Sawdust Studio Art Classes Instructor David Farris Wins Art Jewelry Magazine Design Challenge

Sawdust Studio Art Classes Instructor David Farris
Wins Art Jewelry Magazine Design Challenge

For Immediate Release
Monday, January 9, 2012


Laguna Beach, CA – Sawdust Art Festival is proud to announce Sawdust Studio Art Classes jewelry instructor, David Farris, was recently awarded winner of the Arts Jewelry Magazine Facebook Design Challenge. The design challenge was themed, “Float,” and Farris created a unique ring using sterling silver. The sides were stamped, textured and oxidized, and the top was set with a piece of white seaglass, secured by three bezel set cabochon stones of topaz, peridot and tourmaline. Art Jewelry Magazine presents “today's most unique and distinctive jewelry,” and “showcases a wide variety of materials including wire, metal, metal clay, gemstones, and other media.” Farris is honored to have his piece chosen as the winning jewelry work for this monthly design challenge.

The winner of the Arts Jewelry design challenges has the opportunity to choose the next month’s contest theme.  Farris chose “Compass” for the new theme, as the idea coincides with a project he will be working on this year, in which he will be creating a new piece each week inspired by the theme.  His plan is to have 52 very interesting variations related to “Compass” by the end of 2012. Should his plan carry out successfully, the ambitious jeweler will pick a new theme for 2013 and begin work on a new series of jewelry designs. Farris had been considering for some time this theme-inspired jewelry series and this recently won challenge was the perfect kick-start to his concept coming to fruition.

Farris is a local artist and jewelry designer. He studied fine art and jewelry design at Orange Coast College and received a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Three-dimensional Media from Cal State Long Beach. Farris also earned his Gemology Certification from Gemological Institute of America. Farris has been a Sawdust Studio Art Classes instructor since the art class program launched in October of 2010. The Sawdust Art Festival is proud to offer year-round classes taught by such a high caliber of instructors. To check out the Sawdust Studio Art Classes schedule, visit www.SawdustStudioArtClasses.com or call 949-494-3030. The Sawdust Studio Art Classes program, is presented by the Sawdust Art Festival, in cooperation with the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau, and offered every Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

About the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau
Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau is located at 361 Forest Avenue, Suite 200 with its Visitors Center at 381 Forest Ave. in the Coast Sotheby's International Realty office. The Visitors Center is open daily, Monday - Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Laguna Beach is Southern California’s premier seaside destination located midway between Los Angeles and San Diego and along the central coast of Orange County. Known as home to hundreds of local artists, and set amid 20,000 acres of wilderness, Laguna Beach is primarily served by Orange County Airport located just 20 minutes away. For more information, please visit www.lagunabeachinfo.com.

About the Sawdust Art Festival
The Sawdust Art Festival is located at 935 Laguna Canyon Road. The Sawdust Art Festival is a non-profit art organization dedicated to educating the public and promoting the art created in Laguna Beach.  Two-hour Sawdust Studio Art Classes are offered every Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the Sawdust Art Festival Grounds. To check out more details about the Sawdust Art Festival and other upcoming events and festivals, please navigate to www.sawdustartfestival.org or call 949-494-3030.