funky petite plushie pins by naughty little pony

here’s a hint for a new line of necklaces…stay tuned!

i hope to post a couple this friday.

my heart skipped a beat when i saw this image. this piece is breathtakingly beautiful & sad…and mesmerizing. i can’t imagine the emotion if i were standing next to this sculpture. i fell in love with it even more when reading the description below by sabrina gschwandtner.

“Then there was Keith W. Bentley’s “Cauda Equina,” a small, shaggy sculpture of a horse. I stared at the little pony for a while, trying to pinpoint what made his presence so endearing yet inaccessible. I realized that the pony’s eyes were covered by hair, a veil that denied me the connection I sought. Wall text revealed that the work was based on Victorian-era funeral etiquette, which required widows to wear black for eighteen months. The piece mourns the death of over two hundred and fifty horses slaughtered in processing plants; the hairs from each horse were hand-knotted onto fabric and then fitted over a taxidermy form. The fact that this sculptural animal was created as a stand-in for others’ deaths gave it an otherworldly presence.”

click link below to see more work in the exhibition

found via etsy: “alive for now” by  Sabrina Gschwandtner. 

the dead or alive exhibit is at the museum of arts and design in new york, on view until october 24, 3010.

over the last few days i have been updating the shop pages of my website with pieces i have available for sale.

browse around and enjoy!

happy monday y’all

sterling & prehinite

i am sad to say that we have not been privi to picking our own home grown tomatoes this year. we haven’t had any, not a one from our 10 + plants! we normally have a bumper crop, so much so, that we always roast and freeze them away for a summer time dish in the winter.  i think they are suffering from heat stroke like the rest of us. although, the mornings and evening are beginning to become quite pleasant again here in austin so i am hopeful to find some of these red gems appear come fall. so, if any of you out there are enjoying some home-grown and hand picked tomatoes this year have one for me!!

this image is from a really wonderful farm food blog called brooklyn farm.  enjoy!

found via blog roll of thoughtful day  via cup of jo.

sterling, limpet shell, vintage ceramic bead

i have been a long time admirer of restless things. click here to see more of olivia jeffries collection.

i have been feeling behind in the studio lately and am trying to prepare a bit for the holidays as well as work on wholesale orders.  so, i have been in the studio working long fulfilled hours. one day last week i threw this together at a loss for what to make and it has been my go to lunch pretty much all week.

grilled tahini sandwich:

2 slices of bread with a light skim of butter on one side of each piece : tahini : hot sauce : salt

i always put about 8-10 drops of hot sauce (but i love spicy food so feel free to skip the snauce) on the tahini (thin layer) and add a tiny pinch of salt and brown the sandwich on each side in a dry skillet. thought you might enjoy yummy with salad, soup or a handful of sweet 100’s. yum!!!

rubber grapes, glass beads, filament, glass