Lemonart ETSY Shop has re-opened!

While off work from the day job today I am motivated to get to work on Lemonart and all my art work ideas that i have bubbling away in my little head. It's a small start but I have even re-opened my Etsy shop, i realise that the best way to make these things work and work well is marketing and in this day and age of social networking, it should be much easier to do to spread the word. Here's a little link to my first Etsy posting, showcasing a pair of Lemonart City Map Earrings.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78896567/lemonart-city-map-earrings
Hope you like!

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Where does the time go???

Well I'm ashamed to admit its been quite a while since I last made a post on this Lemonart blog if mine. But this is the battle for many designer/makers, struggling to find the time to create if your working a regular day job to support your making. Anyway enough of my complaining about it as I know I'm not alone in this, too much to do, such little time etc etc. So what have I been up to all this?
One off pieces for customer commissions have been coming through steadily which i love working on due to the personal aspect and sentiment of many of my pieces. Will post photos of some pieces later. In other news, which is pretty exciting for me, Lemonart is in a book! A real live book with pictures and words and everything! Its for Central Station - The creative community you'll have known from me harking about it in previous posts. Well the lovely folks at Central Station thought i deserved to be put in a book, with lots of other fantastic artsy kind, to celebrate their 1 year existence.
Find out more at www.wearecentralststion.com . Photos will folloW, but in the meantime don't let that stop you from purchasing your own copy!
I've also got a bigger studio space which has allowed me to get back to larger scale work, a chance to work out ideas for exhibition pieces I've had for months.
But I will show you the progress of all Lemonart goings on in good time, but for now I'm off to sleep as I'm working in the morning!

Next Lemonart selling event!

Join the gals at Made In The Shade, along with a fantastic host of
designers, crafters and lovers of vintage! The event is free so pop on
by and take a gander at some fantastic handmade goodies!!

The Salon Jewellery Fair

Jennifer Lemon
Lemonart

Web: www.lemonart-lemonart.blogspot.com

Lemonart at Magpie Market!!!

All welcome, free entry 12-6pm 13th December. Do come by The Lot to
see all the lovely vendors for some crafty Christmas shopping!!!

Jennifer Lemon
Lemonart
Textile Artist / Designer
Tel: 07708734534 / 07545273384
Email: lemon_r_us@hotmail.com
Web: www.lemonart-lemonart.blogspot.com

Central Station likes Lemonart!!

I was featured on the Central Station website under their 'We like thus' blog!!

"Fully handstiched boarding passes fromLemonart. Now that's a labour of love. This piece is called Collective Destinations and the example is boarding passes 33 to 40 of 80 in total. Tis worth clicking on View Full Size so you can see all the detailing. Lovely."

Check out the blog and their full site and the amazing work and events they are involved in at:

http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Central-Station-likes-this/blog/1168974/126249.html

Exhibiton opening!!

Hello Everyone,


We have three new artists with some really beautiful work; Jennifer Lemon, Sarah Thompson and Tian Miller


Please join us on Friday November 13th


for a glass of wine, meet the artists and celebrate the new exhibition.


Montgomery's Cafe, 9 Radnor St.
6:30 - 8:30Pm
Loking Forward to Seeing you!

Bobath Fundraiser Night

Tonight I am supporting Bobath and helping children with cerebral palsy as I raise money through sales of my jewellery work at their Fashion Show tonight. It's a ticketed affair and it's all sold out!! So lets hope we raise lots of money for such a worthwhile cause! For those of you who have tickets I look forward to seeing you there!  

Jennifer Lemon

Lemonart

Textile Artist / Designer

Tel: 07708734534 / 07545273384

Email: lemon_r_us@hotmail.com

Web: www.lemonart-lemonart.blogspot.com

Exhibition Updates

Bit of a catch up here on the world of Lemonart, all very busy so apologies for the delay! This weekend you can grab yourself a Lemonart jewellery bargain at Che Camille Glasgow which is holding its first ever sale over this weekend (and this weekend only), the designers are offering 40% off on selected stock, so bare the bad weather and cheer yourself up with a designer one off!!!
Along with the sale at Che Camille you can also check out the Harris Tweed Exhibition which includes clothing, bags, accessoeries and jewellery. Here's a little glimpse of my show piece which i made for the event.


I was using the theme of 'Heritage' to explore the traditions of textile art looking at Handstitched samplers, so ive created a necklace as a sampler using the Harris Tweed label, its double sided- the other side being a fabulous panel of the beautiful tweed itself! Smaller versions of the piece are available and exclusive to Che Camille, including necklaces, brooches and rings!!!

On the 8th i am setting up the textile art exhinition at Montgomerys, the open night is on the 13th November, one and all are invited so please pop on by!! All the artwork is for sale, and i have a site specific installation made for the space. Really excited about its unveiling!! Look forward to seeing you all there!!

Also abit of sad news to report- due to The Lighthouse going into administration Glasgow Fashion Week has been postponed, hopfully only until March 2010 but i will keep you posted as and when i know more details! It is a real shame, i was really excited about it and have some great pieces in development for it so we will just have to wait it out for another few months!

Busy busy busy!!!

So many events coming up for Lemonart in the next few months and it's all very exciting!!! I have some dates for you all to get marked off in your diaries!!! The Harris Tweed jewellery exhibition launch for Che Camille is pencilled in for 7th October and has the theme of 'Heritage/Tradition'. For my pieces I'm looking to my own heritage as a textile artist- focusing on the Harris Tweed label in a traditional sampler!! Ideas are buzzing in my head- hoping to get pieces started tommorrow!!
From 1st November until mid January 2010 I will be taking part in a Fibre Arts exhibition at Montgomery's in Glasgow along with two other artists. As much of my work is double sided I'm thinking of making a piece specifically for the window space at Montgomery's.
Lots of new work is in progress for Glasgow Fashion Week, a range of items in all sorts of shapes, sizes, styles and formations!!
I'm so excited!!!

New Event For Lemonart!!!

New lemonart statement necklace

Inspired by the shape of blackwork lace collars.

Lemonart news update!!!

Sooo much news and such little time!!! Four BIG events coming up for
Lemonart!!!
Firstly, you can next see Lemonart at the news Made In The Shade event
being held at The Lighthouse, Glasgow, on the 26th September!!
Secondly, I am taking part in another jewellery exhibition at Che
Camille, Glasgow, this time based on the new Harris Tweed range that
is being launched. The exhibition is due for early October!!
Thirdly, I am working on organising a fibre arts exhibtion with Ugly
Duck Exhibits, to be held at Montgomerys Cafe, Glasgow, to be held
from November to January.
Fourthly and finally lastly- BIG news in the land of Lemonart!!! I
will be participating in Glasgow Fashion Week 2009!! This is a huge
opportunity for me, which I'm so excited about!! I will be exhibition
my jewellery ranges over the four day show.
So I'm currently very busy working on new pieces for all the above
shows, it's a very exciting time working on new pieces and pushing the
boundaries of my materials/ideas/methods.
Will keep you posted!!

Jennifer Lemon
Lemonart
Textile Artist / Designer
Tel: 07708734534 / 07545273384
Email: lemon_r_us@hotmail.com
Web: www.lemonart-lemonart.blogspot.com

Duckstock!!!

Narraitive Jewellery Exhibition THe Darker Side Of Fairy Tales Private View- Thurs 6th August 6-9pm

For this month of August, Glasgow's most stylish boutique, Che Camille, brings narrative jewellery to the people of Scotland.
This exhibition allows the designers to expose jewellery as an art-form. It also demonstrates their ability to analyse the hidden concepts within fairy tales, and develop their ideas into an intriguing piece of body adornment.

No two pieces are similar, which makes for a diverse and interesting exhibition, in which a variety of materials and techniques have been used. Each jeweller has produced one main piece and also smaller supporting jewellery which is all for sale at reasonable prices.

Entry after 6pm, go to the end of Sloans lane and knock on the white door, once through to the arcade, go left and left, then at the end take the lift on the right to the 6th Floor.

The Darkness Of Fairy Tales Exhibition

A narrative contemporary jewellery exhibition on the theme of The
Darkness of Fairy Tales, with work from Glasgows leading jewellers,
launches tommorrow, 1st August 10-6pm Che Camille, 6th Floor Argyll
Arcade, Buchanan Street, Glasgow.

Hope to see you there!!

Exhibition Postcard

Hi all, with under one week to go before the exhibition launch here is a climpse at the Darkness of Fairy Tales postcards. They are glossy and will be displayed in Che Camille! Lucky for all who can't make it as it gives s peek into the other designers work! August 1st 10-6pm Che Camille, Glasgow. Hope you can make it!

Well on Monday I handed in my finished pieces for The Darkness of Fairy Tales exhibition at Che Camille in Glasgow. I am really pleased with how the show piece has turned out. It probably doesn’t have as many tiles on it that I would like- due to trying to keep the cost down but do to that it is very wearable and surprisingly light in weight. As I had been using antique versions of the Beauty and the Beast story and ageing the paper I was then stitching onto, I decided to also age the chains I was using by oxidising the silver with liver of sulphur. It has created a great variety of greys, charcoals and blacks within the chain which I feel needed to be done as the original shiny silver just did not work. As I still don’t want to give away the piece until the exhibition launches on the 1st August, I have included some of my sketches of the design.

Exhibition Dates Ammended

The Darkness of Fairy Tales exhibition at Che Camille in Glasgow has been moved from the 30th July Thursday PM to the Saturday 1st August AM 2009. This is due to a double booking of the venue with Belstaff as they are having a launch night. This actually works better as its during the busiest day for Che Camille so we hope to get plenty of people traffic, there is also going to be a Private Viewing of the work on the following Thursday 6th August 2009, which will allow a quieter time to really check out the Jewellery pieces, try pieces on as well as all the other amazing designs and fashion pieces found at Che Camille!