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I’ve had a piece tucked away for the Autumn Art Studios Tour preview show for some time (thought I was way ahead of the game). I then decided to submit something a bit more seasonal and ended up scrambling up until the deadline to complete it in time.

We have an abundance of oak trees and acorns on our property. Acorns are everywhere, but I still get excited every time a find a “perfect” specimen. I pick them up by the pocketsful and end up with bowls of them every fall. I decided to make molds of a few exceptionally large ones recently and that was my inspiration for this necklace. The focal bead is a molded polymer acorn, the tiles were each impressed with a different oak leaf, and then they were textured with silicone sheets created from either the bark or cut surface of an oak branch.

The AAST preview show opens this Thursday (Oct. 14) at the ARTS Building in downtown Auburn. Please check the PlacerArts website for details. I hope to see you there!

Maureen
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Next weekend is the annual Placer County Autumn Art Studios Tour. More than 70 artists will present their works and the local wineries will be open for tasting as well. I’ll be at Fox Barrel Cider Company in Colfax as I have no “studio” to tour (I work at mini-stations throughout my house and garage).

The pendant/pin pictured will be given away in a drawing at the end of the weekend. If you’re able to stop by Fox Barrel to taste their delicious hard ciders please fill out an entry form!

Hope to see you there…

Maureen