emiko-o rewarejewelry from LEGO and recycled materialsLucky for me, I am one of 3 Featured December Artists on Crafthaus.com. Other artists include: fellow Clevelander, Todd Pownell, and Caroline Gore of Kalamazoo, MI. Thanks, crafthaus!
Here is the home page for this month’s Crafthaus:
Came across these unbelievably cute plushies on etsy, though no longer available, too bad….
Chris of ChrisCreatures in Rockville, MD made this awesome Tofu for Obama
the text says: “Tofu plushie knows who he is voting for this year!
This Tofu plushie is soft, cuddly, and interested in politics. He’s perfect for any Obama supporter. Includes tofu, t-shirt, and an Obama sign for rallies. Tofu’s t-shirt is removable and has a velcro closure in the back. Because each one is hand sewn and unique, it may vary very slightly from the picture. ” And even better, proceeds of tofu sales went to the Obama campaign! ROck ON, TOFU!
Cassie from talkproof in Fremont, CA had made this Eugene the Polar Bear as a response to the whole Palin issue: 
About Eugene: “Eugene just heard about Sarah Palin and her opposition to putting him and his family (and extended families) onto the endangered species list. He is infuriated and sick and tired of her shenanigans, and has decided to take a stand >:(”
While we’re on the Cute-Tip, I must give props to a fellow craftsperson whose work i truly enjoy, Hilary Pfeifer, a Portland, OR wood artist who does exhibition installations of wood multiples, and makes uber cute small figures through her bunnywithatoolbelt site. Monsters, holidays, and i really like the sets she puts together as vignettes. You almost can’t just buy one by itself, they are so appealing. I mean, how can you resist a green love monster?
just in time for halloween.
and the irresistable tall orange monster, who i refer to as CarrotMonster
Hilary brings her latest installation “Natural Selection” to San Francisco’s Velvet da Vinci this coming January.
Read more about this work on her blog, Bunny with an Artblog.
My show has been getting lots of attention on the web, I can barely keep up with the thank you emails. It is truly awesome. My favorite post so far has been from an Italian journalist, Anna Battista and her blog: Irenebrination: Notes on Art, Fashion, and Style. See her Oct 23rd entry:
She covers both my ready-to-wear line and the exhibition pieces. She writes, “Oye’s best pieces though are the ones she has done for different exhibitions and events.”
The day after that, LEGO blogger, Michael Huffman posted my show on his BrickBuildr blog; which is great since I don’t usually hear from fellow LEGO lovers.
Yesterday, the show was posted on Object Fetish, an online jewelry gallery run by Whitney Couch.
Lots of fun, seeing the work get posted. Check out more images on my flickr set, as well as images of people wearing my work on the SF Museum of Craft + Design’s flickr set. Here is a sneak peak at some of my fav photos from the interactive, digital part of my show…
People definitely discovered the Effects in Photobooth. Would be awesome to print all of these and plaster a wall with them….. stay tuned for more people images…
In the midst of setting up the SF Museum of Craft+Design show, I managed to whip out a necklace for Ethical Metalsmith’s Radical Jewelry Makeover. Revere Academy students were at it for 3 days and by the last night I couldn’t resist the piles of random costume jewelry and other jewelry bits. So, why not pull another all-nighter, this time channeling the ever-fabulous Vivianne Westwood! Way too much fun, wish I could have kept it, but here is the result, a collage necklace. Titled “Dia de los Muertos de Westwood“, named mainly for the skeleton charm that started the whole deal, along with having been inspired by the Westwood show that was at the De Young museum awhile back. (model photo by Christine Dhein).
The piece is now on exhibit at Velvet da Vinci, SF through Nov 9. It is for sale, one of the more pricey items at $300. Proceeds benefit Ethical Metalsmiths. If you’re in town, please check it out!
Some other works by Revere folks: Jenny Reeve’s ring
Christine Uemura’s ring/pendant/brooch
Elizabeth Oppenheim’s plastic pendants
My circuit board boxer briefs, Population Control 2.0 are DONE and at the SF Museum of Craft+Design awaiting install! Julian is hanging out there, getting some special spa treatment with the other models–full body whitening. Before he left, we did some classic bathroom shots of the briefs.
This is the back view close up
Here is the front view closeup: 
Here is the text that explains the piece and will be in the show booklet: “In Population Control 2.0, my initial idea was to recreate a belt based on a 1960s metal scalloped belt that I got from my boyfriend’s grandmother. But the circuit board pieces just screamed LAPTOPS and MALE, which led me to revisit medical studies on continual laptop use linked to male infertility. Not only is the production of computers toxic to our environment, it may also hinder our ability to repopulate future generations.”
And in Pygmalion fashion, here it is in the flesh:
