Memorial Day is upon us, the time to honor our fallen service men and women. In addition, it is the un-official opening weekend of summer. Living on Martha’s Vineyard, that means the busy tourist season is here. Restaurants open again, …
Contemporary Crafts at the 2014 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
This is the first year that Coco will be exhibiting his fiber art jewelry at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Neither Coco or I have ever been to Jazz Fest. More incredibly, we have never been to New …
Contemporary Macrame Jewelry, Fashion and Interior Design
For many people, macramé conjures up images of owls and plant hangers amidst a tacky sea of out-dated decor. But there is so much more to the art of knotting than the owls and plant hangers of the sixties and seventies. …
Fine Craft & Friends in the City of Brotherly Love
This past weekend, Coco had the pleasure of exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen Fine Craft Show in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. For those of you who may not know it, the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen is one of the …
Swinging Through Trees from the Spring Collection
As you may remember from our last post, Coco has spent the past few months creating a Spring 2013 Collection. The inspiration for the collection came from the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen’s call for artists for their “In Bloom” exhibition, …
Macrame Fiber Jewelry In Bloom
Coco is not normally a designer that plans ahead. Like many Native American artists, he is moved by the energy of the stones and lets the natural materials in each piece guide his creativity. Sometimes, however, the business side of …