One of my favorite things is trading work with artists and craftspeople whose work I admire. Audel Davis, a metal smith from Berkeley, handcrafts original designs inspired by classic forms of the past and his work is The two aspects of Audel Davis’s work I most admire are his high standards of craftsmanship and his […]

The guild I’m in, Artistic License, turns 30 this year and to celebrate we’re hosting a benefit gala for San Francisco’s oldest theater, the Bayview Opera House, a non-profit community cultural center on the National Rgister of Historic Places. Several members have donated handmade ornaments for sale at tomorrrow night’s event at the War Memorial […]