NEW in my etsy shop!

Pink, pink and more pink!

Plum & Berry Smile Earrings
© Margaux Lange 2010

Bubble Gum Pink Quote Bubble Brooch
© Margaux Lange 2010

Pretty Pink Hand Earrings
© Margaux Lange 2010

more on… margauxlange.etsy.com

Mattel orders shipped!

Pinwheel Vintage Shoe Ring

© Margaux Lange 2010
sterling silver, plastic Barbie doll shoes.

Today I shipped off round one of the orders from my Mattel collaboration, the Pinwheel Vintage Shoe Rings. Feels soooo good to have met my deadline!

The rings were available in red, black and white. I've sold out of the red, however, I still have a few white and black if anyone is interested in purchasing (feel free to email me: margauxlange[at]gmail[dot]com)

Pinwheel Vintage Shoe Rings
© Margaux Lange 2010
sterling silver, plastic Barbie doll shoes.

Hannah Zakari Boutique in Edinburgh

I've been busy-as-a-bee filling wholesale orders these days, one of which is this large re-stock of items for retailer Hannah Zakari in the UK which recently opened a new brick and mortar boutique in Edinburgh this summer!

Here's a little peek into the new storefront:

Hannah Zakari
43 Candlemaker Row
Edinburgh
EH1 2QB
UK

Check out the Hannah Zakari website here and their blog for important news here.

Celebrating 70

Breast to Breast Brooch: Homage to Ruth Handler
© Margaux Lange 2010
2.25" x 2.25" x .5"
stering silver, plastic Barbie doll parts, resin
photo by Cole Rodger

This brooch was created for an exhibition entitled:

Celebrating 70
Facéré Jewelry Art Gallery
Seattle, WA
August 19, 2010 - September 5, 2010
Lecture: Thursday, August 19 at 4:00 PM
Reception: Thursday, August 19 at 5:00 PM

The exhibition is in celebration of the 70th birthday of gallery owner Karen Lorene. It also marks the 38th anniversary of Facéré Jewelry Art Gallery. Each of the 70 invited artists were assigned a year and asked to create a work inspired by, representing or relating to that year (from 1940 - 2010.)

My assigned year was 2002. So for my piece, I decided to honor Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel and the woman who invented the Barbie doll, who sadly passed away in 2002.


After her own mastectomy in 1970, Mrs. Handler left Mattel and went on to start a company that made prosthetic breasts for cancer survivors. In talking about her two distinct careers, Mrs. Handler said, “I've lived my life from breast to breast.”


Ruth Handler was frequently adorned with a strand of pearls, so I used that as part of the inspiration for this brooch. However instead of using actual pearls of course, I chose to use pearly white Barbie doll breasts (string of pearls/string of breasts) Seven breasts to represent each decade of the Celebrating 70 show. I initially had intended to make a "pearl" necklace out of the breasts, however there were size constraints placed on the participating artists so I opted to make a brooch instead. However I'm very pleased with how this piece turned out, and I hope it's a hit at the show!

© Margaux Lange 2010

photo by Cole Rodger

This exhibition has an amazing line-up of art jewelers participating and it's an honor to be included. Here is the full artist list:

Boris Bally, Davide Bigazzi, Nancy Bonnema, Ken Bova, Jana Brevick, Jessica Calderwood, Virginia Causey, Liaung Chung-Yen, Jude Clarke, Andy Cooperman, Nancy Mēgan Corwin, Kevin Crane, Peg Fetter, Lisa Fidler, Steven Ford & David Forlano, Suzan Gallup, Laurie Hall, Joan Hammond, Trudee Hill, Tom Hill, Ron Ho, Sarah Hood, Judith Hoyt, Mary Lee Hu, Lezlie Jane, Charra Jarosz, Yeonmi Kang, Deb Karash, Nadine Kariya, Linda Kindler Priest, Margaux Lange, Micki Lippe, Eve Llyndorah, Kristin Lora, Marty Lovins, Leslie MacInnes, Jane Martin, Karen McCreary, Marcia Meyers, Alisa Miller, Rika Mouw, emiko oye, Gina Pankowski, Seth Papac, Rosemary Pham, Lee Phillips, Maria Phillips, Todd Pownell, Gail Rappa, Jayne Redman, Todd Reed, Kait Rhoads, Biba Schutz, Barbara Seidenath, Kiff Slemmons, Jan Smith, Julie Speidel, Alex Stanyon, Suzanne Stern, Cindy Sumner, Patricia Telesco, Cappy Thompson, Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams, Carmen Valdes, Veronica von Allworden, Hiroshi Watanabe, Sarah J. G. Wauzynski, Roberta & David Williamson, Nancy Worden, and Kristi Zevenbergen.

For more information and for a preview of the exhibition visit: facerejewelryart.com

bad bad blogger

I've been bad. I know. I've been neglecting you dear readers. But… BUT! I have an excuse I swear! Well, not an excuse really, but an explanation… you see, I've moved. From our dear old neighborhood in Greenpoint, Brooklyn north of the city to Beacon, NY. I've been busy adjusting to my new surroundings, setting up our new house, keeping up with a bigger than average jewelry workload (hello, Mattel collaboration) and with preparations for our upcoming wedding (happening next month!) This has officially been The Busiest Summer Ever.

But you know what? It's also been one of the happiest. I'm loving our new home here in Beacon so far. Here's a just a small list of the many things I'm enjoying…

• farmer's markets with friendly vendors, on Thursdays and Sundays
• quiet trail systems through the woods and along the Hudson river for my morning runs
• blue jays that visit our backyard:


• the quiet calm
• gardening
• having a washer/dryer
• having a bathtub
• cool summer evenings and the smell of summer nights
• bike rides to town
• proximity to family
• no upstairs neighbors! (we have the whole house to ourselves!)
• being able to see the stars in the sky at night
• DIA art museum
• having a studio inside my house again (there are pluses and minuses to this one)
• the smell of fresh cut grass
• sunsets on the Hudson
• exploring the area, discovering new places every day

To be fair, here are a few of the things that I miss about NYC…

• our friends!!!!
• the restaurants… oh, the restaurants… sigh
• access to everything and anything one could ever want/need
• the feeling of being in "the middle of it all"
• public transportation/subway access/not having to drive everywhere
• the style - new york is where it's at for people watching, hands down
• Greenpoint, hearing people speak polish around me daily
• McGolrick Park
• Smith Street/Carroll Gardens
• having a studio outside my home (as I said, pluses and minuses to this one)
• our friends! (this one bears repeating)

Luckily Beacon is just a short (80 min) metro north train ride away when I need my city fix! I'll try to be better about blogging this month but I can't make any promises for August as that will surely be wedding madness. (I still have to make our wedding rings… yikes) Hope everyone is having a lovely summer so far and thanks for reading.