Techno Chicken

Thanks to Steve for this magic after Christmas treat. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Julia Deville

I have been following the work of New Zealand jeweler, Julia Deville, for quite some time now. I really enjoy the way her work is dark, because it deals with the subject of death and Memento Mori, but still incredibly striking and beautiful. I just recently found this very interesting clip of her talking about her work. Its only about 5 minutes long, but very cool to see her talk about her work. Its always fun to follow someone's work and then get to "meet" them by seeing them talk about it, whether that be virtual or in person. Also check out her incredible website here.

The New Generation of Hipster

The Meta-Nerd
"By wearing the popular Three Wolf Moon T-shirt, today’s hipster makes a mockery of herself."

I thought you all might be equally excited to hear that we are currently in the phase of the Meta-Nerd Hipster. Similar to the Chinese Animal Zodiac Calendar, Paste Magazine has dissected the Evolution of the Hipster from 2000-2009. Starting off with the EMO hipster of 2000 and slowly working their way through hipster icons like starbucks, vans, skulls, miller high life, fixed gear bikes, vintage and tattoos: the last decade of the hipster is revealed. Nice job to the people at Paste. I can hardly wait too see 2010 and a new evolution of the Meta-Nerd.

Iris Eichenberg - Pink Years Later

"In Between"

Necklace.

copper-plated silver, copper, enamel, nylons, beads, ribbon


"The Scale of It"

Necklace.

rose gold, rose quartz, wool, pink plastic.




"Unavoidable"

Necklace.

silver- partly copper-plated, nylons, pink plastic, ribbon


"Wedding Bowl"

Necklace.

rose gold, rose quartz, pink plastic


"Traenenmeer"


Brooch

Copper-plated silver, beads, nylons.



"Reflection of It"

Necklace.

silver, nylons, beads, leather, mirror, ribbon

"R"

Necklace / brooch for pocket.

copper, enamel, rose gold, pink plastic, nylons, beads, ribbon

"No Title"


Necklace.

rose gold, nylons, beads, pink plastic

Thank goodness that Ornamentum Gallery has put up a huge selection of images from the SOFA presentation of Iris Eichenberg's work. I absolutely can not stop thinking about this work! All of the work is so visceral and I read it as sexual too. Necklaces made of stockings referencing fetishes, dripping with beaded testicles and wide textured tongues resting on the breast of the wearer. Orifices lined more beads, plastic molded to look like curvy body parts...wrapped in silky satiny, skin...Rrraw! This is the ultimate seductive work. Eichenberg grabs a hold of us by our sense of touch and will not let us go! It is amazing to me how prolific she is. Her Tenement/Timelines series (2007) was just reviewed (in addition to pieces from her previous bodies of work) by Lisa Gralnick in the fall of 2008 in Metalsmith magazine, and since then she has already composed two new series of work! New Rooms and this enchanting group of sensual treats, Pink Years Later. What a role model! I would really love to be able to set a pace like this in my practice. And to be able to keep switching gears! Truly admirable. I like the cut of your jib, Ms. Eichenberg.