We’ve often said that we live in a parallel universe with our good friend Daphne. She and her husband make jewelry together, and have opened a contemporary home furnishings store in “the other Washington” (DC). They recently bought a home on Chesapeake Bay (does that mean we we get a place in the San Juans?) which has inspired her to do a line of “botanical” jewelry, cast from the wild plants and seeds she finds on the property.

Her work is carried by many of the same shops and galleries that carry Frances’s designs, which makes sense as they have a similar, clean aesthetic. We will be featuring Daphne’s jewelry May 1 through 31, along with a few more of our favorite jewelers!

As we’ve been hinting about in our newsletter, we have something special planned for May. Beginning May 1, we will be featuring the work of five of our favorite jewelry artists (in addition to Frances). There will be an artists’ reception on Thursday, May 8, just before Mother’s Day weekend, where we will be serving cosmos and donating a portion of the jewelry sales to Northwest Hope and Healing. On a personal level, it seems natural for us to support an organization that assists women with breast cancer for Mother’s Day. It’s also exciting to get the chance to show off the work of some very amazing women!

We will highlight the individual artists here in our blog, but in the meantime you can view the postcard for the event here (front) and here (back).

This week for the West Seattle Art Walk we are having an official “opening” party for Brad Strain, who has been our featured artist for the last two months. Brad’s work will be coming down at the end of the month, but not before we hang his latest creations:
“Thoughts Left Behind” 11″ x 14″ $250

“Winter Talking Blues” 7″ x 7″ $80

The Art Walk is Thursday, April 10, from 6 to 9pm. We will have snacks and beverages and several more of Brad’s beautiful pieces… one of which might just find a home on one of your walls.