AxelHoney Jewelry

This past weekend we participated in Acre Las Vegas. The show traffic was slower than we had anticipated. But, gave us a wonderful opportunity to meet many of our fellow artists. One artist that was our aisle neighbor was Axelhoney. Axelhoney is created by Santa Monica artist Melissa Contreras. Melissa is an illustrator and jewelry designer. I would describe her jewelry as sweet like honey with whimsy. Above are some of my favorite pieces. And below is one of my favorite illustrations Melissa has done. You can purchase her work on her website.

Shameless Self Promotion | Hi Octane Design Does Blog Templates

I just finished this custom blog template for a friend up in Bainbridge Island, Washington. She is a creative soul, who has a wonderful studio and amazing gardens. She is a fellow crafter and treasure hunter who likes to collect like myself. She also has a son who is one of my favorite artists. Check out her blog when you get a chance.

Wall Jewelry by Jim Martin Sculpture

I came across the scultpure work of Santa Barbara artist, Jim Martin and was competely inspired. His pieces are like sleek elegant wall jewelry in my mind. I love his use of metal, cable and stones. I couldn't find many pictures of his work but he does have a web site here. You can also see more of his work at Covet Gallery.

Repurposed metal and signage converted into insect art.

Today, I was in La Quinta, CA at the La Quinta Arts Festival and I saw the art of Kari Von Wening and Jan Bush. I love how they repurpose scrap metal and signage into fabulous art. Check out their work here.
http://karivonwening.com/index.html

My New Favorite Artist - Tamara De Lempicka

This weekend I went to the Palm Springs Modernism Week. It was a fun excuse to go to the desert for a day trip. I had never been, and wasn't sure what to expect. Overall the show was good. It wasn't super huge but a lot of quality retro modern pieces. There were a lot of dealers with wonderful collector pieces. I was pleasantly suprised to see all the wonderful jewelry that I had new idea would be there. My favorite discovery was coming across this booth by DK Art Publishing, who had all these wonderful prints by Tamara De Lempicka. I love her art. My favorite is the Autoportrait. I think the subject in the painting has an uncanny resemblance to Uma Thurman in Henry & June, which is my all time favorite movie. I love coming across something that is very inspiring and her work did it for me.

Sophie Adde - Artist

I came across this French artist's artwork on the Papaya Blog.
I just love the way her pieces have a collaged look and of course I love the asian influence. I have started a small collection of vintage tins and I enjoy how her paintings feature some. Her web site is here.