<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896701486236658574</id><updated>2009-11-01T02:48:45.261-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christopher Strassner</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Christopher Strassner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09343609758954395482</uri><email>chris.strassner@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896701486236658574.post-9084151759078290091</id><published>2009-01-30T18:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T18:11:20.590-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blacksmithing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris Strassner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodturning'/><title type='text'>2009 a year for growth</title><content type='html'>Hello all,&lt;br /&gt;Well really anyone who might just happen upon this.&lt;br /&gt;I am still in hiding here in Travelers Rest, SC but I am hoping to begin construction on a shop this spring.  It might take awhile to complete due to my meager funds but it will be started.  I thank you all for your patience and continued support as I find my way back to being a producing artist.&lt;br /&gt;Updates to follow I promise.&lt;br /&gt;Until then,&lt;br /&gt;Christopher&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7896701486236658574-9084151759078290091?l=christopherstrassner.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/feeds/9084151759078290091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7896701486236658574&amp;postID=9084151759078290091' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/9084151759078290091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/9084151759078290091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-year-for-growth.html' title='2009 a year for growth'/><author><name>Christopher Strassner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09343609758954395482</uri><email>chris.strassner@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04752623457967283141'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896701486236658574.post-8229926873045262154</id><published>2008-10-15T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T12:18:42.359-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='open-studio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emily C. Clarke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='greenville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris Strassner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sculpture'/><title type='text'>Open Studios</title><content type='html'>Hello all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know long time no hear.  Well that must be expected from the artist in hiding.&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I will be joining Emily Clarke in downtown Greenville Nov. 1 and 2 for the Open-Studios tour.  Drop by and see where Emily paints and where I have some sculpture and meet us of course.&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7896701486236658574-8229926873045262154?l=christopherstrassner.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/feeds/8229926873045262154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7896701486236658574&amp;postID=8229926873045262154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/8229926873045262154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/8229926873045262154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-studios.html' title='Open Studios'/><author><name>Christopher Strassner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09343609758954395482</uri><email>chris.strassner@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04752623457967283141'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896701486236658574.post-1703856415297224570</id><published>2008-06-19T05:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T05:52:58.988-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris Strassner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sculpture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodturning'/><title type='text'>Current Sculpture</title><content type='html'>Hello all,Here are pics of my current sculptures.  I intend to find studio space soon to start on a new series so keep in touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/chris.strassner/Sculpture" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/chris.strassner/SFcWXZoOeHE/AAAAAAAAAOM/bs4aE1qkXyQ/s160-c/Sculpture.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7896701486236658574-1703856415297224570?l=christopherstrassner.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/feeds/1703856415297224570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7896701486236658574&amp;postID=1703856415297224570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/1703856415297224570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/1703856415297224570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/2008/06/current-sculpture.html' title='Current Sculpture'/><author><name>Christopher Strassner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09343609758954395482</uri><email>chris.strassner@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04752623457967283141'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896701486236658574.post-6978320612108056604</id><published>2008-06-13T07:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:11:16.165-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Village Studios and Gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emily C. Clarke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris Strassner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shadowed Truths'/><title type='text'>Shadowed Truth(s) at the Village Gallery and Studios</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HrPVEeazr1Q/SFKFpTTeM9I/AAAAAAAAAMo/a6VbjQswA3s/s1600-h/wheat+in+wind+kind+of"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211374663424160722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HrPVEeazr1Q/SFKFpTTeM9I/AAAAAAAAAMo/a6VbjQswA3s/s320/wheat+in+wind+kind+of" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last night's opening was wonderful! I want to thank everyone who showed. We look forward to a great weekend and many more visitors during the arts fair that will be nearby. If you'd like to see pictures of the work in the gallery, the link is below.&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! Hope to see you there if we haven't already.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/chris.strassner/ShadowedTruthS"&gt;http://picasaweb.google.com/chris.strassner/ShadowedTruthS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7896701486236658574-6978320612108056604?l=christopherstrassner.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/feeds/6978320612108056604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7896701486236658574&amp;postID=6978320612108056604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/6978320612108056604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/6978320612108056604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/2008/06/shadowed-truths-at-village-gallery-and.html' title='Shadowed Truth(s) at the Village Gallery and Studios'/><author><name>Christopher Strassner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09343609758954395482</uri><email>chris.strassner@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04752623457967283141'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HrPVEeazr1Q/SFKFpTTeM9I/AAAAAAAAAMo/a6VbjQswA3s/s72-c/wheat+in+wind+kind+of' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896701486236658574.post-1996542304441866617</id><published>2008-06-09T10:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T06:58:19.120-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Village Studios and Gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emily C. Clarke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris Strassner'/><title type='text'>First show of new work in South Carolina</title><content type='html'>Hello all,&lt;br /&gt;Since moving to Travelers Rest, SC in October of last year, I have been contemplating a new series of work. This work will be showing at The Village Gallery and Studios in West Greenville, SC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villageartstudios.com/"&gt;http://www.villageartstudios.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dates are June 12th - 15th, 2008. The opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 12th from 6-9pm. Gallery hours for the weekend are:  Friday 6-8pm, Saturday 9-1, and Sunday 1-3. Purchases will be available for pickup on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;I am sharing the show with a very talented local painter, Emily C. Clarke. We both look forward to seeing you there.&lt;br /&gt;Christopher&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7896701486236658574-1996542304441866617?l=christopherstrassner.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/feeds/1996542304441866617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7896701486236658574&amp;postID=1996542304441866617' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/1996542304441866617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7896701486236658574/posts/default/1996542304441866617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherstrassner.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-show-of-new-work-in-south.html' title='First show of new work in South Carolina'/><author><name>Christopher Strassner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09343609758954395482</uri><email>chris.strassner@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04752623457967283141'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>