LocalPatron.com

New Jewelry by Eve of Candelas Designs.  

We hope you enjoy these cute designs as much as we do. Eve pays great detail to her work. What we like about her jewelry is how it is made.

Her jewelry is made from recycled scrap copper and silver. For some pieces, she incorporates the beautiful patina of the old copper into her designs. After preparing the pieces of scrap copper, she either enamels them on both sides so that the pieces are reversible or stamps and heats them with a torch to give them a heat patina. This is a time involved process!

If you have sensitive ears not to worry, all of the ear wires are either niobium, an inert metal which does not cause allergic reactions, or sterling silver. The sterling wire comes from scrap silver that has been melted and formed into new wire. No silver was removed from the earth to create these earrings. Not bad! 

Check out her work and what is available for sale online!

WWW.SFGALLERY143.COM

Come check out our Holiday Consignment Store from December 6th – 21st! Over 25 local artists in the area.

Open from Tuesday-Fridays 3-7pm

Saturdays 11-6pm and Sunday 12-6pm.

Find unique gifts for the holidays or shop for yourself!  We have Men’s, Women’s, and Children’s Clothing to keep you and your family warm and fashionable.  Jewelry from recycled parts, recycled silver, and precious stones. Cards for the season, children’s books, and accessories.

Most exciting is the Fine Art Photography by Gregory Bartning. His latest work covers dancers and trapeze artists. 15% of each photograph goes to the person photographed. (Without them the photograph wouldn’t be possible.)

If you are unable to stop by, find some of these new items on our online store at www.SFGallery143.com!

See Below for all our dates of events for Benefits and Local Artist Meet and Greet Evenings.

All events run 6-9pm and are FREE!

10% of all items are on sale for our Meet and Greet the Local Artist/Artist Evenings. Meet the makers of the fabulous items for sale. Drink Sangria, mingle, laugh, and have fun!
-December 6th (Saturday) Opening Night
-December 13th (Saturday)
-December 21st (Sunday) Closing Night

Benefit Evenings: 10% of All Sales from the store go to benefit the featured artist.
-December 7th (Sunday) Danger Deluxxe and and Upright Basement Music- Hits of the debut album
-December 11th (Thursday) Nina Haft and Company – Raise support for their dance tour in the Middle East
-December 12th (Friday) Folawole – Support a Performance Artist and Emerging Choreographer
-December 14th (Sunday) Technique to Show – A Pre-Professional dance company by Denia Dance
-December 19th (Friday) Sweet Can Productions – One night productions of circus, live music, and dance
-December 20th (Saturday) Liss Fain Dance Company – Long time Local contemporary dance company

Check out this new collection by Josie Adele!

Keeping things green is definitely an interest here at SF Gallery 143 and this collection is a great way to help Mother Earth.  Each design comes with 1,450 lbs of verified TerraPass carbon offsets equivalent to the average American’s month of electricity use.  In addition, each piece is made from 100% recycled silver. 

Part of this collection is coming soon to our website. So stay tuned and stay green!

Hello Readers! I wanted to share some amazing press coverage that our friend Gabriel Colaluca is getting online and on TV!  Check out the following link to see his jewelry “as seen on CNN”! That’s right, his jewelry is getting coverage on CNN and will be on TV tomorrow, 11/4/08.  Go Gabe Go!  And just a reminder, if you would like to buy his line “The Brown Banana”, which is all made from recycled watches, typewriters, and various other objects, please visit our website www.SFGallery143.com!

CNN

Last Friday I had the privilege of not just taking advantage of the de Young’s Friday Night extravaganza, but celebrated in Christine Aiko Beck’s Jewelry on display in the museum’s store. Aiko Design was featured in our summer store and will also be featured this December when we reopen for our Temporary Consignment Holiday Store. 

Her jewelry was selected in honoring Asian American Modern Art.  I highly suggest going to the exhibit and checking out her jewelry.  One of the exhibits features Maya Lin’s Systematic Landscapes. Her work hangs outside of the California Academy of Sciences Cafe, mimicking the topography of the bay area with hung wire. It is worth the visit!

Christine’s jewelry is for sale online and in the museum until January 18th. If you don’t get a chance to visit the de Young, come check it out from December 6th – 21st here at SF Gallery 143 Local Artists Store!

This past Saturday, October 11th, at YBCA, I was able to attend the Bay Area Independent Fashion Festival.  Unfortunately, I had to work and didn’t make it until 5pm.  The event kicked off at noon and went until about 7pm.

I was very dissapointed to have missed the majority of designer booths. Most of them had already packed and were walking to their cars.  But there were still about 8 tables that stayed behind for me to visit. 

Besides the Bazaar, the night consisted of two fashion shows and a political discussion about fashion in today’s world.  Miranda Caroligne, who was featured in our June Opening, had her clothing in the first runway event. Kysha, from Yahzi Rose, strutting her stuff for Rehema Bah for the second show. 

The discussion was held by Leslie Rabine and Susan Kaiser from UC Davis, Erica Varize of Evarize Fahsion Cafe, Irene Hernandez-Felks of Chillin’ Productions, and moderator Cicely Sweed. This was a good way for the general public to learn a little more about local fashion and how it compares to mainstream fashion.

If you would like to see more on the event check out the below links.

Here is a link to the post card if you missed it and are interested in everyone involved.

SFIndeFashion

And look forward to professional photos by Warren Difranco at:

after5media.com

Thank you to all that came to support our local Clothing Designers, Jewelers, and Artists. We had a successful 3 week run which couldn’t have been done without the support of the community and friends. Congratulations to Miranda Caroligne for being our top seller! Congratulations to Kerstin Fleischer of Daka for having our hottest item to fly off the shelves. For those of you who really wanted a leather Purse from Daka, this December we will have More stock to make sure you get a chance to have one. Our projected date for the December store will be late November after Thanksgiving to early December. We will keep you posted on the finalized dates, but in the mean time…

Check out the pictures of the Summer Store!

This Wednesday I was able to attend BadUnklSista’s Trunk Show. Located on 7th and Market, the once monthly show brings in new Designers and Jewelers. Seen were names I recognized from the Eternal Spring extravaganza. Nika Tang (who organized Eternal Spring), was there as well. My apologies to those names that weren’t mentioned (I need to bring a notepad and pen next time). Wine and munchies were also provided along with some very moody music. Featured mostly below are costumes made by Anastazia.I hope you find them just as amazing as I do. Anastazia started out making her own costumes for a stilt troop which was mandatory. Surprisingly, she hated it. They liked her ideas so much she then provided the costumes for the whole troop. Now other people, and myself, can enjoy her wonderful costumes and clothing. I guess you can’t ignore talent. Enjoy the pictures!

From