July update!

The First Friday Art Crawl went pretty well, not the turn out we expected though. A lot of our regular supporters stopped by, so thank to everyone who did come and see us!Two days later we were in the Bemidji 4th of July parade. The parade was awesome and was definitely more fun than we thought it would be! We actually won an award for Most Creative float. We will hopefully have more people to help us next year. There was eight of us and we could barely keep up with handing out stickers and candy.

Now, we are preparing for Art in the Park taking place next weekend. Our whole living room is full of chainmaille and we are getting excited! We are hoping this will be our best year yet.

First Friday and Photo Shoot!

Hello!The first weekend in July will be a busy one this year! Not only are we in the 4th of July Parade held on the 5th of July. On the 3rd we will be participating in the First Friday Art Walk here in Bemidji MN.  Basically, different businesses in town will host local artists to show their work in a self-guided art tour throughout the town. You can look at the Watermark Art Center website for more information on all the different locations and who else will be featured. The Least of These Boutique will be hosting us along with another artist. (whose name we don't know yet) Be sure to check out their facebook page!

And! We did fun photo shoot the other day to show off some of our armor pieces so be sure to check it out in our NEW photo gallery!

Belts and Bronze

John has been busy preparing the silicon bronze rings for his grant project that he mentioned in his last post. To prepare the rings he uses pliers to partially open about half of the rings, and close the other half of the rings making the two ends flush. All together they will total to be around 60,000 rings for the Shirt, Coif and Mantle.  I have been working on something we haven't done before, women's belts. I am just starting off with a simple design to see if it is something that people are interested in.

  

Also! This weekend we are beginning preparations for Art in the Park coming up in the middle of July. Keep an eye out on our facebook page for updates!

Thanks!

It was a busy and sleepless weekend but it is always worth it! Thank you everyone who stopped by and saw us at Holidays by Hand. We did better than the year before and are excited for our next show. (looking for one to do this spring) In the mean time we'll keep you updated on any new projects we work on. See you soon!

Holidays by Hand

A few nights ago I attempted to take these pictures inside in our living room and the lighting made everything look terrible. So, I stood outside in the cold today. And got good lighting so that you could see a few of the Holiday themed items we will have available at Holidays by Hand this Saturday! (9-4 at the Bemidji Boys and Girls Club)