“There’s a freedom here that’s really nice,” Sarah says. Over the last year, Mark and Sarah’s appreciation for the wonders of the island has only grown. It’s peaceful and quiet, yet there’s almost always something to see.” And since we’ve moved to Key West, I spend at least half my mornings at Fort Zach taking photos. When I retired about five years ago, I started getting into it more and practicing more. “I mostly started doing film photography and had a great time doing that, but as life went on I got busy and my art dropped by the wayside. “I’ve been doing photography as a hobby since I was just out of college,” Sarah begins. The large-format photographs are printed on aluminum, giving them a depth and radiance, as well as a modern look. Since retiring from the corporate world in 2014, Sarah has focused on creating a body of work featuring the quiet beauty of Key West, especially the natural stillness within Fort Zachary Taylor State Park. Much like Mark, Sarah has loved and practiced photography for decades. The Finger Lakes is a bustling tourist area, so I took the move as an opportunity to begin a real career selling my pottery.” A change that big takes time! And then along came Sarah - we wanted to be together, so I moved from Ithaca to Hammondsport. I knew it was something I wanted to do professionally, it just took a long time to get there. “I was a social worker at the time, but I fell in love with pottery right away. “I started doing ceramics in the mid-’90s and it was really just a hobby,” Mark recounts. After meeting Sarah 14 years ago, he moved to Hammondsport, N.Y., and started Mark Klammer Pottery and became a Roycroft artisan. Mark started working in ceramics in the 1990s in Ithaca, N.Y. Wine will be served and the lovely and talented Karen Heins will fill the space with beautiful music. To celebrate a year of success in the White Street arts corridor, Mark and Sarah will host an anniversary reception on Friday, Jan. The gallery itself is a serene showroom as well as a working ceramics studio where Mark creates his pieces before your eyes - a space that is simultaneously sleek and modern yet still somehow rustic and welcoming.
Shade & Shutter highlights locally crafted ceramics by Mark Klammer and vibrant nature photography by Sarah Carleton.
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