This past week we had a day of fun out on the town for shooting the shot for our upcoming flyer. As circumstances occurred, one model had to cancel last minute and another was late due to traffic. We ended up only having 30 minutes to shoot when we got to our location. I even had to step in and model myself! It turned out that 30 minutes was just enough time to get some great shots.

Thanks go out to the clothing designers for letting us borrow the beautiful articles of clothing, the models Aziza Bahati and Natalia Wierzba for their time and Gregory Bartning for his amazing photo skills.

Here are a few pictures from the day. Which photo do you think will be picked for the Summer Temporary Store?

Clothes modeled are from Miranda Caroligne, Miss Velvet Cream, and Sea Pony.

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 by this cute li’l coffee shop nestled in the ActivSpace building on the corner of 18th and Treat. The smallest and cutest coffee shop around! A-Liaison bags and other A-Liaison items are still up for sale. So come enjoy a cup of Joe, sit outside and enjoy the sun! Give some local support to a local designer and Barista Katrin Gaethka.

Address-3150 18th Street @ Treat. Open Monday-Friday 7am – 5pm.  All major C.C. accepted. Accessible from bus #12, 33, 22, and 16th Bart Station.

Happy New Year!

It has been almost a month since we closed the December Store, our most successful one yet!  Since we opened a year ago we have doubled our business. Congratulations again to Gabriel Colaluca for being the top seller with his recycled jewelry.  Miranda Caroligne came in second with her cozy fleecy hoodies and other various clothing and accessories. Now that we have changed the space back to a photography studio, what will this year hold?

We now have a new president. Go Obama! But our country has been the worst economically.  My hope is that people will still be interested in supporting the li’l guy. Who knows what’s in store but we will be plugging away. We will be updating our website to hold even more merchandise from local designers and artists so keep a look-out.

Oh, and if any of you viewed our Daka Bags and are wondering where to possibly buy them, they are now available at Xapno on Haight street, a very cute boutique!

Hello everyone!  As some of you may know we have been busy running the Holiday Temporary Consignment Store and haven’t had a chance to get around town to all the amazing events that have happened.

Good news though, we recieved recognition on 7×7′s Blog GlamWatch!  Woohoo! Check out the article listed below or click on the link.

http://www.7x7sf.com/blogs/glamwatch

AND we received an article on SF Indie Fashion’s Blog as well.  Either click on the blog listing on the right for SF Indie Fashion or Click the link below!

http://sfindiefashion.com/

SFGallery143 Holiday Store

Photography courtesy of SFGallery143

If there’s one thing that always remains in fashion, it’s the weekend. As plenty head out of town on holiday adventures, others will be launching last-minute shopping missions and hunting down enviable outfits for upcoming soirees.

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SFGallery143 Holiday Store

Photography courtesy of SFGallery143

If there’s one thing that always remains in fashion, it’s the weekend. As plenty head out of town on holiday adventures, others will be launching last-minute shopping missions and hunting down enviable outfits for upcoming soirees.

For either endeavor, you can start the weekend off feeling warm and fuzzy when you take a can of food to the Maneater Threads Holiday Sample Sale and save an additional 35 percent on already discounted apparel from such designers as Nu Collective, Burning Torch, Rami Kashou and Mike & Chris.

• What: Maneater Threads Holiday Sample Sale
• Where: 101 Townsend St., Suite 302, 415-777-1488
• When: Fri. 4-7pm.

Next, we’d recommend a visit to the Lower Haight for the final weekend of the SFGallery143 Holiday Store, which brings a slew of local indie designers together under one roof. You’ll find hand-crafted jewelry from Fluidance, avant-garde offerings from folks like Bad Unkl Sista and Miranda Caroligne, scarves by Harlequin Feltworks and lots of locally-made products. On Friday and Saturday nights, 10 percent of the proceeds go to a featured artist beneficiary, while Sunday closes out the month-long event with an all-day 10 percent discount on everything in the shop.

• What: SFGallery143 Holiday Store
• Where: 143 Fillmore St. (at Waller St.)
• When: Fri. 3-9pm, Sat. 11am-9pm, Sun. 12-6pm

From there, check out sample sales taking place on both sides of the Bay. In the Mission, 2008 Gen Art alum Serial Cultura will be having a holiday event featuring the designer’s signature scarves for $20 to $60, as well as ceramics, jewelry, paintings and other unique items from local artists, including Papaver Vert.

• What: Serial Cultura Holiday Event
• Where: 724 Valencia St. (at 18th)
• When: Sat. 1-8pm

Across the Bay Bridge, edgy Oakland-based fiftyseven-thirtythree will be spreading holiday cheer with a Christmas Party and Warehouse Sale. The hipster apparel company’s graphic tees and hoodies will be 30 to 60 percent off retail during the event.

• What: fiftyseven-thirtythree Christmas Party Warehouse Sale
• Where: 5733 San Leandro St., #4, Oakland, 510-207-0088
• When: Sat. 2-8pm

A warehouse sale of another kind goes down this weekend in Union Square. A serious boon to jeans fiends, The Warehouse Sale brings rack upon rack of premium denim brands to the Hilton San Francisco at a discount. While the company prefers to stay mum about the exact brands it will offer, our previous visits have turned up pairs from Seven for All Mankind, Chip & Pepper, Ditto, J Brand, Miss Me and many others.

• What: The Warehouse Sale
• Where: The Hilton San Francisco, 333 O’Farrell St., Yosemite Room
• When: Sat-Sun. 10am-4pm

By Lorraine Sanders

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

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!

So I admit I have been bad the last month or so about posting and keeping everyone updated on new events around the city, but it was all for the love of creating our new SUMMER consignment store with products from all local Designers, Jewelers, and Artists from San Francisco.  

We have a mix of designers from the last December opening as well as 6 or 7 new and wonderfully talented people ranging from painters, clothing designers, and jewelers.

 Some people you may have heard of, such as Miranda Caroligne and the Brown Banana; others are still getting established, such as painter/mixed media artist Bean, and one in particular that just moved to the city a month ago from Minnesota, Nikolas Allen with his line RNG8GRL.

The store will be open from June 8th – June 28th, and if Gregory is willing and able to postpone his photo studio space, we will be open for another week! So come by 143 Fillmore Street and meet the talent this city has to offer!

Designers include: Yahzi Rose, eon on u, Cookie and the Dude, Miranda Caroligne, Daka, A-Liaison, Nikolas Allen, 

Jewelers include: The Brown Banana, Fluidance, Candelas Designs, Dida Jewelry, Tribal Stones, Rachel Jordana Jewelry 

Paintings: by Bean

Photography: by Gregory Bartning  

Be sure to check out the website.  If you aren’t in the area, we will be updating more of our store-line to On-line!  All to help these wonderfully talented individuals to keep up their great work and gain more exposure!

If you are bored with the same old clothes and are concerned about how to go green, this was a very entertaining show to go to. 2nd Skin was an installation project of imaginative design in digital, analog clothing and recycled materials. The entire night was filled with activities that only the Exploratorium could provide. If nothing was going on at any given moment, you were allowed to view and interact with the exhibits that were part of the Exploratorium itself.

The night consisted of demonstrations by Bad Unkle Sista, Sha Sha Higby, and Takehito Etani (to name a few) followed by the demonstration of a very odd “comical” performance by Pat Oleska. The Runway Show involved Exploratorium staff and local designers. To end the night was a public show by people who came to the event in their own creations. Here are some pictures of the night. Enjoy!!!

The Third Eye Project – By Takehito Etani: Video headgear is placed on the eye of the beholder and projected on a wall within the building.

Luminous Trees are hooked up to the rider’s bicycle.

Soft Circuitry: Lit up soft, flexible fabric-based computers

The Masticator – Takehito Etani: Headgear that gives audiovisual feedback of chewing (but only goes to number 9)

Stories of Fusion – By Bad Unkle Sista: Singer with an amazing voice

Stories of Fusion- By Bad Unkle Sista: Skin extends to fuse many individuals into one body

Stories of Fusion – By Bad Unkle Sista

Stories of Fusion – By Bad Unkle Sista

Stories of Fusion – By Bad Unkle Sista

The Host for the Runway

In a Glass Cloud – By Sha Sha Higby: Sculpture moving in many intricate pieces

Sha Sha Higby

PinWheel Dress – By Nicole Arauzo with Wray Serna

Salvaged Scrap – By Miranda Caroligne: Ensemble intertwining ethics and aesthetics

Salvaged Scrap – By Miranda Caroligne

Miranda Caroligne herself

Miranda Caroligne herself

Silence Dress- By Alyce Santoro: Made from recycled recorded household cassette tape with a polyester wrap, which is able to be played.

Snickers Dress – By Anna Rochester: A dress made from Snickers wrappers.

Miss Filmina Sprockets and Miss Patina Green – By Michael Brown with Michael Swaine: Inspired by film divas, this outfit was created from leftovers from a previous project.

Eden Purse – By Evan Neumann: back lit interchangeable artwork with an interior light and phone charger.

Scott Tallenger – Dress tribute to Norma Desmond

Scott Tallenger

Mr. Daily News – Remade in America: Suit made entirely from newspaper

Miss Daily News: Dress made entirely from newspaper

Urban TumbleWeed – Karen Wilkinson: Made entirely from plastic bags, dry cleaner bags and Home Depot bags.

Domini: Ballet costumes constructed from re-used materials… Here is Rothbart the evil villian in Swan Lake

Domini: Odette from Swan Lake

Domini: Coppelia (lantern dress) and Sugarplum (bubble wrap tutu)

Cocoon Collection – Miss Velvet Cream: The designers adorable daughter

Cocoon Collection – Miss Velvet Cream

Cocoon Collection – Miss Velvet Cream

This past Thursday I had the honor of being the official photographer for Christopher Elbow’s Opening Party. Located on Hayes and Gough, they first opened their doors on February 5th right in time for Valentine’s Day.

The Opening was strictly invite only with guests ranging from a four-year-old, young staff, local people in the food industry, and everyone that helped make the store possible. They had many chocolates out for tasting with an addition of two chocolates that were only good for two days: Tequila and Bourbon. Champagne was served with/without Passion Fruit Puree, as well as drinking Chocolate Liquors. Many people also ordered hand picked boxes. I didn’t see an unhappy face in the crowd.

Prior to the Artisanal Chocolate Store Opening, many people had doubts if the business would do well on the “bad corner” of the street. So far, this seems to be the new spot for couples to hang out in the Chocolate Lounge and drink one of their 14 different drinking chocolates, as well as some espresso. My favorite is the Ginger Caramel. It is also a great spot before seeing the San Francisco Ballet, Opera, and Symphony. And everyone needs their chocolate fix after dinner right?

Not only do they have probably the best hot chocolate selection, they have a list of around 25-30 different Bon Bon’s ranging from unique flavors such as Caramel with Lavender, Strawberry Balsamic, and Persia, which has Saffron, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Clove, and Orange Blossom water with a layer of Almond Marzipan. Go check it out and eat/drink some chocolate!