talent show

had a blast and blew some cash at the serial cultura / stars and ravens / micaela greg / crumley trunk show last thurs at the silverman gallery. check it out! all such talented, lovely people!


the crowd and brian working the crowd. awesome cape + hat, huh?!


serial cultura, geneva, and bear the mascot


geneva & jen, jen & gabe


BFF!!?!! <3<3<3ing crumley necklaces


karen & marie aka micaela greg and their amazing geometric knits!


sarah's gorgeous stars and ravens (that's a last supper paint-by-numbers motif, btw!)


sharon's crumley bracelet and manicure

father/daughter

i was browsing una's blog (one of my favorite stores in portland) and came across tomoko igarashi's knotted necklaces! apparently her parents were both designers, her father, takenobu igarashi an influential and innovative graphic and product designer (below!) and her mother, keiko, working in textiles and housewares. don't you just love a creative family!?

friendship bracelets

thought id share my bracelets with you all today. caitlin brought me the marigold and orange thread-wrapped bangles from her travels in india! and dorothy brought me the maasai beaded bracelets from her travels in tanzania! i'm also working on some necklaces and bracelets out of some vintage embroidery yarn that i found the other day...and for a bit more inspiration, the adornments in their natural habitats:

tony tony tony

in a conversation about cool buildings that burned down in the 90s, jacob told me about tony duquette (neo-baroque costume/interior/jewelry designer extraordinaire) and his san francisco synagogue-turned-"celebrational-environment," the canticle of the sun of st. francis of assisi. tony revitalized the vandalized building with his art, antique collections, and sculptures, but everything (gaudy interiors included) went up in smoke after an electrical fire. here are a few from a book i checked out of the library...more photos on his website...





tony's motto: MORE IS MORE! his aesthetic was all mixed prints and patterns and moroccan and chinese and louis xiv and chartreuse and starbursts and leopard and velvet and handmade and more...... after working on costumes and sets in hollywood (camelot!) he was tapped to work on interiors of clubs, celebrity and socialite homes (elizabeth arden!), and worked on his own homes and villas, collecting and collecting and remaking and constantly changing. what an inspiration! it's all so over the top! go big or go home, tony.