Best of 2010 at Ohio Craft Museum

The "Best of 2010" exhibition opens today at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, Ohio. Untitled Brooch was accepted into the show. As a traveling venue, the exhibition will be on display in Columbus until June 20th, 2010. From there it will move to Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio, opening on August 9th and closing September 25th. The final venue will be at Lima Artspace in Lima, Ohio from November 9th to December 18th, 2010. The exhibition on the Ohio Craft Museum website can be found here.

"Crocheted Cavalcade"- Get Hooked this Friday!

My first solo exhibition takes place this Friday, March 5th in Los Angeles! If you're in the area, please stop by! My bag design will be pre-released that evening and go on sale at other Harveys locations and online on the following day. The show will run until May 6th, 2010. Find the bag online here.

Threadknits Contest

Bouncing around on the web, I randomly came across this contest for Threadknits. The idea is to crochet or knit an item of some sort based off of a printed Threadless design. I thought it might be a nice change of pace to crochet something from yarn for once and take a break from all the wire. So much easier on my hands. Image of the finished product below and more can be seen here.

A warm and cozy hooded scarf. And probably this year's Halloween costume.

Argentium Silver Jewelry

My program was given a trial run of the argentium silver that is now available through many suppliers. Below are the results from my experimentation. I like how the argentium crochets, but trying to clean it following the methods recommended online and other from other sources (like heating it in the oven to make it anti-tarnish) were not successful. One piece, Untitled Necklace (below) was definitely tarnishing. Thankfully, it liver of sulfured beautifully.

Both of the crocheted elements in the pieces are the argentium, with the chain and stick pin created from traditional sterling silver. Untitled Brooch, below, maintained its untarnished state. I'm unsure at the moment if I'll consider argentium in the future for crocheted works.

These and other shots, as well as images of more new work, are now up for viewing on my flickr page. Or click the moving icon in the upper right hand corner.

Intro-Art and Fashion Competition Part II

I have been selected as one of the top three finalists for Intro! My solo show in LA, titled "Crocheted Cavalcade", is set for March 5th, 2010 and my bag, titled Hooked, will be released that day and be available for purchase online and in stores the following day. Thank you to everyone that voted!!! Watch this section of the Harveys site for further developments.

Intro Opening

My sister, my boyfriend, and I were able to fly out for the opening for the "Intro Art and Fashion Competition" at Harvey's this past friday. Above is a shot of my displayed work and tote. The gallery looked awesome! Everything was displayed nicely, and while all the artists' work was very different from the others, all the different styles meshed together really well when they were hung.

Close up of my designed tote above. We were asked to make a button design to go with the campaign theme the competition has. A fellow grad student helped me make this since I don't own photoshop or know how to use it as awesomely as she does.

Finally shot of the gallery and shop space. The turn out was amazing! There were so many people it was kind of difficult to move around and it remained a full house right up until the end.

If you would like to vote for a tote, please go here.

Intro-Art and Fashion Competition

I've been selected as a one of the 10 semi-finalists for "Harvey's Intro Competition". My art and designed tote bag have been sent and are in California, and the show is Friday, Nov. 6th. If my bag is one of the top three as voted for by the public, my tote goes into production and I get to have a solo show of my work at Harvey's gallery on Melrose Ave in LA. Voting online begins Saturday, Nov. 7th here. Please support me and vote!