RESILIENCE

To spread the mission of Oncology Youth Connection (a nonprofit organization) to "Support young people challenged with cancer by providing a community of peers to inspire resilience during and after treatment."
You can purchase these bracelets on my Etsy site - berezki.etsy.com -  and a portion of the sales will be donated to this organization.
For more information on OYC, you can visit Oncology Youth Connection

THE FALL

I love this poem by Russell Edson - "The Fall"
Love its simplicity, a little weirdness and even a moral that goes along with it...

There was a man who found two leaves and came indoors holding them out saying to his parents that he was a tree.

To which they said then go into the yard and do not grow in the living room as your roots may ruin the carpet.

He said I was fooling I am not a tree and he dropped his leaves.

But his parents said look it is fall.

So, just in time for Fall, another jewelry piece....

Soho Boutique

Soho Boutique is now featuring my jewelry line, here in Portland, Oregon! Please visit, if you can :) They have such beautiful jewelry, all from local artists, gorgeous clothes and accessories too! So diverse and all so lovely...

http://www.facebook.com/SohoBoutique

JEWELRY GIVE AWAY!

Please visit -
http://familyfashionandfacts.blogspot.com/2011/07/berezki-jewelry-giveaway.html
 - I am giving away one of my jewelry pieces to a winner, please see details on the link above!
Thank you so much to Kelsey, at www.familyfashionandfacts.blogspot.com - such a beautiful and inspiring blog :)

Concertgebouw...

...a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands, literally translates to "concert building", considered one of the finest concert halls in the world!
Architect was: Adolf Leonard van Gendt, began construction in 1883 and opened April 11, 1888.

I just love this architectural drawing of the building (above drawing done in 1883). 

 Concertgebouw in 1902 (above)

Concertgebouw in 2008 (above)

http://www.concertgebouw.nl 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concertgebouw

And so, for you to wear...

Sun and Drawings....

Finally we got a few days of sun here in Portland, Oregon!
This made me so happy I was finally able to do some more jewelry...I have been slacking during the greys...

I just love the wood and concrete together, such a perfect juxtaposition...

"The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand" - Italo Calvino.

Hand drawings too always speak between the lines.  When you draw an architectural or engineering drawing by hand, not only does it give you the technical information of the building, but transfers your feelings, your memories on to that piece of paper as well....  

I might begin another jewelry collection with drawing transfers...if it is a technical drawing, even then the way the piece is crafted, a mood, a feeling, even a memory can get embedded into that piece...

When hours fly by...

...and nothing else matters...

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