New Jewelry!
Lovely new earrings in Sterling silver and copper.
copper with pearl
fern earrings with pearl
multi hoop earrings
Gift Wrapping
Many of you will recall that we did custom gift wrapping in our old location. We still do! Ask about our gift swaddling services.
The Art of Bret Blevins @ZANI
We’re very excited to offer prints and (soon) cards from Bret Blevins. Bret lives in Prescott, and is good friends with our pal Beth Neely, whose work we’ll also soon be offering. From Wikipedia’s entry on Bret Blevins:
“Bret Blevins (sometimes spelled Brett Blevins) (born August 13, 1960)[1] is an American comic book artist, animation storyboard artist, and painter. He is perhaps best known for his stint as the regular penciler of New Mutants.
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After cartooning for a local newspaper, Blevins became a professional comic book artist in the early 1980s. During that time, Blevins drew Marvel Comics adaptations of films such as The Dark Crystal, Krull, and The Last Starfighter. Blevins was a guest artist on a number of titles before becoming the regular artist of The Bozz Chronicles, which was published under Marvel’s creator-owned Epic Comics imprint.
Blevins first regular job on a superhero comic was on the 1987 revival of Strange Tales. Strange Tales was an anthology that featured two ongoing features produced by two different creative teams — Cloak and Dagger drawn by Blevins, and Doctor Strange.
That same year, Blevins became the regular penciler on New Mutants. Blevins drew the majority of issues from #55 to #83. Blevins later became the regular artist on Sleepwalker.
Blevins then began to work primarily on comic books produced by DC Comics, especially Batman comics.
In 1996, Blevins moved into the field of television animation. He primarily drew storyboards for Warner Brothers-produced cartoons such as Superman, The New Batman/Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond, and the Justice League. In 1996, Blevins won two Emmy Awards for his storyboard contributions to some of those shows.
Blevins stopped regularly drawing storyboards in 2005. He now does gallery art, primarily oil paintings, and boosts his income with freelance storyboard work.
Blevins’s freelance work has appeared in Disney Magazine as well.”
GRAND OPENING PARTY AND SALE!
We’re celebrating both our Grand Opening and 17th year anniversary on Friday, May 7th.
It’s also First Friday Artwalk, so we’ll be staying open late. There will be delicious food, featuring
a dish made with local produce from the CSA, and Dean Bonzani will perform solo acoustic and with his acoustic trio, Babushkas of Doom. All store stock will be 17% off all day long. Stop by and see the new ZANI.
ZANI turns 17.
ZANI Is Now Open!
Yes, it’s true.
The new ZANI is a card and gift shoppe. We have a smattering of hardwood tables and bedframes left over from our previous life as a futon store. Other than that, we are a former futon store. A futon store no more. No futons. Cards. Gifts. Jewelry. Futons? No. Cards and gifts? Yes.
Bret Blevins
Michael Sowa
Robert Held Art Glass
_Gwendolyn Waring
Bret Blevin Blog
ZANI on Facebook.