The Worlds Biggest POMPOM!!!

We need all the help with can get to make this dream a reality! Please email EDDIE (eddie@brightonfashionweek.com) if you can help, and she will let you know the details!

WANTED! ARTISTS/CRAFTERS FOR AN AMAZING EVENT ON 12TH FEBRUARY

"For the love of Art" Growing Artists Valentines Artists Showcase.... All money raised goes towards free participatory arts workshops for vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the local community.

The event aims to showcase local creative talent, and will include live acoustic music, performance and stalls from local artists and makers. Come along enjoy some food, and drinks and be entertained and maybe pick up a beautiful piece... of work made by a local artist for your loved one! There will be kids activities and face painting. The Brunswick have a wonderful menu and drinks bar as well. A family friendly event that cannot be missed.

We are looking for stall holders, artists and makers, musicians, performance artists to perform or sell their work at this event, and the many more to follow in 2011 and beyond! We are also looking for Arts (visual, performance and new media) teachers and facilitators who have experience of working in community settings.

Arts/crafts stalls are £18 per half pasting table size (approx 1m x 55cm)

Please email your details and pictures or information about your work over to  growingartistsenquiry@gmail.com, and we will send you a booking form and payment details.

We will be putting out more information about this event and other Growing Artists projects on our face book page and website (currently under construction) Join Us Turn your frustration into passion and make a positive change!

WANTED! Artists and Crafters for a White Night Festival Night Time Bizaar!

On the 30th Oct the CompARTment Group presents The Open Sesame Night-time Bazaar at the London Road Open Market, Brighton.

From 6pm till 2am the market will be transformed into an illuminated evening of pop-up cinema, performance, music, art, craft stalls and beyond …..

CompARTment is a Brighton based collective who’s aims are to transform empty buildings and sites into creative hubs for learning, collaborating, exhibiting, workshops and community involvement.

This event will come at the end of an initial 3 month phase of compARTment’s pilot project at the Open Market and will provide inspiration and a way mark to artists and their work and to the project itself.

I am looking for artists and crafts people to get involved with the market. Stall spaces of approx. 6ft x 4ft are available for ONLY £5 each! Tables will need to be provided by the artist. The running time for the market is from 6pm to 2am.

If you are interested in getting involved please email me (Josephine) at sisilylove@hotmail.com with your details and a brief description of what you will be selling as soon as possible. I will then send you further instructions of what you will need to do next.

Unfortunately NO alcohol can be sold on the night, and anyone planning on selling food MUST have Health & Safety certificates and Liability insurance.

The compARTment group meet every Tuesday in the Prince Albert pub (in the Green room) at 7.30 - please come along if you would like to take part and meet the group.

Look forward to hearing from you!

For more information on the White Nights festival itself please follow the link below;

http://www.whitenightnuitblanche.com/

For more information about the compARTment group please follow the link below;

http://www.compartment.org.uk/

The Great Gift Voucher Giveaway!

Anyone who becomes a Sisily Love follower, on either TWITTER or my BLOGSPOT from now until the end of October will be entered in to a fabulous prize draw! The winner will receive a £10 gift voucher and the second prize runner up will receive a £5 gift voucher! These vouchers can be spent in either of my online shops.
http://www.sisilylove.etsy.com/
http://www.sisilylove.folksy.com/

Go on start following, you know you want to!

www.twitter.com/sisilylove

Calling all Creative Types!

Artist? Crafter? Performance Artist? Musician?... CompARTment are looking for people to take part and volunteer in the White Nights art trail in London Road Market on the 30th October 6pm - 2pm. A meeting about it will be happening tomorrow evening (Tuesday 28th September) at the Hydrant Pub, Preston Circus from 7.30-9pm.

Hopefully see you there!

http://compartment.org.uk/

Cheeky Monkey!

I was treasure hunting at a flea market in Bournemouth a few years ago and I found an amazing Vintage Monkey ornament which I simply had to take home. I fell in love with his super cute face and cheeky smile so much that I had to try and reproduce it in some of my work...

So I decided to make a mould and re-create his cheeky little face in plastic resin!

Each Monkey face has been hand casted by myself using a resin plastic. The delicate system that I use to create my moulds mean that it is only possible to cast an extremely small number of pieces before the mould saturates. Therefore the number is Monkey face brooches that I have created is limited to an edition of 5.

So if you are wearing one of these little cuties it is highly unlikely you will see anyone wearing anything the same!

Each resin face has been securely attached to a corsage style brooch which has been made from reclaimed felt and netting.

The brooch is secured with a security pin on the back.

 

These are avaliable for sale for just £12 (or $20)

from my online stores....

 

www.sisilylove.etsy.com (for worldwide sales)

www.sisilylove.folksy.com (for UK sales in GBP)

Back by Popular Demand!

Yipee! My ever popular Lego jewellery is back!

But for this season I have tried to make them with a slightly different 'twist' - I has sourced some different colour chain and findings, and have started producing necklaces too...

All of the LEGO which I use is recycled – it was second hand, unwanted or unloved. I cannot always get specific colours as particular LEGO colour runs are harder to source than others; this is due to ‘LEGO’s’ original production levels. Some colours are particularly rare and therefore expensive to source, but I do my best to get my paws on whatever colours I can, and rarer/limited edition or discontinued colour groups are reflected in my pricing.

I always ensure that my LEGO products are sent out gift wrapped in a box made from 100% recycled materials - This particular gift box was made from a 'Diana' Annual from 1984, which has been customised with thread and logos.

 

These are on sale in both my ETSY and FOLKSY stores....

www.sisilylove.etsy.com (for worldwide sales)

or

www.sisilylove.folksy.com (for UK sales)