28. October 2009 by admin.

Jus.News from Creations by Justine

Fall is here and we are busy getting ready for the holiday season — can you believe that crazy-busy time of the year is just around the corner? Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and then New Year’s Eve! We can see it now … cocktail parties, dinners, gifts, wrapping, giving and going are in your future. Not to be left out, we wanted to fill you in on some of the fun we’re having around here … AND, we want you to come see us!

Whether you are shopping for friends, family members or office buddies, Creations by Justine is the place to find the perfect signature gift this holiday season:

28. October 2009 by admin.

November 2009

Fall is here and we are busy getting ready for the holiday season — can you believe that crazy-busy time of the year is just around the corner? Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and then New Year’s Eve! We can see it now … cocktail parties, dinners, gifts, wrapping, giving and going are in your future. Not to be left out, we wanted to fill you in on some of the fun we’re having around here … AND, we want you to come see us!

Whether you are shopping for friends, family members or office buddies, Creations by Justine is the place to find the perfect signature gift this holiday season:

Nativities (for the table and the tree)

Three Wise Women

These are our top holiday sellers! Pre-order, now to make sure you get the color and item you want. Gift wrapping and shipping available for most items.

Creations by Justine * 225 S. Water Street * Wilmington, NC  28401 * www.creationsbyjustine.com

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5. October 2009 by admin.

October Newsletter

Click on our October Newsletter to get the scoop on our:

Pink Passionista Party on October 16th … to which you are most cordially invited!

October Clay Workshop Dates

Special Events and Announcements!

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9. September 2009 by admin.

You can’t put anything past Justine Ferreri, she’s got a ghost tweeter working for her.  Can you guess who’s who?  Check her out … BETTER YET, follow her at www.twitter.com/claygoddess1. 

Can you guess what she’s been up to today?

Ciao for now!

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26. August 2009 by admin.

Join us in our new studio space, just down the hall from the Gallery!

August 31, September 1, 4 and 5

Creations by YOU! Open Studio … let Justine help you bring your own design to life!

$130

Mornings from 9:30 until Noon

Afternoons from 2:00 until 4:30

Evenings from 6:00 until 8:30

Need time to finish up a project, or work on a Creation by You!  Check out our Open Studio times: 

Wednesdays and Sundays from Noon to 4:30 p.m.

$10.00/hour

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16. July 2009 by admin.

Creations by Justine is promoting First in Families of Southeastern North Carolina as one of its charities of choice in 2009.   August 15th is the Day of 100 Paintings, and in October we will help First in Families of SENC launch the Cards of HeART project. 

Together, First in Families, Creations by Justine and Spectrum Gallery invite area artists to showcase their talent by creating an original piece of art that depicts their selected “card” – 9 of Hearts, King of Diamonds, Ace of Spaces … whatever.   Paintings will then be photographed, the photos used to create the Cards of HeART card deck, as well as a poster. 

All works will be featured at the October 24th fundraising event, the Alice in Wonderland Tea Party, to which all contributing artists are invited.  There, original artwork will be auctioned, and the card decks and posters sold to attendees.

To learn more about the event, design specifications and where to “pick a card, any card”, please click on the sign-up sheet above.

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13. July 2009 by admin.

Calling all watercolorist, acrylic, pastel and oil artists … We need you!

Day of One Hundred Paintings

August 15th, 2009

9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Fifty-percent of the proceeds will be donated to

First in Families of Southeastern North Carolina

and, Fifty-percent will go to the Artist

*** Artist set the opening bid price for their piece ***

Artists are asked to provide their own easels, canvas, paper, brushes, paints and other tools of the trade for the event.  Artist participants will be located throughout the downtown area at select locations, each creating original works of art as onlookers watch your creative process in action.  

For more details about the event, and to register, please contact Justine Ferreri at:  info@creationsbyjustine.com.

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29. June 2009 by admin.

Justine Ferreri’s fascination with the famous costume and fashion designer, Erte, began in her early twenties as she was exploring her own fashion preferences and discovering her inner artist.  An avid interpretive dancer who was involved in many performances, Justine tells the story of the year she set and met her goal of wearing new, unusual and sometimes flamboyant outfits everyday.  She achieved her outlandish goal by shopping and recycling her vintage clothing at second hand stores in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Her eyes sparkle as she recalls the days she would wear a sari, dress as an Asian or Arabian woman, circus performer whatever struck her fancy.  Thus began her fascination with the world of costume design and designers.  Her crazed and unending love affair with Erte’s designs was built from her own flare for the imaginative, ornate, showy and brilliant. 

Erte’s designs were worn by many of the most famous women of the day in theater, film, and politics including Lillian Gish, Marion Davies, Mata Hari, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Anna Pavlova.  As Justine pulls out her heavy book filled with Erte designs, she tells me of Erte’s work with Harper’s Bazaar, then shows me pictures of his flamboyant fashion designs with elaborately plumed hats and long, flowing dresses perfectly capturing the emerging design aesthetic of the Art Deco period.  It is this splendid and gloriously extravagant flare that Justine works with as she captures her own version of Erte’s designs in clay.

Erte worked for Harper’s Bazaar for over 20 years, creating more than 200 magazine covers for the publication. While there, he was also approached to design stage sets and costumes for the girls of the famous Folies-Bergère and at the George White’s Scandals Club in New York City. He also worked in the 1920s and 1930s on film costume design at the MGM Studios in Hollywood as well as opera and theatrical productions, any venue where he could indulge his eye and appreciation for exotic human forms that were scandalously costumed and exuding the sexual power of the female body.  The American public was exposed to Erte’s work through some extravagant designs he did for productions at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Erte’s first designs were done before he was 10 years old, and continued throughout his life.  He was productive into his 90s.  Born on November 23, 1892, the Russian fashion and costume designer Romaine de Tirtoff, also know as Erte (which is the French pronunciation of his initials, R.T.), died in France at 98.  Today many of his designs are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian Institution and other museums throughout the world.

See portions of Justine’s Erte Collection by clicking here.

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