days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in Galleries, Metal Art Exhibitions, Shows, artists on Jul 29th, 2009
Emerging art jewelers Fran Grinels and Sherry Cordova are very excited to be the featured artists at an artists’ reception in Lireille Gallery of Contemporary Jewelry and Art at 3980 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA on Friday August 7th, 2009. Sherry Cordova and Fran Grinels will be at Lireille from 5:30 to 8:30 pm along with finger foods, wine and [...]
Posted in Metal Art Exhibitions on Jul 5th, 2009
During the month of June 2009, the Menlo Park Library in Menlo Park, CA hosted an exhibit of jewelry, books and tools from the Metal Arts Association of Silicon Valley. Three of my pieces are shown above, and one is just below the sign (inside the gold colored wire necklace) in the photo below. The [...]
Posted in Metal Art Exhibitions, Publications on Jul 4th, 2009
Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised when my artist’s copy of “500 Knives” by Lark Books was delivered. My “Khanjar” letter opener (page 267) slices open envelopes very well, when it’s allowed to see some action. After making it, I decided it was more of a display piece. I need to make myself a letter opener [...]
Posted in Galleries on Jul 4th, 2009
After forgetting my recycled bottle glass display materials, I improvised an earring display borrowing materials local to Mendocino, CA. I had hoped that it would be a unique display in the gallery shop of the Mendocino Art Center, and luckily it is. Since this is the first time my work has been for sale in [...]
Posted in Out and About, environment on Jul 1st, 2009
We had hoped to be able to see some Sea Lions on the trip to the Loreto National Marine Park in the Sea of Cortez, because we knew they liked to hang out there at least part of the year. Our dive guide, Rafael from the Dolphin Dive Center gave us the opportunity to watch [...]