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Come join us for the 11th annual Valentine’s Day show at Sunbrothers Studio! I will be there with some *new things*!! Here is a link to the show flyer with all the useful bits. It will be Saturday February 12th from 6-10 pm. There will be a raffle! It will be, and always is, awesome.

February 12^th,  6-10 pm (rain or shine)

At  Sunbrothers Studio:  1345 S. 50^th St,   Richmond  94804

Please join us for a step into my second decade of Solar Powered Roses.  This year’s show will include a new 2011 batch of roses, sweet peas, a giant carrot, a sunflower, and a disintegrating sphere.  Yes, you’ll just have to see it to know what I’m talking about.

Also on display we’ll have a large showing of new Fire Sculpture by David Andres, Zachary Wetzel, and Therm, as well as works from:

The ever fabulous Joe Rut  – joerut.com –

Zak Timan – sculpture and hand blown glass jewelry

Jim Austin – Alchemy Metalworks – custom forged axes

dorklandia – where are you from?

And of course don’t miss the RAFFLE at 9:30 and a chance to win a Sunbrothers Long Stem Rose!

I’ve just registered for Thing-A-Day for the month of February! I’ll be posting my little projects as the month progresses. It’s a great way to fight winter.

This weekend, I got to go to one of FabMo‘s distribution events! FabMo is a nifty group of folks who collect upholstery samples, mostly, from places that would ordinarily discard them. They then have monthly open houses where you can go and browse through and take home pretty much as much fabric as suits your fancy. Here’s what I wound up with:

I then spent a bunch of time working with sewing upholstery fabric. I have learned two things so far:

1. Use bigger seam allowances!

2. Turning it inside out is… challenging!

Still, it’s been pretty fun, and I hope to have some new things to show quite soon!

Here’s a little video explaining how to say “more than one octopus” with just one word!

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/04/great-moments-in-ped.html

To those who’ve heard me mispronounce “octopodes” zillions of times, mea culpa.

Happy New Year!