New Studio Space

Lots has been happening this month!!  First off my studio has moved!  I am no longer downtown at the Parrish Studios where my studio has been for the past year and a half....I will miss being downtown at the Parrish and very much thank Jim Stevens for a great location and studio space.  My focus of my business has changed so I have moved my studio home to D street...the space has really transformed from cornbreads old room to CSD!!!  This space is much better than the cubical of hate, which was originally the space in mind to move my studio...the cubical is now a spare bedroom so that those who crash at the D street B&B will now have a bed!!!  

My crazy month and a half has come to an end...5 shows, wow, that was a lot....now I'm focusing on getting new items to my galleries for the holidays but after that I will be focusing on new designs...most of you know that I have been working with PVC, which I will continue to use but I've decided to add more elements and other materials/techniques...I'm refocusing on my original idea of "what happens if technology dies?" and mechanics....So I will be playing for most of the next month which will be very exciting...I will post photos of my progression!!!

Hope everyone has an amazing thanksgiving, the weather here has been amazing, which as lead to many bike rides!!  It's been a pretty fun fall and look forward to a productive winter!!!

Walker Show in Minneapolis

CVO Helping me move my studio

CVO building my new desk at the new studio

New finished work space

Finished office space

Minneapolis for Walker Show

Getting ready for the Walker Show in Minneapolis, it should be a great event!  I've been working hard to create new jewelry and look forward to heading up to the big city which is always welcoming and amazing!!  CVO is bringing the new pugsley "ooohhh yeeeaahhh" and I've got the "dark side" to ride.  We are staying with our good friends Butchy, Katie and Keller who are always great hosts and take such good care of us!!!  Check out the FB Walker event and I hope to see you all there!!!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144981295598925

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

A good friend of mine creates B Horror Movie shorts and his latest is about Micheal Meyers and his day off!  Please check out this video cause it features yours truly!!  Hope everyone has a very killer Halloween!!!

PS Gallery, Gallery 360, Bemis plus some single track

Another successful show in Columbia Missouri, Thanks Perlow-Stevens Gallery for a great event and to Shea, Joel, Chris, Jennifer, Izzy and Antonia for all your help (and anyone else I forgot)!!!

I also had a great time riding single track, I rode Rock Bridge where I met a new friend, Steve Miller with the CBC.  He guided me through the trails and helped this Nebraska girl figure out rocks and steep, steep hills!!  Was a total Blast!!!

Now I am leaving in the AM for Minneapolis!  I am involved in the annual trunk show at Gallery 360 (3011 West 50th x-xerxes show is Thursday from 6-9pm), I am very excited to show some new fun work!!  

I am also looking forward to having Butchy take me out on some single track Wednesday!! Kind of digging the trunk shows/single track action, wish CVO could join!!

After my quick trip to Minneapolis (I get back friday), I have the Bemis art Auction (724 South 12th Street from 6:30-9:30 $35/per person includes amazing food and drinks) Saturday in Omaha!!  

If you are around for any of the events please join, would love to see you all!!

Rock Bridge

Beaver Creek Trail (next to Rhetts Run)

" VP in DP"

at Gallery 360

"Set Aside to Grow Wild" 

Bemis Auction Item

Busy Time

Things are super crazy right now!! I had the Lincoln Arts Festival which was a week ago in Lincoln....amazing weather and nice turn out!!  I won "Best of Nebraska" award (second year in a row, pretty cool) which is a great honor!!  I am now just getting ready for my show in Columbia Mo at the Perlow-Stevens Gallery....trunk show next friday (7th October) and group fall exhibition that saturday!!  My good biking buddy Jen Deep is coming along so we can ride single track on sunday!!!  Yeah, art and bikes, love it!!!  Few photos of my new pieces that will be on exhibition at the gallery from Oct-Dec....

Beetlejuice

(sterling silver, PVC, leather, spray paint)

Driftwood

(sterling silver, copper, PVC, spray paint)

Stones from the River

(sterling silver, copper, PVC, spray paint)

Bootless Straps

(sterling silver, PVC, leather, spray paint)

Metal PVC & Bikes

So it has been a crazy few months!!!  Working away at jewelry, playing on the bike and traveling...I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for CVO's bros wedding, can you say beautiful...It was so amazing and relaxing, just what I needed...helped to refocus and create new work....

Then off to play again....CVO and a bunch of our friends were in a 50 mile mountain bike race in the Black Hills called the Dakota 50....I love that they are called the Black Hills, so deceiving, they are really mountains!!  A three day camping, riding, relax and chill with great peeps trip....got to see the most amazing views...I wasn't racing but road 4 miles out on the mountain, totally terrifying and I loved every moment of it...now I'm in training to hopefully pull if off next year!!  Great job crew, Grindcore, CVO, MG, Showen, Emery, Bigelow, SJ, Swanson and many many more...bad asses, I love it!!!

Now that I am back and Nebraska has become fall again (YESSSS!!!) I am juggling getting ready for the Lincoln Arts Festival (Sept 24/25 in town which is super nice)...


Solo trunk show at Perlow-Stevens Gallery in Columbia, MO Oct 7th along with exhibiting at their Autumn Exhibit(where I'm gana play too with some single track action)...


I just got a call yesterday from my gallery in Minneapolis asking to show in their annual trunk show (since an artist had to drop out/which was too bad)October 13 at Gallery 360...after the show in MN I will hall ass back to Nebraska just in time to attend the amazing and totally fun Bemis Art Auction in Omaha with CVO...where we will run around like kids in a candy store bidding on art that we really can't afford but really love and then going back to the Magnolia hotel to pass out on the most comfortable bed EVER!!!  

Since I haven't added quite enough to my plate there is the Homey Fall Festive in MN that Surly puts on, single speed bikes, beer and the woods...think it's ganna be a bast, but was told by CVO that I'm not to do any crazy acts on the bike (since I think I can do what everyone else can do but I really have no idea what I'm doing, I've only really been riding for 3 mths, the training wheels should still be on)...well regardless it will be a blast and as long as Broderson keeps her distance then no hospitals....

CVO joked the other day that with all the traveling I'm doing to MN that we should just move there....this brings me to the next show at Walker Art Center in yes, MN...Nov 5th...that means three trips up to MN in bout a month...think I'm starting to dig this town....

As I type this I'm keeping track of the time cause some how I said I would race one maybe two cross races...Guess I'll sleep when I'm dead, right?!?!  

I will keep you posted on new work (heres a new necklace of PVC, sterling silver(some recycled) and spray paint), which I hope you all think is fun, wild and a lil out of control...hopefully like me at times!!!  

PS  thanks for the note outside my studio downtown Lincoln, sorry I missed first friday again...

Minneapolis

What a great City!!! Thank you Minneapolis for such a great time!!!  We saw some old and new faces at the Uptown Art Fest...the best part was talking with people about art and meeting my new gallery, Gallery 360!!!  Thanks to Merry for snagging a bunch of my new work and pushing it onto all her clients at the gallery!  I think it's a great fit!!!  Here are some photos from the weekend, we started in Decorah Iowa where were hung with the parents, went for a short/hilly ride (no time for single track, bummer, next time) then off to Minneapolis where we took the Greenway EVERYWHERE!!!  Luved it, cars had to stop for us, amazing!  Had great gluten free food and beer, plus got to hang with good peeps (and my new fav buddy, Keller, see ya soon buddy)....thanks to everyone who hung with us and came by to check out my work.  Thanks Minneapolis and Gallery 360!!!
(check out Gallery 360 at www.gallery360mpls.com)

Viking In Decorah

Greenway

Nice Ride Metro Cycles

Butchy & CVO at Victor's yummy Cuban

Gluten Free Pizza & Beer at Pizza Luce (thanks The Cheat)

One On One Bike Shop

Uptown Art Fair

Uptown Art Fair

Dinner on Stella's Rooftop

Dinner at Barbettes with CVO

Bryant Lake Bowl, beers with CVO, Emery, Melissa and some other new friends