Thursday 13 December 2012
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Compose your punee to suit your identity.
Cotton and indoor outdoor fabrics intermixed with with down or outdoor fills. We have a wide range of options.
Tuesday 20 November 2012
Happening at PLACE...
The Juror's awards are posted for the 2012 Pastel Artists of Hawaii show. Teri Ford, PSA, stated, "The overall body of work depicts what I perceive as a great love of place. A passion for the local surroundings, landscape and culture are evident." Stop in to see the show any day except Sunday through December 7th.
Terri also conducted a four day workshop in which she demonstrated her technique of using "dark" backgrounds applied with an alcohol wash over pastel.
Please enjoy our experience through these photographs.
Terri also conducted a four day workshop in which she demonstrated her technique of using "dark" backgrounds applied with an alcohol wash over pastel.
Please enjoy our experience through these photographs.
Monday 12 November 2012
An Energetic Event
The Pastel Society Opening Reception this past Saturday night was well attended and vivacious.
Our juror, Terri Ford, arrives today and will mentor a group of artists in a four day workshop called "Rich Underpainting and Luminous Light," beginning tomorrow.
Next Saturday, November 17th, will be the Awards Reception. We would love to have you join us and ask you to call in your attendance at 808-275-3075.
A hui ho,
Mary
Event Details:
PAH 9th Annual Exhibition Awards Reception
Date: November 17, 2012
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: 40 South School Street #100
Honolulu, HI 96813
Parking: In front lot, and additional parking at Barron Lane (Ewa side of showroom)
RSVP: 808-275-3075 or places@philpotts.net
Friday 9 November 2012
COME SEE!!!
Pastel Artists of Hawaii just finished installing their 9th Annual Exhibit in PLACE Galleries.
Pastel Paintings have a long history in the western world and I have seen the most beautiful pastel portraits and landscapes in European manors and palaces. They are radiant and have stood the test of time. There is a soft glow to the media which cannot be achieved with oils and acrylics. The island scenics in this show are plentiful and capture delicate fleeting moments exclusive to Hawaii. I have overseen the installation and staged each grouping with accessories unique to PLACE.
Please make a reservation if you would like to stop in tomorrow, Saturday, November 10th between 6-8pm for wine, pupus and to meet the artists. If not, come by any day except Sunday through December 7th.
Aloha, Mary
RSVP 808-275-3075 or places@philpotts.net
Pastel Paintings have a long history in the western world and I have seen the most beautiful pastel portraits and landscapes in European manors and palaces. They are radiant and have stood the test of time. There is a soft glow to the media which cannot be achieved with oils and acrylics. The island scenics in this show are plentiful and capture delicate fleeting moments exclusive to Hawaii. I have overseen the installation and staged each grouping with accessories unique to PLACE.
Please make a reservation if you would like to stop in tomorrow, Saturday, November 10th between 6-8pm for wine, pupus and to meet the artists. If not, come by any day except Sunday through December 7th.
Aloha, Mary
RSVP 808-275-3075 or places@philpotts.net
Friday 19 October 2012
Chair Recaning Specialist on Island Now!
Mary's chair recaning specialist is currently on Oahu taking projects. She only comes to Hawaii once or twice a year, so this is your window of opportunity if you've got any chair that needs recaning. She will be working here through the 31st of October. Call us at Place 275-3075 and we will give you her contact information. Feel free to pass this along. Chair recaning is one of those very hard to find resources!
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Place Updates & Mary's Secret Chinatown Part I
We've been away from the blog for awhile, our only excuse is that we've had many exciting developments here at Place.
We have been busy building a great showroom team. Come in and meet us! Our team: boutique director Kirsten Merrill (me); the fabulous Reika McCracken, who hails from San Francisco with a degree in Interior Design, and boutique experience from the big city; the beautiful Vaima Philpotts, with the strength of four men and the accent of a French movie star, originally from Tahiti; the tiny, mighty and lovely Kristin Meehan, who is Mary's right-hand woman, and is sometimes, to our great delight, accompanied by her adorable assistant Sophia; and lastly, special guest appearances by Kelly McMahon, who radiates sunshine and is everybody's favorite smiling face. We've had containers arrive from Bali and India, and a new furniture showroom is in progress, with construction underway.
And now we are back to the blog! Mary Philpotts McGrath, the heart, soul and creative genius that is "PLACE" has been the constant, and for the past year while we have been quiet on the blog front she has been traveling to far off destinations (India! Bali! Thailand!), hunting down amazing pieces for the store: furniture, jewelry, exotic textiles, the tunics we are known for and more (but all that is for another blog entry altogether...).
In addition to those far off places, Mary has secret spots all over the islands that she runs away to every so often when the mood strikes her. One of her favorite haunts is in our own backyard, Honolulu's unique Chinatown, home to world renowned crazy First Fridays, both established and up-and-coming art galleries, buzzed-about restaurants, hip bars, quirky shops, and cultural spots known only to locals & inside-insiders.
On a recent afternoon she took me to lunch at Little Village in the heart of Chinatown along with her eldest son McD (craftsman, woodworker and furniture designer extraordinaire, yes, creativity and talent runs deep in the family!) and friends Ed, Susie, and Sarah. Afterwards she was ready to give us a tour of her "secret Chinatown" and disclose a few of her sources. My favorite reveal?
Lin's Lei Shop, because there she shared her simple yet brilliant trick for having a fresh gardenia on the nightstand all week long without making daily stops at the florist.
Mary treated each of us to a bunch of gardenias, along with her tip. Handing out the flowers, she instructed us to take them home and select the most open blossom in the bunch to put in a vase on the nightstand, and to put the rest of them in a glass jar with water and stick them in the refrigerator. She said, "Just switch out a fresh gardenia from the jar in the fridge when the one in the vase starts to look sad."
I did, and now have a new weekly ritual. My bedroom smells like gardenias all the time. We haven't tried this with other types of flowers yet, but it will probably work with most.
Come by the store and meet the new faces, see the treasures from Mary's travels and pick up a vase for your gardenias now that you know Mary's trick!
Stay tuned for additional installments of "Mary's Secret Chinatown" and other fun tales.
See you soon!
We have been busy building a great showroom team. Come in and meet us! Our team: boutique director Kirsten Merrill (me); the fabulous Reika McCracken, who hails from San Francisco with a degree in Interior Design, and boutique experience from the big city; the beautiful Vaima Philpotts, with the strength of four men and the accent of a French movie star, originally from Tahiti; the tiny, mighty and lovely Kristin Meehan, who is Mary's right-hand woman, and is sometimes, to our great delight, accompanied by her adorable assistant Sophia; and lastly, special guest appearances by Kelly McMahon, who radiates sunshine and is everybody's favorite smiling face. We've had containers arrive from Bali and India, and a new furniture showroom is in progress, with construction underway.
And now we are back to the blog! Mary Philpotts McGrath, the heart, soul and creative genius that is "PLACE" has been the constant, and for the past year while we have been quiet on the blog front she has been traveling to far off destinations (India! Bali! Thailand!), hunting down amazing pieces for the store: furniture, jewelry, exotic textiles, the tunics we are known for and more (but all that is for another blog entry altogether...).
In addition to those far off places, Mary has secret spots all over the islands that she runs away to every so often when the mood strikes her. One of her favorite haunts is in our own backyard, Honolulu's unique Chinatown, home to world renowned crazy First Fridays, both established and up-and-coming art galleries, buzzed-about restaurants, hip bars, quirky shops, and cultural spots known only to locals & inside-insiders.
On a recent afternoon she took me to lunch at Little Village in the heart of Chinatown along with her eldest son McD (craftsman, woodworker and furniture designer extraordinaire, yes, creativity and talent runs deep in the family!) and friends Ed, Susie, and Sarah. Afterwards she was ready to give us a tour of her "secret Chinatown" and disclose a few of her sources. My favorite reveal?
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| 1017 Maunakea St # A Honolulu, HI 96817 |
Lin's Lei Shop, because there she shared her simple yet brilliant trick for having a fresh gardenia on the nightstand all week long without making daily stops at the florist.
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| A very worthy investment, $3.50 never smelled so good! |
Mary treated each of us to a bunch of gardenias, along with her tip. Handing out the flowers, she instructed us to take them home and select the most open blossom in the bunch to put in a vase on the nightstand, and to put the rest of them in a glass jar with water and stick them in the refrigerator. She said, "Just switch out a fresh gardenia from the jar in the fridge when the one in the vase starts to look sad."
I did, and now have a new weekly ritual. My bedroom smells like gardenias all the time. We haven't tried this with other types of flowers yet, but it will probably work with most.
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| My gardenias mid-week looking like they just came from the florist's |
Come by the store and meet the new faces, see the treasures from Mary's travels and pick up a vase for your gardenias now that you know Mary's trick!
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| Gorgeous glass vases available at Place starting at $13 |
Stay tuned for additional installments of "Mary's Secret Chinatown" and other fun tales.
See you soon!
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