some wishbone pics....

 I relaunched my wishbone range.

And had a little competition with it as well.

Two lucky winner, so glad they were happy :)

As you can see they are now in different colours.

Available in Silver, Antique Pewter, Antique Brass and Gold.

Which is your favourite colour?

They are also exclusively available from The Fringe Arts.

New Range: Ceramic Hearts

So I just finished my latest range of jewellery
I'm back on hearts.
I think they look awesome.
The hearts are ceramic with either a:
22ct Gold glaze, Bright Platinum Glaze, Blue Cobalt Glaze
or oxides and underglaze drawings!
Oh and turn em around and see my logo stamped on the setting!
The full range available from The Fringe Arts!

The Fringe Arts @The V&A Waterfront

I finally got a chance to pop in to The Fringe Arts new pop up,
at the V&A Waterfront.
It looks awesome, look how nice all my jewellery looks as well :P


Soooo much awesome design....

New jewellery stands

I had new stands made for the wishbones
(available exclusively from The Fringe on Kloof)
How rad are they?

I haz new packaging!

Don't you just love my new packaging?

Make a wish

After much secrecy and very excited squeaks from
Thessa and Chantal (the crazy ladies from The Fringe Arts)
The newest bout of my insanity has seen the light of day.

Simply called "wish"I have a range of sterling silver wishbones.
Some are just wishbones, some have a wish.
There's even a copper version of them (for those who like colour)
And it's exclusively available from The Fringe on Kloof!

Swimming in stock.

My coffee table is covered in new stock and pieces of jewellery....
Going to drop it all off at The Fringe on Kloof tomorrow
Soon my pets you'll all find out....

what I've been upto....

So since my last post I've been VERY BUSY!
So here's a short recap of what I've been up to so my monkeys know what been happening:


1. I've been teaching Foundation Course in Design at CPUT (mail me if you want more info)
and also been playing with a new range....

2. I've also been visiting Lauren Fowler (my-female-version-of-me-friend) and The Fringe Arts
where Lauren has been a window artist!

I also was invited to their blogger night, organised by Miss Fowler...

3. Catching up with Oh Dear Megan, girl knows some good coffee joints and
something exciting is in the pipeline kids....

aaaand then:


4. I've been working on a very exciting 2nd range,
that will be exclusively available from The Fringe Arts!!!

Stay Tuned.....

Toby went shopping

I took Toby (my Jack Russel) with when I ran some errands.
Visiting the Fringe Arts, 99 Kloof Street
seeing Lauren Fowler in the window.


Face it. Every designer needs a pup.

Lauren in the window!

My crazy and awesome friend face is going to be sitting in the window of The Fringe Arts and make awesome things.
For those who don't know Lauren Fowler is an illustrator, knitter, graphic designer and thing maker!

She says:
"From today (15th August) until the 15th of September, I've taken over the two box windows as an artist in residence at The Fringe Arts on Kloof street. I'll be working from the windows for the week form 10am - 4pm, come and visit!"

Go look at her like she's a zoo monkey.

Revamped rules....

So due to weather being cold and horrible...

We've decided to change the rules of the competition.

Instead of having to take a photo in front of The Fringe on Kloof,
you just need to tag us in a status on Facebook or Twitter.

The most creative status wins:

Da rules:
1. Join The Fringe Arts and Eon Hoon Jewellery Design fan pages
2. Tag us in a status
3. Say something cool and awesome

Most creative status wins!

A fringe'd press release

ART & DESIGN POP-UP COLLECTIVE THE FRINGE ARTS FINDS A PERMANENT HOME IN KLOOF STREET

From 15 June 2011 South African art & design collective The Fringe Arts will open the doors of its first permanent shop. Aptly called The Fringe on Kloof, the shop will be located on vibrant Kloof Street in Cape Town.

Brainchild of Chantal Louw and Thessa Bos, The Fringe Arts is known for its pop-up shops that feature art, design and ‘bread and butter’ ranges by local artists, designers and illustrators as well as limited edition fine art prints by Warren Editions and Artthrob. Each piece, selected by Louw and Bos, is handmade, conceptualised and manufactured in South Africa.


Louw and Bos have managed to build a collective of South Africa’s top creatives. Encouraged by national and internationalist trend analysts who collectively predict the trend of living local and a demand for locals goods, Louw and Bos focus exclusively on local art and design, showcasing South Africa’s creative edge and its ability to compete internationally in the art and design market.


Participating designers include ceramicists Shirley Fintz and John Bauer, jewellery designers Skermunkil and Beloved Beadwork and surface designers Skinny Laminx and Fabric Nation. Art available at The Fringe Arts includes work by Dale Yudelman and Frank van Reenen and limited edition prints/monotypes by Sanell Aggenbach, Georgina Gratix, Candice Breitz and David Glodblatt.


Says Bos: "We work with an amazing range of talented and inspiring people of whom we are incredibly proud, and who keep surprising us with their work. The fact that they are continuously developing their ranges and that in addition there is so much undiscovered talent in South Africa allows us to always keep changing our offering. And it keeps our jobs very exciting."


In addition to work from the collective of artists and designers, The Fringe on Kloof will also carry Bos and Louw's vintage range, Frintage. Both vintage-fanatics, the duo has carefully selected vintage clothing, accessories and décor in collaboration with well-known local vintage brands such as London Road and The Cooks Room.


Says Louw: "Hearts and eyes are turning to the local scene and discovering not only a sense of quality but an amazing abundance of knowledge garnered from our parents and their parents and so forth. From dolosse to vintage, South Africa has a rich history of upcycling"


The Fringe Arts will launch The Fringe on Kloof on Wednesday 15 June from 6 to 8 pm.

Address: 99B Kloof Street Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9 to 6 pm, Saturday from 9 to 5 pm.

“The best collection of art and design retail I have ever seen” - Lianne Burton, former editor of House & Leisure and marketing manager for Cape Town Tourism

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COMPETITION
In celebration of the opening of The Fringe on Kloof, The Fringe Arts is running a competition in collaboration with Eon Hoon Jewellery Design throughout the month of June.

How to enter:

1. Join The Fringe Arts and Eon Hoon Jewellery Design fan pages on Facebook
2. Take a kooky crazy, cool, trendy, hipster, wannabe, interesting photo of yourself in front of The Fringe on Kloof (99B Kloof Street, diagonally opposite Arnold's)
3. Upload the photo to your Facebook and/or Twitter
4. Say something cool about the photo
5. Mention and tag The Fringe Arts and Eon Hoon Jewellery Design in the photo/post
6. Hold thumbs!

Competition closes on 30 June 2011. Winners will be announced on facebook on 1 July 2011.


Follow the link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=135828376492501

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WIN! with Eon Hoon and The Fringe Arts!

In anticipation of The Fringe Arts move to Kloof Street

and in collaboration with them,

I’m having a little give away!

Follow the instructions below and you could stand a chance to win a cracked heart pendant!

How to enter:

1. Join The Fringe Arts and Eon Hoon Jewellery Design fan pages on Facebook
2. Take a kooky crazy, cool, trendy, hipster, wannabe, interesting photo of yourself in front of The Fringe Arts new location in Kloof Street
3. Upload the photo to Facebook and/or Twitter
4. say something cool about the photo
5. Mention and tag The Fringe Arts and Eon Hoon Jewellery Design in the photo/post
6. Hold thumbs!!

Competition runs 1 June to 15 June

and will then pick the coolest one and at the opening of The Fringe Arts,

we’ll be giving the lucky person their prize!

Come on!

Be cool, enter, tell your friends and show us what you’re made of!

Relaunch of the Fringe Arts

Last night [17 March 2011] was the relaunch of The Fringe Arts as well as their first solo exhibition, Book Paper Scissors by Keri Muller.


Stunning atmosphere.... Lovely Bubbly, great friends.


The "new" shop looks amazing and so very intimate.
I am so impressed with the new designers they found.


Pictured above is my stock, available at The Fringe Arts, Alfred Mall, V&A Waterfront.


And above are the lovely (and slightly crazy, but that's how I like them) owners,
Chantal Louw and Thessa Boss.


But don't forget the lovely art, Keri is amazingly talented!!!!
Go have a look at the new shop, go look at the exhibition while it's running and more importantly, go be amazed!!!

Design Indaba... it was rad

Design Indaba came and went.

It was rad!

So much work, but amazing experience though.

This is my stand... Isn't she pretty.... Feedback I got about my jewellery was amazing and so many new ideas for new pieces.

My next door neighbour was Oh Dear Megan, this girl had her hands full with people. I think she must have sold out on day one. Traded her one of my pieces for a ring... So chuffed!

But we also met the two coolest girls from Durban: Michelle Stewart (above) and Lauren Batchelor (below). Both currently finishing their degrees, I can't wait to see what they come up with in future!

And then there were my old favourites... my dear friends, Lauren Fowler from Lost is a place too, an illustrator and thing maker... I need one of her x-stitch hoops....

Pictured below is Chantal Louw (being a bit crazy) from The Fringe Arts... Their stand was amazing, I kept hearing the most amazing things from people about them....

It was an amazing experience and I really can't wait to see what's in store now....

New stock @the Fringe Arts

Hello Monkeys

I've been busy... oh so busy...

Finally managed to make some new stock for the Fringe Arts

Just dropped off...

Back to work this week to make more things of shiney goodness...

working... working... working...

Working hard on some shiny things.

Soon new stock will be available, exclusively from The fringe Arts. And directly from me of course. Can't wait to hear what people think of the new stock... Trust me, very different from what I've done before.

I am working, I promise!

An exhibition came and went... A degree finished up... 7 years came to a close... All good things come to an end right? Correct and so the door opens for better and bigger things.... And with that I have to start bragging about the new member to my jewellery family... Florence the fly press.... Isn't she just too green? This is my absolute favourite tool by the way and I scored an old vintage one... YAY!!! Now to make things...

And I swear I am working.... Look at my design book... or rather my new one... Soon I will have an exciting new range of jewellery available... and guess what they will be exclusively available from the Fringe arts... okay and directly from me.... Keep an eye out kids... next 2 weeks... gonna be intensely exciting....

all good things must come to an end...

With a heavy heart, but also very much relieved mind, I have the pleasure of telling you all... I am now officially no longer a student. After 7 grueling years, 5 of which were spent at CPUT, I am finally done and will now devote my time fully to the making of pretty shiny things for you all to buy (hint hint).

It's been an amazing time and I've had a swell time, but the swelling has gone down.

So just to give you guys (and gals) the update of whats been happening, seeing as I've been a bad blogger...

These last few months, I've been working on my graduate body of work for my degree... I've been doing photo shoots, collaborating with a band, working with fringe and doing the odd commission. But most importantly, the degree...

I had to present my body of work in some manner (pictured above), to tie in with my thesis, my presentation was turned into a bar/nightclub. My photo shoot I did was set up to look like people having drinks, these you can see on my facebookpage

As of tomorrow you can also go have a look at the graduate exhibition at CPUT, it's open from 8:30 till 4pm and runs from 23 November until 27 November. Lemme know what y'all think...

Aftermath of the heart expo...

Thursday (14th Oct) was the I [heart] Hearts Exhibition at The Fringe Arts (at the V&A Waterfront). 20 Hearts were unveiled, each individually designed and artified by a designer that stocks the shop. The proceeds are being split between the artist (or Heartist as we are being called) and the Association for Visual Arts’ (AVA...) Artreach fund in partnership with Spier.

I love the hearts done by Inkheart, one by Nina and one by Kevin, as well as the hearts by Metaxia and Lauren Fowler.

Above is my heart, was gone before I could snap a pic of it with the others. It's awesome to be part of this project. I now have a love for gold leaf and have a hankering to make new stock for the shop. So much to do....