In our lives as jewelers we've made our living for almost 45 years selling our mixed metal jewels at art fairs & festivals in California, the southwest and the northwest. The show we have the most history with is the annual Whole Earth Festival at UC Davis which happens in May of each year, usually mother's day weekend which is May 11-13 this year. This will be our 36th year of participating in this event. It's always one of our favorites being fun and colorful with interesting music, dance, speakers,
characters, costumes and people.
It's a photogenic event and each year for the last 10 or 12 I've taken several hundred pictures with one of my digital cameras. I like to make collages with those images for my own enjoyment and memory and to send to the young people who organize the event each year.
Here are 5 of the many collages I've done over the years, each being a slice of the life at Whole Earth each year.
We get inspired each year by exhibits and speakers at the festival focused on sustainability and being good humans on the earth.
Sometimes I do larger collages with themes such as:
Dogs of the Whole Earth Festival
Tattoos of the Whole Earth Festival
Kids of the Whole Earth Festival
Hats of the Whole Earth Festival
Not sure what my theme might be this year, I'll be collecting pictures for whatever it might be.
It's a unique event and we really enjoy reconnecting with many friends and customers each year and because of our long history there it's also one of our best money making shows with a very high percentage of our business coming from people who have bought jewelry from us before.
It has been interesting to see jewels passed down from the original buyer to a daughter and then in some cases down again to a grand daughter.
Friday, the first day of the festival is kind of a warm up day, Saturday is the busiest and most crowded day, Sunday is mellower and more relaxed, especially early in the day.
Stop by and say hello if you get to the festival. Check out some of the new jewelry we'll have there at our jewelery blog at:
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