Obsidian Windchimes

Obsidian Windchimes
1336 SE Spokane Street
Portland OR
Booth: 1111

Company Description:

Obsidian Windchimes/Deborah & Richard Bloom, have been creating and exhibiting at Fine Art & Craft festivals/shows and the best Flower & Garden shows since 1972.

PR: Most recently, our chimes appeared on Steven Colbert as part of a performance from Andree 3000! (find on Youtube) Our chimes have also been used quite a bit in movies and television in various sound mixes. Most recently, you can hear them in Avatar: The Way of Water (during breathing lessons segments).

Awards include: San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, Northwest Flower & Garden Show, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest), Woodlands-Waterway Arts Festival (Texas), Mammoth Lakes Art Guild Show (Best of Show), Spirit Echoes Art Festival (Best of Show).

They have appeared in the following magazines/publications: American Craft (Summer 2023) Garden Design, Ornament, Crafts Report, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), Virginian Pilot (Virginia Beach), The Oregonian: Homes & Gardens (Feature); Collaborative shows: Atlanta American Craft Show (Make Rooms), Valley Art Gallery (Art in the Garden). Members of NAIA (National Association of Independent Artists, ACC (American Craft Council).

New Products

There are many new designs using Trapa Natans seed pods (water chestnut family, collected by artists in the Hudson River, October, 2023) and Proboscidea lutea (collected by artists in November, 2023, near Winters, CA). Also you will find new designs

Certifications & Awards

see Company Description

Product Images:

"Pinwheel" Obsidian Chime made with Proboscidea parviflora (Devils Claw seed pods)
Banksia with Proboscidea tangle and Palm Nut Obsidian chime, made with Banksia laricina, Proboscidea parviflora seed pods
Manzanita Rainbow obsidian chime, made with Arctosphylos manzanita branch and glass seed beads
Euc with "Shrike" obsidian chime made with Eucalyptus erythrocorys pod, Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust thorn), Sophora secundiflora seed (Texas Mountain Laurel)
Proboscidea "Wave" obsidian chime made with Proboscidea parviflora seed pod and Koelreuteria paniculata (Golden raintree seed)

Badges:

Five Year Exhibitor
 

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