John Barany

Profile Updated: June 11, 2020
John Barany
Residing At: Yakima, WA USA
Spouse/Partner: Carol 33yrs
Children: Alison born 1983, robbie born '86, william born 1988
Occupation: Artist in wood
Homepage: Johnbarany.com
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Yes! Attending Reunion
Marital Status

Married

Grandchildren:

0

Previous school:

Wilson grade school, lewis and clark hi,

Other Schooling:

Gonzaga u , u of washington. bA chemistry
U of Washington MD
Yale @ waterbury conn. Internal medicine
U of New York @ Buffalo. Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care

School Story:

Dave Billings was making strawberry ice cream at the Benewah Dairy at 30th and Grand. He invited Bill Herrington and I and other buddies up for a massive free taste test at the owner's expense. Nobody found out.

What have you been doing the last 10 years?

I'm a full time studio artist in wood. Predominantly lathe-based, my work imcludes sculptures, plates, platters, boxes, vases. I'm currently doing collaborations with a dozen other artists. The unifying factor is that they do their work on my wood. We have painters, ceramists, raku clay, a glass artist, a fabric person, a metals guy, and a mixed media maven each working in conjunction with me. It all comes together in a travelling show i've presented at galleries for WSU, Wenatchee, Ellensburg, Yakima, and tri-cities.

How do you spend your time now?

I'm in the studio by 8AM and usually work until 1-2AM. I thought when i retired that i would watch the mariners and learn the nes of 5 players and the manager. It didn't happen. I was made to work and I do what I like.
I have a massive garden and work in the master gardener program in Yakima and I live in a great old place that used to be a TB san.

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Roger, Happy Birthday to you. I hope it’s a warm and sunny Indian Summer like it is here in Yakima. Jbar

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Oct 08, 2024 at 11:11 AM

Marlene. Happy Birthday to you. Joining the 79ers as Joyce Code is saying to us? Hope it’s a good one in any case. Jbar

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Kay, Happy Birthday to you. And many more. It says you and Marlin married in 18,999. Hmmmm. Anyway, I also see that Joyce Code is alive and well and wishing you a happy one today. May your weather be as sweet as it is in Yakima today: sunny and 70. Jbar

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Sep 12, 2024 at 9:43 AM

Happy Birthday, Jean. I hope it’s warm and quiet in Spokane today like it is in Yakima. I’m upp in my shop listening to some strange noises I can’t decifer. I wonder of I have varmints poking around? I repurposed after my first retirement in 2006 and am now a full time studio artist. Next time you come thru Yakima, please drop by my place at 2302 Laban. 5099495873. Happy day, Jbar

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Sep 04, 2024 at 2:33 PM

John, Happy Birthday from the warm side. Jbar

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Aug 14, 2024 at 10:33 AM

Happy Birthday, Jan. I hope it’s a bright and sunny day wherever you are. I’ve picked the sweet corn today from first-planting, checked on the watermelons, gotthe first Charantais (cantaloupe) for lunch, and noted the nectarines are a rosey red but still too hard to chomp on. Jbar
Ps: have a good year!

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Aug 09, 2024 at 3:20 PM

Joyce, you got around again. Lucky you, lucky me, too. It’s a hot 93* in Yakima today, but I’ve beat the heat here inside my shop where there’s plenty to do. I’ve been working on a new series of 2-carbon-oxygen ring pieces (yeah , that’s a kind of resin) in which I’ve ensconced a pine cone. After I’ve carved and hllowed them, the sole reminders of the cone are the little brown streaks that are chip tips. I’m making knobs on the lids and the knobs have dandelion seed heads lo ked inside. I’ll show you A pic. Hope your day is special as you are. Jbar

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Happy Birthday, Beth. Hope you’re well.
Jbar

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Hey, Ray. I hope you’re staying warm like we are in Yakima—102 today. Anyway, Happy Birthday.

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Barry, Happy Birthday and many more. Thanks for managing the LC website. Jbar

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Steve, Happy Birthday. I hope all’s well and suspects that’s so because I follow you on Fb and you looked just dandy. Stay that way. Jbar

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Jun 23, 2024 at 10:15 AM

Sallee, Happy Birthday. I hope you’re warm and enjoying the day past the solstice. Jbar

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Dave, Happy Birthday. I hope your day goes as well as mine had started,here in Yakima. I’m chewing on radiche I just picked out of the garden and I sprinkled each slivver with salt. Now, I go to the workshop and make stuff.
Cheers to you,
Jbar

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Pam, Happy Birthday. Hope life is good wherever you are. Today I thinned radiches, carrots, dill and noted my watermelon and cantaloupe seedlings survived a cool night outside the greenhouse. Cheers to you. Jbar

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May 20, 2024 at 10:13 PM

Happy Birthday, Jonny Joyce. Hope it’s glorious and sweet. I’m out in our Magic Black Forest near Spirit Lake and I’m pruning trees and thinning saplings, hoping for a grand future crop of tamaracks and ponderosas. Jbar

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Apr 29, 2024 at 7:20 AM

Otis, Happy Birthday. Make it special. Many friends take for granted less and less as time goes by, times get shorter. Hope the cabin (house) on Coeur d’Alene is still there with you and Tana? Jbat

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