Naemeh's New Jewelry at Lily

Naemeh Shirazi's newest lace jewelry is now at Lily on Court Street in Brooklyn. Lily is a wonderful boutique on Court Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The owner, Jennifer, sells beautiful dresses by Karina ( I own two and I love them both) and gorgeous leather bags, hip jewelry, stylish sportswear and super, warm socks. It is a fabulous shop and I am so happy Jennifer wants to try out Naemeh's new "Roses" earrings and necklaces.

Last summer Lily carried some silk screened skirts and a tunic by Ivette Urbaez. Jennifer thinks the skirts will go well again so maybe two of Stevie's Artisans will be available at Lily on Court Street.

Naemeh will do the earrings,necklaces and maybe some bracelets in spring colors, as well as her graphic red and black. Look for pink, kelly green, blue and yellow. And white!

Christmas Gifts from Stevie's Artisans

My good friend Martha, who lives in England, bought some earrings from Stevie's Artisans Urban Folk Art for two friends who live in California. Bonnie received the silvery gray "Fleur de Lis" style and black "Double Asia."

Meg received "Big Red Rose" and green "Cut out Leaves" earrings.

All arrived in time for Christmas and all are sculpted from lace

by Naemeh Shirazi of Stevie's Artisans Urban Folk Art.

Lace Roses in Sarasota, Florida

Last week I took a little break and visited some friends in Sarasota, Florida. Julie and her husband Vinnie are artists and designers who create museum installations through their company, Ciulla Designs. Julie makes gorgeous gold jewelry based on archaeological designs and Vinnie creates fantasy collages - bathing beauties riding manatees, water skiers pulled by NYC taxis under the Brooklyn Bridge, etc. Julie bought a couple of pairs of Naemeh Shirazi's lace earrings and suggested I visit and show some of the Stevie's Artisans' work at some Sarasota shops.

We get together whenever they are in NYC - usually dinner at Al di La Restaurant in Park Slope - but I have been longing to visit them and see the mid-century modernist home they live in. They bought and have been restoring Paul Rudolph's masterpiece, the Umbrella House. The house has an elegant glass jalousies facade with lots of built in cabinetry features inside. The "umbrella" is a trellised canopy system that shades and cools the house - remember, houses weren't as extensively air-conditioned in the 1950's and 1960's when this house was built.

I met with Liby (Elizabeth Rice) at her home furnishings gallery/shop - she loved Naemeh's silver vine leaves earrings & pendants and also really liked the Ivette Urbaez silk screened dress I was wearing (red tulip dress) I met with the manager of her apparel/accessories shop - Terra Nova and Cheryl Ralya seemed to like the lace jewelry more and agreed Ivette's tulip dress, fire escape tunic, and teal roses & thorns skirt would go well in the shop. How exciting for Naemeh and Ivette! I left jewelry samples with Julie to show to the buyer at the Ringling Museum gift shop. I think Naemeh's rose pendant and earrings would really compliment Mabel Ringling's "roses"

artwork/accessories collection.

So, what else did I do in Sarasota because I didn't go for all work and no play. Julie and Vinnie have a lovely pool in their back yard and we also swam in the Gulf - warm and a really cool green color - unlike the aqua blue of the Mediterranean or the Caribbean. Julie and I went looking for alligators at the Myakka River State Park - no gator sighting but lots of hero and oak trees dripping with Spanish moss. I sat in at a rehearsal of the Key Chorale, the community chorus Julie sings with. (For years, Julie and I sang togther and served on the board of the Brooklyn Philharmonia Chorus.) The Key Chorale are fabulous and they are performing terrific music - Britten's "Saint Nicholas Cantata."

The day before I left I had lunch with Julie and friends from either the chorus and/or her rowing group - all terrifically interesting ladies in business, the arts, and some retired. Cheryl rows with Julie & Vinnie and Mary Chadsey creates amazing majolica pottery in her studio Mariooch. We are talking about her joining Stevie's Artisans Urban Folk Art.

My Website

Finally, My website is live!

You can go to www.steviesartisans.com to see what is available from the eclectic "gang of four" artisans who are Stevie's Artisans. The Home Page introduces the four artisans: Ivette Urbaez, Teri Scaduto, Our Glass
(Alyssa Trudeau, Mike Sweek & Russell Borne) and Naemeh Shirazi. Besides a short description of what they make, each artist has some images illustrating their work.

You can find the work by category i.e. silkscreen fashions, quilts, fused glass art and jewelry or you can go to the artisan's page. The artisan's page includes a bio and artist's statement and of course, all the work available for sale. The website was designed and constructed by Russell Borne and I think it is very user friendly. BTW, you can still find Stevie's Artisans on etsy.com/shop/steviesartisans

So, check it out and buy something from Stevie's Artisans. Or, please send a comment to tell us what you think. A sample of what you will find at Stevie's Artisans:

Sculpted Lace Earrings & Pendants by Naemeh Shirazi:


Fused Glass Art by Our Glass: plates, luminaria, candle holders & coasters.
















Original hand printed silkscreen fashions
by Ivette Urbaez - flirty skirts, dresses, leggings, tunics & kid's clothes.










Hand crafted Quilts by Teri Scaduto:

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