For Immediate Release   CRAFT gallery opens with Dudley Zopp         CRAFT gallery opens for its third season on Friday, May 25, introducing new work by Lincolnville artist Dudley Zopp, with a reception from 5 to 8 pm. Her watercolor and pencil drawings on arches paper were completed in early 2012 upon her return from an artist's residency in Spain.  The series, called “Warp Weights”, was inspired by stone and clay fprms used as weights on the ancient looms of Northern Europe and Iceland.  That the drawings take their inspiration from these textile looms makes it an obvious link to CRAFT gallery’s dedication to the art of craft and its attention to tools.  Zopp’s vigor and free-flow art is at its best here.  She has exhibited widely in the US and has received the Maine Arts Commission’s Individual Artists Fellowship. Joining her and keeping within the Zen principals of simplicity and unprocessed materials, CRAFT has asked contemporary furniture maker Gerald Curry to create a table to exhibit in the gallery.  His work is about design, high standards of workmanship and beauty of natural materials.  Curry exclusively designs contemporary custom furniture in his studio in Union, using age-old techniques where the hand of the maker is evident.  The solid cherry table is an example of what can be commissioned from this accomplished and dedicated maker of fine furniture. Calling upon the Zen principal of fully experiencing art and living, CRAFT offers the pottery of Hanako Nakazato.  Her art for the table is shown as suggested place settings with Gerald Curry’s table.  Rather than pottery performing a single function, her work is vesatile, serving many uses, aesthetic, and meditative in form.  A native of Japan, Hanako learned her craft from her father and shows her work in prestigious galleries in Tokyo and throughout Japan.  She divides her time between Japan and her studio in Union. South Street Linen, from Portland and Vinalhaven, adds to this mix with unique hand-blocked prints on linen napkins and runners.  The runners were commissioned specifically for CRAFT to complement the art of the table.  Also exhibited is the newest work from Lissa Hunter, Christine Hamilton, George Pearlman, Scott Tubby and Jan Owen. The show will continue until July 5.  CRAFT gallery is located in the Courtyard at 12 Elm Street in Rockland, across from the Farnsworth Art Museum. FMI please call 207-594-0167 and visit www.craftonelm.com.  Open Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday 1-5pm. New shows coming up: July 6th: "The Handwoven Rug As Art" August 15th: "Illumination: Handcrafted Lighting Objects" FMI please call 207-236-8930 and please visit craftonelm.com Barbara Michelena CRAFT Gallery 12 Elm Street Rockland, ME 04841 207 594 0167 info@craftonelm.com Image Dudley Zopp Warp Weights #15, 2012 watercolor and pencil on Arches paper 17 x 15 inches