New Members' Show

Hiya friends!  To anyone who is in or around the Winston-Salem area in the next month, I have some brand new pieces in the New Members' Show at the Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery in Winston's Downtown Arts District, right now through March 28!  We have quite a lovely arts district, worth checking out for the variety of galleries and shops as well as neat restaurants and bars if you happen to find yourself coming this way!

Unfortunately, due to an ice storm, our opening scheduled for this past Friday at the First Friday Gallery Hop was canceled... however, I will be doing a demo and artist talk for "How2Night," one of PCI's programs for educating the public about all that goes into making fine craft.  That takes place this Thursday, March 13, 6-7pm at Piedmont Craftsmen.  Open and free to the public, and a great chance to see the New Members' Show, which features the work of the 19 newest craftsmen accepted into the guild.

I'll be demonstrating how I form my "SeaPods" pieces from flat copper sheet into pod form with hammers and stakes and then how I apply the enamel to the interior of each piece.  Should be a fun time!

Brand Spankin' New Enameled Disc Trio Earrings on Etsy

Here it is:  CopperTide on Etsy

Woot woot!

It's kind of amazing how much work goes into this.  I spent the morning finishing up some photoshop edits for the new Enameled Disc Trio Earrings.  There are only six pairs of these, mind you, but the computer was running slow - need to do some housekeeping there.  Also, I'm a little anal about my photos, so I probably do a little more editing than is actually completely necessary, but what can I say?  I like them to look good! 

I also spent some time this weekend writing my etsy shop policies and getting all that business cleaned up.  Then the last 2 1/2 hours have been spent uploading photos, writing item descriptions, tagging, etc.  Just for six items.  But hopefully since I've put in more time and effort this time around, I will get some results.  (Tell your friends!) 

I don't know that etsy is really the way to go for all of this, things tend to get lost within an hour of posting.  There's just so much on there.  So I've decided to spread out my postings over a few days (Also because they haven't all been edited yet - that pesky business with life getting in the way over the weekend again.)  But I will post here each time I upload new work, and you can see what I've been up to.  I'm also going to look into setting up my website for better buyer's access.  Which may include finding a new host.  We'll see... I only have about 2 weeks to decide before I have to renew my subscription with my current host, Other People's Pixels, which is great for displaying your artist portfolio in any medium, but maybe not the best for selling.  Oh boy, more research!  A friend suggested Big Cartel, so I'll be looking into that one for sure.  I'll post updates on what I find out.

In the meantime, here's a sampling of Trio Disc Earrings.  Let me know what you think!

Bird of Paradise Disc Trios 

 Crocus Disc Trios

Thanks for reading!