Sassyglass and Scarfitup Together!

Another bit of collaboration!

Sassyglass' Andrea Cumming and Scarf It Up have collaborated once again to produce some delightful designs in neckwear. These three distinctly different necklaces - fiber with dichroic glass pendants - will be available at our gallery, Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts in Wilmington NC, very shortly. They sell for $39 each.

Comment below or email scarfitup [at] ec.rr.com if interested or if you want additional information. More photos available here.

Working at Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts

The Gallery has been open for a full week now! It has a wonderful clean and colorful look to it that entices people to come in. It was Easter Monday in NC and many families are on vacation, so there were many out-of-towners with children, and MANY people browsing. Many fine compliments were bestowed upon us.

My husband (the potter) has sold 3 of his signature pinch pots, and I have sold a scarf and a necklace with a dichroic glass pendant (SassyGlass).

The Grand Opening is 2 weeks away - we'll be sending an announcement via email and this blog shortly.

Artist's Statement

As part of the opening of Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts, the artists were asked to write an "Artist Statement." Since I have had difficulty considering myself an artist (although many others DO!), I struggled with this. First I researched to learn what such a statement IS. Then I struggled even more with developing one for myself.

The charge: write one that is 80 - 100 words! I'd have been fine if the charge were 1000 words or less, but do you realize how FEW words 100 are??? So I whipped out Word and started writing. The first version was 168 words (using Word Count). I whittled and whittled until I got down to 128. THEN I LOST THE WHOLE THING!!!!

But in the end................I worked some more and this is the result:

ARTIST STATEMENT - Louise Giordano & Scarf It Up!

Fiber is the fabric of life; knitting feeds and is the key to my soul! Through my fingers and fiber flows a vision to create functional, wearable fabric. The interplay of needles and fiber is therapeutic, tactile, and sensual. The process is all-absorbing; the results are uniquely satisfying.

For me, handknitting represents passionate flirtation and experimentation with traditional techniques, tools, and stitches with new and vintage materials to produce non-traditional work. Whether worn on the body or decorating a home, my pieces are an extension of my being, a source of creative expression for me, and a process that brings joy to the beholder.

I'm addicted to Etsy Treasuries!

Creating them, that is! Oh....I like looking at them too, but I LOVE the challenge of first trying to snag one and then trying to create a beautiful, eye-catching and enticing whole developed around a theme. I turned on my computer this morning, ran over to the Treasury section, and one was expiring in 18 seconds! I jumped right on it, and lo and behold, here is the result:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury.php?id=1175743860556U15788 It's called KNOT, KNOT, Who's there? (with a typo in the title! - DUH!!!)

For those of you Etsyians who are similarly addicted, here are a few tips that I use to snag and create one:

1. Re-order the list so the next expiration times are on top on the first page.
2. If one is close to expiring, hang around. Sometimes the box never appears, so see when the next one is due to expire.
3. When the box appears at the bottom of the page, have a first letter waiting and type it into the box. That box will remain yours indefinitely while you come up with the rest of the title. Once you have begun the title, there is no need to rush. If you got this far, you've actually snagged an open Treasury!
4. Think about themes for a Treasury all the time, and even do searches accordingly to see if there are beautiful things to fill it with.
5. Start with the last pages of the search to give exposure to older items - it'a a plug for all Etsyians.
6. Leave comments on Treasuries that you love!

That's it! Please visit mine today and tomorrow - because then it will expire and BE GONE!!!!

Update on Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts

It's OFFICIAL! The gallery will open on April 1, rather than April 2. The GRAND OPENING will remain on April 27 during the downtown Wilmington "Fourth Friday Gallery Walk!" I left 40+ fiber art items there yesterday to be displayed (probably not all will be), and my potter husband left about 20 items, including pinch pots and ceramic masks. My work includes scarves, bags, neckpieces, neckwraps, wallhangings, wrapped tubes and other objets d'art.

PCPFC's HOURS: Monday - Saturday: 10 - 5:30 and Sundays: 11 - 4.

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: Friday, April 27, 6 - 9 PM

LOCATION: Historic Cotton Exchange, 307 North Front Street, Wilmington, NC