Sono-Ma.com invites local parents, artisans, and art purveyors to a free, inspiring evening. Our latest studio soiree – slated for March 24, 2011 – features Paul Kaiser of Night Heron Woodworks and Marc Feyh of The Fairy Museum.
Paul’s unique furniture and home accessories take stunning form in their second life – each piece is crafted from salvaged heritage or exotic woods. Apartment Therapy San Francisco immediately picked up on our local boy’s talent, featuring Paul’s custom furniture in 2008. Today Paul wields his sander alongside his young son (who works at the workbench his daddy built for him) when time allows him to break away from managing Singing Frogs Farm. Baby girl Anna blows her dad one hundred kisses a day, affirming Paul’s rich life as father, farmer, and master craftsman.
Marc draws his artistic inspiration from fallen forest bits and the sculpture driftwood he finds on our coast’s sandy shores. With an eye for the inner magic the natural world radiates, this former engineer and current festival jester is building a fairy world that exceeds the bounds of most imaginations. Son Baylen points a stick-turned-wand at one of Marc’s fairy houses, and suddenly the fairy “returns home” and dozens of acorn lights glow. Daughter Adalie pauses before a greyed manzanita branch towering over a cauldron, explaining how her father discovered an old troll’s lair. “Marc loves playing curator of his museum,” says wife Tori. All who toured the museum at its debut during the Summerfield Waldorf Winter Faire agree we’d like to be sprinkled by a bit of Marc’s fairy dust.
What is a Soiree?
Food.
Fun.
Friends.
Insider’s Tour of a Local Artist’s Studio.
Inspiration.
Sono-Ma’s November Soiree with Monica Ashley Designs
To see more of these high quality pictures of you and your friends, visit Mariah Smith Photography (client access code: Soiree). You can order your high resolution digital copies of these and other fabulous photos today for just $25 each. (Don’t forget to hire Maria to capture your next memorable event!)
If you jumped in Hot Shot’s Photo Booth, be sure to check out the collection of shots gathered behind the black curtain! Please go to www.hotshotphotobooth.com and click on Private Photo Galleries. Then click on Sono-ma Studio Soirees / Monica Ashley. The password is Sono-ma.com.
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