La Pietra 4 Threnody!

It's been a while, but we have some new items coming up in the shop now, and in the next few days:
metallic ink and canvas-wrap prints!


We also are offering a sale - use the code 4THREN for 15% off anything in the shop.

Why? 

Check here and here to find out why - and see *very* cute pics (in my unbiased opinion)!


Mahalo!

Moving time!

Short Hiatus: All sales from July 30th to August 31st will be processed Sept 1st. We're moving and getting situated in Hawai'i and will be back with new items soon!


I'll post more pics and updates before then, to let you know how we're settling in....

Hanauma Bay, where I hope to swim with sea turtles (Honu) soon!

New Listing!

This one is interesting - I love it, my daughter is not so fond of it.  (Usually we have similar thoughts on pieces.)  I think it hearkens back to my fascination with the Pillsbury Dough Boy ads when I was young...

Wondering about a different shop or venue for unusual items

This post will be short and sweet - but quite different from usual posts.
I love the 'feel' of ABV right now - and don't want to mess with that.
However,  I am creating a series like the images below, in large and small sizes.  (And possibly prints.)  This would seem to warrant a different storefront on etsy - but I am wondering what others think?

I am fascinated with some of the more obscure saint martyrdom stories, especially cephalophores (those who picked up their heads after beheading and walked/talked.)
It made me wonder what they would actually have looked like, rather than the 'medieval photoshop' of their likenesses that we see.  That's where this series was born from.  (Along with a healthy dose of horror films, perhaps.)

St. Osyth, a personal favorite

Note: These exact works will not be sold, as they are based off of a *current* recreation of illustrated manuscript work, not a restoration of an older one.  (My mix up which I apologized for.)  I'm working with some dear friends who are illuminated manuscript specialists to ensure the next pieces I work from are copyright-free.  So these are to demonstrate the style and mixed-medium work only.

St. Mary of Egypt

I certainly don't want to disrespect anyone's beliefs - but would like to see these images find a market.  I think there's got to be one.  Thoughts?


P.S. Yes, that's tiny bits of gold foil torn and painstakingly affixed piece by piece, ( some are then painted), to create the halos.

CF4L and keeping my promise...

1.  AA/regretsy folks - and others who have been drawn in - thank you.  You ROCK!
We're getting there, and I wanted to let you know I really appreciate the help. 
(All orders will get an extra thank you sent from O'ahu, btw...)

2.  As promised, here's the link to the other blog I created, which explains things a bit there.
http://pomaika-i.blogspot.com/

Third...

...you can never have too many koi images.

Mahalo nui loa et bonne nuit!

Michelle

My 100th Listing!

I thought the 100th listing should be something special.  As you may have noticed, I avoid listing Eiffel Tower photographic prints - and here's why:



When *this* is La Tour Eiffel you first see, night after night, for months...

Then (after the European Union moved on to Belgium in 2009) it goes to this:

 ...it's somehow not quite the same. **

The first image is now for sale in the shop, I hope you enjoy it - and happy 100th listing! w00t!

** My daughter informs me that this is not true - she likes them both.  I guess I am more of an electric blue kind of gal.