NEW CASTLE —
The Wurtemburg artist whose creations are featured in a one-woman show, has only “seen” her art through her fingers.
After losing her vision in October 2007, Lynda Lambert introduced herself to pottery.
The gem-like results of her efforts are being shown in an upcoming exhibit.
Lambert calls her show “Primal Garden...la vita luminiscentes.”
Translation?
Luminescent life.
“Everything begins with nature, which is the core of my show,” Lambert explains.
Some pieces will be illuminated from within, giving off a faint, pulsating light, as if discovered in a tiny patch of light while walking in the woods.
The show features pottery, encrusted bead worked jewelry and wall works, done over the past four years.
“My work is inspired by actual places I’ve been,” continues Lambert, including the Rain Forest in Puerto Ricco or the Austrian Alps, where rocks inspired other pieces made from natural agate, Tiger’s Eye, freshwater pearls and Japanese sea beads.
Some pieces she calls “talismans,” about the size of one’s hand and made within the year.
The pottery pieces were created after Lambert lost her vision four years ago.
“As a visual artist I was faced with the challenge of how to make art under these new and unexpected circumstances in my life.”
She decided her new “situation” would be an opportunity to do something new and change her direction.
“I began to make pottery after a colleague invited me to go with her to the Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley for a pottery class.
It was not long before her hands began to “see the clay,” and Lambert began creating in this new medium.
She relies on her husband, to help select glazes for her pottery and beads for her jewelry.
“He is a master color mixer.”
“I describe to him what I want, he helps me get the colors that I see in my mind.”
She marvels how, in her mind, “I don’t have any sight loss. I forget that I can’t see, and I have to figure out how to do it.
“I don’t think of myself as not being able to see. I just keep plunging ahead and visualize things I see in my mind.”
In 2008, Lambert was a resident at Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Homestead for four months, where she received extensive training.
“There, I learned that I can really do anything I choose to do by beginning to think about new ways of adapting.
“Eventually I learned again how to use my computer, read, write and make art.”
“The public will now have the opportunity to see the work I have made and that I cannot see myself.
“It has been a very exciting journey and I am very happy to share it with others in this way.”
IF YOU’RE GOING ...
Lynda Lambert
•“Primal Garden...la vita luminiscentes” will be featured from Sept. 9 through Oct. 2 at the Merrick Art Gallery, New Brighton.
•The one-woman exhibit of pottery and encrusted bead worked jewelry features the work of Lynda Lambert of Ellwood City.
•A meet-and-greet will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 9 featuring wine, cheese and Lambert.
•Lynda Lambert is a retired professor of fine arts and humanities at Geneva College.
•She is also a former executive director of the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts.
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Visually impaired artist Lynda Lambert displays a piece of pottery she made after losing her sight in 2007. Contributed photo
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Visually impaired artist Lynda Lambert uses gemstones, beads and shells to make what she calls talismans — charm-type items carried to bring good fortune.
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