clusters of beads dangle in a bunch from brass...in red jade or peridot.
Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Friday, December 10, 2010
serpentine, baby
i fell madly in love with these stones the moment i laid eyes on them. gorgeous grapey green globes with a subtle matte glow...there really is nothing else like them. they were brought to my favorite supplier by a traveling bead man, straight from the mountains of afghanistan. they were pricey...very. but i had to have them and create something with them.
i brought them home...and i wore them as a plan strand for ages before i could bring myself to cut them apart and work with them. they had such a lovely weight about them, and picked up my bodies heat...i kept thinking "dionysius"...such a gorgeous, sensual stone.
in researching them online i found out some lore that made them my favorite stones ever...serpentine is believed to protect the wearer from poison and to reduce stress...they are so powerful indeed as to even allow tense women to relax enough to have orgasms. go figure. who'd have ever thunk it? but i tell you...they are so beautiful and mysterious, i do not doubt it at all.
in my researching, too...i must say that i hve not found any specimens online that are as gorgeous as these stones. this piece, made with 14k gf wire, hand forged brass and a beautiful shell pendant that emphasizes the green is one of a kind, a piece to treasure and pass down.
taking a tiny piece of maine with you...
my first attempt at creating a chain of wee beach pebbles...and it came out so lovely...this one is sold already!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
hand me my leather...
i love labradorite. and i love leather. i can't really explain why i feel so powerful with either of these pieces on my wrist, but i do. i think i can rule my little world in leather and labradorite.
Friday, August 20, 2010
autumn sneak preview
in honor of Maine's awe-inspiring foliage that brings out the peeper in us all:
Saturday, July 10, 2010
matte picasso jasper
the down by the river necklace.
simply the smoothest stone that will ever lay across your collarbone...the dark honey hued veins are so incredibly sexy that i can hardly stand it...
summer 2010 trunk show!!!
this isn't the official poster...but it matches some of the work i am about to post...so i am using it. :)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
work...
it is such a blessing to have work...work in which i am required to use my creativity even! i love it.
i am full throttle into the design work for Kate Chappell's cookbook and i am so excited about it. the theme is all worked out in my head and now i am just waiting on more artwork and recipes and stories to piece together for this amazing work of art. what a gift to pass down to her children. stories, artwork, recipes and the history of their family from the kitchen's perspective. i LOVE it. it is inspiring me to want to do the same some day.
i also am doing a sculptural commissioned piece...a mirror with kind of primitive relief work in wood pieced on and painted. i am on the hunt for the last piece of wood i need. it's odd that it is so hard to find...a 1/2" x 8" x24' piece of basswood. but again, i'm so thrilled to be doing the work.
some advertisement work is also on my plate...a new local doll furniture company has hired me to do some advertising design work...business cards, promo flyers, a craft show poster and a stamp design. it's been whimsical and fun.
also i have several prints that i am mounting for customers...and i just ordered a shipment of new jewelry making supplies and i have a head full of designs that i cannot wait to birth.
work. it is good. bring it on.
i am full throttle into the design work for Kate Chappell's cookbook and i am so excited about it. the theme is all worked out in my head and now i am just waiting on more artwork and recipes and stories to piece together for this amazing work of art. what a gift to pass down to her children. stories, artwork, recipes and the history of their family from the kitchen's perspective. i LOVE it. it is inspiring me to want to do the same some day.
i also am doing a sculptural commissioned piece...a mirror with kind of primitive relief work in wood pieced on and painted. i am on the hunt for the last piece of wood i need. it's odd that it is so hard to find...a 1/2" x 8" x24' piece of basswood. but again, i'm so thrilled to be doing the work.
some advertisement work is also on my plate...a new local doll furniture company has hired me to do some advertising design work...business cards, promo flyers, a craft show poster and a stamp design. it's been whimsical and fun.
also i have several prints that i am mounting for customers...and i just ordered a shipment of new jewelry making supplies and i have a head full of designs that i cannot wait to birth.
work. it is good. bring it on.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
weekly art auction...
so...my husband and i did a real budget last night. it's a task i have belabored over for months...and it is finally done now...
in creating this budget and looking at numbers, outgoing $$ vrs incoming $$ i have realized that i am a bit of an idealist on the art front. i have invested a lot of money in equipment and supplies and have a surplus of work to boot. i did so many solo shows the year i was pregnant with baby D...that, well, i have work accumulated. and i don't have a studio to house it in any longer...i have decided it must find good homes.
thus...i am hosting a weekly auction from my facebook page. it will begin every monday and end on wednesday...until i have cleared some space. also it will be a great excuse to use some of the materials i haven't touched yet. i am sure folks will get great deals on my work...so stay tuned. i will post the listing link here every week as well as on my facebook art page.
please fan my facebook page here to stay updated!
in creating this budget and looking at numbers, outgoing $$ vrs incoming $$ i have realized that i am a bit of an idealist on the art front. i have invested a lot of money in equipment and supplies and have a surplus of work to boot. i did so many solo shows the year i was pregnant with baby D...that, well, i have work accumulated. and i don't have a studio to house it in any longer...i have decided it must find good homes.
thus...i am hosting a weekly auction from my facebook page. it will begin every monday and end on wednesday...until i have cleared some space. also it will be a great excuse to use some of the materials i haven't touched yet. i am sure folks will get great deals on my work...so stay tuned. i will post the listing link here every week as well as on my facebook art page.
please fan my facebook page here to stay updated!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Loam.
Loam...the name of the new store in washington connecticut that will be selling my jewelry...
the owner, Beth Fowler, describes the venue as "...a fertile marketplace for local/emerging artists, recycling(vintage furniture and art) and fair trade textiles from primarily (woman- based micro-loan businesses) foreign cultures to create commerce for them."
i am so excited to be a part of it. i can hardly wait for it to officially open on October 1st!
more info on Loam as it emerges...rumor has it there will be an online branch...stay tuned!
the owner, Beth Fowler, describes the venue as "...a fertile marketplace for local/emerging artists, recycling(vintage furniture and art) and fair trade textiles from primarily (woman- based micro-loan businesses) foreign cultures to create commerce for them."
i am so excited to be a part of it. i can hardly wait for it to officially open on October 1st!
more info on Loam as it emerges...rumor has it there will be an online branch...stay tuned!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
water lily
this victorian brass waterlily hugs your wrist just right...and is secured by a chain made of hand wrought brass tubes. the kind of bracelet you can wear everyday and never ever tire of (i would know...i loved the first one so much i haven't been able to part with it...thus i made another for you. :))
come support the arts at www.tangiblesbysf.etsy.com or visit my work and I in person at PICNIC.
come support the arts at www.tangiblesbysf.etsy.com or visit my work and I in person at PICNIC.
Monday, August 24, 2009
the oceanic series and the krakin...
i just love living near the ocean...the rocky coast against that expanse of undulating color...it inspires me. coming soon to www.tangiblesbysf.etsy.com and PICNIC music & arts festival on September 12th in Portland, ME right next to Angela Adams' tent!!!!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
PICNIC music & arts festival
so it is official...i will be participating in PICNIC music & arts festival. we went last year and it was just sooooo good. great music all day and a lot of talent and great crafts to buy. i am so happy to be a vender this year. it is inspiring. i am designing new stuff just for the occasion... think art inspired adornment and portable functional art.
the fair takes place on september 12th from 11-6 in lincoln park in portland, maine.
it's be great to see you there! come support the arts.
the fair takes place on september 12th from 11-6 in lincoln park in portland, maine.
it's be great to see you there! come support the arts.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Oh!
and so you all can plan for it and make sure to be there...the fair i am in is sunday december 7th at consolidated school on school st in kennebunkport...it runs from 9-2.
it is a great consumerist weekend up here in kennebunkport, christmas prelude is. lots of seriously gorgeous, locally made stuff in our quaint little village, with Whoville like caroling and all kinds of cheer. great places to eat and stay, too...could be a little much needed vacation and it's much less expensive than fkying to the north pole with gas prices the way they are!!!!!
hope to see your face there!
xo
it is a great consumerist weekend up here in kennebunkport, christmas prelude is. lots of seriously gorgeous, locally made stuff in our quaint little village, with Whoville like caroling and all kinds of cheer. great places to eat and stay, too...could be a little much needed vacation and it's much less expensive than fkying to the north pole with gas prices the way they are!!!!!
hope to see your face there!
xo
a strategy...
a strategy. yup a strategy. that's what a need. a theme. a sales pitch and color coordination.
i just signed myself up for a craft fair on christmas prelude weekend. it was an inexpensive craft fair venture...only 25 bucks. i figure i can't go wrong. but i want to make the most out of it...for reducing inventory's sake as well as making some much needed money for christmas! four kids' stockings to fill this year! eeee! too much fun!
christmas prelude is this festival held in the kennebunks. it basically turns our rocky-beached world into Whoville at the beginning of december and capitalizes on the consumerism of the holidays. it is one of the biggest tourist weekends of the year in a tourist dependent town.
i am hoping this fair gets a lot of traffic. or at least some traffic. and i am on a mission to make my little booth attractive enough to sell some of my accumulated work. i have had work in four galleries over the past couple of months...big shows. and unfortunately the art world is really slow right now. in this economy, art is way down the list of necessities. thus, i have a lot of work that has returned home from shows, or is still hanging without many people seeing it because no one is out browsing in galleries.
so, i am taking some of that work down to bring to the fair and using what i've got here...and i am going to price it ridiculously on the low side. i don't have any storage here because my new studio is in a long process of being built...it won't be ready until the late spring...so getting the work into good loving homes is a goal of mine.
i am trying to design a tidy and gorgeous little booth...i am envisioning it being natural, but dark like my work. black velvet and some other black material i have yet to find, with wood tones on all of the baskets, chairs and racks...some gold, antiquey gold thrown amuck here and there. here's what i'm thinking...
i will have some larger framed works on the walls, i may build black covered "walls" to go behind the table, or i may just lean the work against a black drapeon the wall...maybe ten or twelve pieces...depending on how i arrange them. i don't have too much $$$ or time to sonk into this so if it proves too difficult to build something, i may just lean the babies. all of that large framed work, which usually costs between 150 and 250 will be on sale for 90 to 190 ish. i will also have the framed prints available unframed in dark wood toned baskets to look through...sizes ranging from 5x7 to 8x10 on the table, costs ranging from 20-35...and 12 x12 to 11x14 in a basket on the floor, costs ranging from 40-60...
i will have a myriad of my smaller framed prints available...a whole slew to choose from hanging from ribbons from the gorgeous hardwood A-frame display rack jay made me for the fair i did with brooke a couple summers back. these are as low as i can go on them already price wise...pricing ranging from 25-30 bucks. cute little wee framed prints that hang from ribbons...maybe i'll do a buy two get one 1/2 off or something...
i will also have a long table with a black table cloth on it...on the table will be random little one of a kind framed pieces i have made, ranging in price from 30-60, a black velvet covered board displaying a dozen or so pieces of my print inspired pieces of jewelry with a back-up of each ranging in price from 25-45 bucks (i tend to sell a lot of these) and boxes of cards...i have yet to make cards, but i think they are a good idea for around holiday time...a box of ten cards for 19 bucks or something like that...or four cards for 10...
i feel like i need to have enough relatively inexpensive items for people to browse through and look at. i know it is a tight ecomony, so i want people to be able to afford my work...and have it displayed gorgeously enough so that it looks much more expensive than i have it priced at! i think i will bring gnarled twigs and stuff to decorate for the holidays in a very earthy way...a little gold sprinkled around never hurts either...
let me know your ideas, oh brilliant and creative friends. i need to fine tune this strategy and i love you all and your minds!
xo
p
ps...baby django is doing soooooo well. he is an angel. simply perfect. i haven't wanted to rip my face off of his to write...so i'm sorry about not keeping my blogs up to date...i'll take some new pics of his chubby loveliness later today and perhaps post them!
muah!
i just signed myself up for a craft fair on christmas prelude weekend. it was an inexpensive craft fair venture...only 25 bucks. i figure i can't go wrong. but i want to make the most out of it...for reducing inventory's sake as well as making some much needed money for christmas! four kids' stockings to fill this year! eeee! too much fun!
christmas prelude is this festival held in the kennebunks. it basically turns our rocky-beached world into Whoville at the beginning of december and capitalizes on the consumerism of the holidays. it is one of the biggest tourist weekends of the year in a tourist dependent town.
i am hoping this fair gets a lot of traffic. or at least some traffic. and i am on a mission to make my little booth attractive enough to sell some of my accumulated work. i have had work in four galleries over the past couple of months...big shows. and unfortunately the art world is really slow right now. in this economy, art is way down the list of necessities. thus, i have a lot of work that has returned home from shows, or is still hanging without many people seeing it because no one is out browsing in galleries.
so, i am taking some of that work down to bring to the fair and using what i've got here...and i am going to price it ridiculously on the low side. i don't have any storage here because my new studio is in a long process of being built...it won't be ready until the late spring...so getting the work into good loving homes is a goal of mine.
i am trying to design a tidy and gorgeous little booth...i am envisioning it being natural, but dark like my work. black velvet and some other black material i have yet to find, with wood tones on all of the baskets, chairs and racks...some gold, antiquey gold thrown amuck here and there. here's what i'm thinking...
i will have some larger framed works on the walls, i may build black covered "walls" to go behind the table, or i may just lean the work against a black drapeon the wall...maybe ten or twelve pieces...depending on how i arrange them. i don't have too much $$$ or time to sonk into this so if it proves too difficult to build something, i may just lean the babies. all of that large framed work, which usually costs between 150 and 250 will be on sale for 90 to 190 ish. i will also have the framed prints available unframed in dark wood toned baskets to look through...sizes ranging from 5x7 to 8x10 on the table, costs ranging from 20-35...and 12 x12 to 11x14 in a basket on the floor, costs ranging from 40-60...
i will have a myriad of my smaller framed prints available...a whole slew to choose from hanging from ribbons from the gorgeous hardwood A-frame display rack jay made me for the fair i did with brooke a couple summers back. these are as low as i can go on them already price wise...pricing ranging from 25-30 bucks. cute little wee framed prints that hang from ribbons...maybe i'll do a buy two get one 1/2 off or something...
i will also have a long table with a black table cloth on it...on the table will be random little one of a kind framed pieces i have made, ranging in price from 30-60, a black velvet covered board displaying a dozen or so pieces of my print inspired pieces of jewelry with a back-up of each ranging in price from 25-45 bucks (i tend to sell a lot of these) and boxes of cards...i have yet to make cards, but i think they are a good idea for around holiday time...a box of ten cards for 19 bucks or something like that...or four cards for 10...
i feel like i need to have enough relatively inexpensive items for people to browse through and look at. i know it is a tight ecomony, so i want people to be able to afford my work...and have it displayed gorgeously enough so that it looks much more expensive than i have it priced at! i think i will bring gnarled twigs and stuff to decorate for the holidays in a very earthy way...a little gold sprinkled around never hurts either...
let me know your ideas, oh brilliant and creative friends. i need to fine tune this strategy and i love you all and your minds!
xo
p
ps...baby django is doing soooooo well. he is an angel. simply perfect. i haven't wanted to rip my face off of his to write...so i'm sorry about not keeping my blogs up to date...i'll take some new pics of his chubby loveliness later today and perhaps post them!
muah!
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