Traver Gallery

SAVE THE DATE

Join us Saturday, October 3, from 3–5 pm for the opening of two solo exhibitions by Granite Calimpong and Dick Weiss.

Granite Calimpong
Under the Bank, Up a Narrow Valley

Dick Weiss
Older and Weisser

On view October 3–31, 2026, at Traver Gallery.

One more week to experience Gabrielle Wambaugh’s Discontinuity in person at Traver Gallery.

Wambaugh’s ceramic and mixed-media sculptures bring together texture, color, repetition, and negative space. Seen throughout the gallery, the works invite you to move closer, look carefully, and form your own interpretations.

Discontinuity remains on view through Saturday, September 26.

Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–6 pm.

Two works by Jiro Yonezawa, Fossil and Bond, are among the works presented at Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light in Venice.

Yonezawa has worked with bamboo for more than four decades, beginning his formal training in Beppu, Japan, in 1980. After moving to the United States, his practice began to shift as he combined traditional Japanese bamboo techniques with new materials and influences, including his interest in Native American weaving.

Material and surface play an important role in his work. Yonezawa uses color and urushi lacquer to create depth and emphasize the structure of the woven bamboo. In Fossil and Bond, tightly worked surfaces, open spaces, and changing patterns transform bamboo into sculptural forms that move well beyond its traditional functional use.

We’re delighted to see these two works by Jiro presented at Homo Faber in Venice.

Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light
September 1–30, 2026
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
HOMO FABER

Jiro Yonezawa, Fossil, 2024
Urushi, bamboo strip
46 W × 25.5 H × 32 D cm

Jiro Yonezawa, Bond, 2024
Urushi, bamboo strip, steel
38 W × 50 H × 35.5 D cm

Courtesy of Traver Gallery

In Conversation with Gabrielle Wambaugh is now live on our website!

Experience Wambaugh’s current exhibition, Discontinuity, through a new video conversation with Sarah Traver. As they walk through the gallery, Gabrielle discusses her background, her studios in Paris and the French countryside, and her interest in scale, dimension, and the boundaries of sculpture. She also shares how the moss, textures, and natural forms she encountered during a recent visit to the Hoh Rain Forest influenced several pieces in the exhibition.

Visit the link in our bio to watch the full conversation.

Discontinuity is on view through September 26.

Chihuly’s “Garnet Flame Basket Set” is featured in Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light in Venice, Italy.

Created in 2018, the blown-glass work brings together several nested vessel forms. Chihuly’s Basket series was inspired by the weaving of Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest and explores the composition of woven baskets placed within one another.

Presented at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on San Giorgio Maggiore, Homo Faber brings together artists and makers from around the globe in a celebration of contemporary craft.

We’re thrilled to see Chihully’s work included in this year’s international exhibition.

Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light
September 1–30, 2026
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
HOMO FABER

Dale Chihuly, Garnet Flame Basket Set, 2018
Blown glass, 46 W × 25.5 H × 43 D cm
Courtesy of Traver Gallery
Dale Chihuly
© 2026 Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved.

Putting a few finishing touches on the exhibition. Back to School opens today!

Join us this afternoon, September 5, from 3–5 pm for the opening reception.

The exhibition features works by Natalya Burd, Nathan Lynch, and Dharma Strasser MacColl, with a focused collection of recent glass sculptures by Nancy Callan.

We hope to see you at the gallery.
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Oh and someone got a puppy!

Opening reception tomorrow, Saturday, September 5, from 3–5 pm.

Join us for Discontinuity, the first exhibition at Traver Gallery by internationally renowned French sculptor Gabrielle Wambaugh. Featuring ceramics and mixed media, the exhibition brings together texture, color, repetition, and negative space.

Gabrielle will be in attendance. Come meet the artist.

On view through Sept. 26

Preston Singletary’s Tossed in the Surf brings Raven to Venice for Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light.

For Singletary, glass has become a means of carrying Tlingit stories and visual language forward. His blown and sand-carved sculptures draw from traditional formline design while moving beyond the materials in which these designs have historically appeared.

In Tossed in the Surf, Raven finds himself caught in unpredictable tides, navigating the complexities of the contemporary world. Singletary has increasingly looked to Raven stories as a way to consider the present, connecting ancestral narratives with issues facing Indigenous communities today.

We’re proud to have Tossed in the Surf representing Preston’s work at Homo Faber in Venice this September.

Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light
September 1–30, 2026
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
HOMO FABER

Preston Singletary, Tossed in the Surf, 2025
Blown and sand-carved glass
24 W × 27 H × 42 D cm
Courtesy of Traver Gallery

Photography: Russell Johnson, Lydia Singletary, and Mac Holt

Dante Marioni’s Red Maze is currently on view in Venice as part of Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light.

Created in 2018, Red Maze reflects Marioni’s longstanding interest in ancient Greek and Etruscan vessel forms. Using traditional Venetian glassblowing techniques, he transforms these historical references through scale, proportion, pattern, and color, creating a distinctly contemporary work.

Marioni began working with glass as a teenager after visiting Pilchuck Glass School with his father. He later trained with Venetian master glassblower Lino Tagliapietra, developing the technical foundation that continues to shape his practice today.

We’re pleased to see Red Maze included in this international celebration of contemporary craft.

Visit the exhibition at Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice from September 1–30, 2026.

Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light
September 1–30, 2026
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
HOMO FABER

Dante Marioni, Red Maze, 2018
Blown glass, 30.5 W × 76 H × 10 D cm
Courtesy of Traver Gallery

📸’s: Russell Johnson