West Seattle Fair went great! :) More info soon…
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Poor weather and a lousy turnout, but I still covered costs. Not bad for my first one!
Today’s the day!
Load-in tonight! Fair tomorrow! Bling right now! Enamel on fine silver; on forged sterling neckwire, with peridot and blue topaz. Detail: enameled silver with peridot. Detail: green enamel on silver, with “Swiss Blue” and “London Blue” topaz.
Steamrollering on ahead!
Booth build yesterday: was amazing. OMG I love my friends. They took a pile of displays, fabric, and jewelry, and made it into something coherant. Ooh shiney! Here’s the piece I completed Friday. Major payoff, the booth now has a big splashy centerpiece. Pictured in top cube: sterling silver torq necklace with: enamel on fine […]
The creative process
Yesterday I made Art. I’m supposed to be making Product. I’m supposed to be making stuff that I can do quickly so that the labor cost is low. So that it sells, so that I can keep this as my job. But that’s not how that piece was going to go. It needed to be […]
T-12 Days
Cut for ranting.
Last one: Accepted!
It’s official: of the seven applications I completed last month (for various art shows, craft fairs, and one curator’s proposal for 2011), six were accepted. Urban Craft Uprising was the only one to turn me down, and I received word today that I’ll be in the West Seattle Summer Fair instead. (quiet squee) Mostly, these […]
Edmonds Fair Acceptance Letter
*Gasp* “Dear Artist, Thank you for submitting your work to the 2010 Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Gallery. Each year blah blah blah carefully selected jurors blah blah blah always challenging to choose from so many blah de blah. Your work was juried with the following results: Silver Cuff Bracelet………..Accepted Ammonite Necklace………Accepted Champlevé Hatpin Series..Accepted Instructions […]
Showing my enamels in California
And more news: Friday, I heard back from a juried show I applied to a few weeks ago: I was accepted! I’m stunned! I figured this was yet another “practice” submission and that I was throwing my application fee away. Holy crap, they liked it! The show is the Northern California Enamel Guild’s 10th International […]
Garden Trellis Project: Complete
So, news! Thursday, I installed a garden trellis for my mom: Forged copper and handblown glass, appx 6’x2.5′. Metalwork by me; glass scavenged from the scrap pile at Pratt Fine Art Center’s hotshop. Why yes, it was a gorgeous day! While hanging out afterwards, my mom got a call from my sister, who had been […]