Sunday, October 6, 2013

   Dear friends and followers of The Shop at Rancho Milagrito. We are blessed, and busier than ever creating our colorful, and unique hand made ART. Below you will find a list of the quality venues both in the Tucson area and beyond where our craft is presently available. Our growing commitment to these shops, and galleries has rendered us short on time for presence at holiday craft fairs this coming season.

Please consider a visit to one of these locally owned quality sources in times ahead. In addition we continue to welcome folks to the shop and home gallery by appointment. Many thanks for your past support, and we look forward to sharing time with you again.
Royce Davenport  
The Shop at Rancho Milagrito 
Vail Arizona    (520) 762-9263   ranchomilagrito@msn.com

Church of the Holy Cross
780 Chapel Rd. Sedona Arizona 86336   (928) 282-4069

Church of The Holy Cross

Tucson Museum of ART  (Museum Shop)
140 N Main Ave  Tucson, AZ 85701    (520) 624-233

Tohono Chull Park  (new venue soon to be announced)
7366 North Paseo Del Norte  Tucson, AZ 85704    (520) 742-6455

Paloma ARTS
4747 E Sunrise Dr  Tucson, AZ 85718   (520) 577-9224

Hacienda del Sol  (Gift shop)  5501 N Hacienda Del Sol Rd. Tucson Az. (520) 299-1501

Jewelry Designs by Owen  74 Main St Bisbee, AZ 85603  (520) 432-4400

Birds, Blooms and Bugs

Birds, Blooms and Bugs

The shop at Rancho Milagrito is showing two pieces of work as a part of the Birds, Blooms and Bugs Exhibition in the Phoenix Airport Museum. The museum is located in Terminal 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. This exhibition will run November 2, 2013 through May 4, 2014.
The two free standing pieces are shown below:

Gadfly

The Gadfly is a free standing metal sculpture, found object piece. A refitted carpenter drill serves as it's base.
Gadfly: Latin derivative: Flamboyansis Buzzin' Aroundasis.
Description: Exaggerated wing span and rapid wing fanning ability is said to have encouraged forest burnings in dry months. Gadfly's rareness to this region is considered of positive value as it only takes one Gadfly to wreck an entire garden party!
Note: When present in a given area, all other life forms nearby are by default, moved to the Endangered Species List. Nonetheless, absolutely lovely to behold!



Angel Claw

This piece intermittently moves between bug life, and plant life. It is an assemblage of both found metal, and a seed pod, taken from the devils claw plant of the Southern Arizona Region. The artist forages these pods and commits them to a process which then renders them in his words to "Angel Claws".