My New Years Resolution will be to update this more often. Although maybe it shouldn’t be, because that pretty much guarantees I won’t do it. Theres been a lot of good and a lot of bad. Ill catch up by … Continue reading
Phew. Its been a crazy summer thus far. I’ve been summering the hell out of it. However when I got back into town from our mega trip, I discovered that not only did my one and only external drive bite the dust while we were traveling but my computer had some sort of stroke in my absence. I was not happy for a moment there. During the process of getting everything recovered and working again, I probably would have flipped my desk on more than one occasion had it not been for the fact that it weighs a ton. BUT, after many trips to consult the “geek squad” and thousands of hours reading forums on various ways to fix the endless stream of problems I was having, I think I have everything back on track (knock on wood). Ive also learned from all the eye rolls I encountered when I said I only had one back up drive that apparently I should have many… and backups for those. Apparently they think I have a money tree as well.
Thats why its been awhile since I’ve updated…
aaaaanyway, This is what Ive been up to:
I packed up my four and five year old and left town for a few weeks for a marathon trip involving stops in Connecticut, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and South Carolina. That last one was unplanned (its a long story involving my intense fear of flying, I won’t bore you with it, that is if I haven’t bored you already). It was amazing to see so many old friends and hit up as many museums and eat as much food as humanly possible. One if the highlight was being to attend the Tiny Trifecta at The Cotton Candy Machine in Brooklyn. They invited me to participate this year and I was more than excited to.
The kids are pumped. Madilynn with her best bud Izzy
my pieces hung among some stellar artists…
Thank you so much to those who bought my work, it felt great to sell out that night! The pieces from the show…
I had a wonderful time in Brooklyn and saw so many old friends it made my heart swell. Teaching my kids to navigate the subway was interesting and full of horrifying moments of my youngest putting her face/mouth/ hands all over everything. It was like emersion therapy for me and my feeling about germs. We even made it over to Bushwick to eat at my friends new restaurant Montana’s Trail House (you must go) and spotted this beautiful Mural by Beau Stanton across the street…
sometimes I miss New York.
The rest of the trip involved the American Museum of Natural History, walks in Central Park, a slightly horrifying trip to Times Square because the kids HAD to go to the big Toys r Us, racing down to philly and visiting dear friends and getting to see the Barnes Museum for the first time which was very special and inspiring, The Franklin Insitute, Philadelphia Zoo, the South Carolina Aquarium… We wanted to squeeze every last drop of fun out of this trip, but I won’t blather on any more and I promise I won’t fill the rest of this post with vacation kid pictures…
I was also involved, When I got back to savannah, the Artists & Artisans Tour of homes sponsored by the Downtown Neighborhood Association, My work was displayed in a beautiful home on Gaston Street along with many other local Artists…
Now things are normalizing and Im back in my hidey hole working on some new things…
the mess
oh and STICKERS!
Soon there will be t-shirts which I am quite excited about and I am beginning to work on a new poster that will hopefully be available in the fall…
Also If you follow me on Instagram (@clawandboneart) you have probably heard me mention this but I am cleaning out some prints and things on my etsy shop and will be switching primarily to my big cartel shop. Right now you can get everything in my shop for 30% off with the code CLEANUP at checkout (including baroness posters!)… I will be keeping it up for another week or so AND you’ll find some stickers in with your order…
Follow this link to get to my Etsy Shop www.etsy.com/shop/clawandbone
I also will be putting some of the newer originals up on my Big Cartel shop this week like this one
AND there is also a brand new print up for sale as well…
an edition of only 25 of my original painting “shadow self” for only 20 bucks…
Okay I think thats enough for now. Im pretty wordy today so I appreciate it if you actually made it all the way through this post…
I hope everyone is have an amazing summer ❤
Party On…
This year is seemingly off to a good start…
I have a feature up at BEAUTIFUL/ DECAY presented by MADE WITH COLOR right now with you can check out by clicking this link:
Also if you haven’t had a chance to see my new site, it is up at www.clawandbone.com. I used Made With Color’s platform and I couldn’t be happier with the site!
Also
If you’re in the Savannah Area, I have some paintings on view at Gallery Espresso along with my main lady Juliana Peloso (Lost and Found Fine Art) until the 25th of January. It is a Selection of work from “Here Begin the Terrors, Here Begin the Miracles” along with a couple new pieces, as well as prints and posters. There will also be a soft closing with some wine and friends on the 24th from 6-8… 234 Bull street, Savannah GA
Here is the first couple new drawings of the year … up at the gallery this month
Oh Aaaand…
If you’re following me on Instagram I am doing my first giveaway! You can win a Signed and Numbered AP of the Baroness Poster I Illustrated as part of of their tour poster series… Just make sure you’re following @clawandboneart and follow instructions in the giveaway post…
Thank you so much to everyone for all the support!
I think the craziness of the last month of the year was appropriate for 2013. It will be forever remembered in my mind as the “year of extremes”… the best worst year ever. December was terrific however, and Im glad to end it on a high note…
Big crafty was great! Thank you so much to everyone that come by my booth… I gotta say I love Asheville…
me n my booth
I also may or may not have gone completely overboard when my husband and I took the kids “Gem Mining” when we got into town….
more jewelry to come in 2014…
I also still have a things left in my online shops jewelry wise…
and I also released a few new prints this past month…
Also available in my shops…. AND if you order any print or poster by the end of the year you can get 20% off in my big cartel shop! Just use promo code NEWYEAR by midnight December 31st….
Upcoming in January there will be an Encore hanging of Juliana Peloso and I’s show “Here Begin the Terrors, Here Begin the Miracles” for anyone who didn’t get to see it the first time, or anyone who wants to see it again at Gallery Espresso in Savannah GA starting the 6th…
Also look out for t-shirts coming soon!
I hope everyone had a great holiday and has a happy New Year….
Kids first trip to NYC over the holidays with my main lady Amanda and her daughter Izzy
PS… Claw and Bone has a new website! Check it out at www.clawandbone.com
Ive been bad at updating this Because Ive been racing to get everything done for my two woman show with Juliana Peloso at the Butcher Gallery ….
I couldn’t be more excited… AND that very same night the Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Review is performing right around the corner at the Jinx after the opening, Its an entire night of party time….
Here is a few peaks into some in-progress work for the show …
MIracle: One
Miracle: Two
disaster area
IN OTHER NEWS….
Keep an eye out in the next few weeks, I will be releasing a limited amount of four color, 18 x 24″ screen prints of my contribution to the Baroness Tour Poster Series. Printed by Burlesque North America…. More info coming soon!
After a small break to deal with the holidays, some personal calamities, and some sort of cold/ flu death spawn that has invaded my face and lungs… I am more than ready to say goodbye to this past year. It was a weird one.
BUT Santa (or my amazing Aunt Debbie in this case) did come through and I found THIS under the tree
my very own torch
yes.
Also… I have a few new limited edition teeny prints available at Recreate now and will be up at my etsy shop tomorrow… They are small, printed on Rives BFK, affordable and easy to frame at 5×5″ and 5×7″… (signed and numbered)
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and If you’re cooler than me and stay up late enough to ring in the New Year, I hope y’all have a good one!
coming soon…
new album cover
I hope everyone had a great holiday where they ate way too much and passed out at 6 in the evening in a modified fetal position… (maybe that was just me).
I also hope anyone who was partaking in the shopping madness this weekend supported Small Business Saturday and hit up all your favorite locally owned stores… including Recreate (heh). So in continuing with the shopping fever and in honor of what is now “Cyber Monday” from now until Monday evening at midnight (eastern time) you can receive TEN PERCENT OFF (!!) your purchase from the Claw and Bone Etsy Site….
Which you can visit by clicking HERE… just enter the coupon code MANICMONDAY.
Theres some new jewelry and lots-o-prints… heres a few things you’ll find…
Also speaking of Monday and Recreate I will be there (10 W. Liberty Street) from 10-6 tomorrow, so swing by if face to face shopping is more your thing.
Dont forget to mark your Calendars for December 14th as we will be participating in a Holiday Hop in the Heart of the District along with Gallery Espresso, Fabrika, Red Clover, Perry Rubber, Oillie Otsun, and more! It will be awesome, and there will be food, drink and more discounts to be had. More Information coming soon…
And I am in full Holiday panic mode. I am cooking a whole Turkey myself this year and considering I tend to destroy meat I am slightly nervous about it.
But I did manage to get a few things done, and I participated in Desotorow’s Junk in the trunk show the other day (thanks again to everyone who made it out!).
It was very cold.
For those of you who couldn’t make it out I will be putting all sorts of new things on my etsy site by weeks end… including Jewelry, Embroidered prints, screen prints, open edition prints (did I say prints?) and limited edition giclees… If you are interested in an original painting you’ve seen please feel free to email me at KelleyHagemes@gmail.com for availability and prices…
embroidered screen print
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Tonight ReCreate and Fabrika Fine Fabrics will be hosting First Friday in the Heart of the District. ReCreate (10 W. Liberty Street) will be having an art reception for Amanda Price as well as displaying work from local artists and Fabrika (2 East Liberty Street) will be having an Open House also with local art and goodies…. from 6-9. You can view the Event Page here… First Friday.
OH and check out ReCreate Savannah’s new website … http://recreatesavannah.com
new postcards available at ReCreate (and Etsy)
hope to see y’all there!
Tonight a couple of prints of mine will be included in Le Snoots “Three Little Prints” show (6 East State Street, Savannah) …
a preview…
Also, I had intended on bringing new necklaces over to Recreate last weekend, and in my massive hurry and worrying about my car that I left in the alley, I managed to tangle them SO bad that I actually had to just bring them back home.
In the end I had to cut them apart and piece them back together. But the good news is I brought them back over to recreate without destroying them. Along with a new one…
and tomorrow Ill be bringing by some of those prints from last post and some postcards..
So If you’re are in the Downtown Savannah Area this weekend looking for early Christmas gifts or having a “treat yo self” day swing by (ReCreate: 10 W. Liberty Street, Savannah, GA 31401)….
Artwork of Kelley Hagemes 