Ladner designer mulls Oscar invite
Among the millions dialed in to watch Sunday's Academy Awards show from Los Angeles will be one very interested young jewelry maker from Ladner.
That's because Amy Henwood's work may just be part of next year's festivities in Tinsel Town.
A couple of weeks ago, Henwood, 29, said she got a last-minute invitation to be part of this year's pre-Oscar gift room where celebrities connected to the awards night get the opportunity to put together their own "goodie" bag from an assortment of designers.
Henwood got a call from a friend associated with a contact responsible for the show's public relations who needed one more designer to round out this year's "goodie" bag group. They had seen and liked Henwood's sterling silver and gold products—much of it inspired by Ladner's natural surroundings like small twigs plucked from the Millennium Trail—on her website (ahenwooddesign.com).
The request was for 200 pieces.
"I was freaking out," Henwood said, adding it would have required a pretty hefty investment on short notice of around $5,000-$3,000 for products and the remainder to fly down and stay in L.A. for the show.
The payoff is getting to be in the gift room with the celebrities who may or may not take a liking to the products being offered. If you get their attention there's the opportunity to have your picture taken with them to boost exposure for your goods.
Henwood, who graduated from the Jewelry Art and Design School at Vancouver Community College last May, had to decline this year's Oscar invite, but is seriously considering being there next February to mingle with the celebs.
"I want the big stars like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Nicole Richie—she's a good fashion icon," Henwood said.
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