Frogwood’s 2024 Distance Collab Auction

Frogwood held its biennial Distance Collab May-July, 2024. Artists from the US, Canada and New Zealand worked through the mail with other collaborating artists to make work for the online auction.

All the artworks was photographed by Lee Mahoney, and then it was sold at a BetterWorld online auction that ran September 16-22, 2024. Much like an eBay auction, silent bids were accepted for the duration of the auction. The highest bidder at closing time now owns the artwork.

A warm thank you to all the artists who donated their time and materials. All profits from our auctions help fund scholarships and grants for artists who might not otherwise be able to participate in the Frogwood-type of collaborative artistic process and to help make future Frogwoods possible.

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2024 Distance Collab Artwork

Photos by Lee Mahoney.
Click an image to enlarge it and to see a detailed description of the makers, materials, size, etc.
Photos: ©Frogwood & Lee Mahoney

Big Dot; Group print #1

Big Dot; Group print #1 - detail

Aardvark; Group print #2

Aardvark; Group print #2 - detail

Lizard; Group Print #3

Lizard; Group Print #3 - detail

Autumn Matrix

Autumn Matrix - detail

Autumn Matrix

Blue Wave Attitude - box

Flit

Flit - detail

Flit

Flit - detail

Voyage

Voyage - detail

Voyage

Golden Orb

Golden Orb - detail

From Forest to Sea - necklace

From Forest to Sea - detail

From Forest to Sea - necklace

Koru Ripples - wall hanging

Koru Ripples - detail

Held - basket earrings

Held - detail

Held - basket earrings

Held - detail

Mata Ariki

Mata Ariki - Te Rautini Sheridan's inspiration

Mata Ariki - detail

Seedling Protector in a Medieval Garden

Seedling Protector in a Medieval Garden - detail

Vinzona Lunchbox Secrets - knife

Vinzona Lunchbox Secrets - detail

Vinzona Lunchbox Secrets - knife

Artifact Bowl

Artifact Bowl - detail

Artifact Bowl

Spores Alight

Spores Alight - detail

Sylvan Cradle

Sylvan Cradle - detail

And Yet There is Ground - basket

And Yet There is Ground - detail

And Yet There is Ground - basket

Turned Bowl Number 1

Turned Bowl Number 2

Turned Bowl Number 3

Turned Bowls 1, 2, and 3 - grouped

Turned Bowls 1, 2 and 3 - grouped

Snake Charmer - rattle

Snake Charmer - detail

Snake Charmer - rattle

Cockscomb - box

Cockscomb - detail

Cockscomb - box

Ollie 2.0

Ollie 2.0 - detail

Ollie 2.0

Forest Floor - basket

Forest Floor - detail

Forest Floor - basket

Balancing the Load

Balancing the Load - detail

Balancing the Load

A Tumble of Ideas

A Tumble of Ideas - detail

A Tumble of Ideas

Nectar - pitcher

Nectar - detail

Nectar - pitcher

Wetland - box

Wetland - detail

Wetland - box

Wetland - detail

Balancing Act

Balancing Act - detail

Tiny Treasures - wall hanging

Tiny Treasures - detail

Dara - handbound book and box

Dara - closed box

Dara - handbound book and box

Dara - marbled endpaper detail

Dara - box cover detail

Dara - book cover detail

Artwork created during 2023 Frogwood.

Photos by Lee Mahoney and Cydney Gordon; jewelry photos by Winona Hwang and Biba Schutz.
Click on image to enlarge it and see a detailed description.
Photos: ©Frogwood & Lee Mahoney

Intercreation

Intercreation - detail

Elemental Peace

Elemental Peace - detail

Squiggle Box

Squiggle Box - detail

Squiggle Box

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise - detail

Playful Connection

Playful Connection - detail

Playful Connection

Forest Spirit

Forest Spirit - detail

Forest Spirit

Could Bee Might Bee Maybees

Could Bee Might Bee Maybees - detail

Nest

Nest - detail

Nest

Word Salad

Word Salad - detail

Round is Just a Gateway Form

Wood and Weave Box #1

Dappled Woodland

Dappled Woodland - Detail

Dappled Woodland - detail

Celestiality

Edith

Let's Clean Up

Let's Clean Up - detail

Let's Clean Up

Colton Woods

Colton Woods - detail

Colton Woods

Colton Woods - detail

Remembering Sailor Sam

Remembering Sailor Sam - detail

Windows of Change

Windows of Change - detail

Mobius Snail

Mobius Snail - detail

Mobius Snail

Conversation Between Moss and Water

Evolution

Evolution - detail

Evolution

Brambles

Lava Texture Candle Sticks

Lava Texture Candlesticks - detail

The Big Book

The Big Book - inside back cover

The Big Book - cotton/abaca pages

Canyon Creek

Canyon Creek - detail

In Motion

In Motion - detail

Shadows of the Night

Shadows of the Night - detail

Welcome to Portland

Welcome to Portland - detail

Welcome to Portland

Break Time!

Segmented Spoon

Pogo Stool

Suspense

LB-1602-A

LB-1602-A - detail

LB-1602-A

Gentle Reminder

Gentle Reminder - detail

The Walrus Wilderness

The Walrus Wilderness - detail

The Walrus Wilderness

Brooching One's Space

Brooching One's Space - detail

Dream Pulpit

Wood Worship

Fern Stool - 3 Legged Camp Stool

Fern Stool - detail

Fern Stool - 3 Legged Camp Chair

Whiria te Muka Tangata - Weaving People Together

Recurve Bottle Opener

Slowly

Cradled

Chiseled Prairie

Waiting for Rain

Waiting for Rain - detail

Filling the Void

Doodle Chain

Doodle Chain - detail

Tiny Treasures

Tiny Treasures - detail

Night's Song

Night's Song - detail

Seaside Contemplation

Seaside Contemplation - Detail

Seaside Contemplation - detail

Cintura

Cintura - detail

Frogwood Cap

Artwork created during Collab @ a Distance 2022

ArtAll of these pieces were created by artists working in their own studios and shipping the constructions to one another.
The work was sold during a BetterWorld online auction, August 28 - September 11, 2022.
photos: ©Frogwood & Lee Mahoney

Shell Hollow Form

Stippled Hollow Form

Harvest Brooch

"Basketry" Earrings

Feather Hollow Form

Peony Spoon

Peony Spoon - Detail

Feather Light

Woman of the Ferns

Magic Waterpod

Magic Waterpod - Detail

Peace Making

Rimu

Kindred Spirits

Fern and Glass Brooch

Emerging - Brooch

Act of Balancing

Three Footed Basket/Bowl

Sterling Silver Cuttlebone Brooch with Fused Glass

Detail - Sterling Silver Cuttlebone Brooch with Fused Glass

Mystery Box

Mystery Box - Detail

Copper Lamp

Copper Lamp - Detail

Coral Vortex Lamp

Coral Vortex Lamp - Base Detail

Eucalyptus Bowl

Echoes of a Passing Train

The Dream of a Garden Sketch

Golden Undertones

Untitled

Untitled - Detail

Victorian Collar

Rain

Wild Anatomy

Wild Anatomy - Detail

Ouch

Hashem's Hammer

Hashem's Hammer - Detail

Poppy Pod Box

Poppy Pod Box - Detail

2022 What a Year - Only Halfway Through and My Head is Spinning

Pyrographed/Painted Frame with Linocut Prints

Detail - Pyrographed/Painted Frame with Linocut Prints

Willow Bark Framed Linocut Prints

Detail - Willow Bark Framed Linocut Prints

Carved Frame with Linocut Prints

Detail - Carved Frame with Linocut Prints

Tiny Treasures

Tiny Treasures - Detail

Frame

Artworks created during Frogwood 2021.

This is a small portion of the collaborative art created and sold at an online auction at Betterworld in 2021.

photos: ©Frogwood & Lee Mahoney

Artworks created during Collab@ a Distance 2020.

photos: ©Frogwood & Lee Mahoney

All of these pieces were created by artists working in their own studios and shipping the constructions to one another.

No Place to Hide

No Place to Hide (detail)

Growth Form

Effervescence

Effervescence (detail)

Artifacts among the Pilings

Artifacts among the Pilings (detail)

Close Copies

Close Copies (detail)

Heads Up

Heads Up (detail)

Two Bowls

Two Bowls (detail)

Passing Safely Through Dark Times, circa 2020

Passing Safely Through Dark Times, circa 2020 (detail)

Whimsy

Whimsy (detail)

A Small Handful

A Small Handful (detail)

Sail Away

Sail Away (detail)

Anura Dreams

Anura Dreams (detail)

Constrained or Restrained

Wood Block Printing Kit and Box

Wood Block Printing Kit and Box (detail)

Summer Disappeared

Botanical Box #1

Botanical Box # 2

Botanical Box # 2 (detail)

The Influence of Trees

Yak

A New Kind of Link

Tiny Treasures

Tiny Treasures (detail)

Prancing on Hot Rocks

Science Experiment

Sea Form

Wind Spinner

Wind Spinner (detail)

Tellurian

Framed Block Print #1

Framed Block Print #2

Artworks created at Frogwood 2019.

Download the complete FW 2019 Collaborative Artwork Catalog.

photos: ©Frogwood & Lee Mahoney

One... Two... Three...

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, or Sushi?

Liz Taylor Collection

Spoon At Yar Own Risk

Embraced

Horn of Plenty

Last Nail in the Coffin

Starvation Spoon

Demi-Tasse

Shell & Copper Fusion Spoon

Straight Arrow

Knotted Willow

Wallflower

Cinderella Spoon

In the Soup Spoon

All Things Merge

Miss CAN ada

One Sip Only

Topo Spoon

Aloha Spoon

Star Spangled Spoon

Stone Spoon

Disco Kitchen Buddha

Pipe With Silver

Musica Spoon

Rotten Spoon

Bumblespoon

Sugar Anyone?

Pod #2

Pod #1

Osseous Curio

Spoon

Salt Spoon

Skje

Stickleback Planter Stand

Enroute

Why Do I Always Get the Bent Utensil?

A Frogwood Affair

Black Beard

Concrete Doesn't Burn

We Are All Alien

Recycling the Protype 53 Gear Bike Sprocket

Pintar - To Paint

Fresh Squeeze

Red Mallet & Wood Block

Camp Colton Botanical Ink & Mop Brush

The One

Study in Spheres

Volunteer

First Cradle

Gear Head

A Brush With Art

Fire Eater

Curving Spoon

Tee for One

Swoon

Sieve

Bulbs Over Bombs

Olive Scoop w/Spanish Olive w/Pimento

Enchanted

Organic Meets Crystalline

Hygge #1

Sipping Spoon

Siamese Spoon

If I Had a Hammer

Cumulus Catch

Spoones Delight

Sea Skate

Spoon Doggle

Golden Spoon

Wingspread

Copper Knit Spoon

Hot Potato Spoon

Scrabble Spoon

An Artist's View of the Extra-Dimensionality Around a Black Hole

Mother of All Spoons

Distillery of Love: A Spooner Still

Within

Propelled

It's a Wrap

Cedar Moon

Cairn For a Lost Country

Aeolian Cactus

Golden Paws

Emergence

Not Your Grandmother's Jar

Antics

Rock Box

Clarity

Antsy

Quail: "I Love Your New Handbag!"

Ha' Penny Dreams

Seastar or Sea, Star or See, Star

Tuning Fork

Afterglow

Seed of Change

Calm Amidst the Turbulence

Succulent Brooch

Open Tab

Unexpected Balance

Composition of Doodads

Ondina

Up-Ended

5th Mountain Pass

Woven Heart Throb

Perpetuity

Driven By Lilne

Rebirth

Late Evening D-Light

Fan Y'All

Apposing Lines

Listen to Reason

Collection of Small Objects

Club [House] Gourd

Wallflower II

Wallflower I

Wallflower III

One Man's Junk -- Is Another Woman's Treasure

Nevelson Meets Seuss

Hygge #2

Scarlet Cocoon

Drawing Set

On the Beach

I Am Specimen I

Attached to the Rest of the World

Blue Stone Feisty Satchel

Progression of Life

Three Wishes

Saving the Moment

Knit & Slurp (knitting pattern 1)

Knit & Slurp (knitting pattern 3)

Knit & Slurp (knitting pattern 2)

Cube for Sandy and Janis

Cube for Scott

Cube for Greg and John

Secondary Blocks

You Only Have the Stars

Gilded Olive Green & Red Bangle Trio

Two Bracelets

Pink Bracelet

Acer Macrophyllum

Awakening

Pipe Dream

Topography of Spirit (dyptic)

Shield Form

Five Mountains

Camp Confluence - A Musing on Collaboration & Cohabitation...

Careful What You Wish For

Multitool (spoon)

Artwork created at Frogwood 2017 & 2018.

Enjoy this selection from our 2016 and prior auctions...

artwork

Frogwood’s 2024 Distance Collab Auction

2025 Auction Details

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2024 Distance Collab Artwork

Artwork created during 2023 Frogwood.

Artwork created during Collab @ a Distance 2022

Artworks created during Frogwood 2021.

Artworks created during Collab@ a Distance 2020.

Artworks created at Frogwood 2019.

Artwork created at Frogwood 2017 & 2018.

Enjoy this selection from our 2016 and prior auctions...

Frogwood Artists' Collaborative