Lemon Creek Wine & Art Fair

Oh boy, Oh boy!
My favorite show of the year to kick off the show season!

Friends, Family, Wine, Live Music and Art, what more could I ask for?

For more information go to Lemon Creek Winery

Hot Diggity!

This Friday, May 21, Chartreuse will be open for the “Hot Diggity Dog” kick-off event from 5-9 PM along Main St. in St. Joe. Please come and enjoy the kick-off festivities. Meet Margaret the artist who found all of the watches and created our entry the “Watch-Dog”.

Books.....

Made from up-cycled materials, my sketches done in metal to hold your sketches on paper.

Each is one of a kind.

Available directly from me or Chartreuse Art Co-operative in St Joseph Michigan.

Books.....

Made from up-cycled materials, my sketches done in metal to hold your sketches on paper.

Each is one of a kind.

Available directly from me or Chartreuse Art Co-operative in St Joseph Michigan.

Books....Pennies

Made from up-cycled materials, my sketches done in metal to hold your sketches on paper.

Each is one of a kind.

Each is refillable.

Available directly from me or Chartreuse Art Co-operative in St Joseph Michigan.

Just Beautiful

I found these seed pods dangling from a cottonwood tree, they are about 6" long. Who'd a guessed that those drifts of fluff would have such beautiful containers. Not me.

I wish I had the abilities right now to capture the feel of them in metal. It would have to be something articulated, the way they move is so slinky, maybe a chain with enameled pods. ugh too heavy...I'll have to think on it.

I admit it. I wore these in my lobes for a little while.

Books....Copper and Beach Pebbles

Made from up-cycled materials, my sketches done in metal to hold your sketches on paper.

Each is one of a kind.

Available directly from me or Chartreuse Art Co-operative in St Joseph Michigan.

30-Minute Earring Book is out!

Looking for some quick earring projects to try your hand at?

Lark chose a couple projects I submitted to them along with 58 other great quickies. There are several I want to make for myself...

Look for it at your local book seller.

Or any of those online book sellers.

A Trial Run

I'm always disappointed when I come to the end of a sketch book, I know that I will carry around TWO sketchbooks for months, flipping back and forth between them, looking for that one design I sketched last month or notes I wrote on that forging technique I was playing around with...when WAS that? Flip, flip, flip. I don't tear pages out, I did that once and LOST several brilliant pages. Brilliant I tell you. Who knows now, they are gone, gone, gone.

I decided to search for refillable sketchbooks, you know, open the binder take out the not so good ones, sort them, organize them, put in some fresh paper, and go. Needs to be 8.5x5.5" Yup, I'm particular about some things, not too big, not too small, juuuuuuuuust right, fits in my bag, on the tray in my car, doesn't crowd my workbench. AND it needed to look good. AND be sturdy. I didn't find any that fit.

So I made one. Covered it with metal sketches...And then I made another one. And another. And... And now I need to get pictures.

Or you could go to Chartreuse Arts Co-operative Gallery and see some first hand.

Kalamazoo Art Hop

I'll be showing and selling my work all day Friday, May 7 at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art.
Stop in and say hi, it's always good to see your smiling face and I'll show you some of my new work.

Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts314 South Park StreetKalamazoo, MI 49007

Join us on Friday, May 7th for a special treat at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts!The KIA Gallery Shop will be hosting a Jewelry Showcase Featuring wonderful locally made jewelry from such artists as Meg Tang, Char Short, Georgia Newman, Ligita Samsons, Vicki Cook, Amy Culp and Bobbie Peters.
Remember, members get a discount on their purchases! Not a member? Click here to become one!

This is the perfect opportunity to celebrate a special Mom in your life by presenting her with a very unique gift, while at the same time, supporting the arts! What a great cause!
The galleries will be open and refreshments will be served! If you haven't seen it yet, now is a great opportunity to tour the 2010 West Michigan Area Show!
Grand Prize Winner, Michele Shelton will be on hand to discuss her piece, A Moment to Remember.
This event is free and open to the public.