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These last few months have been both some of the best and worst months. GDF Whut is dead there have been irreconcible differences between the partners as a result of financial mismanagment. Some of the members from GDF WHUT have metamorphized into Kismet Gallery wih a store situated at 71 4th St. Troy NY. 518 272 1918. We have over 80 artists and aritsans there with a wide range of work including: metal, painting, prints, digital, photo, sculpture, fiber arts, ceramics, and mineral specimens. We have over 2,000 square feet of gallery space 2,000 square feet of studio space and offer classes and will have free open studio time for kids in the commmunity. We offer consignment at 30% and will sell art supplies at 30% above wholesale to artists. This will be GDF Whuts last post look for Kismet in the future.
Peace,
Woogie
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I fucked this piece up i need to flip it inside out silver, bronze sheet silver wire
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checkerboard faceted smokey quartz
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spectrolite turq did lapidary on turq
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hot and cold connections soldered frame then wire wrapped malachite lapis with pyrite inclusions i did lapidary on it and scappolite
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silver and bronze sheet silver wire smokey quartz white topaz garnet
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hot and cold connections soldered frame then wire wrapped lapis did lapidary amethyst and scappolite
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opal did lapidary aquamarine watermelon tourmaline and mystic topaz
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faceted amethyst tourmaline 2x hawks eye citrine garnet
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rutilated moldavite garnet labdorite
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turqouise with copper inculsions something else too malachite rutilated
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tourmaline moldavite ring
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our store half way through completion we have another room on this level an upstairs for classes/ kids space also have a basement 2,000 square feet for studios with a metal/lapidary studio more pics to come
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Kismet, established June 2006, operates as an artist-owned gallery and studio space. Showcased in Kismet’s 3,000-square-foot gallery is the work of over 125 regional artists and artisans, including fine art, photography, prints, jewelry, ceramics, glass art, sculpture, fiber arts, and other unique handmade curiosities. On the last Friday of the month, we have an opening and reception in conjunction with the Troy Night Out Art Walk.
Kismet Gallery is a new breed of bottom-up retail enterprises where we pride ourselves on doing things differently. Unlike other retailers, we never sell anything made in a sweatshop—just one-of-a-kind handcrafted items which are sustainable and manufactured by our family, friends, and neighbors in our community. At Kismet, we stand for principles over profit; idealism over hype; values over image; and mutual aid over competition. Unlike retailers at the mall, for every dollar spent here at least 70 cents goes back into our community to pay our artists; the rest goes to keep the gallery open.
As owners, we see ourselves primarily as activists fighting back against the corporate takeover running roughshod over our communities. We view the corporate flagpoles dominating our streets and the city outskirts as being representative of conquest, not community. Our once-bustling down towns have been left derelict, once-plentiful resources have been pillaged, and once promised jobs have been axed in favor of sweatshop labor. The time is now to kick the corporations to the curb and to reclaim our communities.
Michael Fiske
71 4th st
Troy NY 12180 US
Phone: 518 272 1918
www.kismetartgallery.com
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