I am excited to announce the upcoming launch of my newest venture: New Mexico Makers Project. For the next year, my husband @american_made_style and I will seek out and highlight the people who make New Mexico: from poets to musicians, chefs to aerialists, basket weavers to hat makers, painters, bakers, candlestick makers! Launching June 1st: follow us on @nm_makers for more details.
Image from a wonderful article by Cindra Kline on El Palacio.org entitled “Santo Domingo Pueblo’s Depression Jewelry”: “Tableta dancers Sammi Gonzales (left) and Raeita Gonzales (right), with son, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, September 11, 1955. Photograph by Harold Kellogg. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), Neg. No. 077486. These sisters wear matching tabletas and matching Santo Domingo necklaces. Santo Domingo’s Depression-era jewelry employs bold graphics and brightly colored plastic (such as red Dairy Queen spoons) that appealed to their pueblo neighbors’ aesthetic sensibilities. Note the design similarities in the angles of the Thunderbird pendants and the tabletas, which would have been brightly painted.”#newmexicomakers #makers #nmmakers #makersofnewmexico
Goodbye Game of Thrones, May your incredible costume design never be forgotten! Costume designer Michele Clapton gave an interview season three that gave insight into just how much work and thought went into each and every costume: “Armor and costume are 99 percent made in-house, and we have a wonderful range of artisans: leather workers, dyers, metal workers, cutters, printers, and embroiderers...All costumes are aged — be it a little sweat or full on rags — and it is one of the most important aspects in the costume department. We have a team of approximately ten people including painters and textile artists whose job it is to age the costumes appropriately.” #theartofdress #theartofcostumedesign #micheleclapton #gameofthrones
