Wickerson Studios LLC

Formerly known as Beth Allison Gallery, Wickerson Studios LLC reorganized itself on 11 wooded acres in the rolling hills of Kansas City, Kansas. It houses three adobe and rammed earth buildings, has hosted visiting artists, gallery exhibitions, and many iron casting performances over the past four years; and is currently fabricating architectural metal castings.

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Wickerson Studios is a 'state' created from the clay of the earth and the timber of the fallen trees. Three structures have emerged from their foundations: a collier pit, a foundry, and an anagama kiln.
Hamlet's Mill digs deep into the earth and boils rainwater into the air. It is a place for the mind and soul and constantly resists the term, dwelling. Gardens grow both inside and out and animals nest in its branches and twigs. No work will be done in this place. It is a place for well-deserved rest, relaxation and healing.
The Grieve Foundry is the laboratory. Raised and rammed from the dead trees and surrounding mud. This building houses the equipment required to cast liquid iron and bronze and the machines capable of manipulating and transforming cold steel. Traditional lost wax castings find their forms within this earthwork and the artist's endurance and strength are tested within its walls.
Moby Dick, the thirty foot cave kiln is designed to fire the earth into bricks that will then be used to pavestone, wall, and build additional structures in and around the expanding studio. Ceramic artworks will find their way in and around the, much needed, bricks and inspire the utilitarian structure to achieving new creative heights.
Sunlight is the only light that is ever provided. The winds and rains penetrate the privacy of these three special places. Everything is seasonal. The summer sun exhausts and the winter chill bites. It is easy to feel alive in this place.