A New Marty Magic Studio in Texas

Who said that moving was easy?

Marty Magic is going through transition.  Alisha’s family has already moved to Magnolia, Texas and Alisha will soon join them. After returning from buying a house in Texas, Alisha quarantined and is temporarily living with Art and me. We have been working 7 days a week in my Santa Cruz shop; polishing  jewelry, doing inventory and ordering supplies for her new Texas studio. 

For a year now, because of the pandemic, Alisha and I have worked from our separate Santa Cruz home studios. During this time we could not sit elbow to elbow and design together but we talked many times each day, visited frequently from 6 feet apart and shared the various Marty Magic responsibilities.

Marty and Alisha polishing.

A very candid shot in our Santa  Cruz workshop Pink slippers and all.

Thanks to our loyal customers, our online business has grown and become more than what is comfortable for me to to handle on my own. Alisha will soon take over the majority of order fulfillment from Texas and I will continue to work on special pieces in my Santa Cruz studio. I expect to have more design time in the future. I will miss Alisha and the family terribly but she and I will continue to work together but apart. I see my frequent flyer miles accumulating as I fly between California and Texas several times a year. Alisha promises to fly “home” to help me at a few of our California shows.

Naturally, Alisha is anxious to join her family in Texas and in mid March she will drive there and a new chapter in each of our lives will unfold. In the meantime, Sterling and the kids are in Texas, doing their part to ready the Marty Magic workshop and office for Alisha’s arrival. 

The Texas contingency has already weathered many a storm! Literally! Snow and power outages were a challenge but when it snows, make snowmen!

A double shop sink purchased from Craig’s List.

Sterling painting the workshop

Sterling, impatiently waiting for Alisha to drive to join the family in Texas

Shipping supplies for the new Marty Magic Texas studio

Molly, the third generation of Marty Magic and Daughters.

Sterling Jr, plugging in the electrical shipping table and cleaning the floor at the same time .

Sterling, adapting to being a Texan kid.

There is a Buddhist concept that essentially says that we suffer because we want things to be different than they are and then we suffer because we want things to remain the same.

We are experiencing the bitter sweet times of transition.