Salty Dog Studios has been in Ballard for nearly 50 years. “Forty-nine years,” said one of the founders of the studio, Ernie Hilsenberg. “We were the only ones here. These other buildings weren’t here.” Ernie Hilsenberg and Gregory Federighi are the founders of Salty Dog Studios, located at 4602 14th Ave. NW. The two met in college studying ceramics at the University of Washington and started Salty Dog Studios when they graduated in 1975. They started with four artists and now have 20 people who create art in the building, who do everything from ceramics, to painting and printing. Flooding surrounded their building, which is at the bottom of a hill near the Ballard Bridge. Even after three hours of pumping out water, the basement still had feet of water. They said when they started pumping out water, it was about three and half feet deep. Read the full story: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/saturday-morning-storms-flood-ballard-salty-dog-studios/281-8d7f3e0a-3d7b-401f-9d33-ec97ad7747f1