Fabulously Fashionable Mountain View Customers

Posted on September 10, 2013 by marty

We just finished the Mountain View Art and Wine Festival.  The shows are hard work but it’s great fun to see our regular friends and collectors and to make new connections! This stylish couple caught our attention and posed for this photo.  He looks awesome wearing the Moon Ear Wrap and this time he added a bronze bat drawer pull to his collection.  He plans to attach it to the front of his top hat. Hopefully they will stop by another show so that I can take an updated photo of the bat on his hat!

Bronze Bat Drawer Pull

Bronze Bat Drawer Pull

Fabulously Fun_Mountain View Customers

Fabulously Fashionable Mountain View Customers

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Marty Magic Travel Magazine first issue!

Posted on August 20, 2013 by marty
         Marty Magic Travel Spring 2013    

         88 pages, published 8/20/2013

       The first issue of Marty Magic Travel magazine. Marty and John travel through India and the United Arab Emirates in 2013.
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Hat Guardians

Posted on August 16, 2013 by marty
Throne Dragon Hat Guardian

This gallery contains 3 photos.

Last year, my son John came up with the idea of wearing my bronze Sentry Dragon Ear Wrap on the rim of his Santa Cruz hat.  Since then,  John’s hat has been guarded by a watchful Sentry Dragon and he … Continue reading →

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Show Time at the California Art and Wine Festivals

Posted on August 16, 2013 by marty

We’ve had a busy season at many California Art Festivals. We’ve walked the plank with Pirates at the Vallejo Pirate Festival and eaten our fill of garlic at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Here is a candid shot of my two best designs, my daughter Alisha and my son John.

Alisha John Fremont Art and Wine Festival

John  and Alisha at the Fremont Art and Wine Festival

Although show hours are long and the days are often hot, the three of us make the perfect team and we have fun together. We each have our strong points: John with his youthful strength has the ability to set up our 20 foot booth in record time and Alisha artistically arranges jewelry in the majority of our display cases. We work together quickly in the early dawn hours, fueled by cappuccinos  and chais until our booth is showtime ready and the first customers of the day appear.

All three of us enjoy the interactions with customers, both new and long time collectors and friends.

Here is the link to the few California shows  left for the season. Stop by and say hello if you are in the area.

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‘Tis the Season for the 2013 Maryland Renaissance Festival!

Posted on August 13, 2013 by marty

To every year there is a season and the season is ripe for the upcoming 2013 Maryland Renaissance Festival. For over 30 years, I have had a shop at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, an extravaganza of medieval markets, magic, and playful mayhem.

Below are a few photos from the 2012 Maryland Renaissance Festival.

Lovely Leah in charge of the Marty Magic Ear Cuff "Bar."

Lovely Leah in charge of the Marty Magic Ear Cuff “Bar.”

Skull Ring with Flame Tattoo

Skull Ring with Flame Tattoo

 

Art and Marty at the Maryland Renaissance Faire

Art and Marty at the Maryland Renaissance Faire

 

The Marty Magic, Fantasy Jewelry Shop

The Marty Magic, Fantasy Jewelry Shop

The Maryland Crew

The Maryland Crew

The Maryland Renaissance Joust

The Maryland Renaissance Joust

The Pub Sing

The Pub Sing

Marty with Nobelmen

Marty with Nobelmen

Put your best foot forward

Put your best foot forward

Marty and Zoe at the Ear Cuff Bar

Marty and Zoe at the Ear Cuff Bar

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Dali’s Tree of Life Medallion

Posted on August 10, 2013 by marty

My husband, son and I recently returned from a trip to France and Spain with stops at many inspirational museums.  We stopped overnight in Figueres, Spain so that we could visit the Dali museum. The museum was intriguing to say the least and I believe that I am influenced by everything that I experience during my travels.

There is a separate Dali Jewelry museum that we visited and  as I was absorbed and overwhelmed by Dali’s excessive bling,  Art pulled me aside and pointed out a simple and beautiful golden Tree of Life Medallion.

Dali Tree of Life Medallion

Dali’s Tree of Life Medallion

Tree of Life imagery is a common thread throughout much of art and jewelry but I was awed by the simple beauty of his design and it touched a chord in my spirt and aesthetics since prior to this trip, I completed my own version in 14K gold of the Circle of Life Tree Pendant.  (Also available in sterling silver.)

Gold Circle of Life Tree Pendant designed by Marty

Gold Circle of Life Tree Pendant designed by Marty Magic

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Amazing Webs and Remarkable Spiders

Posted on August 10, 2013 by marty

I have just completed a new Spider and Spider Web design that is now available as a pendant and as earrings.  I hope that this dramatic piece will appeal to both nature lovers and to my Halloween jewelry collectors.

Silver Web and Bronze Spider Pendant

Silver Web and Bronze Spider Pendant

Several years back, a large hydrangea bush grew outside my office window. Dozens of beautiful and fat striped orb spiders made this bush their home and I loved to watch their activities. I would write notes to our gardeners cautioning them “Spiders live here; Do not prune this bush!”

Orb Spider outside my window

Orb Spider outside my office window

This Web and Spider design also makes a dramatic pair of earrings. One sterling silver web is home to the friendly Orb Spider and the other web hosts the venomous Black Widow Spider.

Large Web and Spider Earrings

Large Web and Spider Earrings

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A Race to the Gargoyles

Posted on August 2, 2013 by marty
Notre Dame Gargoyles

Notre Dame Gargoyles

Marty with the Gargoyles

Marty with the Gargoyles of Notre Dame

The alarm goes off at 7:30 A.M. We shower and pack quickly to check out of our hotel.  After paying the bill, we walk briskly in the direction of the river and towards Notre Dame. It’s a beautiful sunlit morning with white clouds dotting the sky and although Art and John wish for a leisurely breakfast at our usual café, I am set on getting to Notre Dame before there are any lines. When we arrive at 9:00 A.M. we walk straight into the majestical cathedral and as in the past, all my senses are stirred. I inhale the scent of frankincense and candle wax and my eyes follow the soaring lines of the gothic arches, splashed with rainbows of color from the stain glass windows. Immense lighted chandeliers illuminate the interior and we circumambulate the cathedral more quickly than I would like. Continue reading →

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Dive with a Manta Ray

Posted on June 10, 2013 by marty

Gliding into Marty’s ocean collection is her new one of a kind, 18k gold Manta Ray Pendant.  A stunning  8 carat Australian Crystal Opal is the inspiration for this elegant design. The translucent opal shimmers with iridescent blue and green and three brilliant diamonds are tube set in the curve of the tail, invoking of bubbles rising to the surface.

18K Gold Manta Ray Australian Opal Pendant

18K Gold Manta Ray Pendant

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The Ascent of the Throne Dragon Ear Wrap

Posted on June 5, 2013 by marty
Bronze Throne Dragon Ear Wrap

Bronze Throne Dragon Ear Wrap

 

I am proud to introduce my new Throne Dragon Ear Wrap, inspired by my customers who are fans of the Game of Thrones.  It’s been several years since I’ve added a dragon ear piece to my line, partially because conceiving and designing a uniquely fresh dragon ear wrap is very challenging but also because I have been discouraged by all the counterfeit copies of my designs appearing for sale on the internet.

Thank you for supporting original art and declining to buy counterfeit designs in any format.

The internet is both a blessing and a curse to artists who create original work because once a new design is “published” the piece is vulnerable to plagiarism.

 

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