my very own website...

i am thrilled with it! let me know what you think!!!
www.pameladesantistachibana.com

autumn sneak preview

in honor of Maine's awe-inspiring foliage that brings out the peeper in us all:

summer's end(less) collection

some of the designs from my new brass stone and shell collection. most are available for purchase at www.tangiblesbysf.etsy.com 

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 collection...chrysophase beauties...

this chrysophase was impossible not to bring home to my little workbench. it is mesmerizing. such a turmoiled sea green mixed with the color of wave foam...it looks amazing on sunsoaked skin and makes my green eyes pop...it's going to be hard for me to let go of these pieces...each one is one of a kind. 

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. :) 

i'm thinking...

...upcycled furniture for kids. painted and turned into masterpieces for little humans, making their worlds magical.

i'm thinking.

and in the meantime, i'm coming up with my next character design. every morning i wake up to three owls whoohooowhoooing to each other...so i am thinking they are my current muses!

i love the tiger and birdy though. i know they'll be happy in their new home! xoxoxo

"must have" list

1. a space for working (almost ready to check this off the list. i stole a piece of my children's music room as my own.)...

2. a challenge (and there is always one looming around the corner.)...

3. time where my primary focus is artwork (as opposed to the care of my sweet, adorable children, which is what my time is normally devoted to...happily, but unevenly so)

4.  a really nice camera to photograph the new, one of a kind work i've been producing. it kind of hurts to think of letting it go forever. a new sensation for me. i need to truly capture it and the digital camera i have is just not up to snuff...

5. a market for my artwork...or perhaps a direction. i would love to make money creating. enough to make life a little easier...not enough to quit my night job though...because i love it.

6. a website to get the word about my work out effectively!!! i have a wonderful, small, local company helping me with that...design elements. i can hardly wait.

bandaloop!!!

so the amazing local eatery, Bandaloop on ocean ave in kennebunkport, ME has put up a slew of my work in their newly expanded space. i'm honored. it's a great place to eat. in fact...they just began serving lunch!!! if you get a chance to check it out, please let me know what you think.

peace...

the birdies...

some pre-finished images of the birdy carvings for the nursery mirror i am working on...a tiger is next! coming this weekend...i can hardly wait!!!

in honor of the eldest matriarch...

come the anemones...

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.

and a close-up...

raise the red lantern

free artwork...

i'm having a little give away on my facebook art page... come and become a fan, enter the drawing and perhaps win a 5x7 digitally toned blind contour drawing "pods"...

From the Spray...Art Auction

Having another weekly art auction on my Facebook Art page...Click Here to View it!!!!

the latest art auction...

is underway on my facebook art page!
click here to check it out...
it is for a 12x12 Rusty Om print on wooden block. see images below for details...and feel free to comment with any questions.

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!

aquisition

i have myself a beautiful, blank canvas...

and i am enamored by golden yellow leaves dancing on a swirling wind against the backdrop of a deep dark ashen grey sky. it was an arresting site today.

can't wait to see what comes out of me.

but first i must attend to the mundane tasks of love i do...like cooking supper, cleaning the kitchen and caring for my family...then i shall wreck havoc on that too white space.

xo

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!