tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237840792024-03-07T11:02:56.429-05:00Midge's Mindmargaux lange's jewelry blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger584125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23784079.post-61557301763612803382014-04-29T13:20:00.001-04:002016-08-03T12:46:06.298-04:00Model shots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seeing my work photographed on the body always helps to give a sense of scale to the work and can really make the pieces come alive. This recent photoshoot with my lovely friend was a lot of fun!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">The <a href="http://www.norton.org/bijoux2014">Norton Museum of Art</a> presents BIJOUX! </span><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">– </strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> the exhibition and sale of unique contemporary art jewelry by international artists. I will have brand new one-of-a-kinds from my 'Plume' Series for sale, as well as some favorites from previous collections. If you'll be in West Palm Beach, please come by and check out some amazing art jewelry!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And of course remember to check out <a href="http://www.margauxlange.etsy.com/" target="_blank">my etsy shop</a>… holiday re-stock has begun!</span></div>
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I'll be traveling to Rancho Sante Fe, CA for my first trunk show experience as part of a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://margauxlange.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dcb29e3d767954f45283b1904&id=b2d2f79c38&e=929fdf746c" rel="nofollow" style="color: #eb4102; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Wine, Women & Shoes</a> benefit event for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://margauxlange.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dcb29e3d767954f45283b1904&id=4041c44821&e=929fdf746c" rel="nofollow" style="color: #eb4102; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Voices for Children</a>, an organization that transforms the lives of abused children in San Diego County by providing them with volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A portion of all sales from the show will directly benefit the Voices for Children organization. </div>
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Incredible and enormous pomegranate sculpture by <a href="http://lorimerhige.com/home.html" target="_blank">Lori Merhige </a></div>
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Ryan Havers of <a href="http://thevontons.com/file/The_Vontons.html" target="_blank">the Vontons</a></div>
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Yup. That pretty much sums it up… super fun weekend with good friends and a great community. </div>
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I love this town. Thanks to everyone who came out!</div>
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NEW! Postcards featuring work from my new <i>Plume Series…</i></div>
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I'm really thrilled with how they turned out. Many thanks to my designer hubby <a href="http://balogh-design.com/" target="_blank">David Balogh</a>, and to <a href="http://taralocklear.com/" target="_blank">Tara Locklear</a> who turned me on to <a href="http://www.mindzai.net/" target="_blank">Mindzai Creative</a>, the company that printed the cards. The cards have a beautiful silky-soft finish that makes me want to rub it all over my cheek over and over. No seriously, I can't stop doing that.<br />
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Come say hello at <a href="http://www.beaconopenstudios.org/" target="_blank">Beacon Open Studios</a> on April 20-21 and pick one up in person! It's only 2 weeks away… Eek!<br />
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I'll be taking part in <a href="http://www.beaconopenstudios.org/index.html" target="_blank">Beacon Open Studios</a> this year for the first time and I couldn't be more excited! If you've never visited Beacon before, this is the perfect excuse to get out and meet some fantastic artists in their natural habitats. I'll be set up over at the studio of my friend <a href="http://lorimerhige.com/home.html" target="_blank">Lori Merhige</a> along with <a href="http://kitburkesmith.com/kitburkesmith.com/kit_burke-smith.html" target="_blank">Kit Burke-Smith</a>. Ryan Havers of <a href="http://www.thevontons.com/file/The_Vontons.html" target="_blank">The Vontons</a> will be performing! Come say hello!<br />
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I'm bringing back some of my cast pieces with this round, faces and hands. </div>
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If you're interested in ordering a custom <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/71765301/made-to-order-custom-barbie-bust-heart" target="_blank">Bust Heart necklace</a> or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/117011002/made-to-order-custom-barbie-bust-heart?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank">brooch</a> in time for Valentines Day, now's the time to do so!</div>
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These two Smooch necklaces are also available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/margauxlange?ref=seller_info" target="_blank">in my shop</a>. The perfect, special handmade gift for Valentine's Day. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">From the <a href="http://virginiamoca.org/out-box-trends-contemporary-jewelry" target="_blank">vMOCA</a> website: </span><span style="color: #777777; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; line-height: 16px;">"MOCA will explore and celebrate the emerging trends that are taking place in contemporary jewelry. As artists move away from traditional jewelry making materials, boundaries are crossed and whole new categories are evolving. As patrons move through this exhibition, they won’t have to ask whether it is sculpture, installation or jewelry. The answer will be yes to all of the above."</span></div>
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Here in the creative little city of <a href="http://www.cityofbeacon.org/" target="_blank">Beacon</a>, the place I call home, there's an annual <a href="http://www.beaconopenstudios.org/index.html" target="_blank">Open Studios event </a>which is just as it sounds. For one weekend in the Spring, artists open their studios and share their work and work spaces with the public and this year is the first year I've decided to participate. To help raise money to fund <a href="http://www.beaconopenstudios.org/index.html" target="_blank">Beacon Open Studios</a> every year, there's an exhibition called "The Big Draw" which will be opening January 12th and will be on view through January 26th.</div>
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As described on Beacon Open Studios website: <i><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="color: #464e54; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </strong></span></i></div>
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For my Big Draw submission, I removed a couple of pages from a 1980's Barbie doll coloring book entitled "Great Shape" which hilariously illustrates in great detail how Barbie maintains her perfect plastic figure. Ahem. </div>
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I selected the instructional jumping jack pages. I cut each page down to the required 6"x8" size and went to town, doodling embellishments on the images with my trusty <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sakura-30081-Micron-Blister-0-20-mm/dp/B001CRI6O2" target="_blank">Sakura Pigma Micron 005 pens</a>, (a favorite pen of mine since college.) then I added a touch of color to Barbie's stylin' workout gear with colored pencils.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Start, Jump and Clap</i> 6"x8" © Margaux Lange 2013.</span></div>
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There are so many amazing works in the show! Each drawing in the exhibition will be for sale for $50, so if you're in the NYC area and want to purchase some awesome original art to support a great cause, come to Beacon! </div>
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At first I felt a lot of pressure to make something for the Big Draw that was more serious or "thought provoking" (or whateverrrr) but ultimately I decided to just go with my gut and have fun with it and I'm glad I did. This exercise (haha) reminded me how much I miss the simple fun of doodling and has inspired me to continue on with more of these little coloring book drawings, for no other reason than the pure joy I get out of it. </div>
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In <a href="http://midgesmind.blogspot.com/2012/12/progress.html" target="_blank">a recent blog post</a> I discussed my approach to color and said: <i>"</i><span style="text-align: center;"><i>sometimes I imagine myself getting all
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With lots of help from my web designer extraordinaire (aka: my hubby David) we took three photos of each brooch and brought them into Photoshop. Then Dave magically set up a system where I could plug in any color I wanted within each individual empty silver section. [Full disclosure: I have no idea how he did this, hence the word "magically." Perhaps the next step will be learning how to set this up for myself.] It was really fun trying out different combinations!</div>
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Turns out my overall instincts for colors (in general) were not that far off from where I ended up, but it was helpful to use Photoshop to help me envision various tones and hues, especially with so many fields to fill in! Sure beats making mistakes or changing my mind and having to remove hardened resin through the lengthy and messy process of acid bath removal. </div>
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It's one thing when choosing a single color to surround a single pair of lips or something, but with pieces this involved, this is definitely a planning method I intend to take advantage of in the future. So there you have it, sometimes it pays to embrace technology, even when your instinct is to resist!</div>
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I'm calling the new series 'Plume.' I hope you dig it. </div>
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So how about you dear readers… how has technology aided your creative process in unexpected ways? Did you like the results? Did it change the way you work for good?<br />
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Attention winners: you have until <b>Thursday, December 27th</b> to get in touch with me to claim your prize.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thursday December, 20th </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so be sure to check back to claim your prize!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since <a href="http://midgesmind.blogspot.com/2007/12/contest.html" target="_blank">2007</a>, I've been giving away a piece of my jewelry during the holiday season as a way to say thanks for your support, and it's that time of year again! Last year I was on maternity leave and wasn't able to hold the contest so in order to make up for last year's hiatus, this year <b>TWO</b> lucky winners will receive a piece of my jewelry!</span></strike><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• International entries are welcome, however contest does NOT include overseas shipping. If the winner is located outside of the US, winner will be responsible for shipping costs.<br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">• Contest <b>closes</b> on </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WEDNESDAY, December 19th at 7:01 am.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"> No more guesses will be accepted after that.</span></span><br />
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The decorative framework on all three brooches has been soldered now so they're ready to be soldered to their back plates in preparation for pin backs and eventually filled with pigmented resin. I still haven't figured out the specific colors I want to use yet, but I know I want them to be punchy and bright. Although I think seeing them bare like this emphasizes the line-work in an intriguing new way. Might be an interesting direction to explore in the future perhaps?</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Someone on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/margauxlangejewelry" target="_blank">my FB page</a> asked me how I go about selecting the resin colors; if I did watercolor sketches or something first to visualize different possibilites, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">My color process is mostly instinctual. </span><span style="text-align: center;">It's a very painterly process in this respect. </span><span style="text-align: center;">I just sort-of pick a main color that </span><i style="text-align: center;">feels right</i><span style="text-align: center;"> for the piece and go from there adding </span><span style="text-align: center;">additional</span><span style="text-align: center;"> supporting colors. Sometimes I mix colors in order to subtly match or compliment the Barbie piece I'm using; pulling from the eye color or make-up for example. Other times I chose a color to contrast with the Barbie part, in order to make it really POP.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I always feel strangely hesitant before I'm ready to start the resin, because I never know what I'll end up with and resin is such a messy, time intensive process, it's hard to correct once you've committed and especially once the resin has hardened. Removal involves soaking the entire piece in an acid bath which will eat away at everything that's not metal (not really my idea of a good time.)</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I imagine myself getting all "high tech" and playing around in photoshop, filling in color options digitally before filling in actual resin, but the truth is, that's just not <i>me </i>and the way I prefer to work. I may get nervous about the risk and all the unknowns involved in diving in blind, but it's a thrill I must enjoy on some level because I continue to work in this way, piece after piece, year after year.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">So… out of curiosity, which of the three is your favorite so far? </span></div>
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<i><a href="http://www.craftforms.org/body2012.htm" target="_blank">Body Language: Contemporary Art Jewelry</a></i> curated by Metalsmith Magazine editor, Suzanne Ramljak is opening at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA November 30 and will be on view through January 26, 2013. The exhibition will run in conjunction with the Wayne Art Center's annual Craft Forms event. I have several one-of-a-kinds included in this exhibition. </div>
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This collection of items from my production line will also be available for sale at the Wayne Art Center's gift shop. Just in time for the holidays! For more information visit the <a href="http://www.craftforms.org/body2012.htm" target="_blank">Wayne Art Center website.</a></div>
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Items in various states of completion. I started a wholesale order this week, among other projects. It's shaping up to be a very busy holiday season. If you're <a href="http://www.facebook.com/margauxlangejewelry">following me on facebook</a> then you know I've been on the hunt for an assistant to help me through the holidays. If you or someone you know is a Hudson Valley, NY resident with metals experience and may be interested in interning with me in my studio 1x a week, please get in touch: margauxlange [at] gmail.com It's a fun environment and I pay in jewelry!<br /><br />In other news, my daughter is 13 months now and she's walking all over the place like a pro. This past year was the fastest time warp I've ever experienced. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my awesome intern <a href="http://spasticjeweler.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Kait Kennedy</a>, wearing the <i>Starry-Eyed Pendant</i> I made for her as a thank you for all of her hard work<a href="http://midgesmind.blogspot.com/2010/11/meet-kait.html" target="_blank"> in my studio last year.</a> Kait is now busy studying jewelry making and repair at the <a href="http://www.nbss.edu/education/programs/jewelry-making-and-repair/index.aspx" target="_blank">North Bennet Street School</a> in Boston and it's safe to say, I dearly miss her help in my studio!<br />
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<i>Starry-Eyed Pendant</i> was the first piece I made upon returning to my studio after my extended maternity leave. It was exciting to get back into making after such a long break and this pendant was the pre-cursor to the vintage Barbie coloring book inspired works I've been developing since.<br />
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It's been pretty neat to see the progression of these works and I'm excited to see where it all takes me. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/103946748/braided-eye-necklace" target="_blank">Braided Eye Necklace</a> (below) is still available for purchase through <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/margauxlange?ref=seller_info" target="_blank">my etsy shop.</a></div>
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Currently on my bench: a new eye piece. I'm still playing around with the arrangement of the line-work and I anticipate it will change quite a bit, but it's a start. Also, this is a fun little glimpse into how I develop a work-in-progress; using masking tape, attached to my bench sticky side up… super helpful!<br />
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I also take lots of photos with my iphone, a process I refer to as "photo-sketching" to help me remember different arrangements and variations of a piece so I can refer back through and see what works best before committing to a composition. This also helps me to view the piece in a new way. Somehow I always get a different sense of the piece when viewed in 2D format like this.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23784079.post-2277338733286505322012-08-08T07:00:00.000-04:002012-08-08T07:00:04.654-04:00Humor in Craft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The <i>Humor in Craft</i> Exhibition at the <a href="http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/Humor_in_Craft.html" target="_blank">Society for Contemporary Craft</a> in Pittsburgh PA is currently on view through October 27, 2012. My <i>Turn the Other Cheek Bracelet</i> (below) is included in the exhibition. Check out the <a href="http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/Humor_in_Craft.html" target="_blank">SCC website</a> for a preview of the exhibition and for details on how to visit the show in person. The exhibition is already getting a lot of wonderful press! Check it out: <a href="http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/HumorCraft071812.aspx" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://triblive.com/aande/museums/2314884-74/craft-humor-jason-artists-martin-art-elm-artist-book-fabricated" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I finally purchased my copy of the book of the same name, <i>Humor in Craft</i> by Brigitte Martin </span><span style="text-align: left;">and it's really a wonderful book! </span><span style="text-align: left;">(</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Humor-Craft-Brigitte-Martin/dp/076434059X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344385443&sr=8-1&keywords=humor+in+craft" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: left;">available </span>here</a>)<span style="text-align: left;"> There are so many hilarious works, anyone who fancies craft with a funny twist will definitely enjoy this book. I'm honored to have two of my pieces featured, <i>Turn the Other Cheek Bracelet</i> and my <i>Cross-legged Brooch</i> (below.)</span><br />
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