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Seinfeld in Gold: Necklaces About Nothing

kiersten — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:11:20 +0000

So, it’s been a crazy few months. What’s felt like a million projects and jobs all due one right after the other, lots of big decisions, mom duty, and attempting to completely redo my site has left me wondering how the hell it’s already October. Anyway, in between all that my husband and I have continued to expand on our fun little jewelry-making venture.

As everyone knows, Seinfeld is my all-time favorite show (proof here and here), so I was THRILLED when I got invited to participate in Galley 1988 (East)’s ‘Art Show About Nothing’. We decided to do a small, limited line of affordable pieces based on some of my favorite lines from the show, 5 quotes all together. They are all gold-plated, handcrafted, and boxed in hand-stamped box inspired by black & white cookies because,.. SEINFELD. They will be available in small quantities starting next Saturday through Gallery 1988.

Follow me on Instagram for more info as time gets closer!

‘They’re Real and They’re Spectacular’

Plate: 2.25in x 1in

18in split chain

‘The Jerkstore Called, They’re Running Out of You’

Plate: 2.25in x 1.25in

18in chain

‘The Sea Was Angry That Day My Friend’

Plate: 1in x 2.25in

18in chain

‘Schmoopie’

Plate: 1.75in x .5in

16in split chain

’Giddy Up’

Plate: 1.5 in x 1in

16in split chain

signed with a tag!

‘look to the cookie’ boxes

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Well, I’m Back

kiersten — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:28:21 +0000

After an unexpected drive down to Georgia, I’m finally back in my studio and I’m actually painting! I know, I can’t believe it either. I’m working on a few pieces for the 2011 iam8bit show in LA. I can’t reveal any details just yet, but I will say this, this show is gonna be a good one.

I swear I will soon turn this back into an actual art blog, but until then, here’s a few snapshots from this weekend:

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Brooklyn Motorized in The NY Times

kiersten — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:03:20 +0000

The electric motorcycle Wes designed for Brooklyn Motorized is being featured in the NY Times today! I’m so proud.

Read about it HERE.

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Style Icons

kiersten — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:27:15 +0000

I finally launched a new home for THERSIC S tyle Icons! I would best sum it up as a pop cultured-based, fashion site that you don’t need to know anything about fashion to enjoy. Enjoy!

Example, Style Icon: Old School Video Games

Style Icon: Children’s Books

My personal Style Icon, Axl Rose of 1989:

Any suggestions for themes, people, places, etc please feel free to email me at: kiersten (at) youfail.com

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My Christmas Tree

kiersten — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:19:20 +0000

Since I travel back to Chicago for the holidays, in the 10 years I’ve lived in Brooklyn, I’ve yet to have a real Christmas tree in my apartment. So this year, I think we may resurrect our studio Christmas tree from a couple of years ago.

Made of dead umbrellas that we found on the street during a rainy night in NYC, it’s hung from the ceiling, weighted down with a rock, topped with part of a hubcap, and decorated with fortune cookie fortunes we collected for the year. It’s pretty ghetto, but it makes me happy anyway. Happy Holidays!

Made in collaboration with our friend, artist/illustrator, Andrew DeGraff.

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A Few Hitchin’ Pics

kiersten — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:47:57 +0000

We just got a few of our wedding pictures back and they are so much fun! I’m putting together a larger post, but until then, here’s one of my favorites (we couldn’t stop laughing b/c this dog almost peed on my dress.. and this was before we even got married!), followed by a few detail shots.

photos by our talented and dear friends, Jason & Rebecca Walker

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‘Thank-You’ Wedding Party Gifts

kiersten — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:36:13 +0000

I decided I’d better get posting on this blog before it expires out of boredom.. I have a few small projects in the works, as well as new work (about time, isn’t it?) to post coming soon, but until then I thought I’d post one of our wedding details.

I know every girl probably says this, but I seriously had the BEST wedding party! Made up of my two sisters, best friend from high school, and my best friend from college; they all were amazing, incredibly helpful, and so adorable the day of.

I wanted to give them something sweet & personal, so I decided to draw little portraits of them in the style of our wedding Save-the-Dates and frame them. I can’t put up all of them just yet, since two of them are still en route to Chicago, but here’s my oh-so-cute friend, Courtney.

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Ball & Chain

kiersten — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:11:56 +0000

Well, it’s official.. I’m finally hitched! After a wonderful couple of weeks down on St. Simons Island, GA, our small, sweet, and very DIY southern wedding was a complete success. I’m planning a post with some of the details in the near future, but have quite a few (well, more than a few) photos to sort through. Until then, I’m back in the studio and trying to get back in the swing of that thing called work. Much love.

photo courtesy of Carla Cox

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Thanks for the free stuff, Brooklyn!

kiersten — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:32:38 +0000

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I’m been sucked into a blackhole of work and wedding planning.. one more month and things will finally be back to normal! Anyway, I thought some of you may enjoy this via my other blog, Thersic:

Things have been pretty chaotic around here recently, made especially so with the endless DIY wedding projects we’ve been working on. I don’t know what crazy frame of mind we were in when we decided to take all of it on, but here we are finding, baking, printing, and constructing everything from our invites, to lighting, to our decorations (w/ the help of dear friends & family, of course!)

Since we’re paying for it ourselves, we are trying to stay on a very tight budget.. So when any possible creative freebies come along, we don’t hesitate. We decided to pass on a professional florist and keep things simple with a mix of Georgia wild flowers and a couple of our personal favorites. Instead of buying 100 + vases, we decided to take what Brooklyn itself was offering.. free glass bottles from the 1900-1950s! Want to find out how? Keep reading..

Dead Horse Bay was given its name sometime in the 1850s, when horse-rendering plants still surrounded the beach. From the 1850’s until the 1930’s, the carcasses of dead horses and other animals from New York City streets were used to manufacture glue, fertilizer and other products at the site. The stinky side of sustainability.

It was around this time that the marsh of Dead Horse Bay’s began to be used as a landfill. Filled with trash by the 1930s, the trash heap was capped, only to have the cap burst in the 1950s and the trash spew forth onto the beach.

Thousands of bottles (many over 100 years old) still litter the shore.. along w/ old leather shoe soles, antique toys, as well as parts of the actual horse bones. Overall it’s a pretty creepy, isolated place, where when the wind blows across the bottles, you can actually hear that ghosty whistling sound.

bottles and shoes

This place is probably not for everyone, since you really don’t have to mind digging through what is essentially and old landfill. But for what you can find– glass 1/2 in thick, old apothecary bottles, etc– it’s a pretty amazing, one-of-a-kind place that I don’t think can be found anywhere else. It’s a lot of work digging (and not to mention the hours afterwards spent rinsing, scrubbing and washing them out), but I’m really amazed at what we now have.. and for free!

Here are a few other things we found:

close up

other goodies

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Love, Sweat, and Tears: Wedding Invites Part II

kiersten — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:29:17 +0000

With the printing all complete, it was time to move on to the cutting, folding packing and sending..

After each piece was completed, Wes started to cut the spotted bands (it wrapped around the cards to hold them in place), while I started to measure and cut our envelope liners. We then glued the liners in place (pretty simple with a glue stick and folding tool) and began stacking and wrapping the pieces together. I have to say, although this was time consuming, it was the easiest part!

The real fun part of this step was seeing how each piece was individually different from the next, some a little crooked, some heaver than others etc.. Although not perfect, it was kinda nice knowing that each guest would truely have their own personal invitation, different from the rest.

Overall, I think we’d both agree that despite the amount of time that went into our invites, the end resulted in a very happy, gratifying finish that we were both proud of. Phewwww!

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