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Keep testing the ground of renewed outdoor little events, this one was last month at the ArtWalk Santa Fe Desert Party. Music was very loud (hence my grimacing face) and we got rained on a bit, but I made it through it! Can't remember who took these shots, but you can see some new Recycled Paper Magnets in the back... And these two shots from the El Zaguan event on Canyon Road, the garden was a beautiful colorful refuge, just a level above my booth setup, but forgot to take some pictures.
But anyway, work on display with a full collection of Recycled Paper Earrings swinging in the summer breeze and the Recycled Paper Magnets in prominent position. One of the new venues I am trying is ArtWalk Santa Fe, a series of events throughout the city. This one was at Cafecito, a hip cafe hidden behind a busy intersection of not-so-downtown, but a gem of a place and super friendly environment. We set up on the parking lot and it was a fun day! Booth shots and closeup of some Recycled Paper Pendants...
Added new smaller ones and sticking them on a metal board, shifting them around in various combinations.This month has been all about light work with more paper, cardboard and glue. and more fun and made some more magnets! Added new smaller ones and sticking them on a metal board, shifting them around in various combinations.
These past couple of months have been dense with 'stuff happening' (mostly life), and time has been of essence. I have been drawn to making some quick pieces, relatively less time/tool-consuming and still granting some emotional and spiritual relief. I dragged the recycled paper box next to the bench and looked into it. I plucked out bits of saved carboard, old magazines paper cuttings and strips of random paper and came up with some magnets, or... more Recycled Paper Work! Three big magnets are ready to stick to any metallic surface and hold some things in place.
These earrings had been sitting on my bench 'almost finished but not quite' for some time, they did not need much, a final dipping, that protective coat of sealant and the french earwires. Then there was taking pictures, throwing out a lot of bad ones and finally posting everything online...so, proud to announce: here they are! I call them the matchsticks because they remind of spent matches and are all from recycled yellow brass, sticks and pieces laying around in the studio.
The come in 2 lengths, some are a warm lemom-yellow finish throughout, some are all black brass, some are bi-color, or dipped. They are just a handful, a limited production of simple pieces. Nothing out of the ordinary, but special simple. I have been taking apart old display, cases and stands from my past show equipment and rearranged them to re-fit new setups. A couple of shots from my last little market experience, testing it out...next, I need to find the white tarps I had somewhere for better walls.
The future is now, but "our destiny is elsewhere" - Picard/StarTrek/Haven As a longtime fan of StarTrek and science fiction in general, I often recall phrases and even words from some of the characters, they go well with the imagery and they inevitably show me links to my work. Visual thoughts and always new possibilities. Despite the 'elsewhere', this year I will be stomping some show ground again and curious to see what it will bring after quite some time of no stepping out. I will be staying in the neighborhood and have started with RAM, the Sundays market at the Railyard here in town. Check out my events page for dates and time  Booth at the Sunday market at the Railyard, indoor.
Yes, it's warm and cozy...! A quick selection of some of the finished Recycled Paper Earrings, some sold already! I thought of calling this collection the 'Sanskrit' series, as most feature strips of paper from an old book on Hindu iconology I saved from a fire in Oakland a long time ago...
These pendants made their debut at the Santa Fe Recycle Show and marveled people with their lightness and fun spin. They did not sell (yet), but some earrings did leave my booth with happy customers. Recycled Paper Tube Pendant 003, Recycled Matchbox Paper Pendant 005, and Recycled Paper Tube Pendant 004, all out of recycled paper printer rolls, matchboxes and strips of paper from books and magazines I have been collecting for years and finally found some fun recycle ideas and transformed them into jewelry! These pendants are all different, they hang on a black brass bead chain and are signed, dated and numbered. I got really excited for new work to coincide with the Santa Fe Recycle Show (in just about 10 days!) and this is now my first priority. Been super busy with recycled paper jewelry projects and overwhelmed with all the possibilities...time, as always, is too short. Old matches paper boxes, strips of paper from magazines and old books (these date back from my Sanskrit and Indian Arts studies...maybe I should call these the Sanskrit series?) shaping it all into pendants and earrings. Every piece unique, I am just flowing with the flow here. Materials and tools, main aid the old press inherited from my grandfather (I remember seeing it as a child sitting on an old oak table in his lawyer office, walls filled with books and 'pratiche' (clients files) he would organize, press and bound with strings in alphabetical order on floor to ceiling shelves. Such a precious gift, a collector's item, a sturdy, high quality piece of equipment I am so grateful to have! |
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I make simple, colorful and bold jewelry for a contemporary ageless and fun style. Have been doing this for quite sometime...pretty sure this is what I want to do when I grow up! Here I jot down thoughts and notes and pictures of work in the making, both in my mind, on paper and on the bench. for bench updates and exclusive previews... archives
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