Event: Holiday Gifty Art Fair at The Crucible (Oakland)

. Posted by Sherrie Thai by Shaireproductions.com













The holidays are here! What better way to celebrate than by visiting the Holiday Gifty Art Fair at the Crucible! This is my first event as a vendor, so I'm very excited. Here are a few photos of items I'll be selling (art prints, greeting cards, magnets, jewelry and ornaments).

My art pal, Stefanie and 70 other vendors will also be on hand to provide you with a wonderful shopping experience. Steampunk machine inventors "Kinetic Steamworks" will be there to welcome jolly old Saint Nick, so hope you can make it!

More event details here

The Crucible (2 blocks away from West Oakland Bart Station)
1260 7th Street
Oakland, CA

December 11 & 12, 2010, Sat & Sun
Free Admission: 10AM - 4PM

Photos: Working with Metal

Posted by Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions.

Photos: The Crucible Fire Arts Festival

"Fishbug" by Rebecca Anders


"Epiphany" by Dan Das Man & Karen Cusolito


Fire Dancer from "The Rootabaga Opera" by Dan Cantrell


"Fire Vortex" by Nate Smith


Fire Poi performance by Amber Garrett


"Twilight Anima Rising' by Mardi Storm




Posted by Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions.

Here are some of my photos from The Crucible's Fire Art Festival where fire and imagination reign free. More info is available on The Crucible's site.

Inspiration: The Crucible Dracul Fire Ballet

Last night, I attended the fire ballet of "Dracul: Prince of Darkness" event at The Crucible in West Oakland. The show was so breathtaking that I almost forgot it was a fundraiser. The exquisite movement of the dancers, artistry of set design and overall creativity was a great way to start off the new year. The video above seems to contain different content, but you get the overall gist. It was packed with vampires, swords, ballet, aerial dancers, fire performances, and best of all--a 12 ft. tall (or so) mechanical dragon that moved side to side and spat fire towards his opponent. More info here.

Photo: The Crucible Fire Arts Festival

Performance: The Nekyia
Originally uploaded by shaire productions

Incredible sights to behold on July 11, 2008. It's very exciting to have a few of my photos published on The Crucible's Festival Photo Recap Page.

Fire Vortex: Touch the Sky

Fire Vortex: Touch the Sky
Originally uploaded by shaire productions

Fire Vortex is a live sculpture of fire from the mind of Nate Smith, displayed at The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival in Oakland. This was one of the most incredible sights I've ever seen. Witnessing the taming of the flame and constant evolution of shape was beautiful.

It was so hot I was worried that my new lens would melt somehow, but luckily all is well. For more info, check out Nate's site: Fire-Arts