Another entry in my seemingly never-ending list of Talented Friends!!!
I met Amy a couple years ago on the summer art fair circuit. Her work is stunning
and beautiful in its own right… but it’s her personality, energy & spirit that
really makes her special. She’s a shining star at every art fair.
Her work is very clever. Everything has a hinge worked into it… or two.. or three…
Some of them are obvious. Some of them need a little closer look to figure out.
She has a wonderful sense of color & design, and uses a lot of wonderful stones
in her finely polished silver & gold metal work.
Over the past few fairs, we’ve become very friendly – sharing stories, jokes, cookies
and more. At our most recent fair, we shared our chocolate chip cookies on Saturday…
and she came back on Sunday with a tray of Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
with Chocolate Chips to share! See why we get along so well?
And oh, but wait there’s more… NEW THIS SEASON at the Barrington Art Fair…
Amy had these really groovy pieces that had an incredible semi-precious “stone”
with incredible chatoyancy!!! Big word, huh? That’s this really cool “shimmer” effect
of reflected light caused by aligned inclusions… kind of like the sheen on some great silk.
The luminous streak of reflected light is always perpendicular to the direction of the fibers.
Kinda technical… but trust me, it’s cool. Think tiger’s eye, think moonstone… and more!
Anyway… so after a lot of ooh-ing & aahh-ing… she finally told us it wasn’t even a stone!
It was indeed “semi-precious”… but it was slice of a vintage bowling bowl!!! Get out.
And with that… I needed one! So she’s making a “Bowleragate” necklace just for me!!!
I love having Talented Friends!!!
