Wow...this has been a super busy month. I ended the month of February by participating in Art for Art's Sake. This event was held in Dixon IL at the Hospital's Commerce Towers to benefit the Next Picture Show...a gorgeous non-profit gallery. 40 artists set up at noon, creating one of a kind works of art. I brought my kiln, silver and tools. It is NOT EASY working under such pressure, but by 6pm when the doors opened to the pubic, I had finished a beautiful .999 fine silver pendant and inscribed the back with the name of the event and date. A silent auction started at 6 pm until 8 pm...the guests filed through listening to the live music, sipping wine, munching on tray passed gourmet hor d'oeurves and flowering us with many questions about our work! At 8 pm the bids were collected...however those were NOT the winning bids...the highest bid on each item was then given to an auctioneer, who took the place of the band on the stage and then the excitement built! NOW the bids went higher and higher and oh what fun we had.....I had the opportunity to have the winning bid on a gorgeous jewelry box created by Rosalie Koldan who was there with partner/artist Shirley Guay!
Kim & Jane Cress Edgar......................
Her painting went for $1200
Jayne Rose and I each had the
second highest bids of the evening for our creations.
$650 for Jayne's Pink Barns painting
and $650 for my pendant!
This is at the finishing stage...fresh from a 1650 degree kiln.
It was named FEMALE GARDEN...notice the slender femail silhouette...the floral background on the silver and the dimensional fines woven on top the the pendant!
MORE PICS OF THIS EVENT - click here
and $650 for my pendant!
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