Asheville’s City Building- art deco architecture at it’s very best.
Sunday Sketch #27
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Sunday Sketch #26
I’m back at my floral design job for the Valentine’s Day rush. I don’t know why I picked a hydrangea for this week’s sketch, I have kind of had my fill of fresh flowers, if you believe that’s possible. Looking forward to Wednesday when I can be done with this excruciating holiday and back to my jewelry studio!
Outfit Inspiration
So I have discovered a few websites recently that have totally changed my outlook on life. And by life of course I mean fashion. I haven’t really paid much attention to it (the fashion, not the life) since I quit working retail and spend most of my days behind an apron and a thick layer of soot. Pinterest has changed all of that. While I’m not sure that being connected to something that makes me want to buy things all day is very healthy, it has been SUPER useful distilling the things that attract me into different categories (aka boards) and using those boards as inspiration or launchpads for other projects. Or buying things. Ok I have bought ONE thing because of pinterest and it was worth it. (feeling the guilt, y’all.)
The other one is Polyvore, which is the equivalent of cutting up all your Seventeen and YM magazines and pasting your favorite outfits onto cardboard and hanging it by your hairdryer. Except instead of magazines you have links to designer threads and instead of your hairdryer you hang it on your facebook, twitter, pinterest (it’s inside my head,) or social media outlet of choice.
So anyway, I decided that this rediscovered interest in fashion should be used for good, and by good I mean business. It helps when I am designing jewelry to think about who will potentially be wearing the pieces I create. I have been feeling a disconnect between the world of making and the world of wearing, and THIS is the answer!
Here is the 5-Charm Quetzal Necklace, Simple Lobe Studs, and Scroll Bangle Bracelet- all pieces from the Acero Collection and available here. You can see the clothing inspiration board I put together on Polyvore here!
I would love to see my Large Tejutla Hoops with this outfit, all urban chic and whatnot. The quatrefoil Window Ring is available here. I’d kill for that orange bag. See the collection here.
Holler at your girl if you want in on some of this jewelry. You know where to find me: caitiesellers@gmail.com.
Thank you, internet, for giving me more reasons every day to strengthen my skills of self control.
Sunday Sketch #25
Antigua, Guatemala.
People I love
…who wear my jewelry:
owns this necklace:
Arabesque and Vine Necklace, 2009
Rooftop Brooch: front
Rooftop Brooch: back
Is receiving these hoops very soon:
Ironwork Hoops #2
One is a favorite musician I’ve been listening to for YEARS and found my work at Fancy Jewels in Seattle, the other is a favorite art-jeweler whose work I’ve had dog-eared in all of my inspiration books. I can’t always be sure, but this week I feel like I’m doing something right.
Sunday Sketch #24
Feeling fancy? Here’s a chandelier for you.
Drawing with photoshop.
Sunday Sketch #23
Manhattan. I was only in New York for 5 days in December and I think I’ll never run out of material.
Sunday Sketch #22
This is a view of Xela, Guatemala, I’m using it as a pattern for a new sculpture. A large part of it will be a removable necklace. I usually go about making these things by eyeball and trial and error- this is the most planning I’ve ever had to do for one! It’s intimidating!
The News
Hello friends! I have a bit of winter news, shows, and such.
First off, I’ve just finished padding and taping up a box to send to Rocky Mount, NC for Handcrafted: a Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood. This show was juried by Brent Skidmore, a local woodworker/furniture maker/ educator here in Asheville. He gave a lecture during one of my classes a the Penland School of Crafts in which he showed photos of carved rocks he made to hold up a glass top table and exclaimed “I like to think about Utah when I’m stacking rocks… WHAT? You don’t think about Utah when you’re stacking rocks?!”
These pieces will be displayed at the show:
Window Bar Bracelet #4
Window Bar Bracelet #5
El Arco de Santa Catalina
The show is open January 28th through May 20th, with an opening reception on January 29th from 6-9pm.
I’ll also have work at the Society for Contemporary Craft’s “Third Time’s a Charm” exhibition, including work from jewelers all over the world focusing on the genre of the charm. We all send 3-5 pieces, they provide the bracelets, earring wires, or necklace chains, and all the work will be available for sale on their website. They’ve held the show twice before, and it seems like a great place to do some Valentine’s Day shopping if you’re into that. I don’t actually know what I’ll be making for that yet… Guess I better get soldering! I’ll be sure to post more on my Facebook page when it opens.
And otherwise I’ve put a few pieces on the etsy page that need homes. There are a few in there that I’ve been looking at too long and they’ve been given a discount. It’s time for those guys to leave the nest and make a life for themselves already, sheesh. Click on the pictures for more information.
Powerline Ring. $180.
Window Ring $280
Arabesque and Vine Earrings. $180 (reduced!)
And that’s that… Oh except a shout out to Susan Lomuto, the epic blogger at Daily Art Muse, who featured my work last Friday and made my life better. You can read the post here, if I haven’t twittered you in the face with it yet. I seriously love that blog and I’m dying of delight.
Sunday Sketch #21
Brooklyn. All oranged up.
