Blue Sea Artisans announce February featured artist

The Blue Sea Artisans Gallery featured artist for the month of February is potter and sand art artist Teresea Boswell.

Boswell came to the Big Island in 1990 and embraced the artisan movement, explored many mediums and has been actively involved in the art community. Her love of exploring the local beaches and collecting beach sand, sea glass and shells inspires her many creations of sand art from beautiful vases, lamps and candle holders to picture frames.

In 1993, Boswell began to immerse herself in pottery and has carved a niche with her unique stoneware clays featuring the many leaves and ferns Hawaii has to offer. Her work process involves hand forming the clay, imprinting the leaves on the clay, showcasing their individual textures, and hand painting and firing them. This month, Boswell will feature a series of croton leaves. She also creates large monstera leaf platters and pottery wheel thrown stoneware.

In 2009, Boswell founded the Blue Sea Artisans Gallery where she hosted a range of local artists. In May 2013, she turned the gallery over to its members and it transformed into a true cooperative gallery, now featuring the work of eight member and six guest artists.

The gallery will host a casual reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 13, with a free hands-on Valentine’s Day picture frame workshop with Boswell from 1 to 3 p.m. Finished items can be picked after noon the next day. The workshop is free, while supplies last. Refreshments will be served.

The gallery is located in the Kona International Market on Luhia Street in Kailua-Kona. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Info: 329-8000 ■