I Left My Jewelry in San Francisco: Part 2

I drove to Healdsburg, CA with Raissa Bump to visit Gallery Lulo and have lunch with owners Karen Gilbert and Anne-Kathrine Schjerbeck. Lulo has represented my work for the last two years so I was excited to see the space and spend time with Karen and Katrina.The gallery is lovely--white walls, simple and elegant design, minimal jewelry displays. Currently on view is an exhibition of jewelry and paintings based on dreams by Niki Ulehla. (The collection is very interesting and I will talk about it a different post very soon.) I left the gallery with a pair of glass and metal earrings by Karen Gilbert.

 

At lunch at Bistro Ralph, we talked about having a two-person show for Raissa and myself sometime in 2013. I'm really excited about this possibility! I've thought about doing something like this with Raissa since we met in 2007. After lunch, we drove through the grapevine-lined countryside and then down Highway 1. We stopped in Point Reyes for some thrifting and a beer. It felt like we were on a road trip.  

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For the Third Time, I Left My Jewelry in San Francisco: Part 1

Today begins a series of posts about my recent trip to San Francisco and, of course, my solo show. I will begin with the opening reception...It was absolutely wonderful and even more fantastic than I had imagined! Lots of people were there including my family, close friends, colleagues, students, and many people I didn't know. The work looked beautiful and I got some great feedback from attendees. I was overwhelmed and did not fully relax until the last 20 or 30 minutes. Afterward a small group of a few friends, my family, and Mike and Elizabeth from the gallery went to dinner. Then I celebrated some more with my friends and ended the evening in a diner near my hotel with a stack of pancakes. The entire evening was very special. It felt amazing.

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With My Heart on My Sleeve

I will host an exhibition this Sunday, November 13 from 7:30-9:30 in the slide lounge at Northlight at the Penland School of Crafts. The show will feature process works from my recent exhibition plus sketchbook images, books I used for research, and other bits and pieces from the making of "Fabricated Memory" and "Collected Memories." I will also create an installation of the finished works using the beautiful photographs taken by Hank Drew. 

With My Heart on My Sleeve
Sunday, November 13, 2011
7:30-9:30pm
Slide lounge at Northlight
Penland School of Crafts
champagne and treats will be served

Thanks to Beth Schaible for the lovely flyer.


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Opening Tonight!

 

Green Leaf Brooch and Earrings

in sterling silver, spray paint, diamonds

After a year and a half of planning and making, the opening reception of my show is finally here! If you are in the San Francisco area I hope you will attend.

This is How I Remember It
Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception tonight, Friday, November 4 from 6-8pm

Velvet da Vinci Gallery
2015 Polk Street (near Broadway)
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.441.0109

The show runs through November 30, 2011

 Brooch No. 5 

 in brass, glass beads

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A Little Bit More

 

While I was installing my work last week at Velvet da Vinci, I told Mike and Emma about different pieces--how I made them, what ideas were behind them, who they are about. Mike asked me to choose a few pieces and write short statements about each, thinking viewers will be interested in the stories, too. I choose five pieces from both series and these statements will be posted near the pieces for everyone to read. Here are two examples:

Bow Sweater Holder (pictured above)

This piece represents a gold-tone sweater holder with two bows and a short chain. I chose to exaggerate the form and the faded, worn appearance of the original by using multiple bows and chains and by intentionally scratching away the vermeil. 

Brooch No. 8

In 2000 I began working towards my BFA in metalsmithing at the University of Washington. A dear friend gave me a cast lace necklace she made in a class we took together that year. In 2004 she passed away and I feel very fortunate to have such a lovely reminder of her and the time we spent together. The paper doily in this piece represents that necklace and my friend, as well as our inevitable loss of innocence.

I will post the other statements with the pieces on my website and Flickr soon so you can read then, too!

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Line Drawing Diversion

Two of the pieces currently on view in the Aaron Faber exhibition "In Line/In Metal" include Line Drawing No. 8 and Cluster Necklace No. 2. Once again my photographer, Hank Drew, did an amazing job with my images--I love how the lighting and shadow in both detail shots effectively extends the drawings into space.  

My Line Drawing Brooch and Folded Arc Necklace and Earrings are also a part of the exhibition.

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Now That's a Big Ad

Velvet da Vinci has published an inner-cover full-page ad for my show in the latest issue of Metalsmith. Again, another surreal moment in this whole process and another piece of concrete evidence that this show is happening. The ad is beautiful.

I was also surprised and excited to discover my Line Drawing Brooch in an ad for an exhibition I'm in at Aaron Faber Gallery called "In Line/In Metal." The show will be exhibited at SOFA Chicago this weekend and includes a fantastic group of artists who all feature line in their work.

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