As some of you know, I’ve developed carpometacarpal osteoarthritis in my left thumb joint. It became a problem after the Asheville Percussion Festival last summer. When I saw the hand surgeon right after Christmas, we decided to treat it conservatively with rest, a supportive splint, some physical therapy, and a steroid injection to calm the […]
After missing last year’s show due to waiting too long to put in my application (it happens!), I was back at the Callanwolde Arts Festival this year. There’s a lot to like about this show! It is one of the few winter options available in the area, which is nice since Life prevents me from
Maker Faire Atlanta is coming up in just a few weeks (Saturday/Sunday October 3-4) in downtown Decatur. As a definite Geek in Good Standing, I’ve participated in it every year except one. It’s always one of my favorite events of the year just because it’s so different from the usual art festival. The focus is
On Saturday at the Piedmont Park Arts Festival, a mother and her young children stopped in to my booth on their way to the pool. They looked at some of my pendants, and then asked if I had any stars. I showed them my chainmaille Celtic Star pendants, but they were just too big. The
I finally dug my way through my studio to my torch this week, thanks to cleaning out the office closet for some added storage. Any time it’s been a while since I’ve turned on the torch, I kind of wonder if I’ve lost my touch in the interim. So I didn’t try anything tricky last
At TribalCon, a fellow dancer and professional mermaid (yes, there is such a thing!) asked if I could make a new chain for her beloved mermaid pendant. It had to stand up to both salt water and chlorinated pool water as well as be strong enough to hold the pendant. The pendant itself is Tibetan
Our 2012 outdoor show season started this past weekend with the Spring Festival on Ponce, put on by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces. We could not have asked for better weather over the weekend, though a little less breeze might have been appreciated since our drapes kept blowing around and the banner kept trying
Between shows, our teaching jobs, occasional commission orders, and everything else, neither Andrea nor I have had a lot of time to make anything for ourselves. So I, at least, am taking advantage of the holiday lull to do so. I have had a couple of chain maille kits from Blue Buddha Boutique sitting in
Atlanta’s weather in June can be a real gamble. Sometimes it’s just pleasantly warm, other years things turn brutal early. 2010 is an example of the latter, which meant there was only one word to describe the Avondale Estates 2010 Art-B-Que on June 12-13: HOT. Let me repeat that. HOT!!! Copper Dancer Designs was assigned
Yesterday was a warm, sticky kind of typical June day in Atlanta as Copper Dancer Designs set up at its first ever show (and our first ever outdoor show) at ARTlantis, put on by Beep Beep Gallery and billed as “Atlanta’s Subterranean Music and Arts Festival.” We both felt like this show was something of
