Design by Lynne Venart; photo by Angela Kleis.
My photo from an icy visit to Great Falls has been chosen from 1130 photos and 435 photographers to be one of 47 photos shown at DCist Exposed this year. Congratulations to all the other winners and to those who entered. There were some pretty great photos in the running.
Greetings! If you are in/around the DC area, join me Saturday, December 5th, for delicious wine tasting and a chance to pick up unique handmade items (made by yours truly) for the holidays. I will be selling my enameled pendants and earrings, gauntlets for men and women, greeting cards and select photos at Best Cellars in Clarendon, VA. You can see some of the items for sale at my etsy shop. Please pass on the info and I hope to see you there.
P.S. I do not accept credit cards in person at the moment, so please be sure to bring cash (there is also an ATM nearby).
Taste some delicious wines while perusing (and purchasing) my fig.ments goods at Best Cellars in Clarendon. I will be selling enamel jewelry, knit gauntlets for men and women, photography and greeting cards.
More information coming soon . . .
Thank you to everyone who came out to Artomatic these past couple months. It was a great experience and with the exception of a few stresses during installation, I thoroughly enjoyed it (once I accepted the stresses, I enjoyed those too). I was particularly excited to have family and friends visit from Philly, NYC and Chicago for the sole purpose of seeing the exhibit. If you had your eye on any of my photos or enameled pendants and would like to give them a home, please let me know as there are still some pieces for sale.
In other news, I have changed the look of my portfolio a bit, as you can see here.
Photo by Phil
Thank you to everyone who came out for the opening of Artomatic the other weekend. I had a wonderful time and it was lovely to see friends and family and meet new people. I am still tickled by some of the reactions I got on my mother’s homemade lemon and lime squares.
If you didn’t catch me at the opening of Artomatic, I will be there both Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend.
When: Saturday, June 13th (7pm-9pm)
What: Meet the Artist night
Where: At my wall on the 4th floor, area 7 (facing the Capitol building)
When: Sunday, June 14 (12pm-7pm)
What: Artomatic Marketplace, I will be selling goods that you can find on my etsy site and more.
Where: First floor of Artomatic, booth 19
Thanks to Phil for taking the fisheye shot of me and my wall opening night.
As an added bonus, look for my “dead body” in Angela Kleis‘ exhibit on the 9th floor. I seem to have lost my arm.
Starting tomorrow night I will be one of 1,000+ exhibitors in Artomatic 2009! Above is a sneak peak of what you will see in my exhibit. These postcards will be available for your taking and all framed items on my wall will be available for sale (wink wink nudge nudge).
I will be by my exhibit (on floor number 4) this Friday, May 29th from 6pm-9pm and Sunday, May 31st from 6pm-8pm. There will be home-baked treats (while supplies last), so please drop by and say hello. Artomatic is a nine floor smorgasbord and impossible to see completely in one day, so be sure to make some time for the fourth floor. I believe there will be floor plans, but so you know, my exhibit is in the northwest corner facing the Capitol building. I am really looking forward to opening night and hope to see you there!
Here is some basic information on Artomatic. For more, please visit artomatic.org.
55 M Street, SE
Washington, DC 2000
Located directly above the Green Line Navy Yard Metro Stop, West Entrance
May 29-July 5, 2009
Fri-Sat: 12pm-1am
Sun, Wed, Thu: 12pm-10pm
Over the next few days I will be adjusting the look/layout of this blog, so please be patient! It might look all out of sorts for a few days, so if you see some weird combination of colors and patterns, don’t worry . . . it’s a work in progress, I have not completely lost my sense of design.
Listening to . . . IAMX – You Can Be Happy
After months of planning and working on my enameled pendants for Artomatic, I am finally done! It was super close and I managed to push the wire an extra four minutes so I could stay under it. My last piece came out of the kiln at 10:04 pm (my class ends at 10). Luckily I am done and when I got home my 1,000 postcards were waiting for me. I am pretty happy with them and hope that 1,000 is enough, although it would be nice if I ran out and had to order more (so long as people don’t grab them and toss them out).
My sister has also finished making my guestbook and cutting out my matboards. It is so nice to have talented siblings who like to assist. She will be rewarded with good food this weekend. I’m thinking brunch at Marvin . . . I have dreams about their applewood smoked bacon, egg and cheese on a waffle sandwich . . . amazing.