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- California
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- 2Roses Studio
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- 2-Roses Studio is a life long collaboration between Corliss Rose and John Lemieux Rose. Both are the product of formal artistic training in the U.S and abroad. Curiosity and evolution has been the driving forces of the studio since its inception in 1968. In addition to art jewelry, some of the major mediums the studio produces work for are commercial and industrial design, tool and die making, painting, photography, lithography, sculpture, holography, furniture, fabrics, engineered plastics, leatherwork, ceramics, lapidary and gem cutting.
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- http://www.2roses.com
- Describe your media/materials you work with
- Circuit boards fimo polymer clay unconventional materials plastic wood birds rubber Southern California mosaic color on metal enamel carving bone computer glass leather pod plant bowl knife Anaheim Orange County etsy funny humor
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2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion SNAG Toronto part 2 in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion SNAG Toronto part 2 in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft""Educating the customer" as a marketing strategy has long been known in business circles as ineffective and to be avoided except under very narrowly defined conditions. The reason being that "education" is extremely expensive to…"
2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion What Makes Us What We Are? in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"Spot on and very perceptive John. An elegant and insightful summation.
Roxy, John's last element, perseverance, is the real response to all of the obstacles you pose. Every single person in the arts struggles against the tide of imperfect…"
2Roses replied to Brigitte Martin's discussion The New Résumé: It's 140 Characters in the group Inspired Social Media"The inevitable march of progress and technology. Social media is simply another increasingly valuable tool with which to promote ourselves. Its worth noting that by the time mainstream media like the WSJ get around to covering something, the cat is…"
2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion My Art in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"We are reminded of a conversation we had over dinner the other night with an artist friend. As we were catching up on the coming and goings of our mutual circle of friends, the current events for one friend in particular struck us. Our dinner…"
2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion “You Do The (poly)Math” in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"Fundamental principle of running your own business: if it was easy everyone would do it."
2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion “You Do The (poly)Math” in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"Well put Brigitte. All jewelry/craft sales are "emotional" sales. Some artists can cross the line into "investment grade" purchases during their lifetime, but this is rare. Understanding the emotions that drive your…"
2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion “You Do The (poly)Math” in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"Oddly enough John, its very much the same as selling refrigerators, software and cars. Artists are loath to confront this. We like to cling to the nobility of our product as being somehow magically apart from the dirty world of money. But it aint.…"
2Roses replied to John Lunn's discussion “You Do The (poly)Math” in the group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"We think this is a valid subject John, but one that is subject to a double bind. If an artist is not very good at marketing, they may not want to share out or embarrassment or lack of confidence that they have anything to add to the conversation.…"
2Roses commented on Tammy Young Eun Kim's blog post 2013 Student Awards Exhibition - Shine on SDSU Metals Department!"Congrats Tammy. Nice to see you get recognized."
2Roses commented on John Lunn's group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"Ann, the article might be more germane to this discussion if the artist in question was also a practicing cartologist, musician or meteorologist. Simply referencing different disciplines in one's work does not make one a polymath, nor does it…"
2Roses commented on John Lunn's group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"It didn't take long for the subject of finances to come up in this conversation, and we are glad that it did. Insisting on getting paid for our expertise is a core principle of our diversity and approach to applying our creativity. We have…"
2Roses commented on John Lunn's group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"Hmmm!? More fencers in this group than one would suspect. John's weapon of choice is epee, and sabre for Corliss.
Dauvit, do we read a tinge of reprobation in your comment? Perhaps a caution to braggadacio. While the term "Renaissance…"
2Roses commented on John Lunn's group Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft"Good topic, and one related closely to how artistic/creative people "make it" in this world, ie creativity applied in many directions. Had to chuckle at David's semi-official title ("What's that guy do?) as we are…"
2Roses joined John Lunn's group
Tapestry of Talents: Bringing Your Whole Voice to Your Craft
Exploring the possibilities for us to bring all our diverse interests & skills into the art we create.See More
2Roses commented on The Justified Sinner's blog post Craft Forward-ing"One step leads to another Harriete. While Craftforwarding may not have been the Valhalla of business symposiums, it has led us all here. What Dauvit, Curtis and Alexandra are discussing is extraordinary.
We are really happy to see Curtis comment…"
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Publicity OPPORTUNITY
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:00pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
MJSA would like to interview any artists who have used used self-produced books via websites such as Snapfish or Blurb to promote their work to galleries or curators or as show catalogs. Article deadline is looming. Please email Sharon Elaine Thompson ASAP sharonet@sharonelainethompson.com
OK, Your Kid Probably COULD Make Something Better Than This
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 12:45am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Bench Mess
Posted on March 25, 2012 at 11:20pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I've been working intently on a couple of projects for the last few days. As I sit at my bench, late on a Sunday evening,my perspective changes from the very focused 3 x 3 inch window of my optivisors to the full scope of my bench. CARAMBA! What happened!?…
How traffic pirates skim revenue from your Etsy shop
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 6:15pm 17 Comments 2 Likes
You may have heard all the ruckus about Pinterest of late and wondered, why is this such a big deal? It looks like this is just a successful social networking site that is driving lots of traffic to my Etsy shop. Well…not exactly. Read on and I’ll explain how sites like Pinterest really make money. Note: I am using Pinterest as just one example of a type of website/business model that is growing rapidly.
Pinterest makes money by directing traffic to websites who agree to…
Continue Hey! That doesn't smell like sterling silver.
Posted on March 5, 2012 at 11:22am 3 Comments 2 Likes
2Roses weigh in on the pros and cons of selling jewelry online. http://jewelrytutorial.blogspot.com/
Comment Wall (76 comments)
- At 4:51pm on November 10, 2012,
Brigitte Martin said… - Here's the call for frontera:
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/call-for-entries-la-frontera-museo-franz-meyer-and-velvet-da-vinc
- At 10:37pm on July 26, 2012, Brigitte Martin said…
Thank you very much for your membership payment and support of crafthaus. Your membership is valid through September 15, 2015.
Enjoy crafthaus, participate often :-)
- At 12:17pm on July 3, 2012,
Jennifer Cross Gans said… Goody! I'm glad to have you as a friend!
- At 10:21am on June 20, 2012,
Thomas Skaggs said… Thank you for the kind words about my work. I looked at your web site and admired your work as well. Crafthaus sure is loaded with talented folks!
- At 8:30am on March 21, 2012,
Renata Fojtikova said…
Hi 2 Roses! Thank you for visiting my blog. Glad to be a part of your network. Cheers
Renata
- At 2:37pm on January 18, 2012,
Renee Zettle-Sterling said… Hi John,
I just found out today that you are running. That is wonderful. I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy you and your wife's work. When I heard that you might be running, I did some research. Just beautiful!! Warmly, Renee
- At 11:40am on May 31, 2011, Brigitte Martin said…
- You already made good use of that new CRAP stamp?
- At 10:53am on May 31, 2011,
anne havel said… - thank you very much. i'm excited!
- At 1:58pm on December 14, 2010,
Thomas Hughes said… Corliss and John, What could be better than a group of talented artists. The range of your work is wonderful. What can't you do?
- At 7:33pm on November 23, 2010,
Michael Romanik said… - The fellowship is for 2011. I had to write an artist statement, a proposal on how to use the funds and submit up to 15 images of my work. (I submitted 12.) It still hasn't fully sunk in. I'm exhausted from all the tension and stress. I'm also relieved and incredibly honored and humbled by it all...
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Vicky Saragouda commented on Vicky Saragouda's blog post Contemporary Jewellery @ COLLECT 2013"Thank you Poppy. It was a brilliant show, quite impressive the contemporary jewellery section as ever but also ceramics and glass this year. Beautiful displays from all exhibiting galleries."
Jennifer Dewey left a comment for John Lunn"Thanks John... Loved following your posts and imagine my sentiments regarding techie jeweley making to concur with yours. I'm more so an fan of ancient techniques... The hand of the artist seen in the work... Although the scientific mind of…"
Brigitte Martin posted a status"If you missed the SNAG conference, it was a blast. Do consider Minneapolis next year. You won't regret it!"
John Lunn left a comment for Jennifer Dewey"I'm back from Toronto now, Jenn and haven't heard from Rio about a badge. I'll only be able to in on Saturday anyway so it would be nice to just have a browse around the show for a couple of hours.
I'll let you know what I…"
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