"Cracked Vessel" record release party!

My friend Ben Syversen just came out with an AMAZING record called "Cracked Vessel", which is also the name of his band. They had a record release party at Local 269....I took pictures....

The Rex Complex opened. They freaking ROCKED!




Then Cracked Vessel took the stage......they also freakin ROCKED


Ending the night was Ververitse, an awesome Balkan brass band....

The Lion's Den

I have been dreaming about this necklace since I first got these two rhinestone lions....

I wanted some crazy chain web to be hanging from them...


I like how its looks like they're hold all this...

When I got him, he was covered in all the weird like, green rust...some of the green still remains, but I like that about him...

This one was pretty rust free.

This is a Figa, an Afro-Brazilian symbol of protection. It originates with the Yoruba and Lukumi of west Africa, who brought the symbol with them as slaves to the new world. It is part of the Afro-Catholic Syncretic religions of Brazil (Macumba, Candomble, etc...)

This is a vintage brass bead/pendant...

I like to mix rhinestone glitz with religious paraphernalia, and industrial roughness...I think this piece definitely has all three.

New Pieces

Here are the latest additions to the collection....

Cloisonne fish, jade claw, and an evil eye....




This piece has this badass chainmail thing, and I put a pewter arrowhead on it. Its very rock and roll...


This is a unisex necklace. It features copper and gunmetal chain, a vintage brass snuff bottle, and a vintage skeleton key....



This is one of my favorite kinds of chain links....I believe its called a paper clip link...

This is just a crazy horse I found....he was on this eleborate necklace, but I wanted more modern chains to balance out his utter insanity....




He's comin to GETCHA....

Hester street Flea debut!!!!!

Last weekend Royal Curiosity had its debut at the Hester street market....

Beautifully merchandised in under an hour!

we featured tote bags by Upstream studios.....

re-worked vintage coach bag....

AWESOME-EST SHIRT EVER!!! (It sold)

pretty awesome too....

packing it all up...