Spring at last...maybe

The  buds are beginning their push through the thawing earth reaching for the warmth of the sun,  we shed our winter blues, breathe in deeply the first rush of warm spring air and find ourselves too beginning  to thaw from the inside out...The practice of Santosha or contentment is becoming hard in these last few weeks of winter.
I've just finished another collection of 40 some pieces and it is already gone...flown to Nashville where a new Anthropologie is opening and Chevy Chase Maryland where there is an Anthroplogie accessories only store.  It was all so fast...

The new collections are inspired by a series of handmade very fine retractable pencils in sterling and gold fill from the 1900's and a love for enamel and color in the summer. I have been working on bringing a way for buyers to buy along a genre or motif so each piece is still one of a kind but once one has been sold another in a similar vein is available, we'll see how it goes.

Here are a few images pulled for a taste of the new collections to come for summer...ahhh Santosha

Now, maybe some grilled octopus, preserved lemons, sauteed sunchokes with capers, white wine and lemon rind...mmmm

Spring Things

As spring approaches so too does the collection of beautiful treasures that I have found and altered for each new piece and new wearer to covet and hold, to breathe new life into.

Rosa Ivorio D'Argento

Profumata

Profumata (Detail)

Hello Bill

Hello Bill (Detail)

Flowering Spring

Farfalla Verde

Equestrian Armour Dear

Caspian

Apostille

Vagabond Craft Show Date and Time

Come one come all!

February sees Artemisia at Vagabond in Old City Happy Spring!!

Spring and summer beyond all this glorious snow is just around the corner believe it or not.  This spring Artemisia has begun to work with Megan and Mary at Vagabond in Old City on February 12th I'll be there for a trunk show along with other talented designers, stay tuned for more specifics, will post when available. In the meantime they are the first to have the beginning of the Spring/ Summer collection.

geode collection 18k gold and semi precious stones

geode collection sterling with 24k vermeil semi precious stones

geode collection 18k gold, 10k gold child's ring, semi precious stones

A new capsule collection born of necessity, the tangled necklace...

 Impicci-14k gold butterfly closure extremely fine chain, tangled  and always changing

As for the Accessories collection here's a small taste, inspired by poppy fields and a thirst for color, rich and saturated color. Made of silk charmeuse, linen and rayon ribbon hair clips, shrugs, scarves and more to come...

Hair clips

the Poppy Shrug Burberry cotton remnant, alizarin colored linen, cadmium yellow silk charmeuse, charcoal silk stem 

One Woman's Treasures

Cover of the Courier Post  photo credit Denise Guerin


This Holiday Season has come and gone without one single blog entry but not for lack of notable events,  more for the overwhelm that the Holidays bring to all of us. Here it is probably the most loaded blog entry yet. This past month Artemisia as a company has begun to take its' place on the fashion industry map with a new relationship with Urban Outfitters company Anthropologie. It's possibly the beginning of a beautiful relationship working with corporate America as an artist. The buyers at Anthropologie have some wiggle room it seems in being able to buy from independent artists and showcase their individual works in their best stores. And there is where I fit in, it's a fabulous concept complimenting their already beautifully worked aesthetic available for many with an item available for only a few. The Artemisia collection debuted at the Rockefeller Center Anthropologie in Manhattan this past December 1, 20 pieces of jewelry and 45 feather hair clips. Below are a few images of what is available.

all individually available at Anthropologie Rockefeller Center NY, NY

To follow with this new relationship came the press about it. First an article by Patch an online zine and then a cover story spanning five pages of the Courier Post Sunday magazine! It's been quite a ride, each day brings new contacts and more work, more of an opportunity to share what I do with a broader audience. Read all about it and enjoy, the Artemisia shop is bigger now so check it out, just a hint the pieces are listed here first as I make them! I leave you all with wishes for a beautifully balanced New year. Let's all go to a yoga studio and practice to achieve kaivalya, or detachment as I do so as to keep all good things in perspective.

Photo Denise Guerin

 photo Denise Guerin

Beautiful Stranger

 Beautiful Stranger shoot, in the middle of November making it feel like a warm Moroccan street, the light was beyond gray and still somehow....

"Pavonneggiarsi" cultured pearl, peacock feathers, buckskin and taffeta flower
Cascate di Bottoni(underneath) 

Little Boy Blue-American amethyst faceted glass bezel set circa 1950's, handmade English watch chain circa 1920's, French hand painted bronze button circa 1750's, citrine, garnet, and cameo at nape of neck salvaged from a fire England circa 1940   

Fauna e Flora-carved bone pendant France circa 1920's, hung by gold fob England circa 1930, Gold fill chains, 10k bird charm at nape of neck circa 1960 America,  rose quartz, smokey quartz, citrine and pyrite.

Trunk Show at Arcadia

Arcadia opens second location in Rittenhouse!! 265 S 20th st.
Friday November 19th
5-9 pm
catered by Sapori 

 Grand Opening with yours truly bringing watchband bracelets, necklaces, neckwarmers, ponchos and custom clothes.  It should be a lot of fun, Tis the season for giving and I'll be there to offer truly unique one of a kind pieces with beautifully handmade vintage linen gift bags for you to do so and feel assured that you have the perfect gift.