Dia De Los Muertos Festival at Mesa Art Center

Sorry for the last minute notice but there is a very exciting event going on at Mesa Art Center this weekend that you won't want to miss! I will be doing torch fired enamel demonstrations at the Dia De Los Muertos Festival. I got a bunch of copper skulls waterjet cut so that people can decorate their very own copper enamel sugar skulls! It should be really fun. See details below!

These are how the skulls came after the waterjet company cut them.
It was a very late night tonight sanding and filing them to prep them for enameling.A VERY late night.Anyway, come make your own enameled sugar skull! Details below...
When:Saturday, October 30 - Sunday, October 31, 2010 (I will only be there Saturday but the event is both days)
Where: Mesa Arts Center
Start time:Sat 10:00am / Sun 12:00pm
End time:5:00pm both days
Ticket Price:Free Festival

Join Mesa Arts Center for its fourth annual Dia de los Muertos Festival! Mesa Arts Center ignites in a celebration of departed loved ones in the traditional manner observed for centuries in towns across Mexico. The Mercado features vibrant colors, an assortment of traditional and contemporary merchandise, jewelry, Mexican arts & crafts and more from local artisans and vendors. Live entertainment, food, family and fun will be abundant! You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind cultural tradition!

Two New Etsy Shops You HAVE to See!

Two friends of mine just opened up their etsy shops! The first one is:

Newclassicpottery.etsy.com

My friend Jason Woolery just started an Etsy shop for his pottery. I met Jason at Arrowmont this summer. One of my favorite parts about going to Arrowmont was the friends I made. I feel like in one week I made friends that I will have for many years to come. Jason is a very talented ceramicist who will be applying to graduate schools this year to start next fall. I've been trying to talk him into applying at ASU but I am not sure if he is buying my sales pitch. As much as I love ASU, I'm not sure I would want to live in Phoenix after living in beautiful Tennessee! Anyway, his work is great and I am sure he will do well wherever he decides to go.
I bought this bottle above from him the other and can't wait to get it. Isn't it gorgeous?! He has some other really beautiful things (like the jar below) in his shop too, go check it out!

http://www.newclassicpottery.etsy.com/

The other shop you have to check out is:

TeddMcdonah.etsy.com

Tedd is one of the metals professors at ASU. He teaches blacksmithing and patterned metals (mokume gane and Damascus steel) and a few other classes. He is one of those people that you can spend 5 minutes with in a metals studio and wonder if you will ever in your lifetime know as much as he does about metalsmithing. I probably won't. Anyway, his work is awesome! He makes fishing lures (and lots of other stuff). Here are some of the lures he has for sale so far (but keep checking back because he is adding more everyday!) Also, check his blog to see his other work.

Floralure Orange and White Twitch and Pause IV Recyclure E Cheesy Recyclure Good as Au

Go check out his shop to see more of his work!