emiko-o reware

Welcome Julian

emiko-o — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:04:21 +0000

Say hello to the newest member of the Critique Collective, Julian! I picked him up tonite from a lovely photographer up in Twin Peaks who had killer view of the city. Christine found his ad on Craig’s list and I called his mother pronto this morning! He’s the model for the latest circuit board creation (see last post), which will not be a man thong after all, but boxer briefs such as pictured here. A bit more tasteful for a family-friendly exhibition, don’t you agree? Julian convinced me. So it will be a crafting camping car ride this weekend, hopefully much progress by monday. I should take him along for the proper fitting, but everyone knows that three’s a crowd, plus where would we put his all his gear, he’s such a diva….

On the recycling vibe, EVERYONE MUST watch this online video called, The Story of Stuff. It is a tad long (20 min) for watching on the sly at the office, but it is perfect for your lunch break. Very well done and poignant. The animations are very simple but entertaining.

Can you guess what percentage of the stuff we buy in America ends up in the trash within 6 months of purchase: A. 30%, B. 70%, C. 99%, D. 45? The answer: C. What in the world?!!!!
Here is a screen shot from the movie that lends some insight into the early makings of our consumerist society back in the 1950s; I may need to use this quote in an art piece .

Return to Recycled Parts–Cher thong gets a partner!

emiko-o — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:04:01 +0000

Much has developed in the last week on the upcoming exhibition space at the SF Museum of Craft + Design. I’m developing the MakeArt Gallery: Jewelry and Other Objects activity table for the back room; a simplified version of the Accessorize with Toys workshop that Shana Astrachan and I will be conducting on November 15 in that same space. So for those who can’t make that Nov 15 date, you’ll have the entire run of the exhibition to stop in and create something of your own.

Complimenting that in that space the Critique Collective will be showing a BRAND new Group Project in an exhibition co-curated by Christine Dhein and Christoph Koch called, Re-Purpose, Re-Use, Re-CREATE! We’re all super pumped up and ready to get others on the Green Train. Hopefully I will get a chance to update the crit collective website to include the press release on that. Until then, click here to grab the pdf.

What’s this: A. Abstract depiction of California in an earthquake; B. The inside of an old computer I scavenged at SCRAP; or C. Future Man-thong.
If you chose C, you are Correct! Cher thong ensemble will be showing in the above crit show, and she will have a partner in crime. Here is a sneak peak of the parts I cut up a few hours ago. Think electronic jock strap. So far the title that strikes me is “Population Control 2.0″. Definitely conceptual, but will be wearable/lifesize. Commentary on how constant laptop use on male laps is being linked to impotence, using technology to create genetically superior offspring….

Hip to be Square

emiko-o — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:20:25 +0000

The camouflage necklace hits another Etsy Treasury, today’s train is called, “Don’t Get Out of My Square“, put together by Meital Levi of toolisjewelry. Which just makes me want to channel Billy Ocean (”get outta my dreams….”). Also in the treasury is some fantastic, felted modular jewelry by 3Fun, in particular, “Manic Organic” which can be converted into a bracelet or necklace, whichever you fancy.

Etsy front page-must be a sunday thing!

emiko-o — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:48:50 +0000

Lovely Shana alerted me this afternoon of yet another Etsy Front page siting of my lego bracelets! I am on the E-tip train here with etsy. Missed seeing it on the front page myself, as now it has elusively moved to Treasury West. Very mysterious, this etsy stuff; hopefully someday they will archive the front pages (the etsy people told me they were considering this for the future). Anyhow, Linda, a fellow Piscean otherwise known as “alamodestuff” featured my violette femme bracelet on her “Off the Cuff” treasury. She has a great design eye, love her bags. Check out the treasury before it expires tuesday.

Cute factor off the charts!

emiko-o — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:11:16 +0000

Found my way into the cutest craft of the week via flickr, by way of the etsy treasury below; HouseOfMouse who makes the sweetest felt mice figures I’ve ever laid eyes on. I used to have a super obsession with collecting anything mouse until 8 years ago when a live one invaded my apartment and tormented me. These mice, however, may have cured my disaffection. Couldn’t help but share the smile with the rest of you out there.

Here is DJ Mouse Girl, and her description says, “DJ Mousy Mouse will keep you up all night with her funky beats and amazing scratching abilities (the records not your furniture). She comes complete with headphones and tiny little record in her hand. She is the perfect gift for anyone who loves clubbing, mixing or popular culture.” Go get one for yourself on her etsy site!

“Coloring outside the lines” Etsy Treasury

emiko-o — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:20:22 +0000

Today Grace Napoleon of re-useful on Etsy has been so kind as to include my 81 stripe basic bracelet in her Etsy Treasury, “Coloring outside the lines“. The collection has a warm, breezy feel, as if one were sitting in bed sipping tea, windows open to the ocean. Check it out before it expires Monday. Grace makes clothing from repurposed clothes. See her cashmere sweater below.

New Release: Art Jewelry Today 2

emiko-o — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:05:17 +0000

Soon to hit the bookstores is the newly published Art Jewelry Today 2, by Jeffrey B. Snyder. My work is in it, plus many others I know, like Shana Astrachan, Christine Dhein, Harriete Estel Berman. It is the second in a series pioneered by the late Dona Meilach, and is a survey of contemporary art jewelry around the world. Hardbound, published by Schiffer Publishing; if it’s anything like the first book, this one will be well worth shelling out the bucks for hardbound.

Necklace on Front page of etsy!

emiko-o — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:07:23 +0000

Thanks to Lynette of Asymmetry, I found out that my camou necklace (3rd row, first on left) was featured on the Front Page of Etsy yesterday! It’s all about color tags, I tell ya (check out how all the groupings I’ve been in are color grouped). Sweet way to start off the week!

Jewelry at SF Museum of Craft + Design

emiko-o — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:14:25 +0000

Exciting news! My *e*oware jewelry is now available at a new venue in San Francisco: the store at the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design located at 550 Sutter St near Union Square. I just delivered a large, 42 piece collection last week, including this brand new cufflink design.

Next time you’re in the area, please stop in and check out the goods.

PLUS, mark your calendar for their next opening, October 17, when I will be unveiling my interactive jewelry installation–My First Royal Jewels Jewellery Collection. The public will be encouraged to try on the pieces while being enlightened as how to properly handle art jewelry. It is inspired from this year’s Museum of Contemporary Craft exhibition, Touching Warms the Art, for which I made the Queen Margherita necklace. My installation is to compliment the main gallery exhibition, The Thinking Body, co-curated Kate Wagle and Anya Kivarkis, the latter whose experimental jewelry I’ve always admired. Showing alongside me with an an interactive lighting exhibit will be Oakland artist, Nick Dong.

See my project develop in posts yet to come (and yes, there are legos involved)…

Crit Collective member on today’s Craftzine blog!

emiko-o — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:21:52 +0000

Fellow Critique Collective member, Reed Easley, was featured with her bridal bouquet today on Craft magazine’s blog! And right after her wedding to boot, which was this past Saturday. The Collective definitely had a hand in creating crafts for the wedding; Shana Astrachan in particular created these fabulous vintage rafia flowers from a loom she bought from Cathy of California while we were at Maker Faire. Together we created the base by carving it from a large styrofoam sphere and covering it with pleated white cotton, tulle, and a large satin bow. The handle was a screwdriver wrapped in floral tape and inserted into the foam base, a perfect solution for our tool-loving bride! Amazing how innovative one can be at the witching hour on deadline! Perhaps Shana will start a line of bridal bouquets…..