Hurry & Leaf and The Clasp Of Isis at Metro Gallery's First Friday event

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This First Friday I will be doing my first pseudo craft fair. Instead of having an art opening Metro Gallery is doing a craft fair of local crafty people. Catherine and I (Hurry&Leaf and The Clasp Of Isis) were one of the chosen vendors. I have been working my butt off ever since coming back from NYC to make sure that we have enough merchandise. I'm a little nervous but mostly excited.
Ryan (of Maisonwares) has told me that it's a very good idea to have an item that is under $10 when doing a show, that way people are less likely to walk away from the table empty handed. I've been trying to make small decently priced things that are still true to my aesthetic. It's not easy since I feel that most things I make are worth more then ten bucks but I'm sure I can knock out some earrings and rings that I can price a lot lower.
Anyway I made a bunch of stuff tonight, and plan on making a lot more tomorrow. I've been playing with the idea of two finger rings. Here's one of the results.

2-25-10

Jessie and I traveled to NYC for a few days. All in all an amazing trip. I scored this amazing gold and rhinestones leopard belt buckle that will soon be an amazing statement piece as well as a bag bursting with treasures from the lovely Rachel via Bart (pix of both to come).
For now here's some pix of Jessie and I partying it up wearing The Clasp Of Isis Jewelry

12-28-09

It is Catherine's birthday today so I took her out for coffee. We picked up the remaining terrariums from Bizarre Market Holiday and were pleasantly surprised at the success of Hurry&Leaf. All the remaining terrariums (other then a couple of the really sad ones in need of doctoring) can be found at LOOK salon.

It feels good to have a little crafty project with Catherine that actually pays off in the end.

12-17-09

So Catherine and I did have that show at Gallery 5. We went under the pseudonym Isobel Milena. Very happy with the outcome. Lots of animal bones, insects, terrariums, books, etc.
Some pix from the show can be found here .

I look forward to working with her some more in the future.
Here are a couple of my favorite pieces.

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Day nine of working at my day job came to an end, thankfully. I was able to make one piece tonight and am pondering doing a zodiac themed line. I made the Pisces tonight.
And I had made the Leo one a while ago. Next up is Aries made out of this amazing ram fur clip I found.

new obsessions?

So Catherine proposed an idea today about the two of us collaborating on a project that may end up in a gallery. We are just in the brainstorming stages of it but it's incredibly exciting and scary since I've never done anything like this. First stop is thinking up of a name for our collaborative effort, then we have to come up with some examples/ideas to present to the gallery, then comes the actual work. I'm very hopeful about this as Catherine and I tend to be each others muses and have a general similar taste in all things visual. At the same time she is probably the one person that has always encouraged me to do way more then i ever do and it's so wonderful to have her around.

Here's a lovely picture of said lady with her kokeshi doll which is en route to LA right now. She is wearing a necklace by yours truly.