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ED DRONDOSKI
As a painter, sculptor, potter and mixed-media artist, Lugo creates
works of art that are often inspired by nature.
teacher. She laughs at the story now but having to convince some
firefighters that her neighborhood was not in danger of going up in
flames made for some tense moments years back.
She explained that there’s more than one way to fire a clay piece.
There’s a traditional kiln, but another method involves putting the
raw piece into something like a metal garbage can, filling it with
sawdust, and lowering the can into a pit in the ground to smolder
all day or overnight. Late one evening back in New Jersey, Lugo’s
husband noticed several fire trucks moving slowly through the
neighborhood. He wondered if they might be looking for her.
“I said, ‘No, they’re not!’ I then realized the air was thick with
smoke. That prompted him to go out and let the firemen know we
had a sawdust firing in progress, since it seemed they were unable
to locate the source of the smoke,” she said.
After she convinced the firefighters not to put out the fire, Lugo
got a book from her studio to show them what she was doing.
“Once they realized it was an art process, they were concerned
about the piece breaking and the danger in using metal cans that
can rust,” she said.
Luckily, she pointed out that she was firing in a new can and had
a garden hose handy for wetting down the pit area. “As it turns
out, there were no rules or laws broken,” she said. “Thank goodness,
because the fine would have been $2,000, and yes, they were
looking for me!”
Lugo is a member of Vero Beach Art Club and Cultural Council
of Indian River County, two organizations that offer opportunities
to show and sell her work. In the past, Lugo has exhibited in local
galleries but now shows her sculpture and paintings exclusively on
the CCIRC web site and on her Facebook page. Her works will be on
display in the Light Show at Flametree Clay Art Gallery in December
and Art by the Sea at Vero Beach Museum of Art in January 2018.
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