AMMA

2011-11-17T17:54:00.001-08:00

Cheap ting iz Good thing sale - this weekend

2011-11-07T06:19:00.000-08:00

Images by Gaea photography: Oliver Fern

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.236781403048403.58703.163980893661788&type=1

Kid's art to kick off the event

$200 any pair

Prints

2011-11-01T16:08:00.000-07:00

Cheap ting is good ting

2011-10-31T11:26:00.000-07:00

Saturday November 5th 2011

Early Bird Christmas SALE!!!

Cheap Ting is Good Ting

@ Suede Molte Art Studio
#33 Abercromby Street, St. Joseph

9am - 6pm

Come with your drawing tools as drawing will be happening on the outside of the studio.

SEED

2011-09-24T13:08:00.000-07:00

Pride

bondage

PLAY BY PLAY: SEED - the journey

2011-09-15T17:47:00.000-07:00

PLAY BY PLAY
1st October, 2011
6:00 - 8:00pm
@ the Studio

SEED - the journey
This is the title of the works on show.
glass prints and drawings

work will be on sale, cash only starting at $50.

TallMan's Visit

2011-07-12T16:49:00.001-07:00

http://tallmantalk.wordpress.com/

The Visit

2011-07-12T16:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sunday-mix/A_Mother_s_Dream__A_Child_s_Destiny-125324268.html

A Mother's Dream, A Child's Destiny

By Sateesh Maharaj

Story Created: Jul 11, 2011 at 12:39 AM ECT

Story Updated: Jul 11, 2011 at 12:39 AM ECT

Many of us consider ourselves dreamers, but few of us act upon our dreams. One night, Rachael Charles had a dream so vivid, she knew it would chart the course of her family's destiny.

Speaking to the Express at the newly launched Suede Molte Art Studio at 33 Abercromby Street, St Joseph, Charles explained the genesis of the name.

"The name Suede Molte came from a dream I had about eight years ago. I am not a dreamer. I don't say that I dreamt this and it meant something. But I had a dream where I was in this fantastic house upstairs and one could look down into the foyer. While I was scrutinising the house, I saw a mat of rainbow colours. On the mat was written 'Suede Molte'. In the dream, I sat on the mat and said 'Suede Molte'. A voice then said to me as long as I sit on this mat, whatever I do will be successful.

"I kept the name, even though I didn't have any business at the time. About six years ago, I started a stationery shop and used the name Suede Molte. It was registered, and so everything we did after that used the name. My son started a business called Suede Molte Finishings and, now, my daughter had this dream of starting an art studio, and we decided to use the name Suede Molte for it."

Using a computer program, Charles summarised the translation of Suede Molte to mean "success".

"[The program] gave some lines like, 'You will run circles around your competition', so I just say it means success."

Her daughter, Jemima Charles, artist and owner of the art studio, also had a dream but one based on a reality shown to her.

"At age seven, I knew what I wanted to be...an artist," smiled Jemima Charles. "From that time till now, I've been working on it. I went to UWI (University of the West Indies) where I completed a degree in Visual Arts, and I am now teaching at the secondary school level. My students have been asking me if I could teach them outside school. A lot of people in the community ask if I can teach their children. I decided to find a place where I could practise my art, teach the public and have events and conversations concerning art."

She added: "At primary school, I did a drawing and my art teacher said, 'Oh my gosh, that is excellent! You should be an ar-tist.' She gave me that confidence and opened a whole new world for me."

Jemima said her parents also encouraged her and fostered an environment for her talent to grow.

"We were a young family. My mom and dad used their hands a lot to get by. She would crochet and sell. She would sew shoulder pads, we would package them and then she would go out and sell."

She said her confidence to sell her works also came in primary school where she would sell drawings of flowers for 25 cents.

"Children would hound me down every day for this drawing of a flower. Seeing my parents working with their hands and making a profit from it...it was just second nature for me to do the same and open my own studio."

The younger Charles says she conducts art classes at the St Joseph venue where students can learn drawing, sculpture, soap-making, crochet, macramé and other "old-school" genres of art. Children's workshops are held on the first and third Saturdays of every month.

Jemima says she displays the works, so she can bring art to the people and offers the workshops, so people have an opportunity to try their hand at art.

"If you want to see art, come into my studio. If you want to do art, come into my studio. It is a full experience."

Jemima said being an artist has been challenging, but she has learned to make it work for her. She said after leaving secondary school, she had no idea what her next step would be. She said there are business and technology institutions, so school-leavers who are interested in those fields know where to go, but with art, there was a hunt to find direction. Now, she hopes to help those who want to follow an artistic path when they have left school.

"I have to create my opportunities. This is why I am starting here. I realise that I can profit from art." In 2008, she went to Japan using money raised from the sale of her works.

Launched on May 21, the space is actually a cocoa house, complete with "rolling roof", which has been converted into a studio. She hopes to eventually have a larger studio and, possibly, her own school for the arts.

Jemima believes connectivity inspires her to create.

"I try to connect to different things in life: my experiences as a female, an artist, a young person growing up in society. Right now, I am focusing on the Caribbean form and the head. I look to local faces for inspiration. Masked faces are actually interesting to me right now."

Rachael Charles said as a mother, she understood what her daughter wanted to do with her life at that tender age.

"She made it clear. In secondary school at a parent-teacher meeting, the art teacher said something that put my mind to rest. She said art was everything, from the watch you are wearing to the buildings we lived in. I knew my daughter could do this. I knew she would make it. I couldn't at that time say how, but I was there to support her in whatever way we could. She couldn't work and go to university at the same time, so her father and I took care of her. When she could work, she did; we supported her and, now, it is paying off."

—Please call 762-0364 for further information about Suede Molte studio.

Join us on facebook - ATAM

2011-06-26T16:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheap-Ting-iz-Good-Ting-Alternative-Market/163980893661788

ATAM

2011-06-26T16:51:00.000-07:00

http://www2.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2011/06/25/artisans-promote-alternative-commerce

Artisans promote alternative commerce

Menswear by CHIZ*L.

“Cheap ting is good ting,” is the bold assertion of a group of local artisans, who have teamed up to produce an alternative travelling art market (or ATAM), starting on July 1 at 11 Murray Street in Woodbrook. The Cheap Ting iz Good Ting! market was conceptualised by artist Michelle Isava. “The idea is a market for alternative commerce. It’s about investing in the consumer as much as she or he is expected to invest in the product—and so everyone should profit,” She explained.

A release from the collective said: “We Trinis are bred with the watch words ‘cheap ting no good’ and so easily fall prey to modern consumerist trend-baiting, spending exorbitant amounts on whatever ‘wearing now.” The Cheap Ting arts market “seeks to invest in the consumer by using unconventional methods that the everyday bargain-hunter would be drawn to.”

The assortment of products and services to be featured includes fashion, art and craft, food, jewelry, bags, pottery, sculpture, hand-made curios, second-hand haberdashery and books, do-it-yourself items, live entertainment, reflexology, and a resource of materials for artists producing recycled art.

Some of the innovative ideas behind the initiative include:
• Bartering—trading products/services for others.
• Haggling—allowing prices to be negotiable.
• “Early-bird” pricing—special prices before 12 noon.
• “Buy-Me-Out” pricing—reduced prices late in the day.
The growing list of vendors taking part in the arts market includes:
• The Cloth, designed by Robert Young, currently celebrating its 25th year as a local fashion label that champions culture and humanity.
• Aya Impression, a collection of handmade items by Olivia Fern, including jewelry, bags, and a variety of accessories.
• Gaea Photography, featuring compositions of natural, cultural, and inanimate beauty, from around T&T, Venezuela, Jamaica, Ireland, and Peru, also by Fern.
• Artist Jemima Charles, whose media range from clay sculpture to batik lamp shades.
• Portrait artist Brianna McCarthy, whose work recently graced the cover of ARC Art magazine.
• CHIZ*L Mensware by Ivaek Archer: designer novelty underwear, fresh off the runway of Tobago Fashion Weekend 2011
• Artist: Renu.
• Designer: Jafar.
• Cheap Ting founder, Michelle Isava.

The event launch event will feature a mini-fashion show at 6 pm with live drumming and entertainment from Ozy Merique, poets and other performers.

• Hours of business will be: July 1, 4 pm-8 pm; July 2, 9 am-6 pm; and July 3, 11 am-6 pm. Interested people may call 762-0364 or visit the market’s blog on Facebook, Cheap Ting iz Good Ting.

Studio Events

2011-06-05T18:52:00.001-07:00

Young men trying their hands @ drawing

1st Kids' Art World event: the kids leaving beaming with pride

Mono prints: 1st to be produced @ the studio space :)

Studio opening

2011-06-05T18:39:00.000-07:00

Take from Trinidad Guardian Newspapers

http://www.guardian.co.tt/entertainment/2011/06/01/new-art-studio-opens-st-joseph

New art studio opens in St Joseph

Published: Wed, 2011-06-01 21:59

Charles, right, describes her work in the painting Tree Of Life to Renn Boodoosingh.

There is a new art gallery in town. Well actually its on Abercromby Street in St Joseph, and is the brainchild of artist Jemima Charles to showcase her work. Suede Molte Art Studio was officially opened on May 21 and T&T Guardian photographer Marcus Gonzales brought back these highlights.

THANKS

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Thanks for all those who came out to my launch Saturday 21st May, and all the visits during the week.

Opening soon - Suede Molte Art Studio

2011-05-14T15:20:00.000-07:00

Invitation

Launch of Suede Molte Art Studio

33 Abercromby Street, St. Joseph

Saturday 21st May 2011

6:30 - 8:30pm

Founded by Jemima and Rachael Charles

contact: 762 -0364 Jemima

see map attached.

CONES goes Colombia

2011-01-11T04:55:00.001-08:00

So if you have been reading my blog you would know that my artistic concept is based on CONNECTIVITY. You would also know that cones relates to the way an individual perceives colour and the sharing of these perceptions in the form of drawings on cones. Cones goes Colombia took place August 2010 in the capital city Bogota. Basically I would draw on a cone and find one individual whom I had interacted with, (which left an impressionable mark on my experience), and I would leave my drawing with them. This individual would then draw on a cone and leave it with me this created a connection and sharing of one's perception to colour and the experience.

Check it out where I was seen for 2010

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Alice Yard - thanks for allowing me to use your space to express myself. http://aliceyard.blogspot.com/2010/01/jemima-charles-cones.html

Andre Bagoo's - Pleasure blog:

http://pleasurett.blogspot.com/2010/01/thisdiscoursehas-nostartmiddlend_20.html

http://pleasurett.blogspot.com/2010/01/there-is-light-under-cones.html

Issue 12 - http://www.artzpub.com/content/draconian-switch/issue-12

continue reading right down to the end I am featured here.

By Andrea - don't f-stop : http://dontfstop.com/jemima-charles-cones-alice-yard/andrea-wise/139/comment-page-1/#comment-605

Richard Rawlins: Alice Bangi- http://aliceyard.blogspot.com/2010/03/richard-rawlins-alice-bangi.html

Red Earth Festival - Collaboration with Michelle Isava - http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_isava/sets/72157624186684331/

Michelle Isava blog - A Situation in which the Void becomes Obsessive

http://michelleisava.blogspot.com/

Red Earth festival - http://artzpub.blogspot.com/2010/06/red-earth-2010-running-water.html

By fashionista - erotic art week - http://www.trinifashionista.com/2010/07/erotic-art-week-trinidad-and-tobago.html

artzpub.com ISSUE 15 - http://www.artzpub.com/sites/default/files/pdf/drasw15.pdf

Happy New Year - 2010 in review

2011-01-09T19:12:00.001-08:00

January - 2010 first exhibition - CONES

Arnaldo was a great help.

let there be light

much thanks to mi hermano Jesse and Grace

Andre Bagoo showed his talent

Renu what a good friend
Rachel showing her support
The Vasquez team sharing their political and social views

Michelle showing great dedication
My first artist of the event.

UWI - 2009

2010-07-27T20:40:00.000-07:00

The Shrine Connection:

These glass mono prints mixed with woodblock prints, expresses the journey of the devotee.

Submission, Prayer, Meditation, Rapture

The Shrine Connection - A Symbol of man's desire to worship.

Dimensions: 10'W x 10'H

Medium: Papier mache Sculpture, wire, light, fabric

This study developed after I visited the shrines of Japan, these grand structures are a place of worship and devotion.

Man and his symbols, written by Carl Jung helped in this research.

This work symbolizes the devotee, kneeling before the idol or God.

God: Object of worship

The shrine is no longer an alter in the corner of a room, but it has become a lifestyle.

We are all devoted to something: internet sites (facebook, Hi5, Twitter), science, religion, technology, knowledge, etc, hence we are all believers and worshipers seeking to connect to the supernatural. Seeking to find true meaning in our lives, a feeling of belonging.

Spirituality, Conscience, Awareness, Supreme, Singleness, Deity, Identity

Filament Lamp

This lamp is based on the research which was done in Japan.

Medium: wire, paper and lights.

Dimensions: 4'W x 5'H

Definitions of filament on the Web:

fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
the stalk of a stamen
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
a thin wire heated by an electric current

Aomori

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Paper & Connectivity Submerged

2010-07-19T10:32:00.000-07:00

Paper and Connectivity Submerged is a further study exploring paper and connectivity.

To make a long story short:

A connection with American artist Myra Rasmusen during her presentation at the University of the West Indies was a connection which would prove to be vital in shaping my further as an artist.

Myra invited me to journey with her to Japan to become an apprentice under master paper artist Sakura Chiba in a paper sculpture festival called Nebuta. At that time I was looking for a way to further the paper and connectivity studies and I took the opportunity to prove the theory of six degrees of separation and further explore paper. After weeks of making vital connections, planning a solo exhibition (to raise funds) and 34hrs journeying from Trinidad to Miami to Los Angeles to South Korea, I arrived in Aomori Japan.

Six degrees of separation

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STORAGE - Brain storming

NETWORKING - most interesting word coming out of web

Word chain: human storage unit - earth - networking - globally

GLOBAL HUMAN CONNECTIONS

Connections - what connects people to people - what connects -what is shared - where connections begin - conversation starters

Laws of connectivity - you need two or more things

- must be compatible

- someone or something is receiving

- someone or something is giving

-relationships - journey - kinetic - emotional - people to people - sharing -point - communication

Abstract Concept: We are all connected physically, emotionally, spiritually, socially and mentally. It is as if we are connected through one main or central source.

Links between abstract concept and concrete form PT1 (drawings)

Links between abstract concept and concrete form PT2 3D

Final Solution: A space where connects can be made.

Paper Exercise

2009-12-09T15:18:00.000-08:00

Day 1 - Analysis of paper
material - newspaper
surface - print in black and white
weight - less than 1 oz
what happens when - folded - dropped - weaved etc
words of day- spring, suck, flexible, volume, sound, force, slant, tearing, twist, vertical, amazing

Day 2 - Deconstruction of paper
method of separation - hand
attempt 1 - tearing dry paper - little separation - noise
attempt 2 - tearing wet paper - almost no separation - no noise
discovery - one sheet of newspaper is approximately 36 feet in length when hand torn, (like tearing a kite tail).

Day 3 - Word web
word - FLEXIBLE - root word flex - meaning to bend move (a muscle) so that, it bends a joint
words of day - malleable - influence - affect - shape
lithe - agile - vigorous - strength