emiko-o reware

HO HO HO, it’s my only holiday sale event that I’m doing this month, so if you’re looking to get your hands on emiko-o reware LEGO® jewelry, you’d better come by Urban Interstice on Friday, Dec 9, 4-8pm. Lucky for me, it’s also the same night as the Mission Holiday Block Party, so an even better reason to make it out to the Mission! See updates on Urban Interstice on facebook; Shana Astrachan and Kelly Nedderman are running this holiday pop-up store, and have many events lined up for the month as well as super cool merch.

I’ve been busy making my NEW stillego pinwheel hoop earrings, which are so very rockstar and I can’t stop wearing them myself, they are so lightweight, fun, and has been getting lots of attention around town. And special for the holidays, I’ve whipped up some cutie LEGO® minifigure ornaments for the oh-so-affordable price of $15 ($20 for Star Wars); how could you possibly resist now? What’s that, you say; you can’t make it on Dec 9? No worries, the gallery has some of my work in the store for the whole month (ornaments are only available at the gallery), and of course you can buy gifts online on my etsy and my rewarestyle.com website 24/7.

have a hoop custom made like this "Smoke"

minifig ornaments!

On Saturday, Dec 10, from 12-4pm our Accessorize with Toys Workshop will be doing a drop-in Ornament Making afternoon for $15. Some of our primo reclaimed toy parts will be on hand to get crafty with! Extra fun with glue guns!

make your own ornament like this person did last year @ Workshop

Here are the details:
Friday, Dec 9, 4-8pm:
emiko oye Holiday Trunk show

Saturday, Dec 10 12-4pm:
Drop-in Ornament Making Workshop

Urban Interstice Gallery
3443 26th St @ Mission St  SF 94110 

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

Mark your calendars for this Sunday, Nov 9 from 1-3pm when I and fellow Critique Collective members are hosting a Meet the Artists Open House at the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design. Artist walkthrough/tour begins at 1:30. I’ll be giving a tour of My First Royal Jewels Jewellery Collection LEGO necklaces, and the Collective will be talking about the Jewelry_cycle exhibition.

Jewelry_cycle:Artists Discover Hidden Sparkle in the Discarded is an educational showcase of wearable treasures made from re-purposed and re-cycled materials. With the idea of an exhibition in mind, co-curators Christine Dhein and Christoph Koch asked the Critique Collective to create wearable art from a variety of small, discarded circuit boards. Circuit boards are commonly made from fiberglass, epoxy resin, and a variety of metals, which is likely to be one third of the material. These metals include copper, silver and gold, which add a precious element to what would otherwise be considered e-waste. These artists discovered the hidden potential, and transformed these materials to create brilliant, sparkling jewels.

Participating artists are: Shana Astrachan, David Casella, Christine Dhein, Reed Easely, Aimee Golant, Christoph Koch, Kelly Nedderman, and myself. Shout out to Christine for working extra hard to have the exhibit be super clean and pro looking! Check out Julian on the job!

Come join us and learn some facts about environmental waste and how you can do your part to lesson your carbon footprint while being creative!  Plus sit down and make your own jewelry from recycled toy parts at the MakeArt:Jewelry + Objects self-serve table that I developed.

Shout out to SCRAP and UGlu for being awesome sponsors of my MakeArt table and workshop!