1990s BOOM BOOM WIZ Girl On A Tightrope Circus wants to garden Earrings

Description: The founders of BOOM BOOM WIZ are an inspriation to all of us who dream of making it in the art world! GIRL ON A TIGHTROPE Circus wants to garden! They measure 4 inches long, not including the ear hooks. I have included a bit from the LA Times published in 1989:"Few small business owners have gathered inspiration by living in a clay hut in the Sinai Desert or growing up in a remote Spanish village, but Hari Grebler and David Wakeam are not typical entrepreneurs.this artistic duo has turned their love of whimsical doodles into a flourishing jewelry and accessories company with the offbeat name of Boom Boom Wiz. The name comes from their pet names for each other, with Wakeam being the Wiz. The partners, who are married, said they never set out to open a business, but people liked their work and wanted to buy more and more of it.At first, the greatest challenge was finding a way to reproduce their original hand-colored paper designs. The earliest pieces were colored with marking pens and watercolors, laminated in plastic and cut out by hand. Next, they tried copying the designs with early-model color photocopying machines, but the colors were not quite right.Grebler said she knew there had to be someone out there with the ability to mass-produce their designs in lightweight plastic. “Many businessmen I met with said, ‘Honey, it’s going to cost you a lot of money to do this,’ ” Grebler recalled. “They didn’t take me seriously.” After months of frustration, Grebler finally found a company with the right equipment and skills to do the job. The name and location of that company remains a trade secret.The brilliantly colored plastic pieces are delivered to Boom Boom Wiz headquarters for assembly. The company is located in funky building near the old Helms Bakery in West Los Angeles. There, a small crew turns out dangling earrings, pins, barrettes and bolo ties, which retail for $6 to $15. Each piece has a zany character or scene on the front and a tiny tale on the back. For example: “The Dragon liked nothing better than toasted ape. He liked his ape well done.” FROM A 1989 LA TIMES ARTICLE

Price: 39.95 USD

Location: Kingman, Arizona

End Time: 2025-01-22T00:16:00.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.95 USD