SCUBA diving in clear warm water clears my mind, and a result I have new ideas for some earrings to create for this next weekend’s The Virgin Artists’ 6th Annual Show and Sale in Cupertino. Look at the lush coral landscape in this minimally impacted area of the Carribean. And, views like this when I’m [...]
Monthly Archive for November, 2008
Coral: Slow, Beautiful, and Precious
Posted in environment, processes on Nov 21st, 2008
I ran across the Too Precious to Wear website today http://www.tooprecioustowear.org/I think the site does a nice job of providing an overview of the affect that coral collecting has; both scientifically and on the local economies. The site also provides a list of alternatives to using coral. Those of you who know me already know [...]
At last weekends Metal Arts Association of Silicon Valley meeting we watched a demonstration of the Hydraulic Press by local artist and educator Edith Sommer.Here are some of her aluminum dies and resulting copper forms, along with some of her other tricks such as gasket rubber to make the shape deeper and wire taped to [...]
Summer in the City
Posted in Friends, Out and About on Nov 18th, 2008
View of the Cliff House from sea level There’s nothing like a November day that feels like summer with clear skys and temps in the high 70s and low 80s. And, it was on the first day I’ve spent time in this part of Golden Gate Park – right on the beach. Soooo perfect. Careful! [...]
Updated the Website for an Upcoming Show
Posted in Shows on Nov 13th, 2008
I’ve been very busy lately updating the website for my upcoming group show with The Virgin Artists. Fellow artist Adea Fong created new buttons for the artists joining the show this year, and she also created a new button for our newest category “Home Decor.” The site design we collaborated on 3 years ago has been [...]
Bactrian Treasures, Velvet da Vinci, Maya Lin, YSL, and Stanford Taiko
Posted in Out and About on Nov 8th, 2008
Friday was a gorgeous fall day in San Francisco. Clear skies and warmer than average temps were much appreciated in our day spent out and about in the city. In the back of my mind, I knew there was a mint in SF; and I had visited mints in other cities. Friday I noticed the [...]
Going Vertical
Posted in Tools on Nov 2nd, 2008
Thanks to Richard Hart. His Aug 2007 Ganoksin post for the idea to create a custom flex shaft hanging stand with hardware store parts has come to life. We spent some time in the plumbing aisle at the hardware store (believe it or not – only 1 trip!) and made Richard’s idea come to life [...]
Halloween Candy – Eye Candy
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 1st, 2008
On Halloween, friends and I admired the work of Michael Zobel and Peter Schmid of Atelier Zobel. Both designer/owners were at de Novo gallery in Palo Alto for a trunk show. The artists are as enthusiastic about their work as the rest of us are.