Sharing with you the person that always supports me!!
ME AND MOM


Being busy with work, it's not often that we can have a nice dinner anymore. To give thanks and to start the new year great, I treated my mom and sister to a nice dinner at Danny Brown tonight. It was so yummy! Below are some photos from my sister's iPhone.








Me and Shirley


Last note, me and mom again! She is so great to me, especially because she allows me to follow what I wish.

The Collaborative Habit

This afternoon, I bought The Collaborative Habit by Twyla Tharp from www.bn.com. Twyla Tharp is also the author of "The Creative Habit." A really good book for any artist who needs to harvest their creativity!

I wonder if her newest book will be comparable to "The Creative Habit." Anyway, I can't wait to receive her book in the mail soon!

5 Year Plan

I found out that Yoko Ono is one of the participating artist for a collaborative project called the 5 Year Plan. What I love so much about this project is that their mission is to help artisans who practice traditional crafts but may have been overlooked by the global economy. So 32 artists are putting a book together in honor of "sustainable mode of production." Check out the site and the video below to find about more about it.

5 Year Plan from swirly byraloo on Vimeo.

Support!

reading from Paua Dreams Blog

Some questions/issues I found interesting in Paua Dreams' article Identity Issue-

"the general reluctance on the part of these jewellers to accept the label ‘Swedish jeweller"

"the only way they seemed to understand this label was as a descriptor of theme or material – Swedish jewellery as jewellery that in some way declares its Swedishness through references to national/ethnic traditions, or local or natural materials"

"What are good and bad methods of thinking about, or relating to, national identity in jewellery? E.g. what is Swedishness in contemporary jewellery, and what value does it offer for Swedish jewellery to engage with local traditions?"

"It is interesting that Americans seem to have no trouble applying the term American jewellery to their work, or Australians the idea of Australian jewellery."

something to think about

More pics from the holiday sale

Finally got myself to put the photos I took onto my computer. Here are the pictures from the 3rd Ward Craft Fair.

The crowd...It was also really cold that day! Vendors including myself had to wear their jackets all day.



My display...


Sam's Christmas tree!!! Cutest thing ever


Our setup together


She's SMILING!! Sam is so happy! It was a good day.


We also made cookies the night before the sale! We actually didn't make as many cookies as planned because of time; and we also didn't get to package them nicely. But it still turned out great! Chocolate Chai Spice Shortbread and Pumpkin Cookies were the cookies we had time to make. Not only pretty and yummy but they are vegan!! That makes them extra special! Thanks to Amanda who also helped us bake. Sam and I were so exhausted that night. Definitely if we were to make any baked goods the next time around, we would have to prepare two nights before or start earlier in day- not 9pm, what were we thinking?! But the results!!!

It was a sell out!


Thanks to Sam for being there with me. It was nice that we did the sale together. Have to pat ourselves in the back because we both did good!



Through it all, most importantly, I learned to always enjoy and have fun with everything!!

highlights from the last two weeks

Studio 11's first holiday sale!!!

Yummy treats!




Jackie's jewelry




Abbi's jewelry




Kareen's jewelry




My stuff




Steph's jewelry




The turnout wasn't so great. But still, it was good to have our first sale together! I enjoyed it so much!! (Thanks to Steph for taking all these pictures)



For the 3rd Ward Holiday Sale, please check out Steph's blog for pictures. We both made some good sales. I was happy to have done it and be a part of the fair. Supposedly, I did great for my first time. That is something to be proud of.


Now, I will show you some photos of work that I sold. Hai took some very interesting photos. There are special functions on the camera I am not so familiar with, but here you can see how my jewelry looks under the HDR effect.


I feel like I make such sea creature works.



And now, some real photos...





I am so amazed at how much the camera can capture. I really want a good camera!!

(via reference library).