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Helen Britton - A Singular Voice



Helen Britton’s work is well known in the arena of art jewelry. The variety of materials she incorporates into her pieces is quite incredible - and they all work so very well together. Britton also uses herself as a…
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Added by 2Roses on February 5, 2018 at 11:20am — No Comments

2Roses Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Gerda and Nikolai Monies - the natural and the extraordinary



Gerda and Nikolai Monies, known by their Danish artistic entity 'Monies', create fashion forward statement pieces that consistently turn heads. The collaborative couple is incredibly prolific, using materials that include natural crystals, semi-precious stone, ebony,…

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Added by 2Roses on January 15, 2018 at 11:12pm — No Comments

Sculpture to Wear Returns to LA LA Land!!

The epicenter of West Coast Art Jewelry kicks off its return to LA with a special show at the Kopeikin Gallery. Featuring 2Roses, Jillian Moore, Claudia Endler, Lynn K. Altman, Greg Orloff, Gina Pankowski, Kathleen Lamberti, Marc Cohen, Shuilii, & Swinda…

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Added by 2Roses on November 16, 2017 at 11:31pm — No Comments

Ana Serrano - Cartonlandia

Ana Serrano “Cartonlandia”

Cardboard, paper, acrylic paint

2008

The AltaMed Art Collection



Exhibited Craft and Folk Art Museum, LA during “The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility”…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on October 29, 2017 at 9:30am — No Comments

2Roses Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Ken Price - the discipline of working your voice



We enjoy the connection between polymer clay and earth clay. Perhaps this is why we’re featuring another ceramicist for Monday’s Child. Shown is the earlier work of Ken Price, created in the late 1980s-early 1990s. What drew our attention was the discipline in the development of…

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Added by 2Roses on October 16, 2017 at 2:11pm — No Comments

2Roses Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Molly Aleza Vogel - a contemporary approach to carving jet



Jet is a type of lignite, a precursor to coal, and is a gemstone. It has an organic origin, being derived from decaying wood under extreme pressure. Jet is a deep, dark black. Vogel carves jet with an expert hand and she pushes this medium to delicious heights. Working in…

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Added by 2Roses on October 3, 2017 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Terri Kern - crafting an engaging story



Terri Kern considers herself to be a “hands on” artist. This means she does everything from wedging the clay, doing all of the hand building, relief carving, applying the many layers of color under glazing and preparing/unstacking her kiln. Her work is representational, in that you…

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Added by 2Roses on August 29, 2017 at 12:17am — No Comments

Ode to the Corner Store - Drew Leshko in American Craft Magazine

What a pleasure to come home after a week-long trip and find my article "Ode to the Corner Store" about Philly-based artist Drew Leshko in the newest issue of American Craft Magazine. Check out pages 30-31 in the June/July 2017 issue.…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on May 30, 2017 at 1:00pm — No Comments

ACC blog: Velvet da Vinci Goes Digital

San Francisco’s Velvet da Vinci will close July 1, owner Mike Holmes has announced, saying he plans to continue and expand the online presence of the gallery in lieu of its brick-and-mortar location. For 26 years, the influential jewelry gallery drew national talent and…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on May 11, 2017 at 5:20pm — No Comments

2Roses Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Asagi Maeda - A Passionate Narrative of City Life

Asagi Maeda sculpts minute details of a big city life. Bracelets erupt with skylines of tall buildings, alongside docks, and parks. Many of Maeda’s pieces are populated with golden figures performing daily tasks, playing music, commuting or simply “people watching.” The work…

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Added by 2Roses on May 1, 2017 at 6:16pm — No Comments

Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Seulgi Kwon - unpredictable organisms 



Kwon’s work interested us because of its use of clear plastic and silicone. Although her art is organic in nature, it embraces the science associated with cells, their growth, mutation, division, and extinction. The use of transparent media creates another…

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Added by 2Roses on April 17, 2017 at 2:27pm — No Comments

Sara Rahbar - Belonging

ARTIST STATEMENT (from artist's website)

I work in mixed media, and i work with various types of textiles, wood, bronze and collected objects. The first textile that I began working with was the American flag. I was drawn to it because i…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on March 15, 2017 at 4:13pm — No Comments

BRON - Ruudt Peters Retrospective Exhibition

Ruudt Peters is preparing a 44-year retrospective exhibition entitled BRON. Bron means ‘source’, a word Peters finds fascinating as he continues to investigate the inspirations and serendipities through which we can better understand ourselves.



Peters invites you to…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on February 24, 2017 at 12:00pm — No Comments

What a Racket - Embroidery by Danielle Clough

Would Steffi Graf and Boris Becker like these too?

As a…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on February 16, 2017 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Marina Dempster - Stride in These Shoes! 



Marina Dempster describes her work as sculpture. Her primary technique is a contemporary translation of the pre-Columbian Huichol art of “transformational yarn painting.” She meticulously embeds beads and yarn into her forms with her hands and some…

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Added by 2Roses on January 16, 2017 at 1:18pm — 2 Comments

Judith and Gerson Leiber: 70 Years of Marriage, Fashion and Art (NY Times Jan 6, 2017)

Judith and Gerson Leiber in Mr. Leiber’s studio in East Hampton, N.Y. The couple — she’s a handbag designer, he’s an artist — are the subject of several exhibitions. Photo credit: Lindsay Morris for The New York Times

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 9, 2017 at 6:00am — No Comments

Want to Donate Your Collection to a Museum? Read This First

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 1, 2017 at 9:34am — No Comments

2Roses Monday’s Child - A Weekly Creative Shot in the Arm

Mira Mickler Moss - Elevating the Humble Gourd



Mira Mickler Moss wholistically approaches gourds as art. She deals with the seed planting, the growing, the infinite outcomes of shapes, weak spots and woody textures. It is all a surprise and a challenge. What drew her to us was her unconventional…

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Added by 2Roses on December 13, 2016 at 9:39am — No Comments

Arrowmont Seeking Next Year's Artist Residents

Artists-in-Residence application is now online! Spend a year in the Great Smoky Mountains on Arrowmont's historic campus!

Each year, five artists are selected for the Program, which begins mid-June and continues through late May of the following year. The Program provides self-directed artists time,…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on November 28, 2016 at 10:30am — No Comments

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