Thank you to everyone who came and made our 13th annual show such fun - it was wonderful catching up with all of you, and meeting those of you new to the event. All the pieces I made were a big success, so it's back to the bench for the Maryville University show.
Added by Deborrah Daher on November 13, 2009 at 9:54am —
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Love him or hate him, John Rose will be inflicting his offbeat arts perspective on the public at large tomorrow on the Jay Whaley show at.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/whaleystudios
Listen in - get an earful.
Added by 2Roses on November 11, 2009 at 8:44am —
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Fall is the season of artists' Studio Tours. It gives each artist an opportunity to show his/her artistic productivity for the first three quarters of the year. (Yes, some artists do have quarterly action plans!) This is your opportunity to see them in their own creative environment where "the action" happens. Studio Tours are a special event for both the artists and their visitors!
There are a few things you, as a potential customer, need to know before starting out. Here's my…
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Added by Denise Landis on November 10, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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1000 Ideas For Creative Reuse
I'm in this book :)…
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Added by Stevie B. on November 9, 2009 at 3:11pm —
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Two Shows!
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Added by Stevie B. on November 9, 2009 at 3:10pm —
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A rude awakening.
When I told a distant relative that I was blogging for the ACC Conference she was blown-away impressed, shocked, surprised!!!!!.....until she found out it was not THE ACC, the Atlantic Coast Conference (college football), it was just the American Craft Council Conference. (Although a D.I.Y. jewelry maker, she had never heard of them.)
A second blast to my ego arrived upon finding out that the blogger who writes "Monday Morning Quarterback" gets 1…
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Added by Harriete E Berman on November 3, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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So When I was in college in the 80's I started this piece. It was my commentary on politics and nuclear proliferation. We where at odds with the soviets and there where enough missiles on the planet to destroy our orb of life a hundred times over- Inspired by what I think was one of the best educators in the craft world at Buffalo State College- I sought to create a piece that was not only massive but had a sort of political tongue in cheek message. (Thanks Steve) I created an 8 finger summit…
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Added by Paul Bierker on November 2, 2009 at 4:11pm —
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Free at Last!
I just finished my Masters in the UK and have returned to Canada and I couldn't be happier! Not that I didn't love my Masters experience but working on my art and jewellery full time outside of school is exquisite!
I will be infusing plenty of energy into my online presence in the coming year so stay adrift with all the changes to my Crafthaus page and look for upcoming links to see more into my craft including my drawings, screen printing, wax carving,…
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Added by Rickson on October 13, 2009 at 10:15pm —
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If you are unable to attend the American Craft Council (ACC) conference, "Creating a New Craft Culture," October 15-19, two SNAG /Crafthaus members will be blogging from the conference.
Harriete Estel Berman and Emiko Oye, will post their thoughts and observations as the conference investigates "the inherent tensions between craft as lifestyle and craft as livelihood."
For more information about the American Craft Council conference…
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Added by Harriete E Berman on October 10, 2009 at 6:54pm —
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Added by Denise Landis on October 7, 2009 at 1:41pm —
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For the entire month of October I will be exhibiting at the
Wexler Gallery in Philadelphia PA. On the evening of the 9th. at 7pm. I will be giving an artist talk in conjunction with this years'
Design Philadelphia. I will be debuting this neck piece and auctioning my Flex Ruffle Cuff with 10% of…
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Added by Anthony Tammaro on October 1, 2009 at 8:30am —
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My current work is created from fragments of observation and perception of my environment. I record images during my daily journeys around the city streets of Oxford. Ornamentation and wealth is combined with alternative encounters in the city: graffiti, road kill, rubbish and road markings.
My jewellery consists of these images, which have been cut from old steel cans and fused together. In turn these whole pieces become fragments of new images, reminiscent of ornamental ironwork or…
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Added by Tamsin Leighton-Boyce on September 27, 2009 at 9:55am —
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As an aside to making jewelry, my friend Dennis Todd who is a master machinest has made a stunning 20 ton hydraulic press for the jewelry trade. Pictures and a description of this press can be view at:
http://www.pagoldsmiths.org/hydraulic_press.html
Added by Ed Ledner on September 23, 2009 at 11:30am —
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I will be selling my handcrafted jewelry at the Can Factory in Brooklyn on the following dates
Sunday October 11th
Sunday October 25th
November 8th
November 22nd
and
December 13th.
for more info about the Can Factory:
http://www.xoprojects.com/market.html
This is a great venue for all types of handcrafted arts.
Added by Ed Ledner on September 23, 2009 at 11:04am —
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I recently visited Canyon de Chelly in Northeastern Arizona to get re-connected to the spiritual vibes and visual inspirations that come from the area. We camped in a Navajo owned private campground called "Spider Rock Campground". Howard, the owner, plays Native flute music every morning to start the day. He rents tent and RV sites but also has primitive hogans for rent as well. And if you like to seek inner peace through traditional ceremonies, Howard has two Sweat Lodges. One is a Navajo Way…
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Added by Denise Landis on September 11, 2009 at 11:03pm —
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When designing a room for a client... one of the first things you need to ask, is how arty can one get? Designers can go all out, crazy with color, texture, and money... but when your client asks for simple and clean, this is what they should get. Not too many colors, keeping it clear of chaos and menagerie. This is a great example of good clean design. Simple furniture, simplistic colors and elegance. Mobiles adding a repetitive pattern from the…
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Added by Julie Frith on September 4, 2009 at 11:34am —
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check out this nice little interview i did with
http://thestudiochronicle.blogspot.com/
Added by gina alvarez on September 3, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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Last week at the American Craft Council show in San Francisco I was awarded with the Award of Excellence 2009.
This is is for me such an honor that I still don't find the right words to describe my gratitude and satisfaction. And now I must thank all the dear friends that strongly advised me to do the show and support me when I really needed…
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Added by Francesca Vitali on August 25, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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This is an abstract of a paper Tamsin Kerr and I are presenting at the Making Futures: Craft and Sustainability conference in Plymouth, UK next month.
Memory keepers, map makers, and material thinkers: the sustained offerings of craft objects
Tamsin Kerr http://cooroorainstitute.com/
Ross Annels w http://rossannels.com/
This presentation draws upon the landscape memoir work of intellectual Tamsin Kerr and the ecoregionalism of fine furniture designer/maker, Ross…
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Added by Ross Annels on August 21, 2009 at 12:38am —
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Added by noel leicht on August 12, 2009 at 8:40am —
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