Saturday, May 6 10-4
Buffalo Style Garden Art Sale
Saturday & Sunday June 24 & 25 (10-4 Saturday 10-3 Sunday)
Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave, Buffalo
http://gardensbuffaloniagara.com
Reinstein Woods Artisan Market
Saturday July 15 11-4 93 Honorine Drive, Depew
Waiting for confirmation for the Glen Park Art Festival in Williamsville held during the last week of July.
Over the years I have found a variety of beautiful antique and vintage Sterling spoons and forks. My favorite are the highly detailed floral designs from the Art Nouveau era. I enjoy repurposing them into jewelry pieces, creating several keepsake pieces from loved one’s silverware.
Because I often only use the handle, I am left with the bowl of the spoon or the tines of the fork. Many these are just as ornate as their handles. It would be a shame to let them go to waste…
BUFFALO STYLE GARDEN ART SALE
June 25 & 26 Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
https://www.gardensbuffaloniagara.com/buffalo-style-garden-art-sale
HAMBURG GARDEN WALK
July 9 & 10 Memorial Park
http://hamburggardenwalk.com/index.html
ARTISAN MARKET
July 16 Reinstein Woods
https://reinsteinwoods.org/events/artisan-market/
GLEN PARK ART FESTIVAL
July 30 & 31 Glen Park
https://www.glenparkartfest.com/
I have never in my years as an artist double-booked myself at shows.
Saturday, April 2, presented me with 2 opportunities to sell my work. Since both are fundraisers, I wanted to support both schools.
My wonderful daughter & her daughter stepped in to lend a hand! They will be “woman-ing” my table at one show while I work the other!
Cleveland Hill High School, 105 Maple Road, Cheektowaga, NY 9-1
Sweet Home High School, 1901 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, NY 9-3
The weather prediction is sunny and mid 40’s- a good day to support local high school fundraisers! Thank You!
While my gardens sleep under their blanket of snow, I am still inspired to create Sterling Clay leaves!
I only have two indoor plants at the moment- a large coleus I dug up last fall and a small primrose from my local market. Thought I might try another type of leaf to imbed in the clay. Inspiration struck as I was eating my spinach salad! Why should flowers have all the fun?
Although I have no shows scheduled for the foreseeable future, I feel inspired each day to continue creating.
One of my favorite new discoveries is called MetalMagic- a truly fun way to transform garden leaves into wearable Sterling silver pendants.
Small leaves pressed onto the thinly rolled clay are kiln-fired to 1600 degrees Fahrenheit for 60-90 minutes. This allows the binder to burn away, leaving the silver, which is .960 pure -slightly higher than Sterling. Upon removal from the cooled kiln, I clean, oxidize, and polish the silver leaves.
I will be sharing my one of a kind handmade jewelry and decorative pottery at Lockwood’s Greenhouses on September 12.
I will be among the many local artists and vendors helping Pets Alive WNY (7007 Campbell Blvd. in Pendleton) celebrate their anniversary on Sunday, July 26 11-3!
https://facebook.com/events/s/anniversary-lawn-fete/554413892177243/?ti=icl
Under normal circumstances I would be preparing for The Buffalo-Style Garden Art Show held at the Buffalo & Erie county Botanical Gardens.
Here are a few items I created with them in mind…
Although this and many other wonderful summer shows are cancelled this year, I hope to be exhibiting my work later this year. In the meantime, be well and enjoy the summer!
Due to health concerns, my art show schedule is on hold.
Stay healthy my friends and hopefully I will see you in May!
Over the Buffalo Moon 