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September 14, 2011
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gifts & drop-in craft making at September Shop this Saturday

September Shop Party

We had a great opening party this past Friday at September Shop. Thank you to all who came and thanks also to our evening sponsors for the wonderful crackers by Gone Crackers, humous by Golda, pastries by Fratelli Bakery, and wine by Diamond Wines. DJ Adam Rogers was great and truly helped to get a good vibe going.

If you haven’t been able to come by yet, we hope to see you this Saturday, the 17th.

  • The first 10 people to come through the door for September Shop will receive a gift! First come, first choice!!
  • Plus we will have drop-in collage button making with Laura Bucci. It will be only $2 to make a professional collage pinback button

Come on by for some refreshments, button making, and also check out Autumn Shift Festival on Main Street.

We are open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 to 5pm and Sunday 11:30 to 5pm.

196 Kingsway at 10th Avenue, Vancouver.

September Shop Opening

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August 29, 2011
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Collaboration project for September Shop

News on the pop-up shop I am participating in, starting September 3rd and ending September 28th.  In case you’ve forgotten or just landed here, the shop is called September Shop and is a retail pop-up shop showcasing work by 6 local designers, myself included. We all work with different materials and techniques, from leather, to fabric, to metals and paper.

We are also all working on collaborative projects that we will auction off. The proceeds will be going to ArtStarts, a leader on advocacy for arts in education.

My collaboration project involved working with a pattern image that Patsy Kay Kolesar uses in her jewelry work. My interest in working with her image was not only based on the appeal of the pattern (a very different look from my current work) but was also tied to the opportunity of working within a new theme, namely love and relationships. I saw this as an exciting opportunity to explore new directions and mediums.

Collaboration project - screenprinted journalI’ve been familiar with Patsy’s work for a couple of years now and by following her blog and through various conversations we’ve had, I have been exposed to the different facets of her theme. I began to tie this background information with my own personal experience of love and slowly began to find what I wanted to say within this theme. After exploring various formats and mediums, I settled on working with objects of daily use and in letting them present yet another side of relationships.

Collaboration Project - journalsThe journal will be auctioned together with a pocket mirror still on the topic of relationships as  seen below.

Pocket Mirror