Coastal Snapshots

The collection is suddenly huge and growing by the week. To get myself psyched for a one hour meeting in Newport (read: 3.5 hour drive) on Friday (read: from 4-5 pm), thought I'd post a couple of my favorites from a recent trip to Florence.

Co-worker Dave to the top right.

mmmmm, I'm gonna eat you

Port of Florence. Only one charter boat here.

This was one of the June days when the heat wave hit Portland, which means afternoon fog and chill on the coast.

Bought tuna from this salty character. Tuna season had started that week in mid June and the nearshore waters were so cold that this guy caught this tuna over 100 nautical miles off the coast. There was cigarette ash in our tuna. Love it.

Harbor Seal Victory!

Glory of Music

Just to ground myself, I must share with you the concert tickets that are currently in my pocket:

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes
Scissor Sisters
Rufus Wainwright, with the Portland Symphony
Local Natives (maaaybe)
Black Keys
Dirty Projectors
Arcade Fire

All in the next two months! Potential to explode, for sure.

I leave you with a new tune from the band, Drummer, started by the drummer of the Black Keys and comprised of drummers from assorted bands, all picking up new instruments this time around.

Hot Damn

Pardon the French, but hot damn. Check out these cuffs made by Canadian cutie, Love at First Blush. These beauties come to us from Montreal and won't leave my mind anytime soon.

Sevan Bicakci

When I think of jewelry, I like to think BIG and BOLD. Check out the work of Sevan Bicakci, a Turkish jeweler extraordinaire. I love his use of mixed metals and that he uses diamonds but doesn't let them overshadow the raw color of the gemstones. Now this is what I'm screamin':


Apparently you can find his work in NYC, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, but his largest collection is displayed at Dubai-Wafi Mall and at the W Hotel in Istanbul.

pursuit of happiness

july earrings. FOR SALE!

Made with bare necklines and summer skin tint in mind. Also, made in the home studio which means no torch, no soldering, and pliers from an old tool box that have since been replaced. Time for new tools.

river stone with an edge: style reminds me of a pair of earrings i own and am in love with, originally a gift from Sadie Rose. $22


damn disco: get your purse, we're going out. $18

























the eleanor: based on an earring I made last winter that convinced a friend to get her ears pierced at 24. $24

cuff it

The silver cuff is timeless. Here is a first attempt.




Inner length: 5.5"
Wire gauge: 6
Hours spent hammering: 2
Date made: 7/23/2010

everyday necklace

First stab at copper: I made a leaf. It's now become my new everyday necklace. Can't wait to work more with copper metal, whose melting point is almost 300 degrees higher than sterling silver (1981 degrees F). The finish on this piece is a patina, which is a kind of calcification used to make a metal look old and antiquated.

Creating vintage, me likes.

tigers eye cuff. FOR SALE!

This is a serious chunk of sterling silver. 1.5 oz to be exact. It feels solid as a rock yet smooth on the skin. I've always been a fan of bold cuffs, but this could easily be made from thinner wire for a more dainty feel.

10 gauge half round wire attached to bezel holding a tiger's eye cabechon.

Amazing, no?

$75

red fish rocks

Excuse the nerdery:

Port Orford, in southern Oregon, is home to one of Oregon's initial marine reserve sites known by the name of Red Fish Rocks. There is magic in it's tale, as it's a model for this process wherein fisherman and conservationists worked together, from the beginning, to manage the land in the best interest of the community. Truly! It's not a one sided story in either realm.

Port Orford is dramatic and serene with it's calm waters, ever-grey skies and crazy amounts of birds. The coastline is so jagged that there is no pier: boats are cranked in and out of the water with a pulley. Just like them old days.

To support the work of the marine reserves team, they (the Port Orford Action Resource Team) are holding a photography contest! Which ones (up to 3) shall I enter?

#1

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one more track for monday

Heard this song in Hannah's car this morning. Shout out to Big Knuck, Hannah's pop.

summer weekends

BBQ's, farmers market, visitors, getting lost on bikes, new friends, river tubing, sleeping in (finally!), beers by the river, taco nights, music on the streets, and messy bedrooms.