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About Me

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade
flyingsunfish.etsy.comflyingsunfish designs is owned by Lauren Fryer, an artist and jewellery designer from Canada's Pacific coast. Working out of a small converted studio in her porch, Lauren's work inspires a mindfulness of everyday beauty, playful whimsy, and peaceful reflection.flyingsunfish designs can be found in Vancouver at Portobello West throughout 2008, and at the next Got Craft? show on May 4th.

My Interests

sea glass, beaches, stained glass, reading, travel, collage art, jewellery-making, watching stars, rainy days, cooking, writing, house plants, power tools, old forests, cycling, being outdoors. Essential oils and aromatherapy.

I'd like to meet:

Artists, designers, show organizers, and those interested in local, sustainable, handcrafted items.

Music:

African blues, old soul, lively stuff and chillout.

Movies:

Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Hope & Glory, Darjeeling Limited, Royal Tenenbaums

Books:

Maya Angelou, Jamaica Kincaid, Mark Helprin, Annie Proulx, Rohinton Mistry, Ernest Hemingway, Tom Robbins, John Irving, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Lawrence, Timothy Findley, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alice Munro, Kurt Vonnegut, any traveller's tales, e.e. cummings, Toni Morrison, Ranier Maria Rilke, Louis de Bernieres, Willa Cather, Jennifer Weiner, Francesca Lia Block

My Blog

first successful show!

I learned a lot.You don’t need half of what you’ll bring to your first show.That is, if you’re me and have packed everything from the first aid kit to a toolbox.I’ve streamline...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:19:00 PST

lauren is an art factory

It was one of those incredible days where I worked for hour upon uninterrupted hour. The gas stove is puffing out its dry and gusty heat, curing the final varnish on today’s creations. The milky...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:31:00 PST

Ill be here all year

I'm counting down the last few weeks before my First Show Ever. I am so lucky to have been accepted to the Portobello West Fashion & Art Market, a really supportive and amazing venue for local and...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:19:00 PST

Lauren is a Featured Artist!

Dear friends and family, When it rains, it pours.I've just been named a Featured Artist on Talentdatabase.com!Please do check out the link below. Bear in mind: -many of the pieces in my port...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:02:00 PST

Help a girl out?

Hey friends,In case I haven't trumpeted it from the rooftops enough, I'm starting my own business. The focus is on my artwork and designs, and I'm currently in school to learn how to make myself an en...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:49:00 PST

this is where the magic happens

My official business launch is in January. Right now I'm in school to teach me about being an entrepreneur. When I'm not in school, I'm making business cards and researching webhosts and t...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:06:00 PST

If this job were my boyfriend, this would be the honeymoon

/> It's real, now. In November 2006, depressedly working for a corporate industry that, as my then-boss said, "chews up its young and spits them out", I wrote a piece cal...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:20:00 PST

suspended sculpture

.. Several weeks ago Jason and I went kayaking up Indian Arm. We stopped for a picnic at a little cove with a cluster of a dozen houses. You could only get there&...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:31:00 PST

And now for something completely different.

I've been off the public radar lately. Lots of changes are taking place around the homestead and sunporch. I've spent the summer in relative solitude, 'filling the well' (as Jul...
Posted by flyingsunfish designs on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:09:00 PST