first friday

this first friday here in philly at 309 gallery in olde city located at 309 cherry street, photographer christina brown will be showing large scale images from the lookbook, 'the conjurer' along side curated cabinets of my jewels along side personal objects from my collection and objects from paul romano's & jeremy hush's home & studios. this will be the first time i've ever shown my personal collection of my jewelry in a gallery setting, meaning that some of the jewels will show the wear i've placed on them over time while others illuminate the ethereal elegance of the rose gold plating. if you live near philly i would love to see you at the opening this friday from 6-9. the show is open until january 15th of the new year.

xo.

the conjurer.

i spent most of today pre-huurricane with christina brown, watching her work and viewing choices of edited photos for the upcoming lookbook. its shaping up to be exactly what i had conjured in my mind & beyond. for now, here's a little bleed....featuring 'the temple' ring, a gloriously large pyramid of snowflake obsidian held in with four perfect sterling sparrow claws....that will be available online in black stone variations and exclusively in different stones at loved to death in sf.

 so much more coming within the weeks upcoming. . .

xx

the endless love letter.... .. . .. . ...

absentia is the one word i couldn't live without. which coincidentally is also part of the title of a brother's quay film, 'in-absentia' which was the inspiration for photographer christina brown's approach of shooting my work on the lovely lindsay for phase 1 of my look book. the film was based on the strange obsession of a woman in an asylum to write love letters to a man who never visits. here's both a clip of the film & a peek at some of the photos:

absentia. victorian watch ring // coming soon

the underworld. owl skull ring.

the prophet. owl claw necklace.

twin heart earrings. // coming soon.

elevation.

yesterday i had the good fortune of rounding up 2 talented and gorgeous friends to help with phase i of what will ultimately be an ongoing project; making a look book. the intelligent and lovely christina brown is a talented photographer with a great eye and smart approach. i'm literally foaming at the mouth in anticipation of what she'll do with the 500+ photos she took of lindsay yesterday. thanks again ladies!

this project comes into eclipse with my wanting to elevate my commitment to bloodmilk, which has hopefully been evident over the last few months. it's my desire to continue to create wearable pieces and to add new, bolder, editorial pieces into my work that are equally as wearable but edging a bit more on the absurdly marvelous. this project will be ongoing over a long period of time and will hopefully include other models and photographers, as i've recently had the opportunity to meet lovely new people at the renegade craft fair, such as the talented jeremy dyer.

also, as promised, i just re-wrote my etsy profile, which outlines the philosophies, obsessions and beliefs that serve as a backdrop to bloodmilk and all of my work. take a peek here.

xo

ps thanks to all of you who have been commenting on the post below. please do so if you haven't yet.......

pps. those are margaux kent's from the black spot books lovely photographs in the background of the first photo. you can find prints of them in her shoppe.

xo