Well, the opening happened and it was a huge success. Thanks everyone who came and made it such an awesome time (and birthday!). We estimated 80-100 people came. I feel very lucky about everything! I have the support of so many wonderful people and I get to work with some awesome artists on a daily basis. Thanks everyone!!! If you didn't make it by, give me a call and stop in when you can.

Oh, and Pat Cato of the Artist Guild Gallery won the raffle. I will be doing more of those in the future though, so watch out for that.

Quite a day! Drove to Atlanta to the Whitespace814 (.com) gallery to shoot a show of 20 new pieces by Tommy Taylor. Everything went flawlessly, which was great. It's a very cool gallery, and it's always fun to get away for the day, even if it was a quick trip. When I got back I started back on the studio work. I'm making a big desk/hutch thing and I'm learning to drywall as I go. It's going pretty well. It should be done by Wednesday if all goes to plan (so Saturday probably). Now I'm finishing a big email invite for Flat Friday (this Friday, the 19th) and the opening next Friday (the 26th). Phew!

So last night Julie and I got the inside doors covered in fake frosted glass (left image). It took a lot of time, but I think it came out pretty nicely. Then earlier today I got to shoot some jewelry for the first time here. Some pieces by Dori Baumwart (metalifics.com), made for the American Heart Association auction. The image on the right is a rough edit of one of the pieces. 16 days till the opening also, I may actually have everything done by then. We'll see...

Monday

Well, in the past couple days I managed to get my desk temporarily set up (till I finish building and painting it) and the hanging system is up on the main walls. Today I shot Emily's piece and April Harrison dropped off a bunch of pieces. I hope to get a big announcement email done later tonight, soon I'll be able to relax and enjoy the new space...one more weekend I'm betting.

It's still a construction site on weekends, but it technically looks much better than this as of right now. I am calibrating my monitor and starting to shoot as soon as I get there tomorrow (Monday). An Emily Clarke painting then some jewelry I think. More soon...

The New Place

My plan for this blog is to show a little more about what I do. I will be posting about whats going on at the studio...new projects, who I'm working with and whatever else seems relevant. I have just moved into a new studio and am using the move to make a fresh start. My website has been updated (eliwarren.com), I have started accepting credit cards and the quality of my work is increasing with the added space of the new studio. I'm excited to get back to work after moving and building all last week. The image for this post is pre-move in. I'll post soon with what it looks like now.