Xela, Guatemala.
Sunday Sketch #32
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Sunday Sketch #31
It seems like a few weeks early, but the forsythia says it’s spring.
While I’m here, let me tell you about Polyester Pomegranate- a project I’ve started with my studio-mate, Matt Smith.
We’re collaborating on a line of jewelry, but until then check out our blog where I get all my tangents out. We’ll be doing regular interviews with our artistic friends here in Asheville and keeping up with the scene in our lovely town. Click here to read!
Sunday Sketch # 30
A carved panel in The Met’s Islamic art wing.
Etsy and Such
Extra Long Quatrefoil Necklace
Trefoil Stud Earring
Chichi Long Necklace
Xela Drop Earrings
I’ve been updating the Etsy site with lots of new jewelry and lots of new photos. Check it out!
Sunday Sketch #29
Fire escapes.
On the Bench/ Off the Bench
work & tools
samples & scraps
Mr. Squeakers, the studio mouse, wuz here.
What happens when a crappy office table is pulled off balance.
There were no casualties.
Sunday Sketch #28
Xela, Guatemala. This one might be a sculpture one day, too.
Sunday Sketch #27
Asheville’s City Building- art deco architecture at it’s very best.
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.
