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Wenaha Shares Useful and Usable Art

 


DAYTON – In a never-ending quest to introduce people to art in all forms, Dayton’s Wenaha Gallery is featuring the artisan soaps of Jesse and Scooter Johnston of Walla Walla Soap Works through Feb. 20.

The Johnstons have taken a typically mass-produced item and turned it into usable, useful sculpture. The couple’s signature Artisan Bar is rectangular, with sworls and peaks across the top like frosting. The Johnstons fell in love with the unique shape after they became frustrated trying to make perfectly rectangular bars.

“When we decided to peak the top a bit to help it appear less uneven, this proved to be the best thing ever, as once you free yourself from the box you really fell the creativity take over,” Jesse said.

Creativity abounds as the Johnstons, along with their grown children, create non-allergenic, artistically-pleasing soaps with names like Cranberry Fig, Mango Mandarin, and Bar None, the unscented, non-colored bar that is a consistent top seller.

 

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