'Share Your Love'- Call for Stories of Love

pair of rings, 'I've loved you since the moment I met you' and 'I want to be your wife Always' (2006), From the 'Like Wearing a Love Letter' Series

SHARE YOUR LOVE

I’m collecting stories of love as an extension of my 'Like Wearing a Love Letter' Series. Select stories may be used in Love Letter pieces (A few more photos here ColleenBaran.com) while others will be present in my show upcoming solo show ‘Like Wearing a Love Letter’. I'm looking for the wide range of love: platonic, passionate, bitter, pure, joyous, brief, long-term, deep, shallow, etc. Love of a partner, a vocation, an idea. I want a collection of stories of love.

To put the stories into a sociological perspective I'm asking for a bit of biographical info (as below) to accompany the story. Deadline Feb 14th 2008.

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SHARE YOUR LOVE (working title)
1) Name (very, very optional) or Initials (also optional):
2) Sex (m/f):
3) Age:
4) Country:
5) Title: (can be a sentence long- I'm thinking of this as a summary)

Story (a few lines to a couple paragraphs):

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To submit email info(at)colleenbaran.com with the subject line 'Share Your Love'.

Detail Image of rings shown above

Info about artist here- Colleen Baran , Resume and blog seeseebe .

Maya

Maya
Originally uploaded by AlphabettiSpaghetti

I remember back when Kathryn (KathrynRiechert) was talking about adding a cat to her family, how we were all so excited to see her new cat Maya (who is now somewhat of an Etsy celebrity- you can read about her on the Storque.) The pictures of her on flickr just amaze me- she's such a graceful animal, but with a sense of humor too.

One of the great things about Etsymetal is that we love sharing our work with each other- in addition to a charm swap this year, we're having a Secret Santa (minus the secret part!) The first to ship her gift was Wendy Humphrey, alphabettispaghetti on Etsy, (also our featured member for December,) and when Kathryn received it she couldn't resist opening it and posting it immediately- a perfect little Maya in pendant form, made to look like this photo. It's set a high standard for those of us who have yet to make and ship our gifts!

More Charms!

Mini anticlastic ring charms
Originally uploaded by AlphabettiSpaghetti

Beautiful shiny anticlastic charms from alphabettispaghetti for our charm swap.

Also check out these charmsby rubygirl and these by maggiejs!

Charm Swap

Charm Swap: EtsyMetal
Originally uploaded by NinaGibson designs

Etsymetal is a very active group. We have a lot of different projects going on, but my favorite is this one- our Charm Swap, organized by Victoria Takahashi/experimetal. About twenty of us are exchanging charms. This is one of the first batches of charms to be finished, by Nina Gibson. They're little books with real paper! Victoria's charms are also finished, in a design similar to her stunning Amoeba Necklace (below.) Beautiful charms by ashleyjewelry and nyhedy are completed as well.

Check back soon for more on the progress of our charms, and see our flickr for recent charm pictures.

Japanese Influence - Ceeb Wassermann

I saw this pendant and was totally amazed by it - and when I clicked on the photo I realized "hey, she's one of my gals!" I was so taken by the three dimensional look and the amazing detail. Oh the time and patience and saw blades it must have taken to make this piece. Just gorgeous.

Make sure to check out her shop for other Japanese influenced pieces. This one just happens to be my favorite at the moment!

Etsymetal featured member Rachael Sudlow

Cicada Wing Stud Earrings
Originally uploaded by sudlow

Rachael Sudlow is our current featured member on etsymetal.com. Her Etsy shop is stocked with a wide variety of organic and nature themed jewelry, like these Cicada Wing Stud Earrings. Visit her site and flickr to see more of what she's been up to.





Her laurel wreath hoop earrings, hand soldered in sterling silver, are another of my favorites.

Rings in the upcoming book '500 Wedding Rings'

A couple of days ago I received my acceptance letter for '500 Wedding Rings' and I'm quite pleased- needless to say! It is published by Lark Books and will be released in spring of 2008. I haven't seen it yet but have seen (and bought) most of the other books in the 500 Series and they've been wonderful. So it is extra nice!
'500 Wedding Rings' on Amazon.com

Below is the image that will be included in the book.


Pair of rings, 'I've loved you since the moment I met you' and 'I want to be your wife Always' (2006) by Colleen Baran

From the 'Like Wearing a Love Letter' Series
Materials- Polycarbonate, resin, thread, archival ink
Hand fabricated: hand written and sewn

A few more photos can be seen here ColleenBaran.com

In the ‘Like Wearing a Love Letter’ series I wanted to make jewellery that was like a love letter. Like wearing a daydream, a memory or a thought of love. A bit more on SeeSeeBe.blogspot.com