I know it has been a while since my last post but I am back! And let me tell you...I have been VERY busy!!!
It is that time of year again when many places, in the
northern hemisphere, where things start to cool down after the long summer heat. In some places so much that it has started to
snow! I have a few friends that are a
little perturbed by that just at the moment over in Europe. It kind of gets in the way if you are trying
to do something like run in the Alps!
Here in San Miguel the temperature is very comfortable
because we have had a few months of rainy season so the air is mostly cool and
fresh.
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| Me working on a buckle. |
Like lots of people I had a very busy summer, and especially
the last months because along with my professional activities my parents were
here and I had a few other friends visiting for a bit as well. During that time I was working on a group order
of different pieces to send north to the states. My parents make pretty good pack mules for my
work that migrates across the border to the states! Hahaha!
Thanks parents and a big thank you, to all of you, out there that
ordered things, your pieces are due to arrive soon!
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| Wave by Jesse Bert |
Along with various pairs of earrings, necklaces, brooches
and belt buckles that traveled north I also sent a very fun project back with
my other friends to Thomas Mann Gallery I/O in New Orleans… done as a joint
project with one of my Mexican friends here in San Miguel; the piece is a
Mexican Catrina made out of a stainless steel martini cup! There are so many things one can make out of
a martini cup! Ha! I am very honored to be
invited to participate in the 3rd annual Triple Martini Show at Thomas Mann Gallery I/O during Art for Arts' Sake. That is where the Catrina is headed.
For all of you that are there in the New Orleans area, go and enjoy Art for Arts' Sake and visit Ms. Catrina who came from south of the border on October 6th at I/O.
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| I arrived in New Orleans on the 24th of August and experienced my first hurricane! I am thankful that we had minimal damage and I and my neighbors stayed dry. |
While my parents were here they had asked me to take them to
Mexico City for a few days. This worked
out perfectly because I had to go down to the city to deliver 8 pieces of my
work. I had been contacted a few months
ago by the Banamex Foundation which is huge monetary trust set up by the
national bank here in Mexico to support the arts. Every few years they arrange and produce a
new major exhibit of artwork by Mexican artists, later followed by a beautiful
big coffee table book featuring the artists and their work. This next exhibition is entitled: Mexican Silver and Design 1880-2012. After contacting me about submitting pieces
for review, they later let me know 8 of my pieces had been accepted! How exciting!
Just being a part of this exhibition is a major honor, but when I
delivered the work I was informed that out of 200 artists who are to
participate, I was the only foreign national selected! Wow! If by some chance you are in Mexico City
between September 2012 and April 2013 and have the chance, please go and have a
look at the exhibition and my work located in the Palace of Iturbide on the
street of Madero. Oh…and also look at
other artists work as well. Hehehe!
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| Jasmine by Jesse Bert |
Well...that is it for now. Stay turned for further news from south of the border~ I
hope to see some of you here for “Unbuckled” in early November!
In the meantime try to stay cool and have a great Sunday!
Jesse
Jesse
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