AREA ARTISTS WILL OPEN STUDIOS FOR PUBLIC TOUR : THE FACTS.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer It's a bit nerve-racking, but Sylvia Fox is looking forward to opening her home-based jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. studio Sunday. Late in the week, Fox was busy setting up displays of her metal and bead bead Small object, usually pierced for stringing. It may be made of virtually any material—wood, shell, bone, seed, nut, metal, stone, glass, or plastic—and is worn or affixed to another object for decorative or, in some cultures, magical purposes. jewelry for visitors who will be trooping through her home in the area's second annual Open Studio Tour. The event will give the public a chance to see many local artists and craftsmen at work. ``This whole experience is new to me,'' said Fox, 70, who took up jewelry making about five years ago after retiring as a reading specialist for the Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. . ``There's anticipation, of course, and there's a certain amount of nervousness,'' she said. ``I don't quite know what to expect, and since my home is also my studio, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what that means, also.'' Still, Fox didn't want to pass up the opportunity. Besides an opportunity to sell her wares, Fox will get a chance to see and hear the immediate reaction of the tour group to her work. ``It's an opportunity to meet people. I won't be able to see other people's work, but I'll be able to receive other people's comments,'' she said. ``It's exposure.'' Co-sponsored by the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Arts Commission, the daylong day·long adj. Lasting through the whole day. adv. Through the day; all day. Adj. 1. daylong - lasting through an entire day Open Studio Tour 1996 will extend to studios in and around the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by , including Agoura Hills and Camarillo. Many of the 28 participating artists will be in their own studios. Others will display work at the Edwin Janss Jr. Art Center. Painters, jewelers and other artisans will be demonstrating and talking about their techniques. The artists also will be selling some of their works, which include paintings, photographs, ceramics and sculptures. Proceeds from the event will help pay for art education programs and capital improvements at the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery. Joseph Montague of Calabasas will be among those displaying their work at the Janss Art Center. The 68-year-old photographer said he will be ready to explain his technique, an old-fashioned platinotype plat·i·no·type n. 1. A process formerly used for making photographic prints, using a finely precipitated platinum salt and an iron salt in the sensitizing solution to produce prints in platinum black. 2. process that produces a much softer image than conventional photographic printing the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light. See also: Photographic . Many of Montague's photographs - some of them prize winners - have been exhibited at the Community Gallery. Montague said he expects to enjoy answering questions for those who take the tour Sunday. ``I would like them to come away with a real understanding of how this process works and how it differs from what they're seeing,'' he said. ``They don't realize the difference between what I do and what the other photographers do.'' WHAT: Open Studio Tour. WHEN: Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Starts at Thousand Oaks Community Gallery in the Newbury Park Library Plaza, 2331-A Borchard Road, Newbury Park. TICKETS: $10. INFORMATION: Call (805) 495-5960 for tickets and reservations. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Sylvia Fox creates a bracelet from tiny beads. Her home workshop is among those to be opened Sunday for a tour of artists' studios. (2) Sylvia Fox holds some of the silver jewelry that she has made. Joe Binoya/special to the Daily News |
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