The holidays are upon us, so come shop the boutique full of handmade gifts for your loved ones!
We’ve got some fantastic new inventory just in time.
Cute, delicate charm necklaces from Crave.
Lovely clutches and shoulder bags from Crystalyn Kae
From Phil Barbato, adorable monster plushies, scarves, and onesies for your little one
And last but definitely not least, kinetic boat toys from Make Waves, LLC
We have awesome supporters in the community who have given us some goodies to give to you!
We have Cartoon Network books and zines and a Sublime Stitching goodie bag that contains their new, in-house embroidery floss along with a cute little Fox pattern.
Mention you saw this post and it’s yours! We’re here until 8:00 pm today!
Cartoon Network is celebrating 20 years of innovative animation. They commissioned world class purveyor of independent art Mark Murphy to spend the last year assembling a collectible book featuring seventy nine groundbreaking artists who’ve collaborated with Cartoon Network. When they heard our anniversaries are coinciding, they donated 25 copies and we’ll be giving them away the night of our opening and throughout the month of our Retrospective show! Young Blood has shown several of the artists included in the book and a handful will be in this month’s show. Cartoon Network ALSO gave us a few exclusive zines from their gallery show at this year’s Comic Con in San Diego .
We have some wonderful new items in the shop this week!
Masa Sasaki’s beautifully intricate ceramic works
Exceptional jewelry by Crafts and Love
Adorable knitted ankle booties by Korke Kids
Marty May ties and tees for men and women
We have both new and returning artwork from the exceptional Mab Graves. Stop by and check it out!
A little about the artist:
Pop surrealist artist Mab Graves was born in Indiana and touts herself as never having attended art school. Much of her work is influenced by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as well as fairy tale pop culture icons such as Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan, Snow White and various others. Her website can be found here.
Deirdre @ the Witching Hour
Dia de Los Muertos
Cabinet of Curiosities Specimen (4 individual pieces)
Conjoined Twins and Amazing Tattooed Lady (2 of each)
Little Red/Proper Beast
Tentacle Tea Time
In anticipation of our May Opening, take a moment to learn about Artist and Atlanta Community Activist, Gregory Christie.
Gregory Christie was born on July 26, 1971 in Plainfield, New Jersey. Christie grew up in the community of Plainfield, New Jersey with his mother and father—who have both Creole and Jamaican roots. Having shown a gift for drawing and illustrating early on, Christie had his first published illustration in Star Ledger the summer of 1990. Christie graduated from SVA (School of Visual Arts, NY) with his B.F.A. degree in 1993.
Gregory recently finished a project for the NYC Transit Authority who asked him to create a piece for their Subway Soiree Series. If you’re in New York, look for Gregory’s work on subway trains all over the island of Manhattan, or you can purchase it here. Locally, you can see him at the High Museum this month on May 13 for a book signing and gallery talk.
He has also won an armload of accolades for his children’s book illustrations, including the Coretta Scott King award for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, and Deputy U.S. Marshal. Christie has illustrated the biographies of many other significant historical and cultural figures, including Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and Sojourner Truth. Two of his books were on ‘The New York Times’ 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books list: Only Passing Through and Stars in Darkness.
Gregory’s most recent undertaking is a real dream come true. After illustrating children’s books for over fifteen years, Gregory made the decision to redirect his passion for teaching history and culture through art to more of a community-based level. How did he make this transition? He recently acquired a nice space to operate a store in. Gas-Art Gifts is soon to open at the North Dekalb Mall in Decatur.
The bookstore/gift shop will feature Gregory’s children’s books, handmade products and the space will also serve as a live painting studio with weekend workshops covering everything from quilt making to dj-ing. Check out Gregory’s Kickstarter site to learn more. Take the time to watch the video to gain a real sense of Christie’s passion about bringing literacy and tangibility to art within the Atlanta community. Even though the opportunity to donate via kickstart is closed at this time, it looks like it will be open to backers on the Kickstarter website any day now, so bookmark the site if you want Gas-Arts to be a staple in our community.
And don’t forget to come to the gallery show opening to see his beautiful work in person- Saturday, May 5th 7-10 pm.
til then,
Hannah G.
Biographical information obtained from http://www.thehistorymakers.com
Hey guys,
I thought I was done with jewelry updates when I posted about our new Stone & Honey items on Friday, but we just received two more lovely jewelry shipments that must be shared as well.
Sparklefarm sent us a fun selection of necklaces and earrings. Below are my favorites of what we received:
Skinny Bar Earrings
Vintage Pretzel Bracelet
Coral and Brass Curve Necklace
Turquoise Dagger Necklace
One of our vendor all stars, Erica Weiner, also sent us a shipment!We have a ton of new styles, so here’s a small selection:
Lucite Hoops
“All’s Well” Brass Earrings (the other says “We May Well Be Happy Yet)-cast from vintage wax seals
Old Style Earrings. Love these.
Lady Mary Bracelet. I love the tassel and the knot in the middle; it’s all about the details.
Safety Pin Bracelet (gold fill, not your average goth-y safety pin bracelet)
Tubes N’ Tubes Necklaces
Building Blocks Necklace. Pair this with a simple black top and put your hair in a bun with a red lip for some serious impact.
Brass Vertebrae Necklace (cast from real snake vertebrae). I splurged; I confess. In my defense, I’ve been wanting this baby for two years. Wearing it with sparklefarm’s turquoise dagger necklace right now!
happy Sunday!
xo
steph
Happy Tuesday, all!
Tracy of Tweet Design just brought us some cute new hairclips, kids tees and prints. Take a peek.
Hair clips made from recycled soda cans!
“Sawhorse” print
And my favorites, the precious kids tees:
Lion Tamer
Strong Man
-Come check them out!
xo
Steph
We also have some awesome books in store. Here is a handful:
Wait a second, that was an abnormally large handful. Anyways, these are great books and are sure to please the reader of family.
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How is everyone’s holiday season going? Fantastic? Great! We have some awesome goodies for your family, your special someone, and even your grandmother. Come by the shop for all of your holiday shopping needs. Remember: stay local!
Best Year Ever :: 2012 Calendar by Melanie Linder
Scarves by Death/Traitors
Those Scarves would look great with this crewneck sweatshirt as well!
Earrings from Betsy & Iya
Bottle openers from Erin//RedBootsDesign
And these are all just new items. Just imagine all of the possibilites we have here for the holidays. It’s pretty overwhelming, I know. However, we’ll be here for you to find everything you could possibly need. Grandma will not be disappointed this year. Come on over!
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Mint Gallery is having their annual Postcard Pinup Show on December 10th. If you are a human or even a creative being/creature, you are invited to submit to this spectacular non-curated and highly affordable art show. The purpose is to raise funds for the non-profit gallery, as well as give the opportunity for artists to exhibit their work to a grand and voluminous crowd & provide the chance for connections with other creative individuals.
Check out the link below for the flier for artist and patron information.
2011 Postcard Pinup Information
Go make stuff and submit!
▲Trek.
