It's only April, but spring has been a whirlwind of activity around here! Magazine articles, craft shows, open houses, and more. Here's a peek at what we've been up to lately.
We had a great time chatting with Kevin Clay for this article in the Share Issue of Greater Richmond GRID. You can find copies on news stands around town through April.
We even got a pull out quote in the article! Add that to the Phoenix Handcraft baby book of firsts.
Our booth neighbor from Zou Zou's Basement snapped this shot of the two of us in our booth at Spring Bada Bing. We had lots of fun at this busy craft show and look forward to more shows with Richmond Craft Mafia.
We hosted a rather spur-of-the-moment open house in our studios to celebrate spring. It's such fun to share our space and current work with new and old friends. Kyle demonstrated forging a bottle opener and afterwards we awarded two as door prizes.
We held our second open house and hammer-in a few weeks ago. This time we were hosting RVA Makers, a group we created to foster community among those interested in handmade culture here in Richmond, VA. It's so much fun to open our doors to the community, to share our space and offer a behind-the-scenes peek at what's going on in our studios.
We set up part of our craft show booth to exhibit some of our mosaics, furniture, and smaller forged work. Kyle created a Tim Burton-esque pumpkin stand in honor of the evening, and forged parts to a second stand as part of his blacksmithing demonstration. Later, our friend Josh, who has been smithing with Kyle since they were apprentices together, joined in for a two-person striking and twisting demo.
Thanks so much to everyone who came out for this fun evening. We had a great time!