Venus D'Pyro PopUp Shop

photo by Jamie Solorio

What is a pop up shop? Pop-up retail, also known as pop-up store (pop-up shop in the UK, Australia and Ireland) or flash retailing, is a trend of opening short-term sales spaces that started in Los Angeles and now pop up all over the world. Redding Fashion Alliance is bringing this experiential shopping to downtown Redding. Venus d'Pyro was our first featured popup shop from February 2-March 2, 2018. Learn more about these amazing makers:
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About the Designers:

Gini Holmes is a traditionally trained print maker who has turned to more experimental means by which to create her images.   She received her Masters of Science in Visual Studies from Mass. Institute of Technology in experimental graphics.  As an artist in residence at MIT, she began working with colleague/artist Tom Norton, doing an extensive amount of research in Electrographic Printing using a variety of copiers.
Gini has completed public art pieces for the city of Redding's Aquatic Center, Turtle Bay Boat Launch, Redding Civic Center and the Redding YMCA.  She has many works in private collections in the United States and Abroad.
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Sandy Scott creates fused glass jewelry, accessories and home products influenced by Asian architecture and textiles from the 30's and 40's. She is constantly absorbing influences and ideas from the world around her. Once she gets an idea, she sketches a loose design and creates patterns. Using these patterns, she cuts and layers the glass to create individual components which are fused in a high temperature kiln before being assembled with silver or gold findings. She often embellishes these pieces with vintage beading.
Sandy is for the most part a self taught artist, with a definite love of diverse methods and materials. Her creative strength is innovation, to see fabric as glass, vegetation as metal sculpture, life as art.  I am for the most part a self taught artist, with a definite love of diverse methods and materials. My creative strength I believe is innovation, to see fabric as glass, vegetation as metal sculpture, life as art.  I enjoy expressing a single idea in a myriad of ways, just to make certain I have explored my options.  Creativity is a gift we all possess and the more we use it, the more complete our experience of the world is.  I hope you are all creating something today.  Metal sculpture is next on my list.  What's on yours?
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phone: 530-945-6301

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