If you are living in the Atlanta, GA area you’ll be ecstatic to know that about the American Craft Show that happens every year at around March. Normally held at the Cobb Galleria Centre, you’ll be able to see all sorts of crafted pieces and artworks that will be a pleasure to you and your friends. You may even find some jewelry pieces that will be the delight of your wife.
I am an advocate of craft shows, and I try to go to these events whenever it is convenient for me. For this year, you will see crafts that made use of recycled materials. I am more inclined towards traditional crafts myself, but this is more or less worth looking at.
Let’s take the example of jewelry that I made earlier. To me, jewelry is only wearable when made from some sort of “jewelry” caliber material. I don’t plan on giving my wife some materials made from twigs and discarded building materials. It may work on sculptures, perhaps; but to me, there’s a difference between art and street wear.
However, I will note that there is one exception to my metal and gemstone mindset. You may be able to find trinkets at Alexandra Bitner’s lucite jewelry that are just fantastic and very wearable indeed. It is difficult to fashion something chic out of something a lot of people would consider garbage, but Bitner managed to do it well.
If you want to do your part for the environment, or if the concept of wearing recycled items as jewelry appeals to you, then you can go to the American Craft Show that is held annually. To be fair, it’s not just jewelry; there are other works of art made from such materials. To each his own, but it’s really not my thing. If you’ve missed the American Craft Show, no need to fret; there are dozens of other crafts show you can attend all year round.