Earrings for the Society of Contemporary Craft

This week I sent a nice big package of ruffle steel earrings to the Society for Contemporary Craft.  Some nice steel jewelry for a sweet steel town.  Go pick up a few pairs for yourself or your sweetie.

Limited Production "charms" at the Society of Contemporary Craft

There are four limited production pieces of mine at the Society of Contemporary Craft until the end of February. There are several artists from all stages of their careers included. If you are near Pittsburgh and stop by to see them, let me know how everything looks!

Society for Contemporary Craft's Rapheal Founder's Prize

The Society for Contemporary Craft is hosting its bi-annual Raphael Founder's Prize and this year the category is for small metals and addresses the theme of "transformation."

The selection review committee for the 2011 prize will include guest jurors Bruce W. Pepich, Executive Director and Curator of Collections at the Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, internationally known jeweler Natalya Pinchuk, Pittsburgh, PA; Alexandra Raphael, enamel artist, London, England; Catherine Raphael, metalsmith and storyteller, Pittsburgh, PA, Margaret Raphael, filmmaker, Hunker, PA and Kate Lydon, director of exhibitions, society of contemporary craft.

I am really excited about this prize and recommend all that can to apply! Here is a link to the prospectus. Applications due June 3rd, 2011!

Charmed

In January, I was invited to enter work into a new show at the Society for Contemporary Craft, called Charmed. I was excited to put work into the show considering I had just finished over a year of intense research on amulets, talismans and fetish objects, I felt like this show was perfect for me.

Since there has been a ridiculous amount of snow on the eastcoast, Sharon Massey who is running the project decided to put all the charms up online for everyone to see and purchase. I love this idea, since it makes the work more accessible for everyone. More and more galleries are trying this out. It looks like a few have already sold, but I wanted to make sure you could all go see it if you haven't heard about it. Check out the shop here.