Reminder: we are open today (!!!) 12 - 5pm. 4690 18th Street ✏️ We are hosting our closing reception for our current show Graphite Stew next Saturday, June 25th, so you have one week left to enjoy this unruly mash of works made primarily of graphite by 19 artists from the Bay Area and beyond. Pictured: 2 works by local artist and SF native @natklap ! (Available for sale - DM or pop in for details) NATALIE KLAPPER Graphite exploration 2, 2022 Graphite on paper 30 x 22 inches NATALIE KLAPPER Graphite exploration 1, 2022 Graphite on paper 30 x 22 inches Natalie Klapper is an artist based in San Francisco who works in a variety of formats including metalworking and mixed media. Her inspiration comes from an interest in texture, materiality, consumerism, and the process itself of creation. Drawn to metal, organic shapes, and materials not typically used in art and jewelry, Natalie sees beauty in the mundane or discarded and aims to bring peoples’ attention to the beauty of the natural and manmade materials already around us. “The inspiration was the materiality of graphite - how it looks after many strokes with different levels of softness of the pencil core, and how it has this metallic quality depending on the light. I think it's super interesting how the light reflects off the graphite depending on your angle.” @natklap