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Whirlwind upon whirlwind! Seems like just yesterday I was at the ACC Fort Mason show in my new “garden” store of LEGO® wonder! Well, this weekend you can find me for the first time at Artspan SF Open Studios for the Mission District Weekend 1. Ten members of the Metal Arts Guild SF (included yours truly) have banded together in a great shop/gallery space in the Valencia St/18 St corridor run by Jeff Burwell of Burwell Arts. All of us are metal artists/jewelers/sculptors living in the city and making really fresh work. No where else in Open Studios are you going to see so much in one stop in one room!

And even better, Daily Candy featured our group as the poster child for Open Studios in The Weekend Guide which came out yesterday. Check out the post. Couldn’t ask for better promo to peeps who live in the neighborhood!

Tonight, Friday, Sept 30 from 6-8pm is our Opening Reception, so this is a great chance to scope out our entire lines before we start selling like gangbusters this weekend! Everyone is welcome.

Artists are: Kelly Nedderman, Rebecca Deans, Jenny Reeves, Masami Kelly, Raissa Bump, me, Derek Duncan, Shana Astrachan, Jeff Burwell, Jenny Windler

Here are the details:
What: Open Studios with 10 Members of the Metal Arts Guild
Where:  724 Studios in the Mission
724 Valencia St @ 18th St (next to Mission Cheese), SF CA 94110  googlemap here
When:  Opening Reception Fri, Sept 30, 6-8pm
Sat, Oct 1, 12-7pm
Sun, Oct 2, 12-5pm

Also find our event on Facebook !

me and Rebecca Deans at Opening Reception

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