PSYCHIC SISTER

Mucho Design
I’m Pamela, a jewelry designer and maker and a fine metals educator. I work with sterling silver, brass, bronze, and 14-karat gold fill and use traditional methods to craft each of my designs by hand out of my home studio, which sits on the traditional land of the Cayuse, Cowlitz, and Nisqually People. With gratitude, I honor the land itself and its original inhabitants, past and present.
Building on my work as a fiber artist, I started taking fine metals courses in 2011, first at The Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle and then at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. I now teach and maintain the metal lab at Evergreen as the fine metals technician. The process of fine metals work is so satisfying — designing a piece to complement the lines of the body, fashioning it out of wire and sheets of metal, applying the finishing touch with a fine polishing compound. I’m always thinking about form, weight, and movement.
I’m also drawn to metalsmithing because it’s sustainable by nature. When you work with metal you don’t throw away scraps, you reuse them to make new pieces or take them to a salvage operation so others can put them to use. Nothing goes to the landfill. But more than anything, I love that a lasting piece of jewelry is both personal and communal: a pleasing thing to wear that, ultimately, connects us to other people. Website link: https://www.muchodesignjewelry.com/

Egyhop
A grassroots structure run by volunteer labor, donations, the support of the community, and grants. We rely on our volunteers from our community as well as donations from local individuals and businesses. We have no employees and very little overhead costs to ensure all donated funds go directly to people on the streets. Our mission is to provide emergency supplies, services, and resources to the houseless and low-income populations of Olympia.
Our outreach volunteer workers provide emergency intervention services on the streets of Olympia five nights a week, during hours when the street population cannot access traditional services. We provide needed and requested supplies, which can include blankets, socks, sleeping bags, camping gear, warm clothing, rain gear, food, hygiene supplies, and first aid supplies such as bandages, OTC medications, vitamins, HIV/AIDS prevention supplies, and Hepatitis C prevention supplies. In addition to providing supplies, we relay information about emergency resources such as shelters, treatment centers, health care facilities, advocacy centers, and other critical care resources.
Community
As part of our outreach work, we aim to educate and empower the members of our community. We do this by directly providing information on survival skills and harm reduction, along with familiar, friendly faces to talk with. We also do this by advocating for houseless and low-income populations by informing the general public about our organization, its mission, and the needs it meets in our community. In so doing, we aim to strengthen our community and eliminate the prejudice and discrimination faced by some of its most vulnerable members. Website link: https://www.egyhop.org