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Throughout the months of March and April there will be an exhibit of J. Steve Nechodoms work at the beautiful Blow Salon/Gallery. Please join us for a reception for all the wonderful artists in this exhibit Saturday Feb. 19th 2005 @7:00pm. 2112 Berkeley Way (@Shattuck), Berkeley, Calif.

The spring-time North window at the Gravity Feed Gallery 02/09/05

Please join us every Third Thursday of every month in 2005 for an evening of human sounds with Gravity's Sound- featuring live acoustic performances by some of Berkeley's finest Didgereedoo players as well as instruction on how to play this wonderful instrument.

January 2005's North window was designed and put together by Dena Hankins. Hand blown Glass by J. Steve Nechodom and Dan Wooddell, photo by James Lane.

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Gravity's Red-Lip collection by J. Steve Nechodom $55.00(USD) each.

Happy 2005 everybody!!!

Steves Shot glasses are only $28.00(USD) each.


The Mollusk1 by, Dan Wooddell

The JellyFish: hand blown by, J.Steve Nechodom

South Window 10/20/2004

Images of "Winter" in Funky-Like...

Local Berkeley, Calif, glass artisan, Lee Miltier
hand blew these beautiful goblets in 2002.
FlatI by, J. Steve Nechodom 12/2004

Paper weights are always a great gift idea!

Burning Bush by, Bill Muhler

"...Organics in Glass and the World, Wireless."

After October 2004 some of our Witch Balls just kind of faded off into the background aesthetic of the feed.

Colors that never fade: by J.Lane

These shot glasses are so incredibly thick and rugged you'd think Steve was making them to go camping with! (11cm tall)
Update on the above: That little yellow one sold the day after I posted this photo. Yes, it was perfect! No there are no others like it, but isn't that part of why it was perfect?

reDtHing3 8/16/2004

FallenBowls 8/15/2004

SummerYellows by: J.Lane 08/10.2004

JensBlu2 by: James Lane

This is the south window (7/15/2004) at the Gravity feed Gallery, 1959 Shattuck, Berkeley, Calif.

Click on the above shot to see Dan Wooddell's Gallery page.

This descending spiral glass set was hand blown by J. Steve Nechodom, who has been blowing glass in the traditional Venetian "soft glass" style for 16 years in Berkeley, Calif. He is also half owner of the GravityFeed InternetJuice Gallery located at 1959 Shattuck Ave. in (funky-like) Berkeley, Calif.

FakePink, by: J.Lane

5/12/2004: This beautiful vase was hand blown by Gravity artist Steve Nechodom on May 2, 2004. Made from the element Cobalt this piece in the late day Berkeley, Calif sun defines exquisite. This vase could be yours for only $600 (USD) plus shipping. It stands 49cm and is 19cm at its widest point; it has 7 murinis (color splotches) with a hand spun pink lip.
5/30/2004 My Niece is the proud owner of this beautiful vase now. It's nice to be able to see first hand a beautiful work of art go to a good home. Happy birthday Jennifer!

Over the past two weeks (05/2004) Steve Nechodom has hand blown over 200 pounds of glass! Out of that 200 about 50 pounds of that was the new Series II Gravity Tumblers (seen above). The Tumblers are $24.00 (USD) plus shipping. The Mugs are $40.00 (USD) plus shipping. You can buy a "Mouth-Blown" glass Tumbler for 24 bucks and get a free juice (and refill) of your choice!

This beautiful hand blown glass ball is a 40cm circle in size and was blown by Berkeley glass artisan Lee Miltier. It sits in the yard at his glass blowing studio at 4th and Bancroft in (funky-like) Berkeley, Calif. The next time I see the guy I'll ask what he wants for it.


Gravity's Stage Friday 10/22/2004.

All Gravity mugs are only $40.00 bucks each! Just think, an original work of art that is impossible to reproduce, in your hands every morning for your freshly spun organic InternetJuice! A work of art that will never change as long as you hold on to it.

Gravity'sMarchGreen-Collection: These Pieces are smaller, single gather works that range in price from $40.00 (USD) to $110.00 (USD) plus shipping.

Gravity'sSpring-2004 Cobalt collection by J. Stephen Nechodom

A Sea of Orange: 4/14/2004

From left to right: SN159 $220.00(USD) 60cm X 17cm, SN147 $100.00(USD) 19cm X 20.5cm SN214 $200.00(USD) 53cm X 19cm. All above works hand blown by J. Stephen Nechodom


YellowMelt by, J.Lane

GreenWhite: 3/5/2004 (The piece in the foreground is by far my favorite hand blown piece in the world. It was blown in 1995 by Berkeley, California Artist J. Stephen Nechodom. It stands 6.8cm high and is 9cm at its widest point.)
Steve, Dena and I have a mutual friend in Seattle, Wa. by the name of Teshan, she is personally responsible for turning all of us on to the wonders of botanical artisan aromatherapy. While Dena and I were at sea Teshan's aromatic concoctions literally saved our hides. We are forever in her debt. Visit her on line at violetgeorgebotanicals.com We went to Seattle at the beginning of June 2004 and gave the above piece of blown glass to Teshan as a gift. We filled it up with delicious organic, fair trade Ethiopian Sidamo Coffee from the Thanksgiving Coffee company.


ClearDay1: 3/4/2004, Steve Nechodom's new clear line(blown 3/1/2004) is a marvel at sunset! Prices range from $28.00(USD) all the way up to $190.00(USD) plus shipping. There are 16 pieces in all, each piece has at least two murini's and a pink hand spun lip. $900.00(USD) plus shipping for the set.

Yellow Distortion1 by, J. Lane

ClearBall1: 3/2/2004

The intensity of this sunset was just a little too much for my poor, pathetic little 2.1mp digital camera. I just hope for your sake, (Dear Visitor) the beauty isn't lost in the medium's lose translation. I have a much better camera now, it's still not as sweet as it needs to be for all this spectacular glass work but at least it's better then an HP2.1.
Oh yeah, my new camera is a Nikon CoolPix 5700, it's all that!

Steve Nechodom hand blew this beautiful white bowl the week before Christmas 2003. It stands 7cm high and is 30cm at it's widest point.

BallReflect1, by J. Lane

Big Yellow 2/17/2004...

Blu3: 2/21/2004

NorthWallGravity by: J.Lane

Lee'sRed1: 2/21/2004
(well, the real name should be Steve's red and Lee's goblet... Names, huh!)


The above blue pitcher was a new work by Steve 1/24/04 and is a very strange combination of Cobalt with a pink handle. It's now sold.

Dark Witch Balls are $18 each, the price is negotiable for more then one. Each ball looks like a different planet with beautiful, intricate swirls all throughout each piece. No two are the same!

Click here to see our Spring 2004 Gallery!

Just a few weeks ago Dan Wooddell blew three more Ha-ha Lua (style) vases and of course I've got 'em in the window. I just built a page around all the pictures I've shot of Dans work showing at Gravity Feed. Just click on the above shot to get there.

Bl1ushadow-1/21/2003


All of Steve's "Mouth Blown Glass Tumblers" are $24.00(USD) plus shipping.

I call this shot "Gravity's hat". I waited all morning for this picture. It was so worth it! 1/20/2004

After a long and stressful X-mas season Dena and I took off for the mountains for some much needed R&R! Upon our return Dena fell down the stairs at the Feed and broke her left leg at the ankle! Ouch!!! The above is a shot of the flowers that her friends and co-workers at Toys in Babeland got for her and of course we had a perfect vase. Get well soon Dena! We all love you and wish you a speedy recovery!
3/5/2004 update on the aforementioned, Dena's ankle is healing rather well. She got back on her bike for the first time since the fall this last Tuesday. She defines "Super-Hero"!

Steve calls these balls "basket balls" because they have a smaller "basket" ball on the inside of the large outer ball, sizes vary but not by much - they average about 13cm.

I call this shot "Kevin's Wall" because all the Raku tiles you see
there on the wall are done by New York artist Kevin Coffee.www.coffeepotter.com
Kevin taught me how to load a 35mm camera about 20 years ago,
he just started his BFA program at LIU (Long Island University)
this year (2004), good luck Kevin

Happy Boxing Day 2003, From all of us at the Gravity feed!

Orange bowl $85.00 (16cm X 19cm)

We have quite a few handmade Australian Didgeridoos! If you want a price give me a call and let's talk (510) 644-4464 ask for James. I play this instrument and I don't like to sell musical instruments that I play. But! Everything in the Feed is for sale, well, everything but me and the girl, well, everything but the girl...

Our Gallery hours are:
Tuesday-Saturday
9 :00 am to 6:00 pm
Closed Sunday and Mondays

GreenLIp by: J.Lane

In January (2003) Steve and I did this road trip to Bellingham, Wa. While we were there we found this beautiful hand made
Cobalt Globe (GF101 $750.00 USD) in a local glass gallery.
I think this piece gets more attention then any other piece in the Feed.

Click the photo above to see more of Gravity's Floor ...


The Gravity Feed 1959 Shattuck. Ave. in (funky-like) Berkeley, Ca. 94704. The striking Bronze and Copper target painting on the front of our building was designed by myself and Seattle artist Jonathan Jay. The painting part was mostly done by Jonathan in the middle of the very hot California summer of 2003.

The rocks were a gift from Koji and Debbie of Kasuri Dyeworks. Kasuri Dyeworks was in our space at 1959 Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley, Ca. for the 29 years before Gravity took hold there. They (Koji and Debbie) are great people that ran a beautiful business for a good long time and then R.V'd off into the sunset for the golden years. We give them our best wishes for a long, happy and wonderful fishing trip.

What the sun does to the glass reflections on the Gravitystage is incredible, almost every day!

The piece in the foreground with sun coming through it is an exquisite piece made from the color "Roma Red". It stands 59cm high and is 21cm at the base. I think this piece is as perfect as any hand blown vase I've ever seen. the price is $560.00(USD) plus shipping.

I call this piece "Flower Bowls" because the bowls were made at the same time out of the same "Oyster Red" glass stock.

              
The desk-ornaments that Steve makes are these "fascinating little universes!"
Or at least that's what one of our customers (Ellen) told me.

We built the Gravity Feed out of as much recycled materials (from Kasuri Dyeworks) as we possibly could and we tried to keep the feel of the space as comfortable and inviting as the the previous owners did.

I know, I know X-mas is over but we still have a Buttload of these balls and they are just so cool that I had to leave at least one cool shot up.

Cobalt and white. by James Lane

This beautiful geen bowl stands 22cm tall and is 23cm at its widest point.

Our Friend Jill (the owner of Blow Salon) has this thing for all of Steve's pink pieces. I love to watch her freak out every time Steve brings in some new pink stuff!

Steve never makes a matching set on purpose but this pair make a perfect set! The vase (sn138 $180.00 USD) stands 45cm tall and is 13cm at its base and the bowl (sn112 $220 USD) is 33cm wide.

The red reflections are almost always just as dramatic as the glass itself.

BluFeed1: 2/27/2004

All the above Vases are sold, sorry, we just thought they looked so good together in this (our very first) exhibit in the North Window that I couldn't just toss this photo in the sold stack! It's good to note that all the above glass went to good homes.

This bowl is one of my favorate bowls that we have. The reason I like it so much is that it's just so simple. Steve seems to think this is a second that's why he's only asking $80.00 USD.

The Gravity Feed is located at 1959 Shattuck Ave. in
(funky-like) Berkeley, Ca 94704

This beautiful hand blown glass bowl 19cm X 21cm By: J.Steven Nechodom can be yours for only $240.00(USD) plus shipping! The feather I'll through in for free...

Most of the glasswork is by J Steve Nechodom; photographs by James Lane. To order, call (510) 644-4464 or contact sales@gravityfeed.net.

If you are an artist and would be into showing your work at the Gravity Feed contact James Lane at james@gravityfeed.net