My month long blogging break can be explained, in part, by the images above. Also- I'm lazy when it comes to doing this bit of writing on a more consistent basis.... but I'll resist digressing into that realm of storytelling.
So the items above are a couple of pieces from my Spring/Summer 2009 collection (go see more: http://www.ciaraobscura.com/) and I don't think I can fully express the amount of joy I am getting out of making these. I was lucky enough to meet up with Stephanie Bodin of Bocage and her husband, Tucker, who own the most killer dynamic recording studio (Playback Records) here in Santa Barbara. It was a serendipitous meeting with two wonderful and unbelievably talented artists. Anyhow, THIS is how I came to my new fantasy materials haven in Stephanie's Bocage showroom. A couple of weeks before I met her, I was designing the Spring/Summer collection with these revolving themes... Bewitching Allure, Vintage Dreamland, Twilight Shadows, Modern Romanticism, Edgy, Shimmery, Mysterious....
The moment I stepped into the showroom, I knew where I was getting a good chunk of my materials to craft these designs. Oh my god, freaking heaven.
So~ many more late late nights watching these designs evolve. And happy mornings logging into my email to see orders from Australia, France, England, Canada, Malaysia (that's one from today) and throughout the US. And I wonder... how the hell did people sustain their businesses prior to the internet without spending crazy money on marketing tools to reach around the globe? This is a good time for artists, my friends... a very good time.
