Jewelry Designer Amanda Keidan: Lub Tsev Uas Ci

Tib yam tuaj yeem hais rau nws lub hnub ci, kos duab ua yeeb yam hauv Venice lub tsev, qhov chaw kub kub sib xyaw nrog cov iav ci, thiab cov rooj zaum vintage thoob plaws hauv chav nyob nrog Ikea ottoman tshiab thiab lub teeb txias yuav tawm ntawm qhov chaw muag khoom flash Gilt "Txhua yam yog tshwj xeeb heev, "Keidan tau hais txog nws txoj kev kho kom zoo nkauj. "Kuv xav kom koj lub qhov muag saib ib yam dab tsi. Kuv nyiam muaj tej yam uas yuav tsum tau saib - tej yam uas zoo nkauj." Hauv lwm chav ua noj dawb hauv tsev, lub caij ntuj no xiav xiav los ntawm Venice artist Melissa Harrington catches koj lub qhov muag. Nyob rau hauv lwm yam staid, ib txwm qhua chav? Liab abstract painting.

"Kuv txaus siab rau cov khoom no txhua hnub," nws hais, nco ntsoov tias daim duab liab yog los ntawm nws pog. "Cov ntawv no ua rau kuv zoo siab." Keidan txoj kev mob siab rau kev kos duab tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob vim nws keeb kwm yav dhau los: Nws txiv yawg yog tus kws ntaus piano nrov Leopold Godowsky. Nws niam tais yawm txiv yog Leopold Godowsky Jr., tus kws ntaus nkauj ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab tus kws tsim ua yeeb yaj kiab Kodachrome, thiab Frances Gershwin Godowsky, tus muam rau cov kws sau nkauj George thiab Ira. Ntau cov artworks thoob plaws hauv Keidan lub tsev tsim ib qho chaw uas muaj kuab heev tab sis zoo nkauj - thiab tus kheej heev.

"Kuv nyiam tias muaj ib zaj dab neeg tom qab txhua qhov kev kos duab," nws hais. "Nws zoo li kuv cov phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg tau tso tus ntiv tes xoo ntawm kuv lub tsev." Nws tau yuav lub tsev peb chav pw, ob chav da dej xyoo tas los tom qab saib ntau dua 100 lub tsev hauv plaub xyoos dhau los. Nws muaj, nws hais tias, tso tseg thaum nws mus xyuas lub tsev Venice, qhov twg cov phooj ywg los ntawm London tau nyob. "Nws yog me ntsis zoo li cliche koj nquag hnov ​​​​txog kev hlub," nws hais, luag. "Tsis txhob saib thiab koj yuav pom nws." Tom qab ntxias tus tswv muag, Keidan tau pib kho plaub lub hlis kom muab lub tsev 1947 kom huv si.

"Kuv xav kom nws ua kom lub teeb thiab airy thiab zoo siab," nws hais.

Mustard thiab liab accent phab ntsa tau pleev xim rau tsev cia puav pheej dawb thiab soothing neutral tones. Sab nrauv mus los ntawm xiav tsaus mus rau ntau xim dawb. Cov qhov rais tshiab tau teeb tsa los coj lub teeb pom kev zoo, thiab kev tsim kho vaj tsev tshiab ua rau feem ntau ntawm cov chaw sab nraum zoov, ib yam nkaus. Kev kho me me, xws li ua kom lub tsev zoo nkauj ntawm phab ntsa, pab kom ua tiav cov kab huv huv uas Keidan xav tau. Thiab txawm tias hloov pauv ntau npaum li cas, Keidan tau ceev faj kom ua haujlwm li cas: thawj lub phiaj xwm hauv pem teb thiab tawm tsam cov iav qhov rais uas Keidan tau hais tias yog los ntawm Helms Bakery qub ntawm LA-Culver City ciam teb.

Rau Keidan, uas loj hlob hauv New York, qhov tshwm sim zoo li lub zej zog Venice nws tau loj hlob los hlub: qhov chaw eclectic uas tsis ua raws li ib qho tshwj xeeb - ib yam li nws cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub. "Kuv qhia kuv cov phooj ywg kom pib nrog cov khoom uas lawv nyiam," nws hais. "Thiab mus ntawm qhov ntawd." Rau txoj hauv kev yooj yim ua raws li L.A. scene, bookmark L.A. Hauv Tsev thiab koom nrog peb ntawm Facebook Twitter thiab Pinterest