Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Maine Jewelry and Art Shop

One very exciting piece of news that I haven't shared here yet-Dorkorama jewelry is now available in a new location! In early January the Maine Jewelry and Art shop opened in downtown Bangor, and Dork was chosen as one of their artists! I stole the description from the Facebook page because it says it best, "A gorgeous downtown Bangor gallery featuring the art of over a dozen Maine artists! Jewelry, pottery, fiber arts, painting, sculpture and more. Funky and elegant gifts for everyone, in every budget!"
Everything about the place so far is great, from the location, (96 Harlow st, across from city hall), the amazing artists that sell there, (including my craftylove the Dreaded BagLady!) and especially the three rad ladies who opened it.
Amanda Coburn of Riverside Jewelry Design, Roxanne Munksgaard of Maine Peace Works and Anne Reigstad of Ymir Glass Design are the wonderful and ambitious ladies responsible for opening the shop, and each is also a crazy talented and distinct artist as well.
Amanda makes beautiful, bold sterling silver and copper jewelry, utilizing a variety of skills and techniques, resulting in unique, imaginative jewelry that begs to be worn!



Roxanne, the spitfire behind Maine Peace Works is an inspiring artist who creates lovely jewelry with a variety of gemstones, glass, metals and even hemp. Her thought provoking series of "Broken Peace Pieces" is especially inspiring. She has incredible amber pieces as well!



Anne Reigstad is the creative force behind Ymir Glass Designs. Her dichroic glass creations are out of this world cool! Amazing vivid colors and sparkle from the dichroic coating make her glass pieces one of a kind and versatile.
Pretty fab, eh? I am working on online stalking the other great artists from the Maine Jewelry and Art shop so I can share their great work with you as well. I will leave you with a few of my new pieces, ciao~Dork!
Storm Cloud Necklace

Emerge Necklace
Deep Blue Earrings



3 comments:

Chrissy-jo said...

Sounds like a fun shop! Wonderful pieces from the shop and from you.

Vela Anderson said...

I love storm cloud! Dark and beautiful...

Unknown said...

Thanks ladies!