Happy Spring! It's reassuring to see the earth going about its business, bursting into bloom and birdsong. The worries we have as humans seem to flow away with the running creeks towards the sea. For me, it’s a time to refresh, renew and create!
There’s a new Nomad page up! It’s about a recent rockhounding expedition to Lake County, CA to find "diamonds." I will have some
obsidian/Lake County "diamond" pieces coming soon.
Check it out:
http://www.devkhan.com/nomad/index.html
I am blogging. I plan to show off new stones and work, share the creative process, document some of my more interesting adventures,
and pass on cool stuff I find on the web.
The blog can be found at this link:
http://www.dev-khan.blogspot.com/ or on the News page of my website.
Here’s a beautiful new stone I’ve been working with, Ruby in Fuchsite. It’s kyanite-coated ruby crystals floating in sea green
fuchsite and it looks like dessert to me. It loves faceted rubies, chrysoprase and pearl. I have four pieces built now that will be
on my website for sale soon.
http://www.devkhan.com/currentwork/index3.html
I am at the Great San Francisco Crystal Fair at Fort Mason this weekend, March 6-7. I’ll be in The Crystal Room with Sean Xenja of
Dynamic Energy Crystals, making custom pieces, showing lots of new work, and lots of good deals on older pieces.
Come by and see me:
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfxtl/index.html
Last, but not least, I’d like to introduce my friend Chris Carroll’s amazing photography. He did the great “Glamour Shots” you see
of stones rough and polished. Check out more of his work at:
http://www.christophercarrollphotography.com/
Thanks so much for your continuing support and enthusiasm for the arts. I hope Spring is working it’s magic with you as well.
Enjoy!
In creation,
Dev
http://www.devkhan.com
Holiday greetings! I hope everyone is enjoying time with family and friends. Thanks so much for all your appreciation throughout the year. We are all still here in spite of the wonky economy, and I am grateful to be creating new work and expanding my artistic horizons.
What with shows and holiday sales there hasn’t been time for pictures of new work! Here’s a tray of all my new pieces with prices. If you see something you like, let me know and we can figure out which one it is!
There are new lower prices on all existing work. I’d like clear the way for new work in the year to come. If there is a piece you’ve been hanging back from because of dollars, now might be the time. I’m offering discounts on multiple pieces as well. There is a new PayPal option onsite.
Here is my first batch of rings. They are sized at 9-10 but can be sized to order. They are all natural cut stones in sterling silver wire and sell for $45 each.
New! Freeform Cabochon Tutorial available as PDF download or CD. There are 31 beautifully photographed steps, including materials list and detailed descriptions. $15 download, $20 CD, free shipping. It even has a table of contents!
On Workshops:
The individual workshop comes with all materials (stone, wire, beads) use of tools and new CD tutorial for $75. I will also be
offering beginner tool sets for sale at workshops for $25. Each set contains chain nose and round pliers, flush cutter, pin vise
and comes wrapped in a handy working area cloth tied with a ribbon.
Group workshops, $75 per person:
I like to teach groups of friends or family, gem clubs or creative circles. If you’d like to host a workshop for you and four of
your craft buddies, your class is free.
I’m excited for the new year, one filled with collaborations, community and creation. I’ll be working through the winter cutting stone, bending wire and teaching myself new tricks. I hope to see you in 2010!
In creation,
Dev
http://www.devkhan.com
Hey all, it’s been a great (and busy) summer! Thanks to everyone for showing up and enjoying it with me. As most of you know, the high point of my year is Burning Man, an art festival in the Nevada desert. It’s a time for me relax and re-energize, connecting with thousands of artists from around the world. I’ve documented a small portion of this journey on my new Nomad page. Check it out:
It’s the second of a continuing series that will feature some of the art and experiences I have along this creative journey. I’m planning a trip to Quartzite in January so you’ll see where a lot of new pieces are coming from!
Rings! I’m making rings these days. Here are a couple I made so far, both sold. I’m be taking special orders, and I’ll also have a few on the website for sale as well. They’ll be in the $100 or so range. Let me know if you’re interested! I’m looking forward to making more because they are fun and look pretty good too.
I’m offering 20% discount for all my mailing list folk for the month of October. If you see something you like, now might be the time!
Please note that the discount does not apply if purchased through Etsy, so contact me directly to receive your discount
at dev@devkhan.com.
Coming up:
Title: 2009 Santa Rosa Mineral and Gem Society Club Show
Location: Santa Rosa Veteran’s Memorial Building
1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa CA
(across from fairgrounds)
Dates: Saturday - Sunday, October 17 - 18, 2009
Hours: Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-5pm
I’ll have the Genie and trimsaw onsite cutting and polishing, so come by and see the process. This is a fun event to learn more about
minerals and gems, and an opportunity to purchase items not normally found on the regular show circuit.
Print this coupon for $1.00 off admission
Title: The Great San Francisco Crystal Fair
Location: Fort Mason Center
Buchannan Ave. at Marina Blvd., San Francisco
Dates: Saturday - Sunday, November 28 - 29, 2009
Hours: Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm
Admission: $6.00 (children under 12 free accompanied by adult)
Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~sfxtl/index.html
Visit me in the Crystal Room with Seann Xenja of Dynamic Energy Crystals of Sausalito, CA.
I will be making custom pieces onsite. Bring your special stones and turn them into wearable art while you shop.
I hope to see you at a show or maybe even a workshop sometime soon. I’m adding many new pieces to the website, so check back and see the latest work. Thanks for your continued support!
Last, but not least, if you have a Facebook account, be sure to add me to your buddy list. You can find me by my email address, dev@devkhan.com.
In creation,
Dev
http://www.devkhan.com
The summer is flying by! I've met many fine folks, and made so many new pieces at great events so far: Harmony Festival and Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, the Sebastopol Sidewalk Sale sponsored by Apple Blossom Beads, and The Santa Rosa Downtown Market which continues until August 12 (two more weeks!) Please stop by and see me if you can. I always have an extra chair for friends!
http://www.srdowntownmarket.com/html/about_us.shtml
The website has a new look! In addition to Webmistress Judy's amazing new Current Work page, there are new beautiful photographs. Natalie Sadler is a talented and creative photographer who takes my pieces on field trips to the ocean for their photo shoot! The top image of the Larimar Wave piece is hers, as well as the images of me working.
If you are interested in having Natalie work for you, her email address is eviegirl1@comcast.net.
Webmistress Judy's email is info@bywordofmouthdesign.com if you'd like a new look for your website, or need maintenance and hosting. Judy took my neglected shambles of a site and made it sing!
Thanks to all for making this my best summer ever!
I am off to Burning Man...
In creation,
Dev
http://www.devkhan.com
Happy spring! I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful time of renewal and growth. Much of my time is spent cutting stone, and I'd like to share a bit of the art with you. Even after so many stones going through my hands and under the wheels, I'm still in love with the beauty of the process.
Here are two images of a gorgeous Parrotwing Chrysocolla in the rough:
Here's the same piece, rough sawn into pieces ready to be shaped and polished. The piece to be worked is second to right. I chose this section of the rock for the beautiful little scene in it and those mad colors!
The finished piece is shown at top, worked in wire, gems and pearls, attached to my favorite beads! This is a personal piece, not for sale, but there is a lot more parrotwing to be cut...
Here are some more lapidary pics:
I hope to see you at The New Living Expo this weekend! Here's some info:
Title: New Living Expo
Location: The Concourse Exhibition Center,
8th St. at Brannon St., San Francisco
Dates: Friday - Sunday, April 24 - 26, 2009
Hours: Friday 3-10pm, Saturday 10-9pm, Sunday 10-7pm
Web Site: http://www.newlivingexpo.com/2009/html_files/index3.php
The New Living Expo, formerly known as The Whole Life Expo, has become a signature event in the Bay Area. Attendees mingle with like-minded people, connecting with the evolving human
empowerment movement as well as those working on healing our global community, and ourselves. It remains the must-attend, integrative event for exploring possibilities and learning the
latest breakthroughs in science and alternative medicine. This show offers vast networking opportunities to "meet and greet" while enjoying the new discoveries for restoring the body,
heightening the mind, and awakening the spirit.
I'll be in the section with Joseph Smith and friends. I have lots of new work to show off, and great new stones waiting to be made into art. I'll be working onsite as well, creating custom pieces while you wait!
I hope to see you there! Enjoy!
In creation,
Dev
http://www.devkhan.com
More pieces available! I am extending my Spring Sale to the end of March with the addition of new work. That's 30% off everything, including the new pieces!!! See my website for details and prices. Please note that the discount does not apply if purchased through Etsy, so contact me directly to receive your discount.
http://www.devkhan.com/currentwork/index.html
I continue to offer custom work and creative workshops in talismans, wire-work, and crystal wraps at a discount for this month as well.
http://www.devkhan.com/venuesclasses/index.html
Check out the nice write-up of my work in this month's Craftzine Blog:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/02/checkin_in_dev_khans_inspired.html
Thank you all once again for your continuing interest and good wishes through these interesting and transformative times.
In creation,
Dev
http://www.devkhan.com
After all that rain lately, today was a glorious day which reminded me that Spring is just around the corner. So, I've decided to do some Spring Cleaning and offer my current stock of pendants at substantial discounts.
Within the next week, I'll have a whole new line of pendants available, so be sure to check back soon. Everything on the site is available for 30% off through the end of February. Place your order now! At these prices, they won't last long!!!
As always, I'm available for custom work and private sales.
Thanks for your continuing support of Art!
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September and October seemed to fly by with lots of cool things going on. There was a whirlwind trip to Pinon, Arizona and my first trip to the Grand Canyon. WOW! I picked up a few stones along the way, and some of them found their way onto my wheels. Here are the results:
Thanks to all of my friends at the San Francisco Crystal Fair in September, it's always great to reconnect.
The Santa Rosa Mineral and Gem Society show was amazing too. The Club folks really put on a good show, and fed us a wonderful home-cooked meal as well! I met so many new folks and reconnected with old friends. I had my Genie AND trim saw on site demonstrating lapidary on the fly, as well as inspired wirework on request. My good friend and Inspiration, lapidary artist Leigh Becker of Eidos was at the show with his latest stone creations. He was kind enough to offer me some leftover slabs to see what I could do with them.
Well, here's a start:
And MUCH more to come:
Thank you Leigh!
I know we're in financially strange times, and I'd like to do my part to keep us all rolling forward. I am reducing my prices and introducing a line of simpler, lower-priced works in the $30-45 range. Everyone deserves to have beautiful things and I'd like to make that possible. I appreciate your patronage and support of the arts in general. We're all in this together!
Here are some new pieces available soon:
I'd like to offer workshops in wire differently as well. I'm finding that teaching a workshop put together by friends is VERY fun! If you would like to host a workshop of four (or more) friends, you would receive your lesson for free. The workshop is normally $75 per person, and includes wire, a hand cut stone, use of tools, and a materials enough to create a finished piece in three hours or so. Also included is a materials and source list, and a semi-illustrated instruction sheet. It's a lot of fun, and you take home a piece you created with friends that day!
Here is where I'll be next:
Title: THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO CRYSTAL FAIR
Location: Fort Mason Center
99 Marina Blvd. @ Buchannan Street, San Francisco
Date: November 29-30, 2008
Hours: Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm
Admission: $6.00 (children under 12 free accompanied by adult)
Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~sfxtl/
I'll be creating custom pieces onsite, as well as showcasing my latest work.
Title: Holiday Craftacular
Location: Petaluma Veterans Hall
Dates: Saturday, December 13, 2008
Hours: 11am - 5pm
Web Site: http://www.holidaycraftacular.com/
This is a very cool show sponsored by the Petaluma Craft Mafia, a group of smart outsider craftfolk dedicated to the idea of community.
We're all in this together!
As always, I'm available for custom work and private sales.
Thanks for your continuing support of Art!
Oh yeah, here's that kitty, now named Skwerl, snoozing with Uncle Fitty:
July and August found me busy at the Santa Rosa Downtown Market (thanks for stopping by!), moving out of my house of ten years and Going To Burning Man. Not much time left for a newsletter!
Burning Man was great as usual, a transformative experience that brings new energy and ideas into the work. My favorite personal piece transformed as well!
Here are some new pieces, and more are on the way...
 Raspberry Heart$150 |
 Parrotwing Chrysocolla Wave$140 |
For more info on these and other new work, go here:
http://www.devkhan.com/currentwork/index.html
Here are my next two events:
Title: THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO CRYSTAL FAIR
Location: Fort Mason Center
99 Marina Blvd. @ Buchannan Street, San Francisco
Dates: September 20-21, 2008
Hours: Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm
Admission: $6.00 (children under 12 free accompanied by adult)
Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~sfxtl/
I'll be creating custom pieces onsite, as well as showcasing my latest work.
Title: Santa Rosa Mineral & Gem Society Presents
2008 Gem & Mineral Expo
Dates: Saturday & Sunday October 18 & 19th
Web Site: http://www.gem-n-i.org/expo.php
The 2008 Gem and Mineral Show will be held at the Santa Rosa Veteran's Building at 1351 Maple Ave , Santa Rosa, Ca. (Directions below). We are open to the
public on Saturday from 10am - 6pm and on Sunday from 10am to 5pm.
You can find rough rock, fossils, mineral specimens, slabs, gems, crystals, jewelry, beads, meteorites & metal detectors. Click here to see 40+ dealers attending this year coming from all over with their goods.
I'll be demonstrating lapidary and wirework techniques onsite, from slabs to cabs!
As always, I welcome new students and seekers of cool things. Here's bit of info about wirework and Current Classes:
http://devkhan.com/venuesclasses/index.html
I also offer custom designs. I welcome all challenges and learning experiences in stone and wire and ? Talismans and amulets a specialty. Allow me to create a piece especially for you.
Here is the latest addition to The Femaelstrom, because, hey, who doesn't like a cute kitty pic?
Thank you all for your continuing support of art,
I continue to attend the Downtown Market Wednesday nights in Santa Rosa. Lots of good folks to chat with, great food and produce and a cool place to create art on the fly. I'm on Fourth Street next to the fountain at The Cantina. Drop on by!
http://www.srdowntownmarket.com/
There are more stone and wire creations on the way, and photos of new work in process for the next newsletter. I will be having a Burning Man Pre-Fire sale for the month of August at all events, 20% off all pendants. I am creating a special crystal wrap using pyrotechnic wire from last year's burn available for $8 each. Colorful AND cool.
In Chaos and Creation,
Dev Khan
http://www.devkhan.com
