{"id":5374,"date":"2011-11-04T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T17:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2017-01-22T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T04:09:47","slug":"tavern-on-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/tavern-on-kennedy\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with Jeweler\/Metalsmith Amy Tavern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a <a href=\"http:\/\/honeykennedy.com\/2011\/11\/amy-tavern-jewelry\/\">guest blog post <\/a>on <a href=\"http:\/\/honeykennedy.com\/\">Honey Kennedy<\/a> today. It is an interview with the \u00fcber talented jeweler\/metalsmith\u00a0<a title=\"Amy Tavern interview\" href=\"http:\/\/amytavern.com\">Amy Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5375 size-large lazyload\" title=\"fabricated-Lavender Pearl Necklace\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/e-f\/fabricated-Lavender-Pearl-Necklace-1665x2048.jpg\" width=\"1665\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Amy is currently a resident artist at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/penland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penland School of Crafts<\/a>. Lately, she has been preparing a Solo Exhibition for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/velvetdavinci.com\/show.php?sid=132\" target=\"_blank\">Velvet da Vinci Gallery<\/a>\u00a0in San Francisco. The show, which is running this month, is a stunning study and reinterpretation of vintage and existing pieces from her grandmother\u2019s jewelry box as well as her own collection. (Given that the other half of my jewelry collection comes from my own grandma and great grandmother, I found this to be a compelling combination.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was delighted to chat with Amy about everything from her inspiration for the project and design in general to tips for aspiring jewelry collectors like myself. \u00a0Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/honeykennedy.com\/2011\/11\/amy-tavern-jewelry\/\">the interview<\/a>\u00a0or, if you are in San Francisco, do think about stopping in at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amytavern.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/opening-tonight.html\">show opening tonight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photography by <a title=\"Hank Drew Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/hankdrew.com\/\">Hank Drew.<br \/>\n<\/a>Thans, <a href=\"http:\/\/honeykennedy.com\/about\/\">Jen<\/a>, for inviting me to write. This has been so thrilling.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a guest blog post on Honey Kennedy today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[150,119],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/collected-Brooch_6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}