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- Feb 10, 12Thank you to all that came out, despite the dreary weather!We showed this amazing work by Ryan Fletcher :Magnets by Andy Erdrich:Ceramics by Sarah Jones:
- Jan 27, 12I’m so excited to have my jewelry case displayed at the Latte Land located downtown. This location is spacious, has a great vibe, and has a lot of natural light. If you’re in the area you should grab a cup of coffee, enjoy the great environment, and extremely friendly employees!Check out saracramer on instagram for process photos and new projects!Below are a few photos of new inventory that have not been updated on Etsy, just yet!Also, I got this jewelry case on Craigslist and gave it a makeover!
- Jan 19, 12
The Loft on First Friday January Thank you to everyone who stopped by The Loft for First Friday. It wouldn’t have been a success without our featured artists, Stephanie Kantor and Ryan Fletcher.I served chips and salsa in Ryan's ceramics! L by Ryan Fletcher and R by Stephanie Kantor ceramic cups by Ryan Fletcher ceramic tiles and vases by Stephanie Kantor ceramic tiles by Stephanie Kantor I love the surface design on Stephanie’s ceramics! I felt like the food covered up too much of the amazing pattern, so I photographed them separately for you.The following works have been curated at The Loft from my personal art collection. These works are apart of my daily life and will be shown at each First Friday.ceramic apple by Julia Cole NFS Chair, "Eat Your Heart Out Mies" by Sean Starowitz
For sale! Pricing is negotiable upon serious request.Painting by Jaclyn Senne NFS - Dec 21, 11I served spiked apple cider at my loft for First Friday in November. A lovely person asked for my recipe, so here it is! Since it wasn't too cold at the beginning of November, I served it over ice. You could vary this recipe and serve warm... mmmMmMm!
Ingredients:
1 qt. Everclear
1 gallon apple juice
1 gallon apple cider
7 cinnamon sticks
2 cups white sugar
2 cups brown sugar
The brown sugar is an essential element in my recipes! I use brown sugar in all of my drinks like ginger Mojito in the summertime. At the time, I only had 2 cups of brown sugar so I used white for the other half. It was pretty tasty! Next time, I'd give it a try with all 4 cups brown sugar just to see how it turns out.
1. Mix the cinnamon sticks, sugar, apple juice, and cider together in large pot.
2. Bring to a boil until cinnamon sticks lose flavor, about an hour.
3. Remove cinnamon sticks, return liquid to the gallon jugs, and refrigerate.
4. To serve, cut a few whole apples into slices, layer with the ice, and pour in liquid.
**Please, drink responsibly! Everclear is typically intended for large batch drinks mixed with multiple liquids like tea, juice, and soft drinks. Please, do not consume without being diluted with yumminess.Photo by Josh Eithun! Follow on instagram @joshuaeithun
Try using an unconventional container to serve this drink! It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just grab a large vase and a ladle! You can make this into one huge batch if you have a container large enough. Mine was a bit small for this big of a batch, so I mixed the Everclear proportionally into each batch I made. We had a really good turnout and only went through half the bottle in 3 batches. I would recommend this so you aren't stuck with a gallon of the stuff at the end of the night. We'll see what kind of yummy concoction I come up with for the rest of the Everclear.
Anyone interested in my other recipes?
Ginger Mojito???
Summer Sangria??? - Dec 07, 11Sara Cramer & Laura Berglund created "Holly Jolly Gifting" a window display for the KCP&L Holiday Windows on Main Street Competition. This installation inspires viewers to give their gifts thoughtfully this holiday season. Purchase our handmade bows online !
- Dec 07, 11Have you seen the KCP&L Holiday Windows on Main Street yet? Visit & VOTE for kcai alumni Laura Berglund & Sara Cramer because the grand prize is $5,000 split with Big Brothers Big Sisters of KC
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Laura Berglund and Sara Cramer have a collaborative window installation at Cosentino’s Market Downtown, based on the KCP&L Holiday Windows on Main Street competitions theme of “The Spirit of Giving”. Their window display, "Holly Jolly Gifting" focuses on the presentation of gift giving because they believe the packaging of a gift is another way of expressing how you feel, and adds another layer of emotional appeal. When you give or receive a gift that looks thoughtfully put together, it doesn’t even matter what’s inside- you’re excited! Together, they specifically selected a palette of materials that compliment each other, and can easily be mixed and matched to fit any gift. The oversized scale of the installation reflects the grandeur of the holidays. Laura and Sara intend for the installation to attract viewers to think about how to give their gifts thoughtfully this holiday season.HAVE A HOLLY JOLLY HOLIDAY!!!!!! - Dec 07, 11Check out my new endeavor with Jessica Rogers aka RecessJess as we do CartWheels !CartWheel : a mobile retail space
- Jan 18, 12Two Birds Blog featured one of my necklaces last week! Go comment on their blog post and be entered to win this $30 Gift Card to my Etsy Shop!
- Dec 06, 11Today, my necklace was featured on Two Birds Blog! I am so thrilled someone liked my stuff enough to share it with their viewers!
- Dec 06, 11L I K E my facebook fan page and be entered to WIN THIS!!!
the winner will be announced on Friday, October 28th @ 12:00! view on Etsy - Dec 06, 11I set up my Jewelry for the weekend at a boutique in the West Bottoms calledOur Generation at Station A @ 1231 Union, Kansas City, MO 64101.A BIG THANKS TO Cheryl Wilds, Kathy Cramer, and Kelly Cramer Shomin for inviting me to show my project for the first time ever & walk out with my F I R S T S A L E !Of course, A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY FIRST CUSTOMER!artist, ALEXANDRA ROBINSON! She bought:
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- Dec 06, 11futurist inspired scroll:dada inspired poetry & chapbook:beer tender - ask a friend to buy a beer from them, for the pocket art trade:art being traded at the pocket art trade:letterpress studio:setting up the press with wood type:you know I love those ornaments:me printing:my studio desk! photopolymer plates, supplies, coffee cups.. the usual:part of the fluxus project, create a critter:
- Jul 21, 10Robin helped me prep all the materials for my coptic binding demo to Carl Kurtzs foundation studentsI taught the coptic binding to Emily Williams, a high school student at Lee's Summit North.I showed Charlie Myle how to repair soft bound books and turn them into a hard bound book.I also gave my coptic binding demo at Penland School of Craft in July.
- Jul 21, 10I made these bookbinding kits so you can bind your own book using the coptic binding style. Use my zine and demo video at your own pace. Kit includes handmade awl, needle, thread, and the wood boxes. These were a trade with Andrew Lyles, block printed business cards for wood boxes....stay tuned for my demo video on youtube!
- Jul 21, 10sewing station made with various wood and metal, handmade books made with rives bfk.BOOK WALK, if you've ever played cake walk you know what I''m talking about! Stand on a number and walk around while the music plays. When it stops, I call a number and if you're the winner, you get one of my handmade books... FREE! All you have to do is play!
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- Nov 21, 09binding process:My friend asked my to rebind his soft backs with hard covers to preserve the book.experimentation with type. cut letterforms from book pages and attached back to book pages.form experimentatoin3" letterforms attached to book coversthe eBook vs. the textbookas digital media kindles the book,google search : knowledge online,the world wide web tagged crook,take blame, dinosaur and book align,google search : knowledge online,hunting in the library becomes extinct,take blame, dinosaur and book align,the data bank becomes interlinked,hunting in the library becomes extinct,speedy quick, electronic highway,the data bank becomes interlinked,dumpster accepts, novels decay,speedy quick, electronic highway,we morph into a digital global village,dumpster accepts, novels decay,smartphone holds one-hundred million pages,hunting in the library becomes extinct,the world wide web tagged crook,speedy quick electronic highway,as digital media kindles the book,
- Nov 20, 09So, were having a show! In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month, sharing our experience in South America.Here are my revised books! The previous chipboard covers and bland box just weren't workin' for me.. So I decided to take the opportunity to work in the wood shop and preserve my South American experience for a lifetime.I made the new book box out out of Purple Heart and Bloodwood (woods from South America) and rebound the covers with wood venire (will post more photos of the individual books SOON! ..and the poster I letter pressed for the show)This is before, finished for summer class critique. Coptic bound with chipboard covers (thinking I would maybe letterpress the covers) contained in a box covered in Rives BFK.There are also a few fun flip books included!
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- jack of all trades, master of none. focusing on a jewelry collection, window displays & fascinating freelance.Arts and Crafts | Kansas City, Missouri Area, USSummarystudy abroad - southeast asia - january 2011
studied culture, cuisine, and military history
kcpl holiday windows on main street - december 2010
awarded first place for this collaborative project "a winter wonderland @ latte land"
iida color & coutoure fashion show - october 2010
collaboratively awarded the best integration of fashion and finish & the peoples choice award
penland school of craft - june / july 2010
letterpress with inge bruggeman - manifestos & revolutions through printed matter using the vandercook press
artists inc program - may / June 2010
a cutting edge training seminar that addresses the specific business needs and challenges artists of all disciplines face
directed study with carl kurtz - Spring 09/10
coptic bookbinding, craft, & teaching
printers assistant @ two tone press - july - december 2009
assisted in the printing of commissioned projects that may include (but are not limited to) invitations, business cards, posters, and stationary.
study abroad - south america - june 2009
studied the history of the incas & darwin's finchesSpecialties: Coptic bookbinding, window displays, interior design, photography, fashion, printmaking, sculpture, installation, and a lot o' stuff....Experience- Aug 2010 - PresentInterdisciplinary Artist & Designer / Handmade by Sara CramerCurrently, Sara is focusing on opening her live/work space in the Crossroads Art District for First Fridays. Her featured project is a jewelry collection sold at the loft, locally and online. Special projects including window displays, interior design and freelance design projects are on exhibited and changing every month! Sara invites artists of all disciplines to show their work in this unconventional gallery space.
- Mar 2012 - Apr 2012Teachers Assistant for Carl Kurtz in The Foundational Hand / KCAIMaster calligraphy artist, Carl Kurtz teaches a series of calligraphic scribe in The Foundational Hand. Sara assists the students in taking their creations into the computer by giving digital demos and one-on-one assistance in Adobe Illustrator. Sara assisted the students with bookbinding projects, demos in different materials/processes and teaching the Coptic book binding style.
- Aug 2010 - Apr 2011Marketing Assistant & Graphic designer / Hoefer Wysocki Architecturecreate and produce marketing collateral & assist the marketing department in all marketing efforts
- Jul 2009 - Dec 2009Printers Assistant / Two Tone PressSara worked directly with the owner Michelle Dreher for two internship sessions. - Assist in the printing of Two Tone Press products that include postcards, folded cards, stickers, and posters. - Assisting in design work for new Two Tone Press products. - Fine tune previously learned skills of working with the shop equipment and presses. - Gain more in-depth knowledge on how to start a business and continually grow that business.
- Jun 2008 - Jul 2009Sales Associate / Utrecht Art Supplies
Education-
2010 - 2010Artist Inc, KCArtistLincProfessional Development for Artists
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2010 - 2010Penland School of CraftLetterpress
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2006 - 2010Kansas City Art Institutebachelor of fine art in interdisciplinary studies & graphic design
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Honors:KCPL Holiday Windows on Main Street, december 2010 awarded first place with grand prize of $5,000 for this collaborative project A Winter Wonderland @ Latte Land IIDA Color & Coutoure Fashion Show, october 2010 collaboratively awarded best integration of fashion and fi nish & peoples choice award
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Interests:Fashion / Accessories / Clothing Photography / Graphic Design Printmaking / Letterpress / Screenprinting Bookbinding / Papermaking fiber / Knit / Crochet / Beading / Embroidery Installation Art / Window Displays / Interior Design ...and a lot of other stuff!
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