I Want to Go to That

Hello! I have been doing a lot of traveling this week... on  the Great Oracle that is.  :) I recently have found some places that I urgently need to see. Here they are as follows:

 1) Kiteya in Soho NY

They sell new Kyoto fashion, accessories, and home goods as well as fabrics and papers. I can't wait until my next trip to the Big Apple, this is already bookmarked on my map!

2) Mitsuwa Summer Festival in  NJ: Saturday 8/18/12


Who knew that Mitsuwa had a Summer Matsuri?! Well maybe you did but I didn't! And so close to home! Taiyaki, Okonomiyaki Pancakes, yakitori, green tea ice cream.... ok you know why I'm going!

3) Mathematics of Light by Chin Chih Yang,  at the Towson University Asian Arts Gallery. Now - 7/29/12

This exhibit looks so interesting! According to the website, "Yang's "Mathematics of Light" is sculpture/installation made of cans, tubing from hospital oxygen masks and other recyclable materials, which signals a conservation aesthetic in a society for the most part dedicated to waste"


SOooo, I'll be a busy lady for the next few weeks! Hopefully I'll get to these places and have some fun photos to share with you all!

xoxoxox -Amy

Towson recap

I know this is a bit late, but I wanted to just say how rare and wonderful it was at Towson spring festival this year! The rare part was the no-rain-not-scorchingly-hot weather and the wonderful part was all the happy people I got to meet! There must be something in the air, the mood seems to be lighter at all of the shows this year! I'm not complaining :)

Also, I just have to mention this because I was so excited: my fantastic Midnight Matsuri statement necklace finally found a home at this show! For those of you who don't know, that was my absolute favorite piece to make as of yet! oh, and it looked absolutely stunning on her! So happy!

In other news, I planted my first crop of veggies in the garden yesterday. Feels so good to get back in the dirt. As for today, I'm getting ready for the Gilman School Family Day this Saturday. Always exciting to be invited to try new venues!

Xoxoxo - Amy

Matsuri Earrings

Today I decided to have a studio cleaning day! I slowly seem to create small messes wherever and whenever I work, so I went about eliminating these. In the process I managed to unearth a pair of earrings I had made a while ago that I thought were lost! (they were just lost in the mess...) So here they are, I really enjoyed them because they weren't identical. I had modeled them after Japanese Festivals and were so named Matsuri which is Japanese for Festival!