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!

blocks.

it's my new favorite form for my 2-d work to take. blocks. they can be stacked or hung on the wall...and well...no words are really necessary. check out the set of nocturnal nasturtium...they can be done in any size up to 24x24 with gold leaf edges...the whole idea is one which thrills me.

you can check this set out on my standingflower etsy page...and convo me if you're interested in it...say you saw it on my blog and you'll save 10%! even on custom ordered sizes!

Picnic in the Rain

the Picnic Music and Arts Festival came and went. and it was soo much fun, albeit really wet.

the first few hours looked like it would be a dry, mildly cloudy day. i had many sales, a lot of positive activity and met bunches of people that were interested in my work. it felt great. so much good energy. the whole fair was brimming with creative people. i was so happy to be a part of it.

and then a few hours in, the rain hit...and my tent was just not big enough for what i was storing underneath. we kept pushing things in towards the center of the tent to no avail...

the available dry sales space had shrunk to the point of our space being inhospitable. the faces of people began to look a little downtrodden and the energy kind of changed...and then things got wet, prints, despite our moving them...

so my 9 year old son who was helping me and i packed up and left a couple hours early.

but it was great...and if things had kept up the way they had started it would have been a perfect day. at least packing up early gave us the chance to look around. great wrk happening in southern maine, folks. i'm so proud to live around here and be a part of it.

there will be another fair on december 13th...so stay tuned!!!

xo

sea foam...or jade.

i love the foam the waves leaves behind after they bravely crash onto the beach and wash back to the safe mass of the ocean.

ahhhh....sea foam.

beautiful pale jade nuggets and golden glass beads create a subtly hued halo around the wrist with the perfect swish and wash of color of seafoam...hung on antiqued brass chain with a secure brass latch closure and a weighted handmade brass finding to boot.

find it at my etsy shop.

delivered

the creation of this necklace felt like an epiphany of sorts. the design came to me in a dream and continued manifesting as i created it. there is something sacred about the frankincense beads i am working with. they are just so worthy of adoration. they remind me of raw diamonds and i have been treating them as such...and the bone bead is so pure, but carries with it an assymetric weight of observation...

in this piece the birdie messanger flies through the free-moving loop of hand hammered brass to deliver nuggets of frankincense resin, witnessed by a pearly bead of bone...hung on a long delicate antiqued brass chain 24 inches in length. closes with a brass lobster clasp.

<3 find it here on etsy.

Barnacles are the Mushrooms of the Sea

or at least they resemble cute chubby fungus when i attempt to create them. my barnacles...they seem to have had a life previous to the one i am giving them in my design. and what with their material composition, perhaps they have.

dug out bone nestles nuggets of frankincense resin...strung on brass that only gets more and more lovely with age. these designs are timeless, but the aesthetic in me needs to add that they look absolutely amazing on sunsoaked skin. perfect to take you from the end of summer into autumn.

find them on etsy.

my new fancy

frankincense.

little resin drops that i spear and string on wire and use for beads. they resemble honey hued raw diamonds.

paired with brass and ivory bone.

i just love them.

Gearing Up for PICNIC

i've decided that to make the whole PICNIC experience easier for me, more cost effective for buyers and to make the toting of purchases easier, i am going to bring my large prints in sleeves, unframed and unmatted.

framing can be so expensive, so time consuming for me and i actually consider it quite personal. i love framing the art i purchase and create for myself and do it according to my world and the feeling of my space. i am hoping my customers will feel the same way and have forethought and vision when viewing my naked work!

it just makes so much more sense to do it this way...i can bring way more prints to the festival, thus offer a wider selection and the work will be easy to carry for those shoppers on foot, too.

decision final. i am framing some little pieces...and a few medium sized ones...and sleeving all the rest.

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.

Black Sea

beautiful, deep black vintage glass beads from one of my grandmother's necklaces...upcycled into the Black Sea Necklace. separated by undulated hand made brass findings on an antiqued black chain, closing with a brass lobster clasp. Earrings to match, the black beads are suspeneded by the antiqued brass chain and measure a striking 2 3/4 inches long.

come see them at www.tangiblesbysf.etsy.com or in person at Picnic music & arts festival in Portland Maine on the 12th of September.

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!!!!

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.

for abby...