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All the charms in the Charmed Exhibition have been posted on the Society for Contemporary Crafts website. Make sure to check it out, you can view all the charms and shop online!

Oh, and if anybody out there wants to buy me a present, here are my favorites:
"Start Something" Charms by Becky McDonah'Iron-Clad, Polka-Dot, Heart-Charms by Tedd McDonah

Fin Charm by Angela Bubash
Cysts and Symmetries Charm by Vina Rust
Her Charming Smile Charm by Margaux Lange
Cast Crystals Charm by Sarah West

Charmed 2011

Finally finished my charms today for the Charmed Exhibition at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh. The show opens Feb 10th, so if you are in the area be sure to check it out. If not, they will be listing all the charms online so you can view and shop from wherever you may be. More info coming soon, for now, here are my charms!

Charms all made with sterling silver, fine silver, antique chandelier crystals, pearls, and each about an inch in size.

The group, some viewed from the front, some from the back.

Charm #1 front above, back below.
Charm #2, front above, back below.

Charm #3, front above, back 2 below.


Charm #4, front 2 above, and back 2 below

Charm #5, front 2 above, back below

Sneak Peek at Charmed

Sharon Massey, store manager at the society for contemporary craft, posted pics of the charmed show on facebook. I wanted to share some of them here since it looks like such a fun show! I SO wish I could see them all in person (and I totally want the whole bracelet!!!)

This is a view of the installation (above) and more info on the show (below).

"Charmed, an exhibition of artist-made charms in the Store at Contemporary Craft (Pittsburgh) is available now through March 2010. Forty nationally recognized jewelers created charms in a variety of materials, from silver, gold, and enamel, to silk, plastic, suede, and romance novels. Priced between $20 and $500, you can create a collection of your favorite on a charm bracelet, or wear them individually as a pendant."I love Margaux Lange's Barbie Charms!Check out these mokume gane lovelies by Victoria Altepeter!Raissa BumpLynn BatchelderMelissa Manley Brittany SondbergCute little heart and key charms by my professor, Becky McDonah.

And of course, I love almost everything by Bob Ebendorf, and would die to have either one of these charm bracelets he made with found objects!

If you are in Pittsburgh, go see the show!!!

Charmed

I finished my charms for the "Charmed" show at the Society for Contermorary Craft in Pittsburgh. For some reason this project was really, really hard for me! I guess I am pretty happy with how these turned out, but I'd like some more time to explore charms and not be rushed, so maybe I'll come back to this later. Anyway, here are the details for the show:

"Charmed"

an exhibition of artist-made charms and charm bracelets at the

Society for Contemporary Craft

2100 Smallman Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

January 19-February 27, 2010
Other participants include:

Bob Ebendorf
Robert Longyear
Margaux Lange
James Thurman
Jen Townsend
Marlene True
Rob Jackson
Robin Kraft
Ana Lopez
Victoria Altepeter
Mary Hallam Pearse
Kathryn Osgood
Brittany Sondberg
Erica Stankwytch Bailey
Allyson Bone
Vince Pontillo
Adrienne M. Grafton
Lynette Andreason
Bryan Peterson
Tavia Brown
Autumn Brown
Talya Baharal
Tim Lazure
Renee Zettle-Sterling
Colleen Heineman
Rachel Ketzner
Sarah Holden
Stacey Webber
Lynn Batchelder
Raissa Bump
Alissa Lamarre

Tedd McDonah

Becky McDonah

Liz Steiner

Charms

I've been really struggling to come up with an idea for a charm. I was invited to participate in the Charmed show at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh and the deadline is Jan. 15th. We were asked to make 3-5 charms meant for charm bracelets for a Valentines Day timed show at the SCC Store. This is my first attempt at a charm...what do you think?
This is so much harder than I thought it would be!