch

Scott Szloch

Since 1992 I have been expressing myself using the traditional skills and techniques (with a few modern ones) of the blacksmith. Sculptural and functional ironwork for home and garden have been my main focus. I enjoy the process of forging mild steel and I'm always trying to learn, create new and interesting objects and push the material to its limits. 

Szloch end table

Michael Prendergast

Michael Prendergast uses his 25 years of experience in the fields of wood studio furniture, metal fabrication and casting, blown and cast glass, ceramics, printmaking, and maker-oriented businesses to fuel the progress of his two companies, Pepperbox and Tool Couture.

Pepperbox started as a way to highlight the aesthetic created by blending the characteristics of a shop rat, designer, artist, and businessman.

In 2012, Michael formed Tool Couture with partner Rolf DeDamm, as a way of bringing this model to bear on a formal line of kitchen and lifestyle accoutrements.

Photo: Tobacco Factory
Jaime Young

Jaime Young

I am an enthusiast of exploring the built environment as well as the natural, and love to see how people all over the world relate to the land. A native of Seattle and a lover of the coast, I have also lived in California, Massachusetts, and various places abroad while engaged in projects.

Cuban Collection

In 2008, half a century after the Cuban Revolution, the iconic leader Fidel Castro relinquished his position as head of state to his brother Raúl. With Raúl's steps toward more free-market economic policies, the winds of change seemed to be gathering strength on the horizon. I felt an urgency to see this legendary island that has been an enduring wonder in the minds of travel-restricted US passport holders.