FaerieWorlds 2012

What a crazy wild weekend that was! I'm still in the process of sobering up from the high that is FaerieWorlds.

For starters, I've uploaded a n00b video montage of my experience there:



I can't even really properly word all of everything that happened. So, I'll keep this fairly short.

It was absolutely incredible to see so many hordes of people, characters, musicians, and others all wearing Oak Myth Masks. Very quickly, I had lost count of every sighting of past and new creations that were wandering around out there, in the wild. Old customers would even wander in from time to time to tell us stories of all the adventures they had gone on with their masks and crowns. I think that's probably what I love the most... the stories and journeys that people embark upon with these wearable art pieces Eve and I create.

Carmen, our dearest and beloved model, came with us again for this ride (and drove the car most of the way... god, I love that woman). She performed magically! It's thanks to her that Oak Myth Masks will be appearing in a documentary.
Yeah.
She attracted the attention of a film crew, who invited her (wearing the white wolf mask) to be in their documentary titled: "A Journey Through Transformation Festivals." Later, they came into our booth to film and photograph lots of our creations. We're going to be in the credits!
You can watch the trailer here:



And visit their website / Facebook page!

So, I suppose to wrap this post up, I'll leave you all with some wonderful photographs I've collected from the festival:

Last work day

Well today is the last day to finish up the remaining 3 out of 54 masks going to FaerieWorlds, our most profitable festival. All that's left is some varnishing, ribboning, and basic finishing touches.

I'm thrilled to be working on my FOURTH big peacock mask. The more expensive ones don't sell as frequently... Naturally the demographic for mask lovers narrows when you get up into the $200 range. Still, four peacocks!
Our other big expensive one is the wolf... Dunno if I can count how many of those we've sold. Six I think? Whew!

Anywho, we'll have no shortage of masks and crowns for this big beautiful festival. Some tiny top hats and hair clips too. All leather delights :)

Also, our lovely friend, Carmen from FancyFoxHats on Etsy will be selling some of her creations with us!

I'm incredibly excited to go back to the realm. We leave Thursday at 6:00am :)

Oh The Festival Madness

We have three festivals scheduled for the next three months, and for past festivals we have  been averaging about 45 masks per festival. Hah... haha... this should be great.

I had a tech shop membership for a month to try out the laser cutter, and it was completely amazing. Turns out, a day pass is only $25, and we can cut out at least 15 masks in an hour. So with the next batch of leather I think we should be able to match our 45 item minimum. Here's a video of my experiences using the laser cutter:

The Berkeley Pagan festival is in 2 weeks and one day, so we have a LOT to do. Then the Walnut Creek Art and Wine festival is exactly 3 weeks after that (oh god why), and after that we have roughly 7 weeks to stock of for FaerieWorlds 2012.

Eve just got her car repaired which cost more than she had anticipated. I'll likely be buying the next round of leather so that we can scramble and make as much as we possibly can for the Art and Wine festival... that is a HUGE event in the bay area which averages 90,000 people attending. This is our first festival of that size. To put things in perspective, FaerieWorlds has around 15,000+ attendance. Thankfully the Art and Wine festival is walking distance from my new home!

Right now we have about 40 items for the Berkeley Pagan Festival, though only a handful are actually ready for sale. I'm painting my ass off, to say the least :)



If you'd like to visit us at any of the above mentioned festivals here's some information:

Berkeley Pagan Festival
FREE EVENT
Saturday May 12, 2010
10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Civic Center Park, Berkeley, California
Martin Luther King Jr. Way (between Center and Allston)
2151 Martin Luther King Jr. Way ,  Berkeley CA 94704
Walking distance from Downtown Berkeley BART station


Walnut Creek Art and Wine Festival
FREE EVENT
Saturday June 2 and Sunday June 3, 2012
Saturday: 11:00AM to 7:00PM
Sunday: 11:00AM to 6:00PM
Heather Farms Park, Walnut Creek, California
310 N. San Carlos Dr. (left turn off of Ygnacio)

FaerieWorlds Summer Celebration
NOT FREE EVENT - Ticket information here
(we usually receive a handful of free passes for Friday & Sunday as well as 20% off passes for Saturday that we can give out if you are interested)
Friday July 27, Saturday July 28, and Sunday July 29, 2012
Friday: 2:00PM - ?
Saturday: 12:30PM - ?
Sunday: 12:30PM - ?
(closing times usually around midnight but the party usually goes on well after)
 Directions here